Government bonds sale and scattered mid 19th century events
Washington notes report the government sold 1.5 million dollars of bonds in New York at yields between 16.78 and 116.91. The Freedmen's Bureau finances are scrutinized for irregularities, while Navy officials defend actions after Polaris incident. Sheridan supports uniform US Mexico boundaries for citizen protection. A Humboldt Fire Insurance dividend is declared and cotton brokers suspend payments amid market shifts. Multiple local incidents follow, including murders, suicides, accidents, cholera outbreaks, and political shifts across major cities and territories.
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Washington
New York
of War
T of Justice
Freedmen's Bureau
Prosecat
Tioe
Jane
Oer
Secretary of the Navy
Sheridan
United States
Mexico
Vic
Humboldt Fire Insurance Company
Crenshaw & Co
Pearl Street
Jane McArdle
North Second Street
Brooklyn
Wm. Ross
Cosmopolitan Hotel
San Francisco
Milton
N. H
Gillen
Ellen
Fleetwood Racing Park
New London
Havana
Yeldyke
Maine
Gordon
Z. Robbins & Sons
Philadelphia
Char. A. Dona
The
Gray
New Zealand
Oakland
Alon
Berrell
Oddie
Indianapolis
Insane Asylum
Sioux Country
Henry Ewing
St. Louis
Charles Hahrenmann
Indiana
Heat Evanston
Charles Brantz
Edward Benham
Goshen
Ind
I. A. Wheeler
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Pomeroy
Cincinnati
Ohio
Peru
Wabash
John Herrester
Kautner
Herrester
Godfrey
Sangamon County
Ilinois
Breabenville
Northern
Lincoln
Oereka
Jack
Ab Fairchild
Bhach
Perala
England
The Velvet Hat and the Colonel’s Auction Backfire
A comic tale recalls an Eastern colonel famed for self indulgence who buys an antique lot at auction to appease his wife. She schemes to sell it for cash to fund a new velvet hat claiming the auction proceeds will go to her. The plan backfires when the seller returns the road money, thwarting the bargain and sparking a domestic dispute.
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Oral Tee
Joe Duncan
Paris
John Hawkins
Navasota
Texas
Nashville
Bowling Green
Memphis
Tenn
Joseph Brooks
Pulaski
Arkansas
Baxter
Johnson
Tennessee
New Iberia
Laver
Sauer
Sauer, Last Week. They Confessed the Crime. A Committee of the People of
Louisiana
Arthur A Glover
Wm. Goumillion
Edgefield Courthouse
8. C
Louisville
Weiss
Belgium
Nashville, Tenn
Gallatin
Lebanon
Davi Mann
Wheeling
West Va
State
Grunie
Wes
The Use of Eyesight and Browne's Franklin Monument Talk
A discussion on eyesight explores how color and form shape perception then notes Junius Henri Browne delivering the address at the dedication of a monument to Albert D. Richardson in Franklin Massachusetts cemetery.
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D Junius Henri Browne
Albert D. Richardson
Franklin
Mass
Flying devices and kites amuse 19th century readers
In a Chamber's Journal excerpt, M de Beauvoir describes ornate kites and flying devices with tethered birds and harps, noting their delicate balance and silent, star-like ascent. The piece also touches on King Mirambo of Central Africa as a fraud, mocking royal pretensions and unusual royal items.
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Poe
M. de Beauvoir
Ana
Chamber
Mirambo
Central Africa
Aberdeen
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Troy Herald
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Wisher & Mudd, Pblishere
Ruth Smith
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Groun
Wheelock
Miss Smith
Ishaws O'Neill
Atlanta
James Little
Father Anthony Grim
Potomac River
Hamilton
Ont
Madrid
Spain
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Riza Pasha
Advet Pasha
Bartle Frere
Aden
Arabia
Nouvillas
Carilata
Vittoria
Castelar
Catalonia
Arragon
Navarre and
Biscay
Valencia
Nundia
New Castile
Old Castile
Santa Cruz
Ranlroms
Beasain
Dorris
Nassau
N. P
Halifax
Eix
Nemire
Aris
Sey Tork
Sven Ow. Veen
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