Republican State Convention Set for August in Cleveland
The Republican Central Committee directs the next state convention in Cleveland on August 1 1877 to nominate governors and other state officials. Delegates allocated one per 500 Hayes votes with extra for fractions, Athens County to receive seven delegates. A T Wikoff chairs the committee with J C Donaldson as secretary.
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Republican Central and ExecuTive Committee
umsBus
Central Committee
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Common Schools
Board of Public Works
Seigh Ge Agate
Seigh Ge Agate Appoint Egates
R. B. Hayes
Athens County
A. T. Wikoff
Rep
J. C. Donaldson
Recaptured Ardahan and other late 19th century updates
Reports note Turkish forces recaptured Ardahan while the Jerusalem Consulate remains vacant awaiting J N Cou Ros INGERSOLL travels to California for lectures. Ex President Grant and wife reached Liverpool in good health as politics and war fears unfold. Presidential remarks support silver remonetization amid Balkan tensions and naval incidents near the Danube.
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Grant
Liverpool
Grant to Tour World Receives Navy Attention
The Secretary of the Navy sent a letter to foreign station commanders noting ex President Grant is touring the world and that they should give him proper observance abroad. South Carolina Senate votes to cut back debt funding, striking $270,000 for interest payments and replacing it with $50,000 for overdue salaries of state officers.
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Secretary of the Navy
Grant
South Carolina
Senate
House
Massacre in Mississippi tests postwar peace and Republican resolve
The article argues the Kemper county killings of Judge Chisholm and companions reveal deep Southern Democratic hostility to Republicans. It questions ex-Confederate justice, condemns violence, and asserts the need for full civil rights protection regardless of race or politics. It also notes potential conflicts over internal improvements and cites Donge on pork disease losses nationwide.
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Chisholm
Kemper County
Mississippi
Republican Party
Judge Chisholm
White League
South
Mr. Donge
Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Indiana
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
West Virginia
Ohio
Atlantic Coast
Disloyal Georgia Democrats Target Senator Gordon
The piece accuses United States Senator Gordon of aiding Hayes's electoral victory and labels him a scalawag. It argues independence of thought earns Southern hatred regardless of carpetbagger labels, highlighting ongoing regional tensions and party infighting.
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Georgia
United States
Gordon
Hayes
Democratic Governor Nominee Faces Campaign Debt Pressure
The Democratic Central Committee faces a $1500 debt as the party begins its campaign. The Enquirer notes the gubernatorial nominee will be pressured to fund the effort, with the headline implying the candidate must liquidate the bill to avoid an empty political wallet.
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Democratic Central Committee
The
Enquirer
Silent Democrats Sink in Massacre Silence
The piece notes ominous quiet from Democratic journals about a massacre where attackers were Democrats and victims Republicans. It suggests political prudence drives their restraint and attributes the silence to avoid fueling partisan conflict.
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Mississippi
Yankee ingenuity traps grasshoppers in tar ride
In Minnesota an anxious farmer covers a square sheet of iron with coal tar and drags it across a field. Grasshoppers hop on for a ride, stick to the tar, and cannot descend. About a bushel are captured per trip.
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Minnesota
Job openings in New Straiteville seek 100 laborers
Able bodied men are urged to seek work in New Straiteville where a demand for laborers exists. F. B. Baird advertised last week for one hundred men to dig iron ore at the locality. Baird boards his workers at $13.75 per month.
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New Straiteville
F. B. Baird
Mississippi Governor warns against stirring massacres
Gov. Stong of Mississippi says it will not do to stir the thing up and that the massacre must be settled. He states a government not competent to handle such a case is unfit to be sustained, according to the Boston Herald Indianapolis report.
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Gov. Stong
Mississippi
Boston Herald
Ind
Lukens Urged as Republican Candidate for State School Commissioner
A Kent man Joseph F Lukens is urged as a top Republican choice for State School Commissioner. The endorsement notes his long teaching career as union schools superintendent and legal training, praising character, scholarship, discipline, and educational service.
