Debates and Delegations in Congress of 1864
From our Regular Correspondent in Washington March 15 1864 reports the Forty-eighth Congress shows higher average ability, with new members Adams and Broadhead cited for promise. California’s delegation is praised, while Blaine’s rising influence and potential Chicago convention impact are discussed amid shifts in support and pension votes for Mexican veterans.
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Congress
Webster
Calhoun
Clay
Adams
New York
Chalmers-Manning
Kiefer
Broadhead
Missouri
California
Finerty
Hlinots
Thomas A . Robertson
Kentucky
Fitz Johan Porter
Cutcheon
Michigan
Laird
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Elliott
Ray
Mexico
South
Arthur
Pres Dent
Extea
Blaine
White House
Chicago
Ife
Ohio
Maine
Statestven Ag
Blainedan
Fulkerto
Editorial Madness and Musing Across a Fractured Nation
A scattered editorial mix notes Bismarck inviting Sargent to dinner and Harrisburg to mark the Pennsylvania railroad’s semi centennial on April 16. It grimly catalogs urban fires, flood damage to bridges, and costly repairs, then pivots to social decay and sensational crime fantasies, mysticism trends in Europe, and a tale of Sitting Bull’s fictional son.
Benefactor J L Grandin to Fund Industrial School
A. bene factor Mr J L Grandin of Tidioute funds an industrial school for boys to be built with a woodwork shop focused on tool use over trade mastery. He plans prizes for boys producing the largest crop and says the benefits will extend beyond the present, aiding public education.
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J. L. Grandin
Tidioute
Grandin
Tidiante
Clueless Trick Targets Clerks With Soap Purchase
A circulating scam advises entering a drug store or grocery, buying soap with a $10 bill, and receiving a miscounted change. The ruse involves extra change, a request for a large bill back, and pulling out a prior $5 to claim more change, leaving the customer with extra cash and the soap.
Roswell Flower's Rise in Democratic Politics and Wall Street
A profile of Roswell Pettabone Flower tracing his ascent from a poor boy in Theresa New York to a leading Wall Street financier. He built a broker business with Anson Flower and John D. Flower, led a New York banking firm, and served in the Forty seventh Congress after defeating William Astor in a costly race. He declined re-election, drawing speculation about future runs for Governor or President.
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Roswell P. Flower
Democratic Party
Lantack Flower
England
Hartford
Conn
Nathan Muroe Flower
New York State
Oak Hill
Greene County
A. Boyle
Philip Boyle
Cherry Valley
Roswell Pettabone Flower
Theresa, Jefferson Co
NM. Y
Roswell
Bligh School
Watertown
N. Y
Henry Keep
New York
Wall Street
Anson Flower
Metropolis
Flower
No. 52
Broadway
New York City
John D. Flower
Levi P. Morton
United States
France
William B. Astor
Slower
Astors
Mower
Congress
Pouaibl
Theories on Volcanic Eruptions and Earthquakes
A summary of volcanic theory explains the earth as a molten interior cooling at the edges. Cracks form in the outer crust causing quakes, while water entering hot zones creates steam to drive eruptions. Large breaks cause subsidence and ash, lava, and gas venting, with geysers possible when steam revisits the surface.
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Giolten
Pacific Ocean
Sandwich Islands
Luis
Beechers Rebuke at Plymouth Church over infidelity in churches
Mr Beechers Friday evening remarks at Plymouth church attack infidelity not in radical outsiders but inside Christian churches. He denounces quarrelling within ecclesiastical ranks as the worst form of mispractice and warns that prideful talk and self styled Christian lineage shame Christ. He cites council fires and factionalism as ongoing tensions.
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Mr. Beecher
Plymouth
Everbody
Bob Ingersoll
Cheese as Army Ration Fiasco Becomes Lesson in War Era Talk
In a saloon tale from 1868, a financier boasts of pressuring the army Quartermaster to buy his new cheese ration. The General refused, preferring older stock, noting the cost of transporting fresh cheese would ruin returns. The story ends with a moral on supply and overreach.
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Wall Street
Army
Vermont dairyman advocates thrice daily calf feeding
A Vermont dairyman asserts a young calf should receive food three times daily. He warns that long intervals between meals and feeding cold food cause poor calves to perish, stressing careful, regular nutrition for healthy stock.
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Vermont
Agricultural miscellany and practical farming tips
A collection of practical farming observations and how to improve yields. Topics include nitrate of soda effects on wheat, horse lifting power per mile, dairy ventilation timing, peach and potato planting cautions, butter authenticity tests, horse population estimates, livestock breeding, Percheron and Clydesdale imports, and poultry for egg production profitability.
Meadville Lawyer Hiram M Richmond Fatal Act in New York
Meadville lawyer Hiram M Richmond, 32, shot himself at the St. Nicholas Hotel in New York while traveling for treatment of insomnia. He left a note to his wife and baby asking forgiveness and referencing a hopeful meeting beyond sorrow. Richmond, son of criminal lawyer A B Richmond, leaves wife and child in good circumstances amid ill health and personal crisis signals.
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Hiram M. Richmond
Meadville
St. Nicholas Hotel
New York
Mysicians
Who would be hurt by tariff cuts in Morrison bill debate
The piece questions which business interests would suffer if tariffs were reduced. It asks whether merchants with slow trade, farmers with unsold grain, or mills facing overstock and weak exports would lose from lower taxes and cheaper inputs. It notes potential profit cuts for monopolies but questions broad prosperity.
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Congress
Hot Springs Editor Expelled by City Mob
Uaring, late editor of the Horse Shoe, was escorted from Hot Springs Arkansas by about 2,000 people at bayonet point. The paper allegedly exposed a murderous quarrel among local gamblers. Harris alleges a committee of fourteen running the city is controlled by a gambler named Watson or Faulk.
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Hot Springs
Ark
al ©. Uaring
Horse Shoe
Harris
Watson
Faulk
Calverley the English poet remembered in anecdotes
A university carver of South Calverley, an English poet, died recently. An Oxford Master once asked why the wall opens. Calverley replied that it seems odd he jumps the wall and the Master looks out the window, a quip on their mutual attention.
Beer as the true temperance principle in daily toil
A speaker extols beer as natural relief after a long day, saying it helps nature. A friend counters, claiming beer makes him a fool and that it disrupts nature. The dialogue centers on differing views of beer’s role in daily life.
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Calumet Block
Fie
Torriy-forx
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Allegheny County
Bein
Belgium
Spain
Germany
Se. Pact
Minneapolis
Minnesota
San Jose
G. W
Indian Agency
G. W. Than
Huncer
S. B
Sitting Bull
Clerks
HOS
Teny
NEW York Democratic Statesman
T Muraiad
Wuat
Amm
Noles
Department of Farm Industry
Boston Herald
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