Paying up subscribers urged by 1870 paper
The Enquirer calls on patrons to settle subscriptions advertising and job work by February to raise five hundred dollars. Those paying arrears and advancing one year will receive the American Stock Journal free for a year. Also covered are debates on Negro suffrage in New York Ohio and remarks on Grant tenure of office and a note about Forney and Cameron ending hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Stock Journal
J. W. Bowen
Empire State
Ohio
New York
Senate
House
Darkey
Lita
The District Council Session at McArthur
The next session of the Scio to District Council of the Christian Union Church will begin at 3 o clock in the afternoon on Thursday January 20 1870. Let all attend. Members and friends should arrange to entertain all foreign visitors during the council session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scioto
Christian Union Church
McArthur
Proposed Columbus to South Point Railroad Route Debate
A certificate of incorporation for a railroad company proposes building from Columbus to South Point via Chillicothe and Rayville, with a long, costly route. Critics favor a shorter 32 mile alternative through Logan McArthur to Hamden, arguing the long plan is impracticable but the heart of iron and coal country offers abundant ore, coal, and furnace sites. Local counties urge action, Portsmouth and McArthur seek investment, while calls for a live committee push for swift rail construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton County
Columbus
South Point
Ohio River
Lranton
Lawrence County
Neil
Luther Donaldson
John Miller
Theo. TH Butler
Franklin Evans
Bigglow
D. W. Grinwold
A. Moore
A.T. Walling
Raysville
Jackson
Chillicothe
Taysville
Rayaville
Ironton
Columbua
Columbus & Hocking Valley
Logan
Scioto & Tlocking
Bloom
Washington Station
Centreville
Terking Valley
Vinton
Hocking
Ross and
Pickaway
Hocking Valley
Slucking
Rons
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Norfolk
Richmond
White Sulphur Springs
Balk
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Alec
McArthur
Wiis Tino
The Democratic Almanac 1870 Offer
Rare 1870 Democratic Almanac prospectus notes non publication this year and urges orders for a full official Returns of Elections 1860s lists of officers congressional members and year chronology with indispensable information for politicians and planters. Orders include per-copy prepaid mail and bulk rates with payment due and address at Van Evrim Horton Co New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahneana
Almanse
Congress
van Evrim, Horton & CO
Nansaustroet
New York
Mongrel Congressmen's Wealth Probed by Editor's Question
The Bangor Democrat questions how lawmakers earning five thousand dollars yearly live extravagantly. It accuses them of theft since the rail splitters’ election, alleging visits to Horepe, palace building, and rapid land and bond gains as evidence of corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor Democrat
Congress
Horepe
Fragmentary Civil War Era Rhetoric On Public Lands
The fragment discusses Sumner's plan to divide public lands among Black people and questions consistency with presenting a bill to abolish. It critiques white tax burdens and references carpetbaggers, revenue officers, and political conflict during a turbulent period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Chronicle
Ling
Bogus Mentor Trial Run in Ohio House Row
A scathing critique alleges Attorney General West engineered a fraudulent Williams county member, Schuyler EB. Blakeslee, to be sworn in to the Williams Defiance Paulding district. It accuses Secretary Sherwood of violating the constitution to push radical change and warns the House to eject Blakeslee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Ohio
Williams County
House of Representatives
Williams
Defiance
Paulding
General Assembly
Schuyler EB. Blakeslee
Sherwood
Blakeslee
Ibis Smt
Political discourse on debt and taxation in 1870s
The article critiques governance under Grant era. It questions claimed monthly debt relief and argues taxation should be cut if debt falls. It contends debt has risen due to shifting from currency to gold bonds, increasing interest burden and overall liability to about 3 billion dollars. It treats administration journals as boasting while obscuring real financial damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonts
Ete
Salem
Columbiana County
Grant
Radical Party
Georgia
Washington
Congress
North
Grantelain
Old Franklin Almanac advertised for 20 cents
A copy of the Old Franklin Almanac is offered at 20 cents by publisher A. Winch at 506 Chestnut Street Philadelphia. The note hints at valuable statistics in the Almanac and mentions Ireland and British America unrest as context for Juli Bull's dilemma about holding on or letting go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Winch
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Ireland
British
America
Juli Bull
Controversy over The Nasty Record exposes county tensions
A vigorous letter argues that the Vin ton County Police Gazette, miscalled Record, defames local citizens. It condemns sensational reports in two Columbus papers about a fight between Geiger and Bingham as groundless malice. The piece criticizes journalism and flags broader concerns about political influence and moneyed power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mielind Grant White
Galaxy
Fema Sihienpe
Vinton County Police Gazette
Bingham
Joseph Geiger
Columbus
Messrs
Geiger
Binghaw
Mn Bingham
Statesman
J Journal
Cincinnati
Weather and travel woes across Europe mark end of 1869
The New Year dawned under severe conditions as Limerick, Hamburg, and the Irish coast faced deadly storms and ice. A Montreal vessel wreck near Greenock cost the captain and seven crew their lives while Madrid roads froze, delaying mail and commerce across France and Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuroy & Go
Wales
Limerick
Ireland
Montreal
Greenock
Hamburg
Elhe
Madrid
Spain
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the Enquirer
Forney
Cameron
Tolanton
Sumner Wanta
Rutherford B. Mayes
George of
Pauley
Scott
Atebeede
Mar'ty
Mayes
Tieutenant Guvarnot
John C
Leo
Thomas J
Goufrey
Bydney
Warner
Stephen Bulliory
Francis B. Pond
John M. Connell
Pond
Lynchburg
Virginia
Lewiston
Thurman
New Plymouth
James Gibbons
Gibbons
National Bank
Honda
New England
National Treasury
the Pacific
Treasury
Teads
New York and Erie
New York Central
Pennsylvania Central
Sandy River
Maine
Nori
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