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Joseph F. Lukens
Kent
Union
Lukens
Valley Blade
Portsmouth
Ohio
Blade
Portage County
Southwest
Ohio University
Ohio at the Front in October Political Fight
The Ohio focus of the 1877 campaign is essential for Republican strength in 1880. The piece urges Republicans to mobilize in October, defend Reconstruction policy, and defeat Bourbon Democrats to keep Hayes and Grant policies in power. It argues Ohio’s vote could divide the South from the North and shape national politics.
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Ohio
Indiana
Allen
Tilden
Republican Party
Bourbon Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Grant
Hayes
South
United States
Brush With the Hostiles Near Little Muddy Creek
General Miles leads Companies F H L and G of the Second Cavalry with twenty five Mounted Infantry to attack an Indian village on Little Muddy Creek ninety miles from Tongue River mouth. Fourteen Indians killed on the field with many more wounded. Four hundred fifty ponies and horses and fifty four lodges taken. New agency goods and gear recovered from the Seventh Cavalry in the Custer fight found at the scene.
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Miles
Second Cavalry
Fifth Infantry
Little Muddy Creek
Tongue River
Seventh Cavalry
Grant in Liverpool and Manchester Visit After Luncheon
General Ulysses S. Grant visited Liverpool and Manchester after a river tour and luncheon with the Mayor in the Town Hall. He spoke from the balcony to cheering crowds, then proceeded to the News rooms and Exchange before departing for London by special Pullman car. The Ohio Democracy plans a Columbus convention to reaffirm its currency stance.
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Grant
Liverpool
Manchester
Lonedon
Midland Road
Ohio Democracy
Bill Allen
Columbus
Fatal affray near Miamatown over buggy collision
John Nugent, 19, was killed Sunday evening near Miamatown by blows from a whip handle wielded by John Breese, a fellow young man. The fatal clash arose from a collision of the buggies they drove. Nugent was intoxicated and Breese appeared intoxicated as well.
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John Nugent
Miamatown
John Breese
Grosvenor Interv with the President on party fate
Gen Grosvenor of Athens spent hours with President Hayes discussing party unity. Hayes rejects a third party notion and pledges to aid the Republican cause to preserve organization prestige and future success.
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Cincinnati
Washington City
Grosvenor
Athens
Cincinnati Times
Republican Party
Mississippi
Louisiana
Ohio House of Representatives
Hayes
Republicans evade the silver question in Ohio summer talk
The Cincinnati Commercial notes Ew ing warns Republicans avoid new policies and favor remonetizing silver before specie resumption. It calls for restoring the old silver dollar as lawful money, urging both parties in Ohio to align with this aim this summer.
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Ewing
Republic
Ohio
Cincinnati
Perry County Democratic Convention Nominates Local Ticket
The Perry County Democratic Convention at Somerset nominated Curtis Travinger for Representative Jas G Huttman for Prosecuting Attorney Noah Karr for Treasurer A T Stinehcomb for Auditor George W Moore for Recorder Nathan Plank for Commissioner Samuel McCourtney for Surveyor and James J Dolan for Infirmary Director The Senatorial Convention of Muskingum and Perry counties will likely meet at Somerset on June 26.
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Perry County
Somerset
Curtis Travinger
Jas. G. Huttman
Noah Karr
A.T. Stinehcomb
George W. Moore
Nathan Plank
Samuel McCourtney
James J. Dolan
Muskingum
Perry
Sheriff Patronage Questioned After Local Boast
The Athens Journal quotes a MES Senger boast claiming Parker Carpenter pocketed 2000 from sheriff duties, a claim contradicted as a broad lie. The Journal asserts no county patronage ever reached that amount in a year or four, and the editor knows the truth.
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Messenger
Parker Carpenter
Athens Journal
Business prospects and war impact in six months
The six month outlook for business prosperity becomes clearer. The Europe war continues with understood effects. It is unlikely other nations will join soon, limiting major shifts in business calculations.
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Europe
Russia
Turkey
N. Y
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