Turbulent 9th season lifts reports of storms and diplomacy
A heavy gale on the English or Irish coasts on the 9th caused great damage to shipping and loss of life. Reports note ministerial appointments to Austria and the key, and a large federal appropriation near $175 million. Beecher trial testimony reveals alleged immoral proposals, amid other political and military updates across the United States and Europe.
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Plynth Church
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Ohio State Grange
Columon
Arkansas
Sheridan
Washington
New Orleans
Beecher
Charles Cowley
Lowell
Mass
Tilton
Public domain and citizen rights in late war policy proposal
A fragmented excerpt outlines a platform urging public heritage protection from speculation, equalization of veterans' bounties, citizenship based rights, government retrenchment, and state control of rivers and harbors. It argues for a firm national bond and limits on corporate privileges, asserting supremacy of the people over corporations.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Ohio State Grange
National Grange
Congress
Texas Pacific Railway
Brigham Young
Ann Eliza
Supreme Court
Tipperary
John Mitchel
East Prussia
Berlin
Cps
Reese
Ohio
Tts
Ada
Rntone
Sommersay
Farcical ministerial proposal ends in scandal and laughter
In a country town a young minister Mr Thornton visits Miss Hallowell to discuss marriage. She reveals she is engaged elsewhere and rejects him. He bursts into uncontrollable laughter, she storms out in anger, then contemplates revenge before cooling into tears and eventual resignation to the absurdity.
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Chickasaw County
Mercury
Nashua
Clarke County
Davis County
Jimmy Myres
Bloomfield
Hannah Watson
Des Moines
Gustav
Otto Danquard
Burlington
Mr. Thornton
Mrs. Mason
Thornton
Hattie Hallowell
Miss Hallowell
Senate Proceedings Chronicle Pinchback Debates and Adjournments
Senate activity from the 9th to the 15th features Ferry elected President pro tem by 39 to 25 over Thurman, committee announcements, and Pinchback resolutions. Executives sessions, floor adjournments, and debate on Indian Territory probe and Black Hills emigration mark the week plus a 39 to 22 vote, with Edmunds amending and voting on admissions wording.
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Christiancy
Edmunds
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Whyte
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West
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Ferry
Connecticut
Little Jenny and the note of regret in 1873
A fragmented prose piece threads a lyrical portrait of Jenny and Carrie Jenny with a note from 1873 reveals a hasty apology from ALAN THORNTON to Miss Hallowell ending in an invitation to her wedding. A separate verse about Harry's sulky day ends with reconciliation and motherly forgiveness.
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Miss Hallowell
Snow King Caspar Saves Paolo in Alpine Blizzard
In the Alps monastery tale Caspar the snow king St Bernard saves Paolo Vednatti, a fourteen year old boy lost in a fierce blizzard. The dog braves the storm to guide rescuers to Paolo's location and leads the party through drifting snow back toward the monastery.
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Paolo Vednatti
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St. Bernard Pass
Ife
Nicholas
ITEMS OF INTEREST BRIEFS AND HUMOR READINGS
A collection of quirky notes and anecdotes from 19th century papers. Items include a Lone Island farmer with smallpox catching it from a dog, a daughter’s wry reply to a task, clerical misprints causing misreadings, a horse with six feet born in Oregon, and a tale of John Chamberlain’s tiger den near Lafayette Square. Also mentions the fading Declaration of Independence and a Horace Mann lunatic asylum anecdote.
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San Francisco
Oregon
John Chamberlain
Prince
Washington
Madison
Lafayette Square
Arlington
Admiral Wilkes
Chamberlain
Patent Office
Horace Mann
Worcester
Mass
Mr. Mann
Mann
Iowa Postoffice Affairs Weekly Changes
The week ending March 6 reports new postmasters and openings in several counties. Establishments include Farmersville in Jasper County with Thomas Tennant and Slagle in Keokuk County with Joseph Merry field. aunton in Warren County with Francis Trueblood. Discontinuation notes Manhattan in Keokuk County. Appointments list Caldwell Ap anoose County Joseph Kincade. Car isle Warren County William R. Rand leman. Fredric Monroe County J. H. Moss. Hook's Point Hamilton County B. C. Dixon. Mahaska County David Crammer Monitor Ap panoose County W. W. Edwards War saw Wayne County L. F. Thatcher Wheeler's Grove Pottawattamie County Thomas Shutz.
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Jasper County
Thomas Tennant
Slagle
Keokuk County
Joseph Merryfield
Aunton
Warren County
Francis Trueblood
Manhattan
Caldwell
Apanoose County
Joseph Kincade
Carisle
William R. Randleman
Fredric
Monroe County
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Hook’s Point
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Indianapolis
Mahaska
David Crammer
Monitor
Appanoose
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Warsaw
Wayne County
L. F. Thatcher
Wheeler’s Grove
Pottawattamie
Thomas Shutz
Counting the Chickens and Curious Scenes
A Danbury News item describes Mr. Benson on Grafton Street chasing his poultry after finding a dead hen, counting a flock of sixteen, then decimating the yard in a comic frenzy. Other clippings note Rev. Dr. Porteous in Chicago, praise for natural speech, and a joke about a Cornell student sending soap then a comb, with a quip about divorce.
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Dr. Porteous
Chicago
Cornell
Lubin
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