President defends executive reach from seat of government
The message, dated May 4 1876 from President Ulysses S Grant, argues the executive cannot be limited by Congress in duties performed away from Washington. He notes rapid communications allow the President to act anywhere within the United States, rejects congressional demand for details of executive acts, and cites 1791 Georgetown seat arrangements to justify continuity of office.
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Blackburn
Hose of Representatives
House of Repreee
Baharil
Congress
United States
House of Ratives
Senate House of Representatives
House of Representatives
Pres
The
United
Washington
Ain
House
Ngton
Georgetown
Philade
Leon
U. S
Grant
Ashington
Absences of Presidents from Washington Over Terms
The article lists presidential absences from the seat of government, detailing days away for Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Quincy Adams, Jackson, and others. It notes gaps in service, commissions prepared in blank, and notable acts performed while traveling, including removals of deposits and disputes over executive records.
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Jackson
Washington
Boston
Fur- Senate
House of Entatives
Buchanan
Lincoln
Johanson
Chinese Commission Hearing Highlights Bias and Coercion
In Sacramento testimony before the Senate Chinese Commission, a Chinese preacher described limits to converting adults and noted a revolution in Canton provinces, while police chief Matthew Searcher testified on the adverse impact of Chinese presence on youth and alleged criminal behavior among Chinese residents, including deceit and exploitation. He discussed contract labor practices and calls to immigration controls amid fears of vice and crime.
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San Francisco
Senate Chinese Commission
Sacramento
Terday
Lem
Canton
Avery
Califorrnia
China Pacific Mail Ateamship Company
Matthew Searcher
Poltose Reher
Polick
Maryland Republicans Name Delegates to Blaine Nomination
Prepericx Missouri May 4 The Republican State Convention met with W H Tuck presiding Delegates Thomas Jr of one B Pugh of Cecil and Edward Walker of Kent were chosen to Cincinnati and they expressed gratitude that investigations have not touched Grant and praised his administration They favor debt reduction and early specie resumption They pledge Maryland’s votes for Blaine and commend Bristow for exposing corruption Delegates instructed to vote for Blaine while a reasonable hope for nomination remains.
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Prepericx
Republians
Tuck
Thomas, Jr
B. Pugh
Cecil
Edward Walker
Kent
Cincinnati
Thns
Grant
Mary Blaine
Bristow
Blaine
Major mill failures strike Western Massachusetts firms
Springfield reports Western Massachusetts reels under a wave of mill failures. Harvey Arnold & Co of North Adams Print Works leads the collapse with Galley Houghton Smith and H. Arnold also hit in North Adams. Three more firms in North Adams Pownal Wi and South Adams face shutdowns. Liabilities total about one million dollars with assets near one and a half million. Over a thousand looms idle and about eight hundred workers left jobless.
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Springfield
Massachusetts
Harvey Arnold & Co
North Adams
Galley, Houghton, & Smith
Enthusiastic Reception for Beecher in Brooklyn May
Crowds filled the Brooklyn Academy of Music in a May 5 lecture by Reverend Ward Beecher to benefit the Soldiers' Home in New York. The audience applauded vigorously as Beecher spoke and he began to raise subscriptions, contributing hundreds of dollars to the Home.
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Mr. Beecher
Brooklyn
New York
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Mony Ward Beecher
Henry Aga
Kr. Beecher Ste
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Duree
Asompany
Ngto
the Western Union Asasiness
Ap Tan P. Mota
Bereierie Marentiy
City of Sydney Steamship Sailings Listed
Fragmentary OCR reads sea voyage items from May in California Glasgow Canada and Mey 4. Steamship entries note City of Sydney from New York to San Francisco and England route. Specifics are garbled but indicate mailed steamer movements and port listings.
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Francisco
Stet Tee Pace
City of Sydney
Indiana Governor Nominee Wins Democratic Honor
Mr. Williams accepted the Democratic nomination for Governor of Indiana while reports from Massillon note quiet activity and weak freight rates from Chicago East. Thomas Estrada was inaugurated President of Cuba, and a plan to shift Kansas greenbackers to the Democratic party failed amid primary meeting results in Worcester and Cincinnati.
