Self Condemned by Grant Platform and Party
A Philadelphia Platform critique argues Grant’s first-term record shows self condemnation by his party. It cites civil service reform, franking privilege abolition, state rights violations, ship building neglect, protection for citizens abroad, sympathy to foreign nations, land grants to railroads, and military over civil power as proof the platform indicts the administration. It labels the administration and its backers as self condemned and urges public judgment.
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Grant
Philadelphia
I. Grant
Congress
Charles Sumner
Committee On Foreign Relations
England
Gen. Butler
Thomas Murphy
New York Custom House
Syracuse
Tammeny
W. Grant
Grants
Department of the Interior
Union and Central/Pacific
Ux City
Union Patio
Norern Pacific
Atlantic and Pacific
Southern Pacific
California
Hayti
Custom House
New Orleans
Illinois
Grants Beef-Eaters Again and the Rotten Custom-Houses
A historical critique questions Reform and Economy under the current administration. It cites Albemarle North Carolina and Apalachicola Florida as examples of costly customs houses with high staffing for minimal trade. The piece argues for accountability and exposes alleged wasteful spending in federal ports during 1871.
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Bovland
England
L’ory
United States
Albemarle
North Carolina
Sassisscosacsensto Danni Ehecenea
PONE
Ei Teakapannstents
Dotisuo
Iivesolacetenoo Tartarers
Ted Bocol
Ccancrersises
Apalachicola
Florida
Federal Revenue
Louisville Farce and Grant Treachery Exposed at Convention
The article accuses a Philadelphia driven Grant delegation of corruption at a national convention in Louisville. Fisk Conrad reveals transport payments, band funding, and banners tied to the Grant effort, along with a denial of fair treatment for dissenting delegates. A letter from Conrad confirms these claims and names implicated figures.
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Louisville
Morton
Joe Ledlie
Edmunds
Wilbur F. Storey
Galt House
George Francis Train
Greeley
Grant
Fisk Conrad
Tyrone
Pennsylvania
Grant Party
Grant State Central Committee
Philadelphia
Sypes
Bourbon State Central Committee
Mackey
Yerkes
Hartranft
Cameron
Bourbon
Chicago Tribune
United States
Branton Duncan
Dickens
Dolly Varden
Cameron-Wartranft
Grant State Central Committee of
Eighth and
Walnut Streets
Bob Mackey
George Mountjoy
Thomas Settle
Foreign Gossip From the Times of Empire and War
The item surveys notes from Paris London and Berlin including 3,000 Americans in Paris 23 Egyptian palaces Bismarck visiting England and Nellie Grant Victoria Thomas and other royals. It mentions a Dover Boulogne mirage showing Boulogne cathedral the port lighthouse ships and a train thirty miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Egypt
Bismarck
England
Dr. Howard
Philadelphia
James I
Somersetshire
Anvers
John Bull
Dover
Boulogne
France
Calais
Quick Wit and Local Bits from a Bygone Era
A collage of jokes and vignettes including barbers jokes, temperance mottoes, a Kansas billiard table described with old boots as pockets, and a string of humorous exchanges. Notable items include Mrs Partington on suns distance and a tale of twins in Mobile unable to be punished for offenses due to identification issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Mobile
Johnson versus Grant in Revenue Tax Reform Debate
The article contrasts Johnson era reform claims with Grant administration results. It cites 1866-7 Internal Revenue taxes amounting to about 1,100 taxable items and $265.92 million, versus 1871 with just ten taxable specialties raising $144.01 million, and notes higher collection costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Johnson
Internal Revenue Establishment
Grant
New Orleans Produces Ice At Eight Dollars A Ton
The item notes New Orleans manufactures ice for eight dollars per ton as part of a broader collection of miscellaneous facts. It mentions two years of cable laying reaching 28 000 miles, Massachusetts farm values dropping seven million dollars, and Texas capitals debate between Waco and Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Lament of a Three Year Old Appears in Fragmented Verse
Fragmentary monologue depicts a child’s distressed mood and jealousy over a newborn. The speaker uses harsh imagery toward the baby and longs for care, while family tensions surface with phrases about crying, neglect, and rough discipline. The piece conveys raw emotion and domestic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mozzer
Railway Speed and Limits in English and American Trains
The article compares historic rail speeds with English wide gauge lines reaching up to sixty miles per hour and expresses how wear and cost limited higher speeds. It notes English express traffic at thirty-five to forty miles and ordinary travel around twenty-two, while U.S. trains average about thirty and freight runs sixteen to eighteen miles per hour. It ends with a tip on growing things under violet glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
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Strant
New York
Salsry
Poat
Grantites
Mr. Conrad
Seventeenth Congressional District of
Internal Revenue
Johnson
George William
New York World
al & Tates
Alabama Secoet Peewee
Arkansas
Queen Victoria
Helen of Denmark
Lord Joan Russett
Ireland
Nellie Grant
London
Italy
Germany
la Belle Jardiniere
Taters
Trouville
Prince Albert
Abeken
Berlin
Benedetti
Amiens
Patience
John
Ara
St. Louis
Rose Hill
Danbury News
Johnson VS. Grant
Lions
Indiana
State
Mt. Wasington
Massachusetts
Texas
Waco
Houston
Washington
Cambridge, Mass
Kalamazo
Mich
Anozzer
Biddy
Charlie
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