Controversial Bill Aims to Aid Washington City Poor
A congressional bill would appropriate thirty thousand dollars from the National Treasury for the "poor of Washington City," claimed by critics to fund lazy and corrupt Negro voters aiding Radicals. The note recounts cadetship scandals, a Wayne County murder tale, a Bible-school ruling, and an election in Toledo, ending with a tidbit on false hair origins in Italy and France.
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Congress
National Treasury
Washington City
Senate
House
Washington
Fairfield
Wayne County
Flora
Bo Sirys
Wayne County Press
What Newt The Fifteenth Amendment Controversy
An excerpt debates the adoption of the fifteenth amendment and its constitutional status. It reviews Bingham’s proposed enforcement act, penalties for officials who deny voting rights to colored citizens, and quotes Daniel Webster on legal tender and currency standards, stressing gold and silver as constitutional tender. The piece questions state authority versus federal enforcement and the legality of constitutional amendments.
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Newt
Bingham
Ohio
Congress
United States
Sambo
Circuit Court of the
Supreme Court of the United States
Daniel Webster
United States Senate
Isle
Mrs Robert E Lee seeks return of Washington relic
Mrs Robert E Lee daughter of Georgy W Parke Custis petitions Congress to restore the Washington relic taken from Arlington House by General McDowell now exhibited at the Patent Office. House Judiciary committees reportedly agree to report a bill restoring them. Many relics and letters were scattered after Arlington capture.
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Robert E. Lee
Georgy W. Parke Custis
Congress
Washington
Adlington House
Ger. McDowell
Patent Office
House
Judiciary
Arlington
Supreme Court rulings on coin payments in contracts
The Supreme Court holds that specific contracts to pay coin are valid and debts collectible in coin. It also rules that all debts contracted before the act and unpaid are due in coin.
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Scpeme Court
Idle ness and industry shape a man and his fate
A speaker argues that idleness breeds crime and poverty while industry forms successful citizens. He cites lazy upbringing as a path to a life of vice, contrasting it with the business class trained in early diligence and urging a change in the boy’s thinking.
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Vinitine &Nbenki
Chillicotme
Onio
Louisville
Jon Keiel
Wile Marnderer
Keiel
Willian Kid
Festival Debate Reveals Race and Politics in Society
A fragment from a Wayne County Democrat piece recounts a morning scene with Miss Lucinda Fillagree and her maid Dinah Crisp discussing a Festival celebrating the 15th Amendment. The dialogue reveals Republican vs Democratic pressure, color line social rules, and the question whether political power without social equality changes status.
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Marten
Lucinda Fillagree
Dinah Crisp
Misa Lucinda
Dinah
Dinan
Sam
William
Misa
Miss Lucinda
Lucinda
Vna
Sity
Mias
Republican Party
Laelnia
The
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Tohm
Stevenson
Jackson, H
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Cpreveenbing Autors
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ONO
Vinton
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Londonderry
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Sears
D. B. Shivel
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Homer G. Jones
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New York
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Saraath
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Hank
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Wilkesville
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Cincinnati
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Board of Education
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Toledo
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France
Webster
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Wayne County Democrat
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