Official Lie Indorsing a Bas tard as Legitimate
A proclamation from Washington claims the Fifteenth Amendment is ratified, but the piece denounces it as an official falsehood achieved by military power under Congress and the Executive. It argues the people and states did not consent, condemning centralized rule and urging resistance by “the American people.”
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Corydon
Harrison County
Washington
United States
Farer
Congress
Executive
Sixteenth Amendment Proposal Casts Race as Bar to Office
The Seymour Times criticizes Republican stance on negro departures and urges immediate submission of a Sixteenth Amendment. It would bar all persons of African descent from any U S office and from juror service except in cases involving someone of their own race.
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Seymour Times
Republican Party
United States
Wolfe & Waymen
Harrison
Proclamation of Fifteenth Amendment Ratification by President
The document declares the Fifteenth Amendment ratified by 26 states with additional notes on withdrawals and confirmations. Secretary Hamilton Fish certifies the amendment as valid part of the Constitution and records its publication in 1870.
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Secretary of State
Congress of the
United States
Senate
House of Representatives of
United States of America
Congress
North Carolina
West Virginia
Massachussetts
Wisconsin
Maine
Louisiana
Michigan
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Connecticut
Florida
Tllinois
Iowa
Indiana
New York
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Nevada
Vermont
Missouri
Virginia
Alabama
Kansas
Mississippi
Minnesota
Ohio
Rhode Island
Nebraska
Texas
Georgia
Hamilton Fish
Department of State
Hamilton Fisn
Adelbert Ames and Terre Haute Spiritualists Featured
The article recalls Adelbert Ames as a late brevet general who used a federal army to influence a legislature and sought admission to the Senate after resigning his commission. It also notes Terre Haute Spiritualists planning the twenty second anniversary celebration of Spiritualism in that city.
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Adelbert Ames
United States Senate
Washington
Senate
Terre Haute
Various Civil Judgments and Appeals From Justice Court
A period court log lists multiple civil actions including judgments for Sherman $50, Kalin $26, Funkhouser $35, Tracewell $47, and Gazaway costs on appeal. Several appeals dismissed or continued. diversions include divorces, deed corrections, and note suits with amounts up to $108.
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Thos
Hide
Windell
Supreme Court
Marinda Kalin
Henry Snide
Justice Bunch
Kalin
Lydia Ik
Dean
Jeremiah L. Dean
Samuel D. Riggs
Prachie McKamy
Daniel L. Sherman
John P. Gwartney
Sherman
Richard Jones
Mary J. Jones
David Shepherd
Hardin Thompson
John Hilderbrand
Levi Hurn
Elizabeth M’cutcheon
George Deaton
Equitable Insurance Company
Henry C. Wright
Insurance Company
William Windell
Richard Simler
Funkhouser
Luther Miller
Charles W. Lopp
Geo. W. Crawford
Richard Gazaway
Justice Zenor
Gazaway
Eli Kingery
Kingery
Samuel J. Wright
A.W. Brewster
Brewster
Costa
Wright
Impudent Questions Monty in Everyday Life
A quizzical poem notes common questions that probe honesty and conduct in various professionals. It playfully asks if lawyers lie doctors kill editors reveal correspondents and merchants cheat while challenging a minister subscriber and lender.
Smallpox Cases Reported Near Jacksonville Indiana
A report notes several smallpox cases in the vicinity of Jacksonville and Fountain county. The piece mixes multiple items including a juror selection in Henry county, Wabash flood comments, Fort Wayne city debt, Vigo stock hog prices, religious fervor in Peru, a river steamer voyage, and a Wyoming Legislature speech on women’s suffrage, all presented in a single crowded column.
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Jacksonville
Fountain County
Terre Nlante Journal
Vigo County
Peru Sentinel
Ague Tonic Endorsed by New Albany Inquiry
A reader from New Albany writes that Toddliys Ague Tonic relieved months of chills fever and ague after tried remedies failed. The letter praises the product as a cure when taken as directed and endorses it to others suffering similar symptoms.
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NEW Albany, Inc
Mesar&Jas. Riddle & Co
Yoley
Andy
Vincent Kirk
Affections and Diseases Listed in Medical Column
A catalog of ailments including bone affections habitual constipation debility kidney disease dyspepsia erysipelas female irregularities fistulae skin diseases liver complaint indigestion piles and pulmonary syphilis scrofula or King's Evil.
PoptStar Worn Candy and Dr Hurley’s Remedy
James Travis of Louisville reports praise for Dr Hurley's remedy as a tasteless worm medicine for children. He claims partial relief after trying other warm remedies and notes his children find it pleasant and readily consume it, recommending it widely.
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Messrs
James Ruddle & Co
Gents
James Travis
Louisvillye
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Henry County
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de. Dick
Scotland
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Chancellor Kent
George Bancroft
Micha Burritt
Hitchcock
Horace Mann
Bbster
American Educational Monthly
G. & C. Merriam
Springfield
Mass
Keller & Brown
Corydon, Indiana
Europe
Victor Rivaud &Cq
Deslere
Main Street
Rivaud's
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Sheriffs Sale
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James H. Curte
Elizabeth Curts
Tventy
Rand Ae
Sa Peter EN Dree
B. H.C
Creatorrmey
Harleys Ague Tonic
Hurley
Jos. Clement
PoptStar
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Seabrook
Nasuvinti
Tess
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L. W. Hunt & Co
T. A. Hurley
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