State Charities in Pennsylvania Politics Conflict Over Board Control
A Philadelphia Commonwealth piece urges Democrats to challenge the Board of State Charities which funds Pennsylvanian institutions with taxpayer money. It claims Radical party influence dominates the board, seeks to centralize power, and favors partisan gains. it calls for abolition or parity representation.
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Philadelphia Commonwealth
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Democratic Party
Radivala
Radical Party
Geary
Radical
Board of State Charities
After the Storm a Patient Hope in Time
A reflective verse on healing and patience after hardship. The speaker trusts that blessing and renewal come in due time, even as sorrow lingers. The poem contrasts night and bloom, drought and dew, and the slow awakening of good weather in life’s tests.
Youngsville Tales of Crime, Choirs and Savings Bank
In Youngsville the local scene blends gossip and odd mischief with civic hopes. A Pinkerton like detective traced a boy’s small-time theft, while ladies fish from broad hats and train crowds. The town plans a Savings Bank with $25,000 capital, and church choirs work to boost Sabbath School with maps and lesson cards.
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George W. Day
Day
Fairmount House
Pinkerton
Fullerton
Mr. D
Brooklyn
Irvington
Thompson
Brace
Mind Your Own Concerns Poem About Privacy and Virtue
A reflective poem urges readers to focus on their own faults and duties. It champions tending one’s personal matters over spying on neighbors, noting wealth and private thoughts are not one’s concern. The verses advocate humility, restraint, and a generous nature.
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Snooka
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Sally Dunes
Western Wolves and Maggie’s Narrow Escape
In a Western village tale, Maggie travels with Arthur Tracy and nearly dies when a wolf-pack forces a desperate escape. Tracy deserts. Maggie is saved by her courage, later marrying Harry Nelson as Tracy vanishes. A separate note highlights a cow defending a woman from her abusive husband, seen at a Petty Sessions in England.
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Grimalkin
Maggie
Arthur Tracy
Sandville
Tracy
Harry
Arthur
Harry Nelson
Boston
Martyn
Allence
Jaden
Hlis
Pracy
Six Thousand Dollars for a Broken Heart
May Chamberlayne then sixteen sued John Bate Holmes a New York city surveyor about sixty for breach of promise seeking fifty thousand dollars. Trial ended after heated remarks by counsel and Holmes’s dramatic outburst over the judge reprimand. Jury awarded six thousand dollars citing a possibly broken engagement and lacking proof of mutual consent to rescind.
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May Chamberlayne
John Bate Holmes
New York
G. Courtney
Tolmes
Mr. Holmes
Mr. Courtney
N. Y
Philadelphia Times
What is money and why value shifts in paper era
A concise essay explains money as a measure of value and exchange equivalence, detailing how value is a relation between goods and money. It argues gold and silver preserve value, criticizes paper money as legal tender, and notes how supply shifts distort prices and international trade.
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