Peace costs and hay riches in 1837 era Ledger item
The Ledger notes Europe’s costly peace with naval and military outlays totaling 1.409 billion dollars. It profiles Colonel Lamont as the White House exchange reader capable of processing forty papers per hour. It cites a 1837 hay crop near 45 million tons and value around 388 million annually, noting hay often exceeds cotton in value. An elderly Maysville driver has delivered over 4,060,000 bushels of coal in 38 years. The Cultivator reports driven-well litigation denial by the Supreme Court halting patent claims, advising farmers to ignore driven-well royalty agents.
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Colonel Lamont
White House
Maysville
United States Supreme Court
Andrews Vs. Movey
Paganini violin opened at Genoa in royal presence
In Genoa in front of the special delegate Pavesi the celebrated Paganini violin was opened and preserved. Violinist Camillo Rivori tuned and played several pieces to the awe of all. Paganini's stool was then placed in a glass covered case. Also noted are dire Opium death rates in Britain, with 150,000 child deaths yearly blamed on soothing syrups.
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Genoa
Pavesi
Nicolo Paganini
Camillo Rivori
Paganini
Great Britain
Wynter Blythe
Farmers to form Northwestern Farmers' Trust network
A Farmers of Kansas movement seeks to organize a Farmers' Trust including farmers stock-raisers and feeders across the Northwestern States and Territories. Ten central agencies will handle all sales for a commission with eight districts subdivided by counties. A Washington gossip column notes President Cleveland’s wardrobe with a New York tailor and 150,000 Quakers in America.
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Farmers of
Kansas
Farmers’ Trust
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Omaha
St.Louis
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Louisville
Jealousy sermon on the green eyed monster rise in life
A Chicago preacher rails against jealousy as the root of sin across society. He links envy to rulers, clergy, doctors, and merchants, urging emulation over spite, urging Sabbath fidelity and steadfast work to finish the Christian course with joy.
Temperance unions unite to wage war on saloons here
The American Temperance Union and the Manhattan Temperance Association will join forces against the liquor traffic though no formal union has been made. A signatures list to the world’s petition received at headquarters WCG TJ includes the man first prosecuted for running a brewery contrary to prohibitory laws.
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American Temperance Union
The
Manhattan Temperance Association
W. CG. T. TJ
The Day Divine and Drunkenness in History
A fragmented note recalls the refrain The Day Divine and a call to guard the line. It surveys historical penalties for drunkenness in Hebrew, Indian, Chinese, Burmese, Aztec, Greek, and Roman law, arguing strong measures rarely curb vice. It ends with a British temperance note citing tea, cocoa, and coffee trends from The St James's Gazette via the New York Tribune.
The Ram Seller s Profits
The National Bureau of Stati that on the $700,001.00 whi passes into the tills of the retailers of inv enting liquors in this country there is a profit of one hundred and thirty-three and one fourth per cnt. If poor people had to pay such tax as that on bread, there won't be a rebellion. But when a man tosses of a ass of whisky and pays five cents for the drink, and s ven oi eght cents to the bar keep,or for the trouble of handing it to hir, he generally thinks the barkeeper an awfully good fellow.
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Abel
Calicula
Cincinnatus
Torquatus
Dionysius
Fisio
Philoxenias
Kerah
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Sideoth
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Ian
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Aristides
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Tiberi
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Christendom
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Vlaraitsen
Ave New
Toi
Nows
Bys Gol
Iuture
Jericho
Albert Barnes
Consus
Avery
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Dantzig
National Bureau of Stati
Springfield Union
Temperance notes from the era on bans and beliefs
The International Temperance Congress will meet in Norway next year. The Queen of Amatonga bans liquor sales to her subjects. New York counties will prohibit county fair liquor sales. Sir Wilfrid Lawson jokes about entering the Lords via a brewery. A Sioux City brewery led by Johan Arensdorf becomes a butter and eye depot amid Waddeck's murder. Breweries in the US produced 24 199 741 barrels in 1837, up 2 257 313 from 1836. Hawaii's Supreme Court grants the King veto power. Ash opposes temperance gains. Judge Wm A Cheney says whiskey fueled 9 of 100 criminal cases and vows to avoid another drop.
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Brewers’ Journal
United States
Supreme Court of Hawaii
Admn
Ash
Wm. A. Cheney
California
The Sin of Omission Poem by Margaret Sangster
A religious reading on moral duty, arguing the true fault lies in what is left undone not in acts performed. It laments missed opportunities for kindness, guidance, and love as twilight souls drift, urging reflection on neglected deeds before faith wanes.
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Margaret Sangster
Hilltop Meditation on Life and Angels at Death
A devotional meditation contemplates life after death and heavenly beings. The speaker envisions angels guiding the dying, a sister spirit departing, and the joy of meeting Christ, with vivid imagery of celestial choirs and the multitude of the heavenly host.
All I Want The Deep Need for Christ in Souls
Reverend A. G. Brown warns that many live in a state of want describing possessions as lacking and urges preaching Christ to meet every soul's need. He portrays wants from bodily hunger to spiritual peace as universal and solvable only by trust in Jesus Christ.
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Christ
Irev
A. G. Brown
The Gospel Must Go to the Masses Now
A sermon urges churches to cast aside church walls and bring conversion to homes and streets. It warns many congregations resemble clubs, neglecting the Great Commission to preach repentance and forgiveness to all nations starting at Jerusalem.
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Church
Christ
Jerusalem
Horges
Unsl
Zion
Intercession and the reach of prayer for God’s glory
Frederick William Faber argues that loving the heavenly Father binds believers to intercession. Prayer transcends time and place, reaching distant lands, slavery destitution, and scandal, even if one cannot preach or fund missions. Even obscure believers can contribute powerfully through persistent prayer.
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China
Japan
Frederick William Faber
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