Testimony on Treasury Work by W Paul Brown Before Senate Panel
Extracts from W Paul Brown testimony detail work on Secretary Sherman stables and house charged to various Treasury and related offices in 1878 79. The piece notes alleged misused government time and funds, calls out political bias, and adds context on related public debt and comet observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washington Gazette
W. Paul Brown
Pitney
Treasury
U.S. Senate
United States Treasury Department
Frank Hessler
Sherman
Stanton Alley
Sec
Register’s Office
Bureau of Statistics
National Redemption Agency
Stegister
Marine Hospital
Register
Iing
Architect’s
National Bank Redemption Agency
Shermar
K Street
United States Treasury
Treasury Department
Washington
Confederate yell and Civil Service reform notes
A Boston Transcript passage discusses Southern Confederate sentiment and loyalty to the Union, suggesting equanimity in extreme peril and wartime memories. The Atlanta Constitution praises North Carolina woods and minerals. Frank L Harralson endorses Neuralgine for neuralgia and headache, sold by all druggists.
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Boston Transcript
Internal Revenue
Messrs. Hutchison Bros
Frank L. Hararsen
North Carolina’s Exposition display highlights vast mineral and timber wealth
Amanra reports North Carolina presents one of the largest exhibits of agricultural, mineral and manufacturing products. The display fills half of the western wing of the Railroad Building, detailing forests in the east and timber belts in the west, with extensive notes on ore, coal, graphite and other minerals, plus prehistoric curiosities from Siberia and Australasian megafauna.
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Amanra
North Carolina
Tate
United States
Union
Western North Carolina Railroad
Ducktown
Yadkin Valley
East Tennessee
Cranberry Works
Virginia
South Carolina
Piedmont
Ore Knob
Conrad Hill
Davidson County
Mecklenburg
Rowan
Ashe
Guilford
Franklin County
Rowjan Cabarrus
Gaston
Chatham County
Raleigh
Rockingham
Stokes
Dan River
Burge
Yancey
Catawba
Person
Cleaveland
Lincoln
Wake County
Sand Blast reveals shaping of sand under wax lace and glass
The article discusses sand blasting as a carving method cutting marble, glass, and metal with protective wax or lace patterns. It notes workers’ safety and limits with metal thimbles, compares soft materials to hard ones, and adds statistics on fence costs and a grim Ashantee massacre report alongside Kentucky property value for 1881.
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The
New York Sun
Sounh
Alabama
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Winston
Robah F. Gray
Merchants’ Hotel
Dr. J. G
Ector
Winston, N.C
Qince
Depot Street
AVING
Bie
Citi- Lusion
Salem
Tyne
J. Lindsay Patterson
Winston, NC
John Hf
Dillard
Greensboro
Noto
Wacho
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Picks & Stockton’s
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Dr. W
Thompson
Agrt
W. T. Vogler
I. W. Durham
Marzele
ASD
H.5
Foy
J. W. Foy
E ‘Lake
Robert D. Johnston
Merchant Tailor
Winston, N. C
New York
Mar Hovss
John Sherman
Tennessee
South America
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Cordoba
Melbourne
Sidney
William Huggins
Henderson Country
Atlanta
Frank L. Harralson
M. A. Curtis
Winston, N C
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Germany
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Ashantee
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