Ladd Shifts to Democrats Amid Party Tensions
A Maine Greenbacker Congressman joins the Democrats amid regional discontent as Republicans fear Senate patronage shifts. The piece notes Chicago papers, stockholders meeting, and political wagers, with bold quotes on party loyalty and caucus power.
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Congressman Ladd
Maine
Chicago
New Democratic
The
Zerald
Northwest
Democratic Party
West
7Iimes
7Vimes
Committees Draft Broad Election Reform in Joint Session
Democratic caucus committees reached a final agreement on a package of election and judicial reforms to be included in upcoming appropriation bills. Provisions repeal troop presence at polls, abolish jurors test oath, and tighten election supervision while preserving federal enforcement powers.
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House
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Blackburn seconding Randall for Speakership highlights GOP fears
The speech from Hon. J. C. Blackburn, endorsing Randall for Speaker, urges readers to study the remarks to understand why Republicans feared Randall in the Speakership. Blackburn thanks supporters and expresses appreciation, framing the contest as a partisan concern.
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J. C. Blackburn
Randall
House
Mgr
Capital Gossip and Rail News From Des Moines to Grinnell
Des Moines notes dull news, March snow and spring tease. Greenbackers in Congress stir Florida contest and local politics. Describes Knoxville depot right of way for the C B Q railroad, Rock Island contest, and railroad extensions. Grinnell reports on Hon J B Grinnell illness, Carleton poetry visit, a girl’s death from a rope incident, school rules, and the Little Four Mile accident litigation.
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Register
Congress
Florida
Gillette
Two Cent
Chicago
Chicago Times
Herald
Knoxville
Rock Island Road
Albia
J. B. Grinnel
Central Railroad
Mitchellville
Grinnell
Carleton
Four Mile
Culvert Failure Attributed to Old Bridge Bents
The evidence shows gross carelessness in building the culvert with a bent old bridge truss left in the center, causing drift to dam the stream and erode the embankment. The jury has been deliberating for three days. KaLon notes praise for a recent issue of The Truth and its vigor.
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Trustle
KaLon
Manufactured Silver Discovery Rumor Hits Mt Pleasant
A Mt Pleasant doctor Dr Thomas Farriss is rumored to have developed a process to manufacture nearly pure silver from inexpensive materials. Assays report 99.88 to 100 fine silver. The firm, with a financial partner, is producing ounces daily and seeking larger tests. The claim has caused local excitement and awaits independent verification.
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Mt. Pleasant
Thomas Farriss
Tom
Doc
W.C. Burgess
Iowa
Farris
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
California
Colorado
Market prices steady in Thursday 1879 grain and produce note
On Thursday March 27 1879 prices largely held with slight uptrends in corn and wheat. Reports show flour at 2.80 for Snow Flake and various brands, corn meal at 1.00, wheat near 65 to 70 cents for spring and 70 cents for fall, rye 30 cents, oats 15 to 16 cents, corn 18 to 20 cents with some sales at 22, timothy at 1.00, clover at 3.50, Hungarian 40 to 60 cents, butter 10 to 18 cents, eggs 9 cents, bran 50 cents and shorts 60 cents per hundredweight, turkeys five cents, chickens 1.75 to 2.00 per dozen, potatoes 25 to 35 cents, salt 1.65 per barrel, hides unchanged, yellow 4 cents per pound, Timothy hay 5.00, oak wood 3.00 and hickory 3.50.
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Kansas
Blood as life and disease purifier claim
The advertisement proclaims blood purity as essential to health and warns that impure blood causes disease. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets as the most effective alterative tonic and cathartic remedies, especially for scrofulous diseases.
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Dr. Pierce
Remedy Cures Catarrh Says Noted Citizens Endorsed
From the wife of R. T. Gilmer to Hon. Jas. F. Wilson and many others, testimonials claim the remedy cures chronic nasal and bronchial catarrh and neuralgia. The notices list numerous Fairfield residents and officials endorsing the treatment with claims of permanent relief after short use. SPECIAL NOTICE.
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Geo. H. Blair
Cleveland
U. S. Marine Hospital
Wilson Street Hospital
Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum
Columbus
Thomas Russell
Western Coal Banks
L. M. Oliver
Brookville
Hamilton Fisher
Baker M. Allender
Jefferson County
R. T. Gilmer
C. H. Brown
Fairfield Dye House
M. Bills
Jas. F. Wilson
M. D
J. J. Cummings
Fairfield
Jacob Comegys
T. F. Higley
Presbyterian Choir
A. S. Yearick
Congregational Choir
Thomas Rodgers
Augustus Vote
I. Lippit
Hi. Behoteguy
Parsons College
I. Thoma
Hufford & Bradshaw
John A. Porter
William Meek
Pelk Township
Silas Pearson
Libertyville
Henderson Voorhies
Joseph Mount
J. S. Langhery
Polk Township
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West Lincnty
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Des Molines
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