Education, liberty, and state duty in civic life
A historical argument asserts the state must educate citizens to curb ignorance while protecting parental rights. It favors compulsory education with safeguards for families, notes that schooling methods matter, endorses varied providers, laments high school costs, and highlights longstanding Republican loyalty and persecution in Louisiana after 1876.
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Commonwealth
Tay Palace
Chen
Tate
Republic
Weave
Political Crisis Over Louisiana Vote Returns
A dramatic tirade against Hayes Packard and the Louisiana returning board. The argument centers on two thousand disputed votes, claiming either Hayes as President and Nicholls as Governor or Hayes deprived of the seat by fraud. The speaker demands accountability from Governor Mayes and condemns the contested returns as an outrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reidurs
Louisiana Returns Jug Board
Wells
Anderson
Cassane Ave
Kenner
Hayes
Packard
Washington
Louisiana
Southern
Iloyahty
Bean
New Orleans
Mayes
Mr. Hayes
Paceard
Mr. Sayes
United States
Nicholls
White House
Returning Board
Bii
Trayes
Ueter
Mr. Mayes
Alapaina
Legislature Adjourns While Work Remains Slow
Special correspondence notes slow progress in the state legislature. Bills proliferate, committees mark many for passage or rejection, adjournment until February 7th faces opposition, and lobbyists ready their campaigns as sessions pause with little significant action reported. The land grant and death penalty debates loom, with railroads jockeying for influence and printers’ bills inflating costs.
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Ifort
Pehale Ty Inlowa
Lillis
Orler Bila
Assembly
Iowa
Whonin
Nemo
Disaster Strikes Steamship Metropolis Wreck Off Norfolk
Report from Nourorra Virginia details the Metropolis disaster with about 98 saved and many bodies washed ashore along the beach. Rescue vessels including the Rescues, Baker Wrecking, and Fortune were dispatched, while accounts describe the ship’s 1861 construction, its voyage from Philadelphia to Brasil, and the harrowing escape of survivors led by watermen and life-saving crews.
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Nourorra
Goast “Wrecking Company
Baker Wrecking Company
United States Steamier
Fortune
Navy Yard
Metropolis
Systic
Mass
New York
Phiadelphia
Brasil
P. & 2. Collins
Paul J. White
James Moore
Lehigh Navigation Company
Poutner
Madeira
Prince Street
Germantown
Wattigan
Imawn
Delaware
Tay
Pan
Phot
Cantey
Colting
Akers
St. Charles
Anyene
Waga
William Jones
Jones
Tones
Lampton
Linton
Curritucking
Norfolk
The Hayes Bargain and Southern Concilation Claims
The article alleges a contested bargain involving President Hayes and Southern figures. It cites visits by Louisiana’s obel and Judge Mackey of Charleston to Hayes, then mentions a Wormley conference and Burke’s alleged complicity. Chandler accuses a signed, seated, delivered bargain and demands truth amid political tension.
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Obel
Louisiana
Mr. Hayes
Ohio
Mackey
Charleston
South Carolina
Hampton
Washington
Hayes
Matthews
Foster
Burke
New Orleans
W. BE. Chancer
Thurke
Wormley
Hovel
Chandler
Darke
Resurrected Editorial Sparks Religio-Legal Light on Local Press
A long dormant editorial, written about four years ago by a local critic, is revived. The author sought to air a grievance against an unnamed paper, and the piece now reappears to critique the press. The mood is combative, with notes of unresolved contention and a lingering public interest.
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Waterhouse Block
Pigeo
Dub
Tans
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Onog
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Hamburg
MANN
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Iowavenue
E. K. Larimer
Mason & Hamlin
Boston
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E. ©. Price
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City Hall
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