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Newspaper
Brazil Weekly Echo
Location
Brazil, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1876
Page
2
The Democratic Central Committee for Clay County requests members to attend a meeting at Bowling Green on Thursday. The notice, dated January 1878, urges members to be present for important business, signed by James M. Hoskins, Chairman.
The telegraph reports Bowen's damages remain unsettled while Commercial Loan and Trust Co. shuts amid depositor runs. Anornen Chicagé bank crisis. Douur Uante visits Troy. Governor Kellogg calls Loyola financial crisis insolvent. Rumors of Tweed, Beecher salaries, and Prohibition era whiskey lull. Kentucky betting law seeds school funds. Louisville grand jury indicts betting parties. Ottoman Empire weakness and Russia interference discussed.
A fragment of a 19th century local column discusses gubernatorial candidates, clergy activism, and a Republican convention call. It mentions Ostelo and Preston in clerkship chatter, criticisms of clergy, school revenue apportionment with specific county sums, and a confiscation of a distillery including a $20,000 sale price and $24,000 mortgage. Also references a Virginia official appointment and a party quarrel over rebels in government service.
Disturbance surrounds the renamed Gray City post office in Harrison Township now Clay City. Critics say the change, sparked by Elto Filbeck and Nine Filbeck, reflects a Republican scandal tied to El Paso Railroad and canal sand swindles. The Herald and Ecuo public agitation prompted the switch to the original intended Clay City name.
The article notes Bit Hoisy introducing a bill to sharply cut government salaries by about half, including postmasters, predicting annual savings over forty million dollars. It lauds Tolan as a strong Indiana lawmaker and suggests he may run for governor, while criticizing Bit Holman and the Radical party as factors in GOP nomination hesitancy.
A discourse condemns ex-rebels in public roles, cites Longstreet Mosby and others, and attacks Republican actions as favoring the rich. It notes DC governance gains by a ring and labor wages dispute, then promotes Terre Haute Opera Company engagement and Spencer county Republican convention backing Grant administration and Hunter for Congress.
The record notes Longstreet Mosby and Atkinson named to office. It is unclear if they were wounded soldiers. No specific injury amounts are provided in the fragment.
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