Suspect reports from Wilmington echoing Civil War era events
The groggy, fragmentary wires describe political brinkmanship with references to Gen. Grant, Senator Platt, and Governor Cornell, plus discussions of tax policy, reconstruction, and the Panama Canal funding. Archival notes touch Ireland unrest, no fence laws, and a Paris dispatch on canal subscriptions.
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London
Paris
the Times
M. de Lemens
Panama Canal Company
France
Isthmus
Secretary Shennan Addresses Boston Merchants Club
Jan 23 Boston. Secretary Shennan spoke on government refunding operations and public debt management at a Merchants' Club dinner. He traced postwar funding, debt reduction efforts, and the progress from revolutionary era bonds to 5 and 6 percent securities, urging adherence to sinking fund principles and low interest.
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United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Poe
Republic
Nccols
Boston
Indian Counts and Railroads in Statewide Debates
A garbled legislative record describes disputes over Indian counts in Buncombe, Ashe, Caldwell, Craven, Graham, Jackson, Pitt, Rutherford, Swain and other counties, alongside measures on railroad charters, animal cruelty penalties, and public works. Debates cover Atlantic Coast Railroad actions, Fayetteville and Winston line, and local school funding, with motions to suspend rules and multiple readings.
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Buncombe
Chirokpe
Joore
Jackson County
Jin
Pitt County
Rutherford County
Swain County
North Carolina General Assembly Bill on Vital Statistics Registration
Fragmentary report of a North Carolina bill to register vital statistics. Details describe tax collector duties, committee amendments, and voting progress with limited readable phrases about readings, amendments, and possible fiscal figures. The text mentions New Hanover and various dates, but many names and specifics are unclear in the OCR.
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Gladstone
Commons
Forster
Ireland
Dean
Devens
Justice Swayne
Swayne
Rome
Coun'y
New Hanover
Alous
Raleigh
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General Assembly of
North Carolina
Thorulu Canlo
Ceneral Assembly
Democratic Party
Secretary of State
Day
Holiday County
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Lesingigg
Mrs Webster
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Deninger
Wayne
Cook
Fracas
Acd Carter
Buscombe
le Lepobbeass
Ted
Winkadet
Pat
Bite
Craven
Mavern Pats
Jemee Wiken
Govit
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Whipple
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New York
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West
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America
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Jarvis
Best
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Manly
Charles A. Myers
Pardner
Kerchner
New Market Charter and Water Works Co
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A. M. Waddell
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John A. McDonald
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Fayette,ville and Winston Railroad Company
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Hayley
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Mr. Glean
Stokes
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Chowan County
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