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Newspaper
Elyria Lorain Constitutionalist
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1871
Page
2
The speaker predicts a unanimous Democratic State Convention platform with harmony, while condemning Republican leaders and policies. He argues Reconstruction acts are spent, constitutional amendments fixed to courts, and railings against carpetbaggers, military rule, and tariff excesses in Southern states.
The writer rebukes supporters of impending changes and urges focus on correcting crying abuses. They accuse opponents of manipulation and warn that the public will judge on these major issues rather than partisan cries. The tone is defiant and calls for accountability.
The May 18 1871 Washington letter reports White and Ramsdall held for contempt for not answering Senate questions about the copy of the Washington Treaty published in the New York Tribune. Carpenter and Conkling clash over administration attacks while Tipton defends, and the prisoners are ordered to answer all proper inquiries about the treaty copy before the Senate. The piece notes a lack of imminent vote on the treaty and accuses Grant and associates of politicizing the affair, with troop use discussed to enforce Ku Klux law and possible pay mileage controversy for the extra session.
The Cleveland Herald reports Northern Ohio farmers competing with premium livestock, noting Sanford, appointed by the Porgelan Government, seeks top animals from Lovala county for the International Exposition. The Lovala stock is praised as superior and expected to bring credit to Northern Ohio and the Southern Republic.
A chaotic dispatch from Versailles on the 18th reports insurgents attacking Paris defenses near Neuilly and a bayonet counterattack by government troops. Prussian movements threaten the east side of Paris while Verdun incidents provoke military anger. Taxation disputes stir public ire in Britain and comments target political figures amid war talk.
At the Democratic State Convention in June the Sandusky County Democratic delegation will present Ale. W. W. Luss as a candidate for State School Commissioner. Ross, long serving as superintendent of public schools in Fremont, is praised as capable and scholarly, while Boag is seen as adding strength to the ticket. Mundusky County notes no prior Democrat on the State ticket and urges placing their candidate on the ticket.
Reliable authority states the Baltimore Pittsburg Continental Railroad aims to rebuild a road bed with one hundred thousand dollars to be subscribed by residents along the line from Gafton to Sevilla payable when cars run. The goal is to have trains to Medina by November, per a Gazette notice.
Washington correspondent notes rising opposition to the British treaty among Betnora figures, with a joint commission and arbitration affecting Alabama claims. The piece contrasts the Washington protocol with broader claim implications and mentions Sir Edward Harton’s initial views.
A Norfolk era report describes Andrew J. Newell a quiet printer who left New York for New Orleans, joining a quest linked to Lafitte’s hidden treasure. It recounts a violent death, a family tragedy, and a son’s ensuing pursuit of pirate wealth across Gulf islands with peril and superstition surrounding the Gaul treasure.
A fragmentary tale describes pursuit of hidden Latitte treasure. Mr Nowell and others chase clues aboard a pirate laden voyage, facing deception and danger. After shipboard effort and failed search a fatal outcome ends the quest, with a medical advertisement inserted amid the text.
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