Searching for a Candidate and the Sherman Prospect
In a blunt critique the American Register argues General Sherman should not be forced into a political bid by a straitened Republican party. It lauds his war record, independence, and public esteem while warning a forced candidacy would harm his legacy and fail to revive party fortune. The Boston Post notes Democrats’ long, imperfect but steady role in upholding the Union and the Constitution as the republic’s enduring party.
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Republican Party
Sherman
General Sherman
American Register
Party of the Constitution
Party of the People
Boston Post
Alabama
Ocd
Mises Cea Acae
Cice
Ces
Dss
Wnebraska
Coiotagg Vaiss
New Hampshire
Connecticut
New Jersey
Dgiawelc
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
St Tome
Rhode Island
Cs Snc
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Massachusetts
West Virginia
Brpcuspor Occn
Ccee
Ota
Minnesota
Mississippi
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Maryland
Missouri
South Carolina
Texas
California
New York
Eeace
Ohio
Conhsoticut
Bioromor
Eprey
Se Meyer Eee
Nevada
Hancock
Indiana
Colorado
Oregon
Wisconsin
United For Democracy
Cincinnati Enquirer
Democratic Party Defends Constitution in Postwar Era
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette questions Democratic gains before the Ohio election but praises Senator Bayard for stressing restraint on power. The piece argues Democratic opposition to war excesses saved the Union and criticizes postwar enfranchisement and Civil Rights efforts as power expansions undermining constitutional liberty.
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Ohio
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Democratic Party
Bayard
Orange
N. J
United States
Cooking tips and farm notes from period papers
A collage of domestic guidance and farming advice drawn from era publications. Topics include tomato celery salad dressing, bedding cattle litter preparation, pear as a reliable fruit, drying poultry before market, spaving treatment notes, cranberry sauce with raisins, cranberry canning tips, toast jelly recipe with bread, spices, sherry, and cream.
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N. Y. Post
N. Y
Chicago Journal
Boston Post
What Bones Are Used For
A Syracuse Standard report reveals the bone yard business where dead horses and cows are processed. Carcasses sell for 1 to 2 dollars. bones are sent to New York for bone carbonate and fertilizer uses. Sugar refining and bone phosphate are key products. hooves and horns find other industrial uses through a profitable, utilitarian cycle.
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Breer
New York City
Miner’s Close Shave Reveals Rich Horn Silver Find
In Socorro New Mexico John Quincy Adams discovered horn silver after his haversack with blasting powder exploded. He quickly staked a claim calling it the close shave and sold a one third interest for about thirteen thousand dollars within a week. Adams, from Western Ohio, is praised by Socorro County residents.
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Socorro
New Mexico
John Quincy Adams
Ohio
John
Socorro County
John Adam
Las Vegas
Northwestern States Education Outlook From the 1881 Report
The 1881 Commissioner of Education summary notes Illinois gains in receipts, expenditures and teacher wages but lower enrollment and attendance. Indiana sees declines in enrollment yet maintains a solid educational base. Michigan reports higher public school enrollment and library growth. Wisconsin shows larger population and improved school quality and funding. Minnesota Iowa and Nebraska show mixed progress with increases in property, districts and expenditures.
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Washinaton
Commissioner of Education
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois items mix of rail, crime, and finance notes
Illinois dispatch reports a Rock Island passenger crash injuring staff, Hessian fly hints in Pike County wheat, and a Cairo switchman fatality. It notes a large Mulligan monument grant, Chicago burglaries, a 101 dollar tax case, and several local business failures and deaths in Springfield and Decatur.
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Chicago
Brookside
Madison County
Rock Island
Lake Shore
Parker
Thomas Sheehan
George Berry
Joseph C. Clay
Maron
Macon County
Jacksonville
Pike County
Thomas Welsh
Cairo
Alexander County
George H. Harlow
Springfield
Chicago Board of Trade
Pntrol
New Albany
Alexander Ould
Hugh Leslie
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the Democratic Party
Curiaco
North American
New Brunswick
Greenwich
England
New England
Pennnsylvannia
International Railway
Ilinois
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Great Britain
Denver
Carson City
San Francisco
Atlantic
Central
Columbus
Ilinois Central
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Southern Illinois
New Orleans
St. Paul
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
Superior Court of Chicago
Mayer Harrison
Anthony
Harper
Supreme Court
J. W. Egman
Red Bud
Randolph County
J.R. Wyatt
G. H. Hapgood
Danville
Vermilion County
Chester Penitentiary
Wyatt
Hapgood
Z. W. Sprague
Olympic Theater
Hampton
J. L. D. Morrison
St. Louis
Morrisonville
Christian County
Decatur Coa
Charles Billsen
Rockford
Winnebago County
Albert Wilkie
Bloomington
Bruce & Brown Wholesale Confectioners
Harrison
Vermillion County
Salm Salm
Bonn
Illinois Central Railroad
Leonard Crawford
Decatur
S. D. Kimbark & Co
Mandel Brothers
Carpenter
Lincoln
Logan County
Zorz Burns
McLean Young Ladies
H. C. Tillinghast & Co
Booth & Osgood Shoe Furniture Manufacturing Company
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