Yonng Elected School Director and Rail Break Near New Orleans
A morning report notes Yonng elected School Director District. A train on the New New Orleans and Tackeon ilroad broke through a bridge eight miles from New Orleans at land, spreading attention to transportation and local disruption. The piece also touches on trade topics between Canada and Australia, and electoral tensions in the South amid national debates and pro and anti voting dynamics.
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Wagon Road to Helena
Fragmentary notes describe a journey along a wagon road to Helena with remarks about measurements and a padometer attached to a vehicle. The text references Messrs. Boyle and other unnamed travelers and hints at logs or columns related to travel.
Road fund plan for Helena district mineral highway
The article discusses funding a road linking Helena with surrounding towns and mines. It suggests a $2 500 estimate but notes possible shortfall. It proposes local contributions in Helena Clancy Jefferson City and Boulder. Ore in kind from Kemp at Clancy and Johnsow could supply funds. A citizen committee from each town would hire workers and supervise construction to ensure fair costs and prevent contractor pockets.
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Government plans for Sioux to cede Black Hills and relocate
The article reports Indian Affairs instructions to commissioners under President’s directive. It notes no promises may be made until President and Congress approve. It says rations will wait until relocation to a Missouri river point is chosen and Indians agree to abandon the Black Hills.
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Independent State Committee Endorses Platform at Meeting
The Independent State Committee met with 300 to 400 delegates to fill vacancies on the state ticket. After officers were chosen, resolutions backed the Independent National Convention platform and denounced the 1873 act that dropped the silver dollar from circulation, urging its return and broader adoption.
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Death of Speaker M. C. Kerr of Tiidiauia
The President announces the death of Speaker M. C. Kerr of Tiidiauia, praising his intellect, probity, culture, and usefulness. He invites the people to a solemn national acknowledgment and private mourning, signed by JL Carnahan, Acting Secretary, Washington, August 21, 1876.
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Sitting Bull seeks peace mission via Queen Victoria
A Winnipeg courier reports Sitting Bull plans to appeal to Queen Victoria through Canada to mediate US Sioux tensions. He asks Britain to pressure the US government to grant a large permanent Sioux reservation near British possessions and to deploy aliiefs with an interpreter to meet the Queen and present grievances against dishonest Indian Agents.
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Sioux Commission Instructions Favor Removal to Indian Territory
The Sioux Commission near completion emphasizes a plan to move Indians to the Indian Territory as soon as possible. The President backs an agreement encouraging self support through cultivation of the soil in a region forever secured to the Indian people, with removal as a major inducement. If they choose self supplies, provisions will follow under the future act and existing treaties.
Sioux and Blackfeet Indians Face Tenuous Alliance
Indian Commissioner Dickenson reports the Sioux on the warpath sending tobacco gifts to the Blackfeet and asking them to join in fighting the United States. The Canadian Indians refuse to join, pledging peace. The Sioux threaten crossing into Blackfeet country if Americans are defeated, while Blackfeet seekMounted Police protection and readiness to muster 2000 warriors if needed.
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Fort Ellis
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Reconstruction Era Political Platform Appeals for Reform
The document proclaims acceptance of reforms with emphasis on genuine state government change. It accuses Republicans of race-based fraud, mismanagement, and debt, demanding honest elections and denouncing violence while urging all citizens to join in fair voting and reform efforts.
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