Blaine Opposes Thurman Bill in Senate Sinking Fund Clash
Washington August 12 special reports the 1878 Senate battle over Thurman sinking fund for Union Pacific and Central Pacific debts. Blaine led opposition with Edmunds and Matthews, while Gould backed Blaine. Thurman defended a strict fund and warned against weakening the bill.
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Senate
United States
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Judiciary Committee
Thurman
Edmunds
Blaine
Matthews
Jay Gould
Gould
Capitol
Congress
Central Pacific and
Union Pacific Railway Companies
Logan Law and Veto Famed Illinois Duty Party
The excerpt recalls John A. Logan’s Illinois era law on arresting Black youths and fines, noting a discharged colored boy amid cheers from Black and white onlookers. It claims Logan, as Republican VP candidate, championed the measure as a humane enforcement.
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John A. Logan
Illinois
Blaine Dissected by Michigan Republican Opposes Blaine
The Hon. Wm. Blinks of Michigan City argues Blaine’s record shows unfitness for high office and that his private interests influenced policy while praising Cleveland. He recalls a former party leader’s downfall over alleged improper entanglements and contrasts Blaine with Cleveland in a harsh critique of Republican morals and governance.
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Blaine
Cleveland
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Senate
Caili
Peru
United States
Republican Party
Congress
Banks
Gov
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Siege Tactics In A Besieged City
The narrator details house to house fighting in a besieged city. Soldiers breach walls and lay barricades as grenades and musket fire sweep streets. Miners operate beneath buildings causing spectacular explosions to force enemy evacuation.
Paper flowers as panels and mantel ornaments described
Paper flowers are disposed upon panels or plaques and used as mantel or wall ornaments.
Iowa News Bits Roundup From Across The State
A broad digest of reports from Sioux City Fort Madison and other towns notes new cats worth 18 cents a head in Sioux City three thousand volume library in Fort Madison a forthcoming Fort Dodge paper mill and tax votes for rail projects in Chariton. Davenport sees a glut in the potato market with offers 17 to 20 cents a bushel. The Iowa City riot spurs a new military company formation, and a Dubuque lightning strike destroys a threshing machine. Multiple burglaries and accidents pepper the state including a Des Moines area prison association meeting announcement and a fatal railroad crash near Faulkner.
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Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific R’y
Joliet
Peoria
Ottawa
la Salle
Ceneseo
Moline
Rock Island
Pullman
Chicaco
Missouri River
Minneapolis
8St. Paul
Albert Sea
Seneca
Kankakee
Newport News
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Cincinnati
Indianapolis
la Fayette
Council Bluffs
St. Paul
United States
Canada
R. R. Cable
E. ST. John
T & Gen
Gen’ T’k’t & Pass
R Ag’t
Crawford County
Denison
Edward Mattox
Dubuque
Manchester
Iowa City
Dubuque County
Glenwood
Reniff & Son
Lathrop
Clarinda Express
Pioneer Old Settler’s Association
Fort Madison
Kellogg
E. P. Bosbyshell
Hastings
Iowa Prisoners of War Association
Des Moines
C. C. Sansford
Stoneman, Rickle & Eastman
Iowa City Brewers
University of Des Moines
Decorah
James Kitchen
Iowa
Turning a defect to good account in a serving job
A humorous tale recalls a stout applicant who claims to scour pots so thoroughly that the glitter hurts his sight. The friend had advertised for a serving man and received a claim from a heavily built candidate. The description notes dainty cambric handkerchiefs with fine blue pink or red borders.
Iowa Republican State Convention Opens in Des Moines
The Iowa Republican State Convention met in Des Moines August 20 with Hon. J. P. Dolliver named temporary chairman and J. Fred Meyers as temporary secretary. Delegates from 11 districts elected permanent officers and central committee members, adopted credentials, addressed resolutions, heard Gen. W. T. Sherman speak, and nominated state officials including Jackson for Secretary of State, Brown for Auditor, Twombly for Treasurer, and Baker for Attorney General. The convention adjourned after approving measures to seek a Soldiers Home location in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Donnan
State Central Committee
J. B. Stewart
Hawkeye Glee Club
Belle Plaine
Central
J. P. Dolliver
Webster County
Dolliver
C M Jannkin
Jefferson County
W. P. Wolfe
Cedar
EC Perkins
Delaware
ES Fonda
Mitchell
Charles Waer
Linn
W H Needham
Keokuk
E L Baker
Warren
M F Stuckey
Decatur
W Waddell
Cass
J R Hayes
Story
T B Hotchkiss
Calhoun
John Mahim
Muscatine
Republican Party
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
Mary J. Alprien
S. V. Maxtreup
Anna Lee Magers
Laura A. Berry
Clarinda
Platt Wicks
Kossuth County
L. M. B. Smith
Senator Hutchinson
3. M. Clark
J. Fred Meyers
M. F. Stuckey
Decatur County
E. E. Chasell
F Prouty
A B Shaw
John W Stalker
Butler
E C Hughes
Clark
John Scott
W. T. Sherman
William Russell
Page
H. H. Greene
Bremer
Frank D. Jackson
L. D. Lewelling
Polk
Jackson
Maj
J. L. Brown
Lucas County
W. P. Twombly
van Buren County
A. J. Baker
Appanoose
D. J. Palmer
Washington County
W. A. Foster
Scott
Daniel Kerr
Grundy
John McHugh
Howard
O. H. Mills
Tama
H. J. Vail
Manaska
John A. Story
Adair
W. H. Tedford
Wayne
J. D. Holmes
Audubon
Kelso
Hardin
D. Carr Earley
John Y. Stone
W. F. Sapp
Pottawattamie County
John van Walkenberg
Lee County
Arge
L. E. Fellows
Allamakee County
Valkenberg
Fellows
van Valkenberg
Committee On Resolutions
C. C. Carpenter
National Republican Party
Chicago
Republican Party of
Jas. G. Blaine
John A. Logan
C. CU. Carpenter
Geo D Perkins
John Mahn
J E Shrader
E A Dawson
Congress
Mississippi River
Hendricks Accepts Democratic Nomination for Vice President
Ex Governor Hendricks confirms acceptance of the Democratic vice presidential nomination at Chicago. He states the honor is unexpected yet appreciated, endorses the party principles, and pledges duty to the country and its judgment. The letter is addressed to Wm F Vilas, Nicholas M Bell, and the Democratic Committee.
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Edmunds
Maine
Supreme Tribunal
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Blaine
Vermont
J. Blaine
Hendricks
Indianapolis
Chicago
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Farmers relish bright crop prospects and rising trade
The article praises widespread agricultural good fortune as rains revive crops, noting heavy peach output, green orchards, fat cattle and sheep, and expanding public schools. It contrasts farmer optimism with political indifference among youths while mentioning the first Chinese woman arriving in New York and others not yet having bandaged feet.
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