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Mosquito Purity Theory and Other Local Notes
A Springfield man argues mosquitoes purify swamps by keeping water from becoming foul. The piece notes coins struck in 1849 and a unique gold piece. It reports Cambria iron works near Johnstown forming a cooperative store, with labor limits and profit rules, and Formosa governor general’s taxes and monopolies in camphor tea and sugar. It mentions Colonel W. J. Utley owning the last slave in American soil and a Tennessee camp incident leading to a U.S. court suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Great Cambria Iron Works
Johnstown
Penn
Formosa
United States
W. J. Utley
Racine
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Tennessee
Pest Tey
Utley