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A poetic passage reflects on contrasting emotions of joy and sadness. It contemplates spring Birds summer and winter love, memories, and the seal of death. The mood shifts between hope and fading vitality as dreams end.
Grant Proclaims Thanksgiving Day Observance in 1876
President Ulysses S. Grant urges the nation to set November 30 as a day of thanksgiving and rest. He calls for assembly in places of worship, gratitude for civil and religious liberty, and continued divine guidance for the United States. Secretary Hamatrion Fish affixes the seal in Washington on October 26, 1876.
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Grandmother's value echoed in a pair of boys at the well
A tale contrasts a crying boy fearing a mother's scolding with a companion who cites his grandmother. The piece then laments school book costs and monopolies, praises a Indiana publishing couple, and jokes about the many young men afraid of mothers-in-law, imagining a reservation for the latter.
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Business Men Back Hayes in Local Election Clash
A public sentiment report from Buffalo notes prominent business leaders shifting from Democratic to Hayes support. It cites New York commercial interests praising Republican fiscal policy, debt reduction, lower expenditures, and rising government credit, arguing Hayes and Wheeler offer stability and safe governance over the Democratic coalition.
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The Peril of a Solid South in National Politics
The Cincinnati Commercial warns that Solid South influence allied with Northern partners could Mexicanize the republic. It argues stability hinges on avoiding rulers who once defended rebellion, warning of shaken patriotism, damaged investments, and rising misery for workers if the South seizes control.
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Wasby Calls for Last Democratic Rally Before Election
Nasby issues a final appeal to the Democracy warning of looming choices on whether to support reform or party spoils. He targets West and East money, post offices, and the “nigger” policy battles, urging unity to defeat Radicals and maintain power before the vote.
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Opinion Based On Close Observation Says Men Treat Wives
A woman claims her view stems from careful study noting men generally regard wives as angels for only two months two around marriage and bereavement, one before and one after.
Hampton predicts flag resurgence in South Carolina
Gen Wade Hampton proclaims that on the seventh of November the old South Carolina flag will again be seen ruling the state. The statement references the rebel flag and implies a political shift.
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Tilden faces new court charge over railroad pool fraud
The reformer Samuel J. Tilden is accused in a complaint by Henry H. Boody of involvement in a 1864 pool to consolidate the Chicago and Galena and Chicago and Northwestern railroads. He allegedly borrowed and used company funds, pocketing $22,000, with Boody reporting $459,000 in cash of the Chicago and Northwestern at the time. The piece questions what a president would do with entrusted funds if such acts were repeated in office.
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Reconstruction Anticipates Private Armies and Racial Suppression
The passage argues that the defeated Confederate leadership plans private armed groups to intimidate Black voters, disfranchise Black citizens, and reestablish state slavery through a softer system like apprenticeship. It warns that such a “Solid South” aims to force national restraint and legal complicity in terror and massacre of a race.
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Tilton Quips on Eden Theme at Chickering Hall
Theodore Tilton told Chickering Hall that every man carries a Garden of Eden inside him even when many wander in sleeping cars with no Eden nearby. The remark drew audience applause and sympathy in the New York Express account.
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Advertisement Inquiry Sparks Business Growth Note
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Johnson's Universal Cyclopedia praised as essential four volume set
The review extols Johnson's Universal Cyclopedia volume by volume as a compact reliable treasury for libraries and professionals. It highlights A J Johnson's publishing approach, editors in chief Frederick A. P. Jarnard and Arnold Gueyt, and a distinguished team of editors and assistants, with praise from notable scholars and a promise of thorough, authentic, up-to-date content.
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Mark Twain on Life as a Reporter
Twain reflects on a three year morning newspaper stint describing reporting as the best school for understanding people and society. He details access to all social ranks, from governors and senators to jail inmates, and admits the need to lie at times, ending with a moral stance against lying.
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