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Harles Baughman
John Clemmer
County of Defiance
Ohio
Court of Common Pleas
State of
Charles Baughman
A. Sentermester
Charles Birkner
Sentermester & Co
Johnn Clemmer
Hill, Myers & Cameron
Gray Medicine CO
Mechanics’ Block
Detroit
G.W. Bechel
Buffington
Political shifts and election contrasts in Seventh and Eighth districts
The report notes Hexp’s 1904 majority over Luckey in the Seventh district and a smaller margin against Charles Foster in the Eighth. It accuses the Toledo Bee of leaning Democratic and urging Nationals to switch. Paulding county Republicans elect a full ticket, securing county printing for Ed. Osborn. Samuel J. Tilden is labeled the dirtiest fraud in U.S. politics.
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Hexp
Luckey
Charles Foster
Paulding County
Ed. Osborn
Samuel J. Tilden
Congressional vote totals in district show Hill ahead
Complete tally lists James L. Price with 12 073 votes W C Hill 16 110 and W C Holgate 2 644 Hill posts a 4 037 majority over Price 1 495 over Price and Holgate and 15 566 over Holgate.
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James L. Price
W. C. Hill
W. C. Holgate
Hill
Price
Holgate
Cincinnati Democrats mull contest of district results
The defeated Democratic candidates in Cincinnati districts plan to contest the election. Young holds a 974 vote margin and Butterworth 720, with prior congressional precedents suggesting both could be unseated.
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Cincinnati
Young
Butterworth
Congress
Lawmakers consider redrawing districts to favor Democrats
The speaker notes that the Legislature may re district the state when it reconvenes to ensure two Cincinnati districts lean Democratic. He claims the party believed they had the districts secured this time but were mistaken.
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Cincinnati
Free States See Republican Ties Deterring Voters
In four free states Republicans face intimidation with rallying counts from 14 000 to 25 000 men. Voters fear for their lives if they mark the Republican ticket, reports say they would be shot in their beds. European wheat prospects loom, with France and Russia facing deficits while the United States plans ample surplus, reducing price pressures next year.
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Free States
Eerope
France
Russia
United States
Reconciliation Warning on War Claims Congress Threat
A speaker declares the South will pay for the war its leaders caused if the South restores families and reunites, while warning that Congress should not return to Washington to draw 2,508,622,386 from the U S Treasury.
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Irv
Confederate Congress
Washington
United States
Democratic rift in South Carolina under Wade Hampton
The writer argues Taft is not a clea r example of sense in the Southern Democratic party. He questions how the party would be viewed in Ohio or northern states that attend opposing meetings and demand a division of time, threatening to break up gatherings. He claims Wade Hampton’s leadership causes this disruption in South Carolina.
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Taft
Democratic Party
South
Ohio
Wade Hampton
South Carolina
Cow Shot Over Hill Era Feud Declares Paper Contemptible
A citizen condemns a Hill Era clash as vile slurs against Mr. Mill while noting open contempt for the paper’s actions. The piece questions motive behind the attack on Henry Beneca’s cow and frames it in a political dispute, not accident.
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Henry Beneca
Beneca
Hill
Congress
Mill
Fiat money idea mocked in Clinton speech by Jonx Lucas
In Clinton Illinois a speaker questions fiat money, arguing if value can be created by decree then taxes could be eliminated and government spending would render citizens rich. He mocks fiat schemes, suggests turning water into milk and coins into cattle, and warns against widespread wealth without work.
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Jonx “Lucas
Clinton
Illinois
Congress
Walking Cases of Yellow Fever in New Orleans
A New Orleans physician reports many yellow fever cases using the old treatment with over a hundred patients and sixteen fatalities. Two deaths were walking cases where patients refuse bed and wander streets until death, sometimes denying illness or facing it with fear or bravado. The piece recalls the 1853 epidemic and a Memphis printer named John C. who wandered streets for days before dying.
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New Orleans
John C
Memphis
Lndianapolis
Ohio voters: 1875 to 1878 total and party shifts
Ohio's total votes rose from 590,090 in 1875 to 950,060 in 1877 before sliding to 589,092 this year. Hayes held slim majorities in 1875 and 1876, while 1877 shows Republican gains and Democratic losses, with Greenback and Prohibition picks altering the balance.
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Ohio
Hayes
Tilden
Augusta Chronicle Warns Hayes Against Grantism After Democratic Rise
The Augusta Chronicle argues it is too late for Hayes to alter policy or adopt Grantist displays. It notes a Democratic House limits the President, saying Hayes may recant yet remains powerless for evil. Words lack effect without decisive action, and ballots remain absent of cartridges to back him.
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Augusta Chronicle
Hayes
Canvass Critique Targets South Carolina Democrats
The New York Evening Post criticizes South Carolina Democrats for their campaign style. It says such intimidation should not be justified by party aims and flags the tactics as a mistake even within the party.
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New York Evening Post
South Carolina
National and Prohibition Vote Totals Cited
National vote in Ohio will not reach 30 000. Prohibition vote in forty one counties totals 3 866 and about 16 000 statewide.
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Ohio
State
Outrage Reports in South Carolina as Election Campaigns Grow
A Georgetown correspondent describes a violent Democratic demonstration with red shirts and sabers opposing Republican meetings. A Republican speaker was shot and a fight broke out as Democrats tore down stands and the U S flag. Hampton's admin is accused of tolerating such actions.
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Miracle Hair Renewer Praised By Boston Daily Globe
Advertisers tout Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer as a centuries tested remedy restoring gray to dark hair with natural luster. The Boston Daily Globe endorses its effectiveness, noting imitators fail to match its results and longevity.
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Boston Daily Globe
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