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Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1879

Page

4

Maine Democrats Aim At Bangor Convention Platform

The Maine Democratic call for a Bangor convention on July 1 outlines principles including federal and state balance, fair elections, equal taxation, a revenue tariff, no subsidies, honest public spending, and government issued money. It notes overlap with Greenbackers and urges unity against the Republican administration amid a long national debate on policy.

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Sardines as a Sedition Instrument in Prohibitory Ukase

A witty remark notes inventive minds turning sardines into a potent tool of dissent. Boxes could be weighed and taxed yet not opened, provoking discussion of a potential ukase banning sardines as a protest instrument.

Christopher Woolston M. Ik. C South Parade Clifton England Med Johnn H. Griscom M. D N. Y J.J. Garth Wilkinson Cavendish Square London

Fragmented rattling quotes from a late 19th century column

A mosaic of provocative statements touches on the Duke of Argyll paying a piper, masked gunmen in Texas delivering mail, clashes among Kansas immigrants, trial costs in New Jersey, and various social and political critiques. The text loops from figures like Rutherford B. Hayes to Beecher and Ingersoll, ending with a garbled appeal about asylums.

Rutherford Hayes Blaine Andersonville Libby Duke of Argyll Texas United States Kansas New Jersey Stanley Matthews Rutherford B. Hayes Queen Victoria Dr. Kirkbride Pennsylvania Blair Zachariah Chandler Washington New Hampshire New York Star Tilden Leo Thirteenth Cardinal Hergenroether Holy See Hickenlooper North Carolina New England Zach Chandler Zach National Liquor Commission Mr. Chandler General Shields Fletcher Webster Senator Voorhees Webster Kansas City Chicago Sacred College Cardinal McCloskey Millais Annals of the Propagation of the Faith Zambesi Cape Town Georgia Alabama Sanders Styx Grant Washington Post George Washington Childs A. M General Grant Borie New York Tribune Charles Francis Adams Frank Bird Julius Rockwell Frank Sanborn Senate McDonald Indiana Librarian of Congress Louisiana South N. Y. Express Murch House House Judiciary Committee Mr. Hayes Knott

Indiana Whistle Law Stirs Voters and Doctors

A regional uproar follows a new Indiana law requiring railroad engineers to sound whistles for at least eighty rods before crossings. Critics call the measure harsh and point to doctors leaving western states for Indiana. The editorial mocks opponents and notes widespread discontent with the legislature’s action.

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