Ohio Governor Wood remembered for integrity and kindness
Correspondence notes General Assembly delays and idle talk while committees work. Anecdotes recount ex Governor Reuben Wood's early struggles, his Senate and Supreme Court days, and a famous spoons theft prank. Deaths of Rep Andrew Gerhart and Rep Henry Boehmer prompt heartfelt tributes from the House.
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Cincinnati Chronicle
umBus
General Assembly
Jackson
New Orleans
Lancaster
New Hocking Valley
Nothrancor
Senate
Supreme Court
Scribner
Ohio
Vernor Aes
The
Reuben Wood
Samant Trihis
Wnen Aneeto
Gov
Wood
John W. Willey
Wille
Jim Brown
Willey
Spoons
Jim
Sand
T .P. Dings
Gov. Wood
Poe
House of Representatives
Andrew Gerhart
Richland County
Henry J. Boehmer
Henry
Mer
Vincennes Letter Traverses Local Happenings in January
Correspondent from Vincennes reports unseasonably warm weather and springlike skies. He reflects on river trade, the Wabash River Navigation Company, and the fate of Vincennes University amid state and local politics. Noting a calico ball and political chatter, he endorses Will Cumback for Senate, praising his honesty and suitability.
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Ueusual ‘Weather
Wabash Navigation Company
Vincennes University
Sundries
Camback
Cincinnati Chronicle
Vincennes
Louisville
Cincinnati
Wabash River
Goose Pond
Elizabeth Garret
Rossini
Meyerbeer
Euvre
Buena Vista freestone town news from the Scioto banks
Correspondent notes Buena Vista in Nile township facing winter slow stone shipments as W Lewis Caden & Bro and John M Mueller extend quarry works. Local stores and tradesmen like Major Henry and J J Adams are active. The town’s timber, cheap rent, and water transport favor manufacturing prospects. the author promises more local notes.
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Cincinnati Chronicle
Buena Vista
Freestone
Nile
Scioto
Ohio
Seation
W. Lewis Jen & Bro
John M. Mueller
W. Lewis Caden & Bro
Neral
Henry
J. J. Adams
Fraestone
Tommie
Woodstock village notes and war era curiosities
Correspondent from Woodstock writes of a 400-person village on the Columbus Chicago Indianapolis line with stores churches schools and growing stock. He notes bees dying off in other states and beesmen doubt disease, suggesting honey shortage as cause and asks where rats have gone. Tennessee treason docket lists many Confederate leaders indicted with few arrests. California coal discovery near Pacific Railroad line described as abundant and high quality.
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Cincinnati Chronicle
Woodstock
Columbus, Chicago & Indianapolis Central
Cincinnati Coromcl
John
Eorge McDonald
Oecat Aetuans
S. Fe
Knoxville
Tenn
Jeff. Davis
Harris
Bragg
E. Kirby Smith
Buckner
Breckinridge
McCown
Longstreet
Wheeler
Forrest
East Tennessee
California
Pacific Railroad
Rock Island
Illinois
Argus
The
United
Black Hawk
Fone
Sheol
Persia
Theece
Contemplated scaling of contracts by law or courts
W H West arguing against any lawful power to scale or alter contracts under the Legal Tender act. He insists the obligation of money contracts remains fixed at face value in general money, regardless of currency depreciation, and that neither state legislatures nor Congress nor the federal judiciary can lawfully impair or scale such contracts by retrospective legislation or judicial abrogation.
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Vincennes
Congress
Indiana
Vincennes University
State University
Bloomington
Baker
Vincennics University
Episcopalian Church
Bellefontaine
Sik
Supreme Court
Comnion Law
O Morris
Howards
Cincinnati
Hammond
United States
Aea
Federal
Terrific storms at sea stir Liverpool rescue tale
London Express report recalls the John Duncan wreck after a hurricane from NNW. Wrecked near St John New Brunswick, Captain Randall and wife perished. Survivors rescued by the Dirigo and Radboni days later. A legal notice follows about a separate suit for annulment in St Louis.
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London Express
Lambref
John Duncan
Liverpool
Gibraltar
Mr. Lamb
Randall
St. John
N. B
N. XN. W
Sapentia
Radboni
Reed
Cadiz uprising seen as Provisional Government plot
A Madrid dispatch to the New York Tribune exposes Cadiz as the outcome of a government led conspiracy to aid monarchists. The plan allegedly began with General Peralta’s martial law and disarmament orders, prompting Cadiz residents to revolt and prompting Republicans to confront Madrid.
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N. Y. Tribune
Madrid
Cadiz
General de Peralta
Chizen
Peralta
Republican Committee
Castellar
Serrano
Prim
Gastethir
Barcelona
Seville
Carta
Spain
Nothi
Montpensier
Lisbon
Union Liberate
Badajos
Cordova
Badajoz
Serrena
Duke of Montpensier
Andalusia
Portpes
Interior
Marshal Serrano
Grace of Montpensier
Portugal
Ham
Colle
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St. Louis
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