Centennials drive for funds and state exhibits
The article outlines ongoing and growing financial needs for the Centennial celebration including a projected million dollars for building in the last five months of the year and progress on the Agricultural building. It urges national participation, showcases state boards seeking specimens, and highlights Maine and Ohio efforts to prepare diverse industrial and agricultural displays for the fair.
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Centennial Board of Finance
Germantown Telegraph
Philip Quigley
Illinois State Board of ‘Agriculture
D. Fisher
Springfield
Ilinois
Maine Centennial Board
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Baco and
Androscoggin
Blaine’s Early Life and Marriage in Maine to Westward Path
The Washington correspondent of the Pittsburgh Dispatch recalls Blaine’s upbringing west of the Alleghenies and youth in Kentucky where he met his wife, a Maine schoolteacher, who moved him to her father’s home where they married. Her influence is described as a key driver in his rise, while noting his potential for broader political sway across states.
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Nashville
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Banner
Clay County
Pinkerton
Gen. Shields
Gen. Jones
Col Stichan Hutchens
St Louis
Missouri
James & Younger
Jack Edwards
St. Louis
Samuel Kearney
Clay
Iw.james
Jesse W. James
Washington
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Blaine
Alleghenies
Kentucky
Maine
Northeast
Pennsylvania
