Jenny Bates and Hiram Jenkins Learn a Lesson in Love
In a rural tale, Hiram Jenkins chases a faint hope of wooing Jenny Bates while rival Elnathan Rogers courts her openly. After overhearing a barnyard plot, Hiram confesses his mistake to Jenny, earns her forgiveness, and earns a future as selectman, with a warned edge from his wife.
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Hiram Jenkins
Deacon Bates
Hiram
Eviathan Rogers
Jenny
Deacon
Esid
Sammy
Elnathan
Jenny Bates
Descon
Bateses
Elnathan Rogers
Mme
Elnathan Rogera
Doxology
Miss Bates
Tia
Hirame
Jin
Traony
Terme
Beecher Sermon Sparks Immigrant Critique in Press
In a harsh critique a column attacks Henry Ward Beecher for opposing Chinese immigration and praising harsh policies. It denounces Beecher as morally fallen and corrosive to labor, race, and national virtue, warning against anti Chinese rhetoric and hypocrisy.
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Beecher
Brooklyn
Many
China
Jou
Freedmen's Bank Exploitation Exposed in Congress Critique
A sharp denunciation accuses Republicans of exploiting the Freedmen's Bank to siphon deposits from African American savers. It traces wartime roots, government protection, and postwar mismanagement by politicians turned wind-up commissioners, alleging wasted funds, inflated fees, and near-total loss to depositors. The piece condemns Congress for enabling the scheme and failing to recover assets for those harmed.
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America
Alaska
United States
Maj
William Gouverneur Morris
California
Ebbitt House
Sherman
Congress
Lovell
H. Boudséau
Halleck
San Francisco
War Department
Sitka
Fort Wrangel
Wrangel
Treasury Department
Firet
Interior
Plains
Columbia River
Oregon
Ottawa
Japan
Litke
Washington
Aleutian Islands
Rivera
Yukon
Norton Sound
British Columbia
Raymond
Mississippi
Amazon
Washington Territory
Nensimo
Pacific
Cassis
Great Britain
Arizona
Black Hills
Freedmen's Bank
Freedmen’s Bank
An Ii
Itacon
Jay Cooke
Bess
Wa Seelag
Lutherpinle
Flllen
Jon
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Francis L. Clare
P. B. Conant
Atlaw
Ohio
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M. W. Phelps
Shia
Macon
Banks
C. H. Ee
E. C. Swain
Favenna
R. RB
Butchins
Thomas
Hutchins & Thomas
Mooners
Taw
Kavenna Ohio
the Common Pleas
Panels
Portage County
Siddall
Rockwell
Watwieed
Rockwell & Hatfield
Odes
Seymour's
Main Street
Zayensa
Oble
J. H. Nichols
Brainerd & Son
Sant, Rockwell & Norris
C. D. Ingell, Troenex AF Baw Sed Kotary
Craft's Block
Mantua
Oe Oerer
W. Maxson
Jon Desecanen
Etutie
Garrettsville
Otio
J. Waggoner
M. D. Hoeckes
Burgess
East End
Fleck
Earenna
Gale
March Wun Forsteres
Co. L. Belder
Mareopa
F. R. Morath
M. D
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A. &. Crafts
Crans" Biggs
Mantua Station
Bio
G. M. Proctor
Sitalersville
Belding
M.D. B.C
SLOAN
B.D. Belding & Sloan
Citizens Hall
TS ‘Wight
Harness Shop
Heimes & Rogers
Harems
Cnity
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Farden
Carini Ti
Shay
Empire Building
North Chestnut St
Senna
Oct
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Corwin
Curtis
Osirraen
Teavepouting
Awigs Goyety
Dunigaee
Witlas
William Conmay
Willinm
Maou
Z. LY
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Kavenn
Crockery
Jelerk Hire
Emiriem Cere Ee Geo
E. Fairchild
Phenix Block
Ravenna
D.C
Coolman
Clinton Avenue
Colmar
Democratic Press
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Mary
Tim
Tennessee
Jim
Columbis River
Astonia
Newfoundland
Secretary of the Treasury
Fuller
Indiana
Belding & Arnstrong
Wheeler's
Kamil
Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs
Ems
Acotelite
Smith
R. Freeman
R. Sturdevant
Geese
Yellow Creek
TOE
Arris,editoe Sxe Prof Eeeto
Thanemmes
Lrs
Boscher
Sixteenth Street
Gret
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