18 Sep 1876
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Newspaper
Chester Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1876
Page
1
Chester Daily Times explains voting eligibility for males 21 and older including US citizenship, state residency, district presence, years of age or tax payment, and naturalization rules. It notes key dates: last day for assessment September 3, naturalization papers October 7, and tax payment by October 7 or 8 with election on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
In wet conditions a parade assembled around the Wigwan and West Madison streets, led by Ogleby’s Cornet Band and Chester Campaign Club torchbearers. About 400 participants from multiple clubs marched, listened to E A Price and Willian Moran, with cheers for Hayes Wheeler Ward. Some incidents occurred at the Wigwam and hotel stoop, but the event proceeded with strong Republican support and pledges.
Debate centers on Victoria Woodhull and Colonel Blood marriage status with a divorce on grounds of adultery. The article questions the couple’s beliefs versus practices and cites a separate drunken street brawl near Midrteenth and Upland streets after a parade.
Reverend Joseph McElroy a noted Presbyterian minister died in New York on Saturday. Born in North Waterland County he graduated from Jefferson College and moved to New York early in life to succeed Dr Mason as pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian Church later moved from Cedar Street to Fourteenth Street where he served for over fifty years.
A witty exchange notes coal shortages and rising stove prices as autumn cools, with lines about stoves laid on walks and embers lost. It mocks critics who call stove placement a put up job and jokes about adjusting stove pipes as a high commission. The piece closes on the melancholy mood of September through December.
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