Notable tribute and political shift in Ohio and Minnesota
The Athens County notice honors Col Abraham Van Vorhes now residing in Stillwater Minnesota praising his public service from Ohio politics and his self made career. A lengthy biographical sketch details his early life in Pennsylvania, rise as a scholar inventor and public official. It notes his reelection reluctance and district support.
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Athens
Sep
Abraham van Vorhes
Stillwater
Minnesota
West
Athens County
A. B. Walker
St. Paul
Minn
P. Press
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Dillworth
Philadelphia
Ohio
van Vorhes
Hocking Valley
Congress
Senate
Taylor
Land Office
Demagogue Durbin Ward praises currency stability in Mansfield speech
In Mansfield last week Gen Durbin Ward, a Democrat, argued the present currency volume exceeds wartime totals and that confidence in its stability matters more than expanding supply. He warned voters against demagogues and urged focus on business concerns and national finance as October approaches. He cites Ohio firm building Indiana State House, Muskingum fair underway, and Ohio laws volume due Oct 1.
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Durbin Ward
Mansfield
Treasury
Tom Ewing
A. J. Warner
Muskingum County
Ohio
Plague Ravages South Warns of Widespread Death
A Memphis report describes cemeteries overflowing as gravesites prove insufficient due to a deadly epidemic spreading from New Orleans to Vicksburg and beyond. The piece links rising Southern demand for public funds for internal improvements to Democratic party shifts in Congress.
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South
Memphis
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Tennessee
Alabama
Democratic Party
Congress
Nationals of 13th District Meet in Marietta Convention
The Nationals of the 13th District will convene in Marietta on September 1 at 4 p.m. to nominate a candidate for Congress. Each county earns delegates by voting 500 per governor vote in October 1877, with fractions of 250 votes granting one delegate. RIENZI Coats is the district committeeman.
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van Vorhes
Gen. Dawes
N. H. van Verhes
Marietta Register
Thomas
Henry Morgan
Ironton
J. G. Adams
Warsaw
Cincinnati
Put-in-bay
Columbus
Cleveland
L. L. Clark
Lancaster
Mahlon Kinsey
Somerville
Presbyterian Church
Davis
Letart
Callie C. Grant
H.S. Horton
Pomeroy
Morris Bowers
Tupper’s Plains Seminary
Grimes & Stansbury
Seth Paine
John Struble
Jackson Township
Joseph Snyder
Somerset
Portsmouth
Oakland
Carter’s Grove
Carroll's Grove
New Lexington
St. Dominic
Marietta
Rienzi Coats
Prohibitionists Deemed Harmful to Temperance Cause
Prohibitionists acknowledge they cannot win and only aid Democrats. They know nine time Republicans back temperance as one Democrat, yet still nominate campaign for Prohibition candidates and vote, knowing their success harms true temperance friends and helps its enemies.
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Tny
Prohibition
Friends of Temperance
Bankrops Law Ends After Widely Abused Provisions
The bankrops law, long exploited by dishonest debtors, expired on Saturday. Its abolition brings relief to sound business circles that had endured the abuses and now faces a return to ordinary credit practices.
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Hamilton
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United States
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Europe
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Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Orphans Home
Nenia
O'Connor
van Voriens
Woodsfield
Indiana State House
Thos. van Meter
Newark
Mt. Clemens
Michigan
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Ashtabula
Henry Vega
Toledo
Moses Kramer
John Donohu
Brandford
John
Theo, Thomas
New York
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Maggie Braddock
Mt. Vernon
W. H. Walker
Circleville
Falkner
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Andrew Cass
Columbus Grove
Troy
Morgan
Samuel Armstrong
London
Madison Co
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Wanseon
Joshua Bray
Arthur Sheffer
Washington
Marrietta
Robert Parke
Watertown
R. R. Dawes
Fitz Joan Porter
Martha Thompson
Beverly
Marietta Institute
Turner Band
Muskingum River
N. H. van Vorhes
Matamoras
Miller
MEIGS
Efe
Great Bend
Matt
Rosanna Oaks
Rutland
Dakota Territory
Myron Wells
Bashan
Willoughby
Lake County
John R. Davis
Middleport
Stear
Anawha No
Tom
Terry
Horton
Meigs County
George &. Corner
Malta
James Davis
Thurness & McAdoo
Denvertown
John Glass
L. S. Scott
J. M. Rusk
Nannie
Mona Adams
Ryan
John Davis
Union Township
A. Steinman
Logan
Joshua Beery
John Griffin
Wesboro
FE. L. Crall
Rock House Hotel
Rock House
Logan Gazette
Verry
New Straitsville
Sarah A. Saffell
Pike Township
New Lexington Tribune
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Zanesville
Somerset Boys
Job Lucas
McArthur
John Robins
Zaleski
Plattsmouth
Neb
John Chiffin
New Plymouth
Vinton County Teachers’ Institute
McArthur Enquirer
W. H. Scott
Zachariah Stevens
Vinton Record
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