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Adk
Massillon
Chicago
Allen
Williams
Indiana
Thomas Estrada
Republic of
Cuba
Kansas
Fire and theft devastate Ohio building. damages rise
A string of incidents includes a five story Ohio Woodenware Co building in Cleveland burned, with losses cited at $175,000 to $370,000. Elsewhere a fire wrecked property. reports discuss a political inquiry into Louisiana federal offices and the assassination case along Red River. The Mormon movement in Utah is noted with leader Brigham Young's travel and implications for future governance. The era's church statistics and the Book Concern are described, emphasizing unity and potential corruption risks.
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Solnttyet
Tatt
Morgan
Sohet
Phillies
Monic Society
Raymond
Tom Karl
Gottschalk
Louisiana
Amiletin
Mil
Young
Theusds
ME. Co
Weather Report from Signal Service War Dept
Weather bulletin from the War Department Signal Service for the Benefit of Commerce and Agriculture lists station readings between May 5 and May 7. Data includes temperatures and barometer values for Saint Paul Minnesota, Saint Louis Missouri, and Fort Gibson among others, with notes that the barometer is corrected for temperature and elevation.
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War Department
S Army
Commerce and Agriculture
Scancennati
Bassier
Sergt
Signal Service
U. S A
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Ohio Valleys May Fifth
Orricen Washington DC 10 30 A M May 5 Propanities for the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys falling followed by brisk southerly veering to northwesterly winds with wart cloudy and rainy weather succeeded to night by cooler and clearing weather
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Washinxetax
D.C
Tennessee
Ohio
Case-Proceedings Drag Through English Language Barriers
Judges Cox Force Murduck and Bur nik piven Ce AT preside as jurors: a panel struggle delays the Bates case due to deafness lameness and language issues. Several potential jurors are excused for reasons including non English understanding and prior service. New venire names to be drawn. court to reconvene at 2 o clock with more attempts to try the case this term.
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Cox
Force
Murduck
Burnik Piven Ce
Bates
Harry C. Bates
Adolphus
Smith
Noph
Shemmwathan
B. Roth
St. Nicholas
Alfred Gaither
Meyers
Homself
Logan
L. A. Martin
Henry Kleine
John Bauer
Evan Evans
Sugges
Tee
Hil
Emmerich
Peter Bloom
Pii
Suit on Sewing-Machine Agent's Bond
The Singer Beving Machine Company sues agent Harper to recover 667 on a bond. Plaintiffs allege Harper indorsed notes insolvent makers to them. Harper claims the notes were turned over when parties were solvent and plaintiffs negligently collected. He says a final settlement included the notes and they extended time without his knowledge. Mephen Coles for plaintiffs, N E Jorden opposing.
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Singer Beving Machine Company
Harper
Rper
Tien’ Atvorward
Ini
Mephen Coles
N. E. Jorden
Senate approves base resolution for congressional recess
The Senate agrees to a recess of Congress from Tuesday the 9th to Friday the 12th and accepts the invitation to attend the opening ceremonies of the centennial. The text notes procedural actions and participants connected to the recess and ceremonial events.
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Av ‘Chitagiy
Haase
Senate
Congress
Naval appropriation bill reduced seamen, yards to close
The Naval Appropriation Bill grows by 276000 to about 12500000, seeks to stop enlistments until seamen drop from 8500 to 7500 and marine corps to 1500 men and 70 officers. It effectively closes work at Kittery Newport Charleston Washington and Pensacola yards and directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a plan to dispose of these yards.
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NAVAL
Navy
Marine Corps
Kittery
Newinton
Charleston
Washington
Pensacola
Accident at Ihqatch Injures Archbrs Bart In Fall
A fire caused $8,000 loss at Vinelawati Times offices in May. Archbrs Bart, an employee, was seriously injured when an elevator failed during a descent from the third to the first floor, plunging into the cellar.
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Ihqatch
Vinelawati Times
Colcmbes
Archbrs Bart
Ain
Oldaud
West Arey Fire Destroys Home in Newfoundland Mishap
In a troubling incident, a fire entirely destroys Elliott Manor in an apparent blaze that damaged surrounding rooms and belongings. The cost to repair is estimated near six thousand dollars, with insurance coverage pending evaluation by Fire and Marine of Massachusetts and Etna of Mariford.
