Grantism in Arkansas and the fight for voting rights
A New York Tribune correspondent from Union County Arkansas details alleged registration frauds aimed at disenfranchising whites and supporters of reconstruction. The note cites registrar practices, heated questions, and large-scale name removals, urging use of affidavits under federal law to resist and seeking North support to uphold equal rights before the law.
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Union County
Ark
New York Tribune
Grant
United States
The
Knights of the White Camelia
Ku Klux Klan
C. C. Woodford
the Tribune
New York Times
Great North
Arkansas
Secretary of State
Board of Review
Senate
West Virginia and Arkansas vote and disfranchisement reviewed
In 1868 West Virginia cast 69 397 votes with Grant winning by 8 838. By 1870 reform cut disfranchisement, producing 55 607 votes and a 2 123 anti radical majority. Arkansas showed 362 115 whites and 122 169 blacks in 1870, with heavy disenfranchisement and a 53 679 total vote, far below the expected 80 000. The author argues disenfranchisement kept Grant’s opposition, urging action to secure fair elections and condemning current methods.
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West Virginia
Grant
Missouri
United States
Radical Party
United States Senate
Radical
Arkansas
South Carolina
Act of Congress
Washington
Real Soldier Responds to Burnside on Pittsburgh Address
A veteran criticizes General Burnside's Pittsburgh convention address for urging Union soldiers to back Republican aims and re elect Grant. He questions Burnside's authority to guide peace time politics and defends Horace Greeley’s loyalty and the soldiers' citizen status.
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Pittsburgh
Fredericksburg
H. W. Stocum
A. E. Burnster
Greeley
Mr. Greeley
Grant
Burnside
Roanoke Island
East
Tennessee
Petersburg
Horace Geeley
Gen. Grant
Union
Grant's Poker Debt to Maj John Owen Recalls 1852 Incident
The Missoula Nevada Pioneer recounts a Fort Vancouver poker game in summer 1852 involving Maj John Owen Capt Hiram Grant and Capt Rufus Ingalls. Grant lent Owen 40 20 gold pieces to cover the blind after Ingalls borrowed a ring as a blind. Grant won with an ace kicker and did not repay the 40 loan. The tale adds claims of Grant’s drunkenness cited by Senate committees and Judge Scofield, suggesting calls for affidavits.
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Hiram
Missoula
Nevada
John Owen
Bitter Root Valley
Montana Territory
Oregon
Fort Vancouver
Columbia River
Col
Bonneville
Morris
U.S. Grant
United States
Rufus Ingalls
United States Army
Fourth Infantry
Fort
Grant
Ingalls
G. W. Rankin
Dow
Fort Ellis
Montana ‘Territory
A. 8
Maj
Owens
Bed Rock
Deal
Capt
Owen
Maj. Owen
Capt. Grant
Capt. Ingalls
Gen. Grant
Senator Wilson
House of Representatives
Andy Johnson
Glenni W. Scofield
Pennsylvania
Scofield
Question of Grant's Personal Habits Sparks Senate Debate
Washington correspondent for the Cincinnati Commercial cites Henry Wilson asserting Grant drinks too much. The New York Tribune notes such talk is partisan and urges policy disputes over private conduct, framing Wilson's remarks as a common opinion in political circles.
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New York Tribune
Washington
Cincinnati
The
Tribune
Grant
Gen
Waynton
Gran
H Wilson
Senator Wilson
Wilson
Political Outlook for Greeley Aims at Victory
The piece argues Liberals and Democrats gain momentum amid election fraud claims and officeholder influence. It cites Georgia and white voter majorities in the South, contends the negro vote weak for Grant, and warns that 184 electoral votes are needed. It asserts Greeley’s chances rival or surpass Grant's.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Horace Greeley
Georgia
Grant
Grant Us Pardon Game and Grant’s Counterfeit Mercy
The New York World accuses President Grant of duplicity in pardoning Ku Klux prisoners, detailing proclamations from 1871, the 1871 martial law in South Carolina, and political timing around North Carolina's election. It argues pardons were withheld or reversed to influence votes, leaving prisoners dead or languishing in prison.
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Grant
Albany
Wbe
Morcy
South Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Russia
Poland
England
Hoe
North Carolina
New York World
Society Gift to Mrs Burnham in St Louis Republican
Mrs Mary U1 Burnham, a wealthy New York society figure, is praised in the St. Louis Republican for receiving the complete Encyclopedia Britannica set, a 72-volume gift from local readers as a token of esteem.
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New York
St. Louis
Mary U1
Burnham
Fe.MinaTing and other 19th century science curiosities
A mixed digest of scientific notes and curiosities including an invented explosive Fe.MinaTing described as highly destructive, claims about Europe’s oldest artesian well in Lilliers France, discoveries along the Washington Territory prairie, a Columbia College analysis of stamps, morphia and chloroform safety notes, an artesian well temperature in St. Louis, Napoleonic era stonework on Cleopatra’s Needle, London Lancet observations on nitrous oxide and posture after dental extraction, and a warning on treating syncope with upright positioning.
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Europe
Lilliers
Pas de Calais
France
Northern Pacific Railroad
Monticello
Olympia
Washington Territory
New York
Proverb Advice for Quaker Printers and Readers
A compact set of cautions for readers and printers urging personal accountability and courtesy. It warns writers to provide their names, avoid unnecessary visits, refrain from tampering with printing equipment, and respect the editor’s role and the proofing process. The piece counsels preferring local papers and paying in advance.
Milk supply linked to typhoid outbreak in Islington district
An investigation found 140 families received milk from a local Islington dairy with 168 typhoid cases in ten weeks and 30 deaths. Cows drank from a decayed wooden underground tank. milk possibly contaminated by the same water. The outbreak shows water quality as a vital factor for dairy stock and public health. Also notes Miss Mary Frances Wade suing Mayor Kalbfleish of Brooklyn for breach of promise, described as an Orange County dressmaker.
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Islington
England
Kalbfleish
Brooklyn
Mary Frances Wade
Orange County
Duke of Sutherland Builds Own Railway in Scotland
The Duke of Sutherland finances and oversees construction of the Sutherland and Caithness railway in Scotland. A practical engineer, he frequently tests the line by driving his own car along the tracks.
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Tue
Duke of Sutherland
Scotland
Sutherland and Caithness Railway
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M. W. Fishback
Jon H. Rocenxs
M. H. Sanders
Joan Braxer
J.H Sparks J. Bursert
Joan Carnall
W. F Buaxexons
Joan F. Wheeler
Marcum
Fort Smith
Dept
Sherman
Gen. Slocum
Qalifor Nig
Cenesesecarscu
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
A. S. Grant
Alabama
Iowa
Kansas
Connecticut
Maine
Delaware
Massachusett
Florida
Michigan
Minnesota
Indiana
Nebraska
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Rhorde Island
New Jersey
Vermont
New York Press
Texas
Virginia
Virgini
GrantUs Pardon
Chandler
Columbia College
Paris Academy of Sciences
Napoleon I
Paris
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