20 Nov 1876
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1876
Page
1
A fragmented 1876 local notice lists district officers and judges including auditor Crayden and coroner Brewster, followed by party commentary. A Republican/Democrat exchange from Jackson Township, Indiana discusses political shifts, voter disenfranchisement, and calls for reform amid Reconstruction era tensions. Samuel Revels letters to Grant urge anti-corruption and racial harmony.
Various lodges and granges including Piegah, Elizabeth, Gregg, Boone, Mauckport, New Salisbury, Old Capital, Oakland Grange, Wyandotte Granite, and Elizabethtown hold regular meetings. Dates listed include Tuesdays Fridays Saturdays and the second or fourth Saturdays. Secretaries and officers named include W M William Ridley, Daniel J Bowling, J Applegate, J Brom, Eliana Jones, Silan Bringle, Conrad F Mottel, Andrew Pitman, and others.
The county post office mails from New Albany to multiple towns including Corydon Lanesville Rock Lick Evans Landing Ruswood Mearkport New Amtera Valley City Worth Laconia Rehobeth Paongra Han enek Barren New Salisbury Bradford Frenchtown and Geopratown Burnville New Salisbury Berren Milltown and Salina with Saturday routes for Boy diddietown and Elizabeth.
A Detroit grocer on Gratiot Avenue recalls an anonymous customer who paid cash for several days then returned overpayments of twenty forty and a dollar. The stranger later offered a wheelbarrow and groceries but vanished, leaving the grocer puzzled by the abrupt departure and missed honesty.
From a want of confidence or other cause the Republican papers are not publishing Governor Lilden's letter on rebel claims. The remark suggests political contention over his stance and the circulation of his views amid party lines.
The article states the global coffee crop last year was 90 million pounds and the United States imported over 300 million pounds of coffee from that crop.
The text cites a crude street remark about trickery aimed at a grandmother figure and alleges awful news from South Carolina with a racist charge. It also comments on authors and a Brooklyn candidate portrayed as bright and terrible.
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