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West
Arey
Elliott
Mennstead
Thorne
Proceedings at Baltimore Reflect Methodist Conference Debates
The Baltimore conference discusses resolutions on Indian policy, peace and civilization, the War Department, and the Christian mission. A report from the Fraternal Delegation to the Louisville conference is submitted, praising cordial ties with the Methodist Church South and hoping for future concord in a shared religious mission. The president’s stance and various members’ remarks are noted.
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BatTier
May
Episcopal Conference
Bowhan
Age Lawrence
Congress
Ohio
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Broadley
Iowa
Clinton DB
Fisk
St. Louis
Estes
Conference of the Methodist
Church South
Louisville
Methodist Episcopal
Charch South
Patriach
Lovick Pierce
Christ
Meiteek
Freight Rates and Court Proceedings Reported in St Louis
Freight agents from the Southern Roads meet in St Louis to fix summer rates from St Louis Indianapolis and Cincinnati to Georgia South Carolina and other states as Greens Line points. Separately in U S District Court Dyer moves for sentence in Grangers and storekeepers cases while defense asks to present mitigating facts and delays sentencing to tomorrow. Specific cases of Fitzroy Thorp and McFallas noted. government plans to use them as witnesses before the grand jury.
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St. Louis
Indianapolis
Mae
Cincinnati
Georgia
Madama
South Carolina
Greens
United States District Court
Dyer
Pascal Igd Sek
Neeat
Fitzroy, Thorp
McFallas
Arrival of first season vessels at Buffalo amid ice barrier
Buffalo on May 5 reports the arrival of the late XN y. Martin from Cleveland, arriving at noon as the season's first vessel. Propellers and boats remain outside as backwater cannot push through the ice barrier.
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Buffalo
XN Y. Martin
Cleveland
Fragmented OCR string hints at 19th century notices and towns
The readable fragments mention Buffalo and Philadelphia areas with monetary figures such as 2.33.000 and 1,500, plus references to Northern Watertown Albany and British Mercantile. The text appears as a distorted collection of names, places, and numbers from a historical page, suggesting notices or ads rather than a cohesive article.
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Ford
Peng
Buffalo
Tnsurance Daipang
Philadelphi
Bothe Park
Eairfieldt
Northeren
Watertown
Neen
Liverpool
Britishend Mercantile
Roe
Oereef
Albany
Siew
National
Lotgiao Staal
Roxot
MAO
Philadel
Theo Rikers Patinae
Mt . Sem
Silver Creek
Avic Biechery
Dom Pedro Heads to Philadelphia After Chicago Arrival
Dom Pedro arrived in Chicago via the Chicags and Northern lines this morning, completed a visit to the water works, and left toward Philadelphia via the Pittsburg and Fort Wayne Railroad. He will stop at Pittsburgh and Oil City before continuing to Philadelphia.
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Chicago
Dom Pedro
River News and Vessels Pass Through May Weather
Special Dispatches to the Cincinnati Times report Menongahela flow in the channel at six feet one inch as the N H Turner arrives from Cincinnati. The Granite State sails toward Portsmouth while the Venture grapples near Bardia Ohio. The Tigress explosion case looms with charges of unskillfulness against Captain Lille and Engineer Lewis. Father of William Smith, commander of Oak Tail, lies seriously ill in McKeesport. Weather showery with rain indications. river rising slowly. Multiple towboats pass, including unnamed vessels, with arrivals and departures noted.
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Cincinnati Times
McCloskeys
Lewis
Tigress
Femlaptt
William Smith
McKeesport
Market Roundup From Peoria and Chicago May 5
Market notes from Peoria show corn mixed steady and wheat firm with cash activity. Chicago and New Orleans reports indicate wheat high and corn firm with June prices slightly up. pork steady, lard firm, oats steady, and barley nudging higher. рэ
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Peoria
Cora
Ostye
Olei
Whitby
Chicago
Ofos
Judy
Liverrook
California
Orleans
Xeaxs
Haive
Siac
Sterling Exchange
York
New York
Milwaukee
Wales
Wesern
Oil market report from Pittsburg and surrounding trades May 5
Special Dispatch notes a quiet and weak oil market across Pittsburg and nearby areas. Philadelphia delivery shows unsettled prices and weak bids while Titusville and ship markets feature nominal or weak quotes. overall crude activity remains subdued.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
WBAG
Moe
Parker
United
Shipmi
Tidioute
Titusville
Political turmoil and trials sweep 19th century news
A chaotic debate over a controversial bill triggers confident cheers and shifting loyalties. Amid parliamentary maneuvering Liberal and Conservative figures clash over foreign policy and potential constitutional changes. Separately, a ship mutiny ends with four crew found guilty of murder and sentenced to hang.
