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Newspaper
Ashtabula Telegraph
Location
Ashtabula, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1878
Page
2
Report of Secretary Sherman on gold and silver reserves, currency reform measures by Hon. A. H. Stephens, and looming questions on the resumption act. The article discusses budgetary totals, legal tender changes, and political maneuvers shaping financial policy amid a volatile economic climate.
The text describes a legal dispute over Tilden's failure to file returns and the government’s taxation actions. It notes the government contends the United States was not bound as agent and Tilden must make returns for omitted years. Trial focuses on net income for years with no returns and the assessor’s tax actions.
The dispute centers on whether Congress should grant a charter to Texas Pacific with bond guarantees or let Southern Pacific complete a Pacific route privately. Debates in the House consider who bears bond costs and the merits of private enterprise versus government credit.
A Battleford dispatch says Sitting Bull forms alliances with the Sioux Blackfeet and other tribes to attack the Northwest settlement this spring. Reports from Cypress Hills mention a camp of 700 Sioux near the Sand Hills 65 miles from Port Walsh with wagon loads of cartridges. Ottawa notes the alliance claim and flags official concern about potential attacks on Cypress Hill and Fort McLeod.
The text chronicles Wade and Chase within the Republican party, detailing the 1860s maneuvers for the Chicago Convention nomination, Wade’s opposition to Chase, and the shift of support among Ohio and other delegations. It covers Wade’s later clashes with Fessenden, the Johnson impeachment era, and debates over restoring the income tax with a progressive structure.
A patchwork call to a mother figure interweaves life stages with a hopeful, reformist tone. The text shifts from family ascent to the promise of progress and the dangers of unsafe medicines, mentioning Dr Bell's Baby Syrup as a proposed remedy amid evolving health concerns.
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