Old river pilot Jim Crooks and a faith test in 1865
The piece recounts Capt. Jim Crooks and his misadventures with Confederate ties and greenback currency during 1865, including a cash dispute in Jefferson and a humorous New York Sun excerpt. It also reports the baptism of Mrs. Rebecca Anderson, age 112, at West Twenty-ninth Street Baptist Mission Chapel, highlighting her dramatic immersion and address to the congregation.
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New Orleans
Jim Crooks
Blanton
Cap
Boston
D—I
Jim
Shreveport
Federal
Jefferson
United States
Texas Street
Spring
Capt. C
Bose
West Twenty-Ninth Street Baptist Chapel
New York Sun
Rebecca Anderson
West Twenty-ninth Street Baptist Mission Chapel
N. L. Rowell
Jesus
Rowell
New York
Great Britain
American
Lydia Baxter
Charles Nordhoff
New York Herald
Democratic Party
Hayes
Mr. Hayes
New York Tribune
Bell
Lyceum Hall
Salem
Mr. Watson
Boston & Maine Railroad
Governor Hayes
New York Evening Post
Fremont
Ohio
van Wert
Main
van Wert County
Fred Billman
Clark & Darnell
Joseph Gleason
Court of Common Vs. Pleas
U.S. Wise
T. L. Lehew
Court of Common Pleas
Fred. Billman
Sheriff’s Office
A. J. Porter
Shierife
van Wert County Bank
Court of Common VS
van Wert Machine Co
Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago
Jos. Gleason
A. Warren, Jr
Town Creek
A. Warren
Jos. Bevo
Alexander & Saltzgaber
Andrew
Burt Court of Common Pleas
George W. Moltz
Jefferson Street
Said Street
J. M. Barr
Jurisdictional Usury Rates by State and Dominion
A survey lists usury laws across U S states and territories, detailing legal interest rates and penalties for excess. It notes many jurisdictions repeal usury limits or permit contracts for any rate with writing, while others cap rates and forfeit interest or impose penalties.
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Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Texas
California
South Carolina
Alabama
Arkansas
Connecticut
Colorado
Dakota
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Vermont
Utah Territory
Virginia
West Virginia
Washington Territory
Wisconsin
Wyoming Territory
Dominion of Canada
Never buy a lottery ticket warns Western Rural
A Western Rural editorial denounces lotteries as gambling and swindling, condemning both church and Kentucky schemes. It argues nine hundred ninety nine losses from a thousand tickets and insists accepting lottery money is theft, urging readers to shun all lotteries and reject them socially.
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Kentucky
Church
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J.C. B
Ile Denit
Cronin
Watts
Greenbacks
Capt. Crooks
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Prof. Agassiz
Amazon
Agassiz
Laddie
Feyther
Allamakee
Paris
Prefecture of Police
Boston Advertiser
East Haven
van Amburgh
Lackey
Druther
Virginia City Chronicle
Board of Supervisors of
San Francisco
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Times
Hewitt
Bayard
Thurman
le Moyne
Carter Harrison
Ben Hill
John Young Brown
Lamar
Welling House
J. H. Thomas
J. B. Husted
Rens
County
N.Y
U.S
Canada
Post
Rogers & White
Walnut St
Phila
C. N. Crittenton
Sixth Avenue
N. Y
Wtson Sewing Maching Co
Chicago
Broadway
N.S
Ubbard Brothers, Publishers
Fourth St
Cincinnati
Oss
Milton
Eleghant
Bond St
Sherife
Redrup Et al
Towit
Fort Wayne and Bucyrus
van Wert State Company
Andrew Moebus
John Kear
Sheriff's Office
George Woodruff
L. W. Moss
C. J. Comer
Joseph Slater
John Kling
Ifs
van Wert Woolen Mills Et al
van Wert Woolen Mills
James H. Day
Price & Shissler
Samuel Engleright
Samuel Miller
Glenn & Porter
Robert McDowell
Court of Common . Vs. Pleas
Et. al
Charles Watt
H. N. Watt Cou
George A. Herst
Washington Township
Maron
Eesi Warren
Auglaize County
van Wert ‘Machine Co
Hudred
van Wart Ohia
Smith
Gleason
van Wert B. L. &S. Court of Common Association
Pleas
van Wert VS
Silerife
G.m.saltzgaber
Adm
R. Court of Common Vs. Pleas
James H. Sims
Wiltshire Township
van Wert, O
John C. Blossom
Board of Education
Thomas Cully
Ohico
Wiltshire
Lewis Brant
Charles Brant
Frances L. Haffner
Charles Hafner
Frances L. Hafner
Epson & Bropnix
Rnodehamel & Brother
Towi
Walnut Street
W. C. Johnson
Joan A. Baumgardner
County of van Wert
State of
FE. M. Phelps
E. M. Phelps
G. W. Day
Skeal
Said
Wa. Moneysmith
Davis Johnson
C. A. Court of Common Meisheimer Pleas
J. E. Noble
Fred Biluman
Alexander
Andrew P. Linn
Benjamin A. Welch
van Wert van Wert County
Joseph Ross
George A. Sahlquist
Ikruptcy
District Court of the United States
Uhic
Mansfield
Henry C. Hedges
Squire
N. B. Prentice
U. S
J. E. Ingersoll
C. D. Iddings
Gustavus Sahiquist
H. C. Glenn
The
van Wert Co. Bank Court of Com. Pleas
Julia Cook
A. Moeus
Miller
McKim
Alexander& Saltzgaber
Shlerife
van Wert Co. Bank Court of Common Vs. Pleas
van Wert Co
Section Fourteen
J Alexander & Saltzgaber
Gottleib Elrich
Charles Gordon
Court of Com. Pleas
Section
van Wert Building and Loan Association
Shperife
Com- Loan and Savings Association
Mon Pleas of
Vs. van Wert Co
John McDonald
Smith & Curtis
Robert Balski
Vic Michael Hetrick
W.J. Beers
Andrew S. Burt
Sarah
Stephenson
Heal
James M. Barr
District Court
Henry Wright
Ern
Middlepoint
Lima
James Irvine
B. Prentice
Calvin S. Brice
Capital
Isaac N. Alexander
C. A. Melsheimer
D. D. Swartodt
O. P. Bonewitz
D. A. Johns, E. W. Wilson
I. N. Alexander, Charles Germain
H. Miller
F. J. Bonewitz
le ‘Oe Fox
Ree Melsheimer
B. Gleason
Peter Swartwout
C. P. Richey
B. Price
M. F. Richey
Old Country
A. P. McConahay
East Main Street
Sign Watch, Specs and Pen
Pace
F. F. Weed
Adelia R. Grayam
Lansing, Mich
Geneveral
G. F
Telepco
R. P. Taft
Weed Sewing Machine Co
Summit St
Oledo
F. F
Norice
Toledo
G. C. Graham & Co
Ladies
Ove
Clare
Washington St
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