Political realignments amid postwar party strife
The piece traces how the Republican coalition fractured as slavery's role waned, creating rival factions from former Whigs and Democrats. It discusses Lincoln era unity, the rise of Liberal Republicans led by Greeley, and the 1872 election drama, noting voter shifts, regional splits, and the weakened link to core principles.
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Grant
Republican Party
Union
Free States
North
South
Free North
Greeley
Adams
Chase
Trumbull
Palmer
Louisville
Charles O’conor
New York
John Quincy Adams
Old Guard
Gratz Brown
Seymour
Mississippi
Texas
Virginia
Tilden
Greeley’s
Drug trust blamed for all his troubles in Portland suit
Portland Ind July 18 a suit heightened by anti trust charges names Congressman John A M Adair and others with criminal conspiracy and damages 55000 plus 1000 attorney fees filed in Jay circuit court by Harry L Wilt Wilt a former Portland drug dealer alleges Adair brothers and associated drug firms conspired to ruin his business after he advertised 25 percent price cuts and later voluntarily assigned his assets with a store closure notice posted on the door
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Portland
Ind
John A. M. Adair
Harry L. Wilt
Charles P. Adair
Alpheus A. Adair
George L. Stevens
Fort Wayne Drug Company
Mooney-Mueler “Drug Company
A. Kiefer Drug Company
Indianapolis
Jay
Adair Brothers
George Stevens
Wilt
Purdue School of Pharmacy
Drug Trust Local Assist Ance Sparks Inquiry In Town
A fragment notes local support connected to a drug trust investigation. Authorities, led by regional officials, probe alleged aid arrangements with community groups. Details remain unclear due to text damage.
Airship Coming Over in Transatlantic Flight News
Cable messages from Dr. Frank Lahm in Paris report Farman's flying machine loaded on the steamer Kroonland sailing from Antwerp. Three mechanics accompany the craft and Farman will sail today. arrival in New York expected Friday or Saturday.
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New York
Frank Lahm
Paris
Farman
Kroonland
Antwerp
Baker City Man Killed in Auto Mishap Near Unity
J Muller a Baker City wholesale liquor dealer was killed and his wife seriously injured when their automobile overturned twice near Unity, Oregon, yesterday. The accident occurred a few miles from Baker City as the car rolled over.
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Baker City
Ove
J. Muller
Unity
County Health Report Details June Marriages and Diseases
County Health Officer Van Buskirk reports for the quarter ending June 30 that 193 marriages occurred in the county. Contagious diseases listed include diphtheria ten cases scarlet fever fifty one smallpox fourteen typhoid fever two and tuberculosis three.
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van Buskirk
Civic Revival Week at Winona with Dr Crafts in Charge
Winona Lake hosts Civic Revival Week from July 18 with Dr Wilbur F Crafts leading four days of lectures drawn from personal experience. International Reform Bureau speakers, including Rev A S Gregg and Rev O R Miller, address temperance, gambling, and reform campaigns in New York and Connecticut.
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Winona Lake
Winona
Dr. Crafts
Congress
Cleveland
Ohio
Washington
New York
Geo. W. Peck
Buffalo
N. Y
R. C. Miller
Hartford
Central Office
The
Bureau
D. Everett Smith
Indianaola
Towa
Nebraska
Colorado
Gover
Devery burglar alarm device touted in New York
In New York on July 18 a device by William S. Devery Alarm Co claims to frighten burglars. The circular describes a contraption installed at 240 West Thirteenth Street that allegedly makes burglars stumble and fall when the alarm triggers. It pitches as labor saving for police and public, though details remain sparse.
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New York
Wiliam S. Devery
Jimmy
Cup of coffee earns $3000 a stranger gift
Plymouth Massachusetts July 18 Mrs Harvey Bartlett of Wellingsley received 3000 from Mrs B Lilley of New York City for a cup of coffee she gave years ago to an ill elderly woman traveling alone at Kneeland street station Old Colony railway.
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Plymouth
Mass
Harvey Bartlett
Wellingsley
Lilley Sends Generous Stock Gift To Mrs Bartlett
Mrs Lilley has remained thoughtful after a prior act of kindness and has sent Mrs Bartlett gifts. Her latest remembrance is stock valued at 3000 dollars in a New York manufacturing company paying eight percent dividends.
Will Press Bill for More Pay
Indianapolis July 18 The executive board of the Rural Letter Carriers Association of the United States is pressing for higher pay for carriers required to carry locked pouches to post office stations. They will seek action in the next Congress after the failed earlier bill. The committee also considered government provision of horses and rigs for rural routes.
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Indianapolis
Rural Letter Carriers Association of the
United States
Aunt Betsy Hoke Dies in Huntington at 81
The well known Huntington County resident Aunt Betsy Hoke died suddenly Thursday evening from heart trouble at her son's home in Huntington. She was 81 years old.
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Betsy” Hoke
Huntington County
Huntington
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Berakd
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Democraticc Party
Lei
Fort Wayne
Drug Trust
Chas
Eby
Toronto
Japan
E. C. Wright
Fullerton
Neb
Lincoln
William Jennings Bryan
Hans P. Freece
Blanche K. Stewart-Freece
A. S. Daggett
Reform Bureau
Clinton N. Howard
Rochester
Neal Dow
C. E. Newlin
Artman
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