Grant’s policy condemned as weak and harmful to economy
The Enquirer condemns President Grant’s message as a weak, dishonest plan that harms national finances and exaggerates debt payoff. It mocks annexation of Santo Domingo and warns of railroad corruption while urging local citizens of Gallipolis to boost subscriptions for the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad project and related coal and iron prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Santo Domingo
Cuba
San Domingo
Community urged to support railroad line progress
The note emphasizes that the final stretch of the Gallipolis McArthur and Columbus Railroad will be the hardest and calls on every person along the line to aid fully rather than wait for neighbors. It urges timely assistance to ensure completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis, McArthur & Columbus
Payable Usury Defense in Grant Administration
The article assails Grant's reelection claim that debt reduction benefits the public, calling Boutwell's Treasury statements fraudulent. It argues high taxes squeeze the people to pay debts and interest, accusing the administration of using financial misstatements to justify continued rule and labeling it a sweeping swindle.
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Grant
Boutwell
Industr
Streetcar Conductors Arrested for Fare Withholding
Over fifty New York street car conductors were arrested this week for withholding part of the fares they collected. Women were employed as spotters to detect abuse and ensure proper collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Visit Your School Advice From a Prominent Educator
A prominent educator urges parents to visit schools and show interest in their children's education. The message notes teachers are entrusted with training children for their best interests and that parental visits encourage students and strengthen the school’s overall environment.
Philadelphia Pos Session Of Sixty Two Persons En titled
A clipped note records Philadelphia claiming sixty two individuals entitled to the appellation of million wires in a peculiar rights session.
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Philadelphia
Society notes announce February 1871 meeting date
The report states the next Society meeting will be on February 1 1871 at A. B. Combs presidency. Members reported many prospective additions hindered by urgent business. A Baltimore lunatic, a stringing dollar-store loot, and a farmer in Indiana exhuming five hundred silver dollars were noted in brief items.
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Gallipoli
Emigration Society
Centreville
Gallia County
Oblock
J. H. Rupp
Samuel Polsom
Cotalis
D. Berry
J. IJ. Andivort
Ald
G. W. Braver
Cora
Delibera- Hong
Bobranry
Hebruary
Combs
F. Thoms
Abley Wynne
Maj
Tenry Graynin
Mae
Society Anon. Fo Moet
Pres
BLT
Trostas
Sec
Society
Indiana
Trading wives tale from Vinton county shocks readers
A lakeside tale from Jackson township recounts a neighborly “trade” of wives between two men T and B with B’s wife receiving a dress, spurring a wary mob rumor and a defiant claim the deal was fair. The piece also retells Commodore Perry’s fabled battle fowl anecdote and ends with a quip on a Japanese worker’s two cent day.
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Vinton County
Tatman
Chillicothe Register
Jackson Township
Register
Albany taper recovers from debauch as wife dies in house
A taper in Albany regains sobriety after a period of excess. His wife dies in the same house and is buried, while he was too intoxicated to attend the funeral.
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Albany
Asor Stonse Plans European Style Dining in New York
The Asor Stonse in New York City will operate on the European plan with guests paying only for what they eat, not what is listed on the bill of fare.
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New York City
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