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Dodin
Coves Nest
Ammend Walt
Foreign Department
United Sates
Ashburton
Lowe
Pateford
Lennie
Dream of murder foretells Jackson’s missing death
A Chelsea resident recounts a dream from the night of November 25 where Mr. Jackson appeared at her bedside claiming he had been murdered. She reported the vision to her household, and that afternoon news spread that Mr. Jackson was missing, a rumor carried by local papers.
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Jackson
Chelsea
West End
Gard
Mr. Jackson
Unclear Briktow Meeting Notes and Biography Conflict
The passage notes a small Briktow meeting in Cincinnati with about forty men, references a life of ALT Stewart by JG Wil, and mentions Mrs Stewart's wish against a public biography. It also contains a House floor scene with a lawmaker chewing tobacco, illustrating a vivid political moment.
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Alt. Stewart
JG. Wil
D. Appleton &Co
House O Representatives
Real estate transfers and leases in Cincinnati area listings
A dense list of property transactions shows multiple lot transfers and leases across Cincinnati neighborhoods including Walnut Hills Madisonville and Millcreek Township. Entries cover parcels on Freeman Street Hopkins Street Moore Street and Church Street with various sizes and annual rents. Purchasers include Henry Halroyd Levi Dunham J B Witr ock and Adolph Appl among others with terms ranging five years and rents from 150 to 480 dollars plus options to purchase.
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Dayton Street
Central Avenue
Henry Halroyd
Robert Service
West
Fifth Street
Levi Dubbain
Frederick Emigholx
Freeman
Sargent Mivers
Adam Knorrajid
J. B. We. Wittrock
Hopkins Street
Cutter
Levi Dunham
Caroline Dunham
Freeman Street
Sargent i
Tes. McDought
Adolph. Appl
Wicomingy St
Charlotte FE. Moore
Kaufman & Kkeivbolt
Moore Street
Liberty
Bernard Heithaus
J. B. Hottmann
Sveammbte
Hackberry
Walnut Hills
George Weber
Agidius Noltner
Weber
Shaw Farm
Monat Lookout
Cagaiaboes
Aear Kk
WoManley
Kemper Lane
Eastern Avenue
Laura Batchelor
Minnie
Batchelor
Lane Street
McMillan Street
St . Adolph My and
Wift
J. N. Feuerstein
Caspar Slottman
Church Street
Center Street
Madisonville
Opening Ceremonies At The Centennial Exhibition Acknowledged
The Fortieth Fourth Congress discusses Senate action and House invitation to the Centennial Exhibition opening. Debates on impeachment articles resume with Mr Carpenter aiming for a concise presentation detailing every essential fact of the alleged crime and the constitutional issues involved.
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Teeta
Carpenter
Ry USA
Mr. Carpenter
Towino Power
Ube Senate
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W. B. Dodds, Jr
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Thane
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Franklin PE Foundry
Vine Street
Allison, Smith & Johnson
M. McCcullough & Son
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R. J. Furst
J. Furst
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Clint
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City Directory
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Longworthie Library Association
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Public Library of Cincinnati
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City Park
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Plum Streets
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Kim
Race
Lincogs
Ovand-Hovss
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Leia
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Aireeta
Ms Wats
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Samana Ass Want Aide — Avenue
United Mates
Fourth
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Seventen
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Tvustay
R. Wahle
Clada
McHrea
Tien and Pueas
MawzuTdx
A Lavery
Jeosb _ Cox
M. F Pores
W. C. Johnston
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Lindeman
Police Court i" Cay
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J. Ore
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Te Fatert
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Hughes
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Nicets
City Water
Wm. Jeiken
A. J. Kowman
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Buperin
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Ofrricens
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Pete
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Uh Kings
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Ludlow Ferry
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