Impeccable Reformer Trumbull Faces Scrutiny and Debate
Washington letters expose Senator Trumbull’s inconsistent push for civil service reform while approving many office recommendations. Morton and Conkling press for records. the piece critiques Trumbull’s alleged patronage, and broader calls for investigation sweep through Grant era politics with remarks on Cox and Wise, and a Japan swearing anecdote.
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Washington, D. C
Immaculate Trumbull
Trumbull
Carpenter
Morton
Conkling
Senate
Post Office
Jayne
Senator Trumbull
Republican Party
Gen. S. Says Autographs Should Include Stamp
A Civil War era note from General S. explains that when a person writes on official business they should include a postage stamp. The remark comes in response to a request for an autograph and frames decorum and practicality in correspondence.
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United States
Spinner
Gen. S
How a Good Templar Is Made Initiation Ordeal
An account describes a frenzied initiation in which a candidate is blindfolded bound and pressed in a cider press to purge “old drinks” then gorged with water, dunked in a barrel, hung by the heels, fed water and ice cream, and subjected to a washer and peroxide of ritual tasks before becoming a Good Templar in full communion.
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Custom House Committee
Schurz
War Department
Grant
Washington
State Department
Getz
Pennsylvania
House
Navy
New York Sun
Congress
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Maine
Connecticut
Ohio
Kansas
South Carolina
Indiana
Missouri
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Rhode Island
Sunset Cox
Rainey
Cox
Eldridge
Sammy
Henry A. Wise
Virginia
John Brown
Wise
Virginia Miliitia
Harper’s Ferry
Dundrary
United States
Water Company
Dead Heads and Editors Pay for Puffing Privilege
An editor explains the term dead head as a misnomer for editors and reporters who gain free admission to events. He argues the practice costs the paper money for tickets and for writing, setting, and proofreading related to puff pieces, plus the space consumed, all funded by the editor. He questions the seeming privilege.
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Deap
Stephenson Locomotive Speeds Rise Through Early Years
The locomotive George Stephenson built in 1814 could travel four miles per hour, but by 1825 the average speed had increased to six miles per hour reflecting early railway progress and engineering advances.
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George Stephenson
Frontier photography lets four get portraits for thirteen dollars
Letter from Minnesota narrates a frontier photo expedition to Olders and Fairmont in a harsh winter. A family travels with Halicarnassus the photographer to a depot and hotel, enduring delays and failed sittings. They finally return home with no photos, spending thirteen dollars for the attempt. A brief note adds news of a new two dollar Bible printing system for the blind by Reuben Vos.
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Minnesota
Mar
Pennsylvania
Mair
Fairmont
Papa
Halicarnassus
Capitol
Washington
Reuben Vos
New York
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Geary
Erie
Warren County
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Sumner
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Chain Lake Centre, Minn
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N. Y
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Warren
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Catherine Parker
Erastus Barns
Warren, Pa
Co. W. Hare
Corry, Pa
E. A. Baldwin
Tidioute, PA
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G. White & CO
Honesdale, Wayne Co
Heriff
Court of Common Pleas
Lottsville
Sugar Grove
Samuel Wynn
David Allen
John McDonald
FE. M
H. Harmon
S. W. Davis
Eorge Ball
Wheeler & Wilson
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Europe
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Hoffman & Clark's Block
Abao
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Keystone Block
Carver House
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Waren, Pa
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Lossis
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L. F. Watson
O. H. Hunter
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J. C. Bennett
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Junius R. Clark
Old Exchange
Kitchen
Lideotf
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S. Storum
Warren and
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Nesmith & Keller
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Ffice
Dr. Douglass
Deerfield
Tidioute
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E. E. Clapp
George Genung
Lewis Butler
Warren Pa
Egal
Amy
iSei
Coonour
WM. Sumner & CO
Western States
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Borough of
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Franklin Miller
County of
State of
Richard B. Miller
Henry Catlin
Watkins
Linus Miller
Cynthia S. Mair
Orphan’s Court
Hugh G. Mair
Henry Orr
Russell Clark
Sheriff's Ofice
Jarren
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Deiderich Meyer
John Stigeler
Henry M. Lowenstein
Nelson C. Trowbridge
Stephen Therry
L. B. Wetmore
A. D
W. Waters
Catherine Wilson
Freehold
Hugh Wilson
R. Lottsville, Pa
Delilah Curtis
Columbus
L. F. Curtis
Columbus Pa
Clinton
Japan
Decalcomanie
Clark’s Sash Factory
Kirberger & Rowland
Greenland Brothers
Keystone
Valkefkia Ebarth
Wells’ Patent
Rosewood
Walnut
Disston
Mann
Rowland
Barstow
L. D. Crandall
Union Block
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