Old North State politics and finance headline roundup
Ex Congressmen Leach and Mahone push to abandon Bourbon Democracy while Butler doubts Whittaker testimony. Greenbackers rally in Michigan as Connecticut abolishes failed color blindness tests for railroad workers. Foreign bankers estimate a large gold inflow, with Sherman noting $625 million in specie on hand and projections of up to $700 million by July, signaling strong bullion against paper.
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Leach
Old North
Mahone
Connecticut
Sherman
Great Republic
Prohibition and politics stir readers across the nation
The column compiles varied items from lawmakers to vigilante actions. It notes Senator Mahone’s burden of seekers, debates over Cabinet youth and Hamilton, a Baltimore hydrant water contrast, and clerical resistance to Kansas’s liquor prohibition. A Charleston vigilante wave targets criminals, Garfield greets a plain grandmother, and a Brooklyn man complains to a long time neighbor. Lincoln’s War Department blocks office seekers. women in government printing show skill. Kansas clergymen defy prohibition in a sacramental dispute.
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War Department
Secretary of War
Abraham Lincoln
Kentucky Lawmaker proposes free weekly newspaper for all families
A Kentucky legislator urges the state to publish a first class weekly newspaper for every household to reduce illiteracy and promote progress. He argues the plan would put rich and poor on equal footing and advance educational aims across the Commonwealth. He envisions the venture as a philanthropic public benefit. A Baltimore cemetery tale recounts John Oliver’s family tragedy and the resultant mausoleum and donation of Green Mount to the city.
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Green Mount
Baltimore
John Oliver
The Wall Between Them
A hidden barrier grows between lovers and friends as neglect and harsh words erode trust. The poem laments unseen walls forming from indifference and pride, condemning growing distance between people who share life and space yet drift apart.
Oh Tom and Lita Strain Family at Odds Over Grandma
A widow mother, Tom Ramond’s wife Lita, and Tom’s mother clash over family ties. After Thanksgiving coldness, caring for Tom’s injured son Phil binds the three. Mammy’s reconciliation and Christmas charity heal old wounds as Phil recovers and Grandma returns to lead the feast.
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Mother’s
Mahone and the bouquet and the cards
The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette reports Senator Mahone received a bouquet from Pittsburg with handwritten cards. The messenger considered removing them but Mahone declined, joking about Senate precedent. The item reflects light civic humor from 1881.
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