Tremendous artillery trial at Shoeburyness alarms town
The London Daily News reports on a fierce trial of an eighty one ton gun at Shoeburyness Essex. Fire by a 1700 pound shot cleared the sky to 700 yards altitude and struck the land with mud and water, causing shattered windows and plaster across nearby cottages and barracks.
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Guam
Enugiaard
London Daily News
Shoeburyness
Essex
Southend
Coom
Sea Front
Mr. Cause
Republicans and Democrats in the South and North Carolina
The piece argues Republicans fail in southern states due to federal patronage and mismanagement, praising North Carolina as evenly matched and urging Democrats to win in the fall to ensure honest governance. It notes the South leans Democratic today because of Republican policy failures and calls for better management and governance.
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North Carolina
Washington
South
Indiana Returns Signal Democratic Surge in 1872 Election
In playarents Indiana complete returns from forty counties show a net democratic majority of 1,621 with eight more counties to count. City and state results indicate Williams and Hendricks leading, anticipate a strong Democratic gain, with projections of a 5,000 to 8,000 majority and a Republican minority in the legislature.
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Indiana
Ind
Benton
Clay
Crawford
Harrison
Perry
Pike
Spencer
Sullivan
Switzerland
Fwiler
Cobb
Breknell
Hamilton
Browne
Robertson
Hanna
Hunter
White
Calkins
Evens
Baker
Senate
House
Harrington
Associated Press
Williams
Democratic Central Committee
Marion
Indianapolis
Hendricks
K. B. Martindale
Journal Building
Willliams
Democratic Committee
Gov- Hendricks
Tilden
Txpranxavours
Republican Rascality and Z Chandler Blackmail Exposed
A 1876 letter to the editor portrays Zachariah Chandler as using threats to force a Connecticut patent office official to vote or pay in political matters. The author alleges dismissals, coerced absences, and campaign funds drawn from workers, including widows, amid broader Republican misuse of the Interior and Patent offices. He cites internal memos, official circulars, and partisan pressure, urging readers to question the party’s next four years.
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The
Sentinel
Washuseton
D.C
Connecticut
Republican Committee
Belknap
Chandler
Moses
McDonald
Zachariah
Patent Office
Secretary of the Interior
W.h.babcock
Babcock
Commissioner of Patents
Congress
Interior Department
Democratic House
United States
Zach
Ica
Laat Pring
Morton Haseen
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Indiana
W. H. Bascock
Mr Hayes Estate and humorous tax tale from Ohio visit
Correspondent recalls an interview with Ohio Governor Rutherford B. Hayes. In a satirical notebook of misquoted remarks he laments finances and fashion while detailing an absurd estate list. The piece blends personal foibles, mock documents, and a jab at tax returns and political theater.
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New York Sun
Columbus
Hayes
the Sun
Wall
Washington
Cincinnatus
Cincinnati
Mr. Hayes
Tilden
Mr. Tilden
Haven
Birchard
Republicans revise returns estimate Barnea majority 6707
Columbus reports state committee revision places Barnea’s lead at 6707 with fifty two counties backing Boynton for supreme judge and a statewide ticket majority near 9000. Republicans gain five congressmen.
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Columbus
Republican State Committee
Barnea
Boynton
West Virginia Returns Hint Democratic Victory
Waeewine October 13 returns from interior areas show a growing Democratic majority. Early tallies suggest the state will likely tilt with about a 12,000 vote advantage for the Democrats.
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West Virginia
Waeewine
W. Va
Adams and Reform Opinion in London Standard
The piece argues Charles Francis Adams epitomizes old republican virtues but shifts to support the Democratic candidate Tilden as the reforming choice. It claims Adams’ move exposes Republican corruption and aligns respectable America with Democrats, challenging the GOP’s reform credentials.
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London Standard
United States
Massachusetts
New England
Charles Francis Adams
England
America
Adams
Tilden
Quotations and maxims from famous minds on ethics and virtue
A collage of lines from Shakespeare Rogers Goldsmith Coleridge Jennings Moharrned Locke and Joubert reflecting on daily life evil and moral philosophy. The selections argue that avoiding harm by wrongdoing is wrong and that higher thinking helps escape error.
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Colton
Emerson
Afontes
Quieu
Mrs. Jameson
Coleridge
Southey
Washington Irving
Newton
Landor
Bacon
Pelf
Jeremy Collier
Johnson
Plutarch
Addison
Rogers
Goldsmith
Jennings
Mohammed
Locke
Joubert
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New Orleans
Grantism
Jobbery
Blue Jeans Williams
Tilden, Hendricks and
Reform
Republican Rascality
Zach Chandler
Milwaukee
Commercial Times
East Water
Wisconsin
John J. Orton
J. J
Snyder’s
D—d Hoosiers
Dave Vance
D—n
Mr. Vance
John Nazro
Spring Street
Republican Club
William E. Smith
Gov. Tilden
New York
Hacan
Lyons Kathalron
Mek Ieod&wlyr
Ohio
Adams and Reform
Medical
Centaur
Josiah Weatake
Marysville, C
C.H. Bennett
Rock Prairie
Geo. W. Ferris
Manorville
Schoharie Co
Sigs
Riley Sickles
Falls
Wyoming Co
Laboratory
J. B. Rose ,Co
Dey Street
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Mass
J. B. Rose & CO
Deyatreet
Simmons
Peery
J. H. Zeilin & Co
Simmons’ Liver Regulator
Philadelphia
Chile
Henry Armetrong
Indiana Avenue
Indianaapolis
I.T. Hollowell
Fowlers Ghirt Factory
Calhoun
Berry
Fort Wayne
E. F. Snyder & CO
Wylidawly
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