Letter from Grant to Chamberlain on Hamburg massacre
President Grant writes to Gov. Chamberlain urging protection of civil rights and lawful aid to secure fair trials in Hamburg and across the South. He condemns violence in Mississippi and Louisiana, stresses constitutional remedies, and warns against violent revolution. The piece also covers Groesbeck’s stance on money and the burial of Custer’s men with observations on Indian graves.
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Hamburg
South Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
U.S. Grant
D. H. Chamberlain
Congress Has No Power to Displace Silver in United States
The excerpt quotes Daniel Webster's December 21, 1836 Senate remarks arguing that gold and silver are the legal tender and constitutional standard of value. It notes the Coin Act of 1869 and Webster’s insistence that Congress or states cannot establish another standard or displace the existing gold and silver standard.
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Groesck
Hassaurek
Cincinnati
Mr. Groesbeck
Daniel Webster
United States Senate
Congress
Webster
Senate
Will Tilden Do Better Than Washington Reform Sparks Debate
A discussion questions if Tilden can outperform Washington amid reform critiques. The piece notes how early reformers labeled past leaders corrupt for various actions from Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase to Jackson’s cabinet removals and other presidents tied to corruption charges.
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Will Tilden
Washington
Tilden
Treasury
Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase
John Quincy Adams
Clay
Andrew Jackson
Timberlake
Martin van Buren
Albany
John Tyler
Whig Party
Franklin Pierce
Kansas
James Buchanan
Covode Committee
Andrew Johnson
Grant
Resumed and weary patrons face hard times at bar
In the Atlanta Constitution passage two men at a horse rack grumble about money and hard times. They joke about wages and value, lament scarce cash, and finally retreat behind the barscreen as they discuss resuming business amid strain.
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Atlanta Constitution
Confeder
Austin
Tilden and Hayes in Civil War and politics contrasted
The Dayton Journal recalls Sam Tilden and General Hayes amid Civil War campaigns and early careers. It notes Tilden as Tweed ally and draft critic while Hayes leads a victorious brigade and later becomes governor, portraying a doomed party platform.
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Sam Tilden
Hayes
Valley
Virginia
Tilden
Boss Tweed
White House
Dayton Journal
Cincinnati Enquirer Portrait of Tilden Before Nomination
The Cincinnati Enquirer described Tilden before the nomination as a truthful subject and after nomination as maintaining earlier statements. It called him a hypocrite political swindler public plunderer and the only disreputable Democratic candidate named in its coverage.
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THE
Cincinnati Enquirer
Tilden
Democrats in Ohio Treasurers’ Alleged Departures
An exchange claims Democrats never bolt, calling it a mistake. The article notes at least six Ohio Democratic county treasurers, over six years, have defected with close to a half million dollars involved.
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Ohio
Union paper shifts to Hayes and Wheeler ticket
The Marion county Democratic journal abandons Tilden and supports Hayes and Wheeler. The editor argues backing Tilden would aid another Buchanan administration and labels Tilden as shameless and indecent in history.
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Marion County Union
Hayes
Wheeler
Tilden
Buchanan
Indians join Northern Sioux if government delay continues
From Red Cloud dated July 15 the Cloud Agency reports growing Indian anger over Custer rumor delays and slow government action. Indians reportedly seek weapons and may ally with the Northern Sioux, offering ponies to obtain revolvers, as rations continue and tensions rise. A Newburgh relic story notes Washington’s tablecloth scorched at Morristown and tied to Eunice Lindsly via a wedding skirt.
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Cloud Agency
Red Cloud
Washington
Newburgh
Morristown
Newburg Journal
Eunice Lindsly
Westton
Minisink
Edmund Cook
Newburg
New York
The Day You were Born and Blood Drinking Theory
A note on calculating the weekday of birth with age and leap year adjustments. A Cincinnati medical debate urges blood drinking as nutritious and easily digested, claiming warm blood can be savored and exceeds beer in taste after trials.
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Cincinnati
Carver
W. M. Henry
H. K. Blackstone
T. A. Beaton
T. J. Herrold
W. B. Brooks
First Chinese railroad opens between Shanghai and Kangwan
An old lady quotes poetry amid chores as China opens its first railroad five miles from Shanghai to Kangwan and plans to extend five more miles to Woosung. The piece contrasts rural life with a historic transport milestone.
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China
Shanghai
Kangwan
Woosung
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Executive Mansion
Custer
Colonel Reno
Seventh Cavalry Regiment
T.M.D. Pilgher
Union Street
M. & C. Depot
Kessinger Building
Court Street
Athens
Elawi
EK. L. Walker
Woolen Factory
Charles Selby
Carder
Knowles
Torch, Ohio
Torch
Athens County
Feltons & Co
Price Brothers
Jackson
Drain Tile Co
Petersburg
D. B. Stewart
Tod Simson
Portland
Oka
J. E. Edmunds
N. B
Dr. Edmundson
F. Y. Batchelor, Chas, Regnier
Geo. W. Keye
HO Bet
C. F. Y. Batchelor & CO
Walnut Street
W.H. Hatch
Carver Force
Ayer
Dr. J.C. Ayer & CO
Practical Chemists
Lowell, Mass
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