Joe Benton Learns From Kindness Coal Yard of Heart
Joe Benton, a captain of a pond boat crew, learns to repay mischief with kindness. After Fritz damages the boat, cousin Herbert guides him to burn malice with love, leading Fritz to gift a repair and fare, while Joe discovers the joy and reward of doing good.
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Joe Benton
Arge Pond
Herbert
Joe
Iritz
Fritz
Herbet
Herber
Cousin Herbert
Herbier
Therkert
Grant did not beg for a commission, Illinois governor says
Senator Yates of Illinois replies to claims Grant begged for a commission. He states Grant offered his services early and did not seek appointment, noting Grant’s unselfish patriotism, his assistance in Illinois military efforts, and his role in aiding the state during the war. Yates also includes a speech outlining Grant’s early service and his views on Grant’s character and achievements.
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Illinois
Wasmarox
D. C
Grant
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Kentucky
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Ife
Gen. Grant
Senate
Ricnand Yares
Hidden faults and self ignorance in moral insight
A reflective meditation on how people miss their own major flaws. It cites a minister’s remark about blindness to faults, showing examples of avarice misperceived as generosity, harshness mistaken for frankness, and self centered kindness within family relations.
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Joseph H. Kennard
Tenth Baptist Church
Philadelphia
Jackson
Hoofland
J.H. Kennard
Coates St
Touchy people and the costs of suspicion
The passage admonishes against taking offense at trivial slights and urges a charitable view of others. It argues that irritability and indigestion breed imagined insults, harming the bearer and friends, and that a frank generous outlook fosters a kinder world and personal happiness.
Women Do Many Things Men Cannot
In the Chicagoan, Jennie Hazen notes women perform many feats men can’t, yet she contends a man cannot admit he cannot do everything better than a woman. She suggests a man cannot carry a baby without mishap, describing an experiment with a wrapped infant and observable squirming.
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Jennie
Hazen
Chicagoan
Joseph
The Power of Cyphers and Ancient Arithmetic Explored
A 1866 editorial passage explains how digits and the cycle of numbers grant vast scales meaning. It contrasts the ease of modern cyphers with the tedious numeral counting of Greeks and Romans, citing Cicero and ancient counting methods while noting the era’s mathematical insight.
Peace for All Loyal Americans Urged by Grant Allies
The Gen. Grant faction argues for universal amnesty and impartial suffrage, opposing full disfranchisement and warning that restoring Rebels to full citizenship risks their power to disenfranchise Black citizens in Tennessee and Missouri. They cite Andrew Johnson’s loyalty watchword and note congressional limits on Rebel voting, urging swift enfranchisement in reconstructed states as Radicals act to extend rights.
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Congress
Andrew Johnson
Amerca
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Georgia
Scott
South Carolinia
M. Y. Tribune
American hero stops dog attack in England
W arren, the broad tiered Indi aman visiting England, rescued a lady from a ferocious dog. He seized the dog by the throat and trotted it, saying he was glad to help the gal but wanted to give the English cur an adequate notion of the American eagle.
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