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Newspaper
Columbus Democrat
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1877
Page
4
A Danbury youth, after a Sunday lunch with a young woman he escorted home, pressed her with probing sleep talk queries and finally declared love, asking her to marry and protect her, prompting a dramatic but consensual exchange. The item blends moral reflection with light social satire from a small town.
A partisan claim in Republican papers alleged Governor Nicholls promised pretrial pardons to Wells Anderson Casenave and Kenner tied to the Louisiana Returning Board affair. The piece asserts Nicholls would face impeachment if such a pledge existed and warns against compounding felony. The note then shifts to a recipe for Green Corn Fritters and a casual social observation about gender roles and parasol use.
A convention adopts a platform calling for repeal of the specie resumption clause, abolition of national banks, remonetization of the silver dollar as legal tender for government debts, equitable taxation, civil service reform, repeal of class legislation, eradication of alcoholic traffic, opposition to subsidies, railroad legislative control, and general salary reductions. The closing remark questions why Egypt was dark despite Israel lights.
Certified decree directs sale of rents and profits for up to seven years from the Hope town lot 75 properties to satisfy a 545.00 debt plus interest and costs plus two executions in favor of Fred Volland against Henry Senft. If rents fail to meet the decree, full fee simple may be sold at public auction with no valuation relief. Sale announced by Sheriff Tillman F Everroad on July 5, 1877, Hope Indiana.
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