17 Nov 1874
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1874
Page
1
District Offices lists lawmakers and meetings for May September and December dates. Lodge notices include Pisa Lodge and Gregg Lodge with meeting times and officers in Elizabeth Lodge No. 487 details.
Circulation details list mail departures from New Albany to Corydon Sundays excepted and various towns with daily or weekly routes. Church services described include Methodist meetings first and third Sabbaths and presbyterian services weekly, with pastors named and times noted.
A caustic political chronicle discusses Massachusetts and national fallout from Republican losses. It lampoons figures like Butler Kerr and Kerr, notes press bias, and suggests the party’s collapse stems from its stance on race and reform, while Vermont and Rhode Island stir further discord.
The article lashes out at Radical rivals as it notes the Democrats gained hard money states like New York and Illinois while Republicans held in Wisconsin and Minnesota. It mocks the whisky democracy label and recalls Greeley and Grant, arguing loyalty and patriotism trump partisanship. It also recounts land transfers in multiple townships and attacks carpet baggers in Alabama.
The article notes the Democratic victory in a Nine Pa congress district with Dr A G Eggaert elected by a 12 vote majority the district’s first Democrat representation. It also mentions Meadvilla Meadvill district official majority 8971 and Cochrane elected to Congress in the Twenty third district by 149 as part of Allegheny County which gave Grant over 12000.
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