The Holiday Season and Public Opinion
A Wilmington Journal column argues the nation should celebrate holidays beyond mourning attire and bleak views. It cites Yorktown, New Orleans, Emancipation Day, and Appomattox as worthy commemorations, urges new or European traditions, and praises Christmas gambols to cheer the poor.
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Delaware
Ens
Qué
Borg
Amstipenithur
Europe
Germany
England
France
Italy
Yorktown
New Orleans
Appomattox
South
Red Tape and Revolt in Cuba Era Echoes
A political polemic laments red tape hindering wartime shipping and Cuban policy. The piece praises Hamilton, Hamilton Fish, and Grant while criticizing the administration and its secretary. It rails against debt, diplomacy, and the Spanish minister's influence in a contentious tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Red Tape
Fathers of the Republic
Washington
Hamilton
Jefferson
Liberty
Union
New York Statesman
Virginia
Hamilton Fish
Grant
Alabama
Capuilets
the Isles
Pennsylvania
Benor Roberts
Spain
Spain's diplomatist and Cuban gamble in press and policy
A caustic critique of Spanish diplomacy and U S policy on Cuba. The writer accuses a wily Spaniard of manipulating belligerent rights and a delayed stance on Cuban independence, while praising certain legal tactics and criticizing press and political figures. Also notes cultural shifts from Paris to American influence and quotes Wendell Phillips on Daniel O'Connell.
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D. Priest
Ubl
Spain
Cuba
Madrid
Sidney Webster
Hoo
Hamilton Fish
Senor
State Department
Prim
Sen
Ouy Bose
Alabama
Cubs
Great Britain
South
Henry Clay
Grant
Webster
Everett
Calhoun
Clay
Burke
Atlantic
Carolinas
Frew bas finishes for Aldermen and Mayor
The text lists candidates for Aldermen including Mose Birney Wilson Howe Thurber and Silas N Masin for Mayor. It also discusses election procedure, conflicts, and quotes on suffrage and political tension in Wyoming and Georgia with references to Pearl Street press observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose Birney
Wilson
Howe
Thurber
Silas N.masin
Mame
Wyoming
Conatiteteat
Pete Tao
House of
Board of Aldermen
Board of Registrars
General Assembly
Wilmington
Cape Fear Agricultural Association
Board of of
Adie
Benj
ONA
Cape Fear
Wnington
Tepe Fear Fapeieel Gia
Jos. H. Nevr
Ju. S
Benj, Durfee
Defeat and Discontent Loom in Mississippi Report
The Vicksburg Times laments Conservative defeat in Mississippi and laments the crush of liberal Republican ideals, while an anecdote about a parsimony-prone schooner captain and mutinous crew echoes greed and unpaying subscribers, likening it to a meddling editor and fee-taking “League” business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Old
Dick Tinto
Paris
Times of New York
Knightsbridge Barracks
London
Mississippi
The
Vicksburg Times
Joe
Sinclair
Joe Hill
Fragmented 1868 Plymouth Star excerpts on suffrage and politics
A long, fragmented extract from a Plymouth Pa. newspaper column mixes political discussion with remarks on woman suffrage in Wyoming, editorials from the Plymouth Star, letters condemning reconstruction rhetoric, humorous anecdotes, and notes on shipbuilding, mining, and education topics, reflecting postwar civic discourse.
Poor girl confined in asylum after mispronounced name
A distressed note reports a poor girl forced into a New York asylum for the insane after she said Ash-meh instead of AS meh. The fragment hints at social mistreatment and conflict over speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mac
Soch
Sec
New York
Ash
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