Old Club Ax Davis Skewers Presbyterians in Backwoods Sermon
A Georgia sermon by Old Club Ax Davis, a Half Card Shell and Mill Soft-Shell Baptist, features his boastful self and contrasts with Presbyterians. He praises catechism, family prayer, and discipline while recalling rustic mishaps and comic distractions from hounds and mules during the sermon.
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Georgia
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Club Ax Davis
Scriven County
Sue
General Jackson
Whittieh
Ax Davis
Ron
St. Paul
Sam
David
Queer Gter tale and President's candid doubts appear in clipping
The article blends a Nevada tale of a decisive marriage ultimatum with commentary on President Johnson’s uncertain hold on party support. It notes public concern after his Philadelphia and Eastern visits and cites Poor's Manual showing only 196 of 811 railroads paid dividends last year, reflecting broader economic strain.
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Nevada
Steptoe Valley
Sin
Nobby
Philadelphia
Rattroop Distr
Poor
Manual of Railroads
United Iies
Editor's Paradise and Political Strife Across 19th Century Press
A Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt contrasts the editor’s luxuriously easy life with the labor needed to run a newspaper. It criticizes editors as idle yet powerful, then shifts to political discourse about Reconstruction era Republicans, public economies, and financial policies. A Jamaica telegram reports a two day blaze in Port au Prince, Haiti.
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Simmon
Theii
Tilden
Hendrie
St. Louis
Hayes
Cincinnati Gazette
Chicago Lr Ibune
Jamaica
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Exiled Reformers Listed In South Carolina Scene
The Charleston Chronicle recounts Hampton era figures fleeing or facing charges with ransacked offices and impeachments. Names include Parker Leslie Whittemore Carpenter Weight Owens Levett Gardez Wayne Gleaves Lee Moses Jones Montgomery Woodruff Hoge Corbin and others, hinting at a broad political purge and ongoing investigations. The piece also sketches a humorous courtroom vignette about a woman seeking alimony and a note on Rothschild wealth.
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Charleston News and Courier
State House
South Carolina
Niles G. Parker
Chamberlain
Fron
Jones
E. YV. Glover
Georgetown County
Hampton
Daniel II
New York
J. Lary
PF. Whittemore
Darlington
Machusetts
L. Cass Carpenter
Jonathan J. Weight
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Y. J
Owens
Laurens
Robert K. Levett
Gardez
Henry E. Wayne
Columbia
A. O. Jones
W. Montgomery
Shire
Josephus Woodruff
Senate
Congress
S. L. Hoge
Ohio
Death
Carolina
David T Corbin
Massachusetts
United States
Europe
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