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Newspaper
Columbus Democrat
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1877
Page
2
A sprawling, partly satirical recap notes troop movements near the Danube and political maneuverings in New Orleans. It mentions Nicholls as governor, Hayes policies provoking cabinet letters, and various figures like Iglesias and Spinner amid national partisan debate.
A borderline political squib notes a state resident disputing attribution of the phrase his fraudulency to Hayes and remarks the Deutsche Zeitung’s spelling Rutherford as Rutherfordfraud signals shared public sentiment. It mocks sensationalism and asserts broad American intelligence.
A harsh, reflective piece questions Millerite forecasts for the year and mocks their reliability. Pacxarp sits in the State-house hall, reflecting on mutability of Louisiana affairs and a ghostly governor amid a disappointing political landscape.
The former attorney general Taft known as father Taft is credited with a vigorous letter about Hayes. He calls Hayes pusillanimous while critics who accused Hayes of weakness were met with Republican reactions. The piece notes some Republicans respond strongly to critics but not to Taft’s harsher words.
The Ohio State Journal defends Grace known as Old Mother Greenwood while the Courier-Journal cites Old Gail Hamilton. The writer protests attempts to insult young, bright-eyed women by aging them. Further fear is expressed that newspapers may age Col. Susie Amions and Jennie Swimbelm.
The April 12 1877 manifesto from Czar Alexander states Russia will act to protect Orthodox Christians in Bosnia Herzegovina Bulgaria and the Balkans after Ottoman refusal to guarantees. It says peaceful efforts failed and orders troops to cross the Turkish frontier.
Vienna reports Turka units crossing the Danube at several points and dispatching flying columns to destroy railways ahead of Russian forces. Grand Duke Michael names Erivan as Caucasian army headquarters. A war manifesto is issued there and the czar sends Austria an autograph letter denying intention of annexations. Russian Caucasian army moves toward Erzroum and Batoum in two columns. Paris notes Moltke speech sparks gloom.
Vienna reports a near clash near Barbos chi over the Barbos chi railway bridge as Turkish gunboats enter the Sareth river. Russians prepare to defend the crossing with pontoon bridges while Turkish forces seek to deny access and halt crossings for days to come.
A collage of brief items reports Greene county colony departure, Mrs Emma Molloy lecturing in Vermont, Spencer county claims an old man of 106, grasshoppers hatching in Lawrence county, Shelby county fruit promising, a Lebanon high school teacher paid three dollars daily with two scholars, Hugh Hinds in South Bend with horse hide cards, sixty five bass hooked from the Kankakee, a South Bend resident hanging four dogs to death near tax time, Loganaport Pharos’s daily return described as lively and Democratic, Williamsport’s two illiterate youths, Thomas Swift dying from injuries near Hardenburg, Milford store and home burned, insured for seven thousand, Franklin shoe sizes, Posey county gun accident killing John Lockbridge, Madison’s mastodon tooth find, Indiana editorial trips, St Joseph county’s bid to marry, Jackson County Bee debut from Brownstown, Wabash Courier editor Carl Brayfield, a local woman arms herself with a revolver after nightfall and teases suitors on her safe return from church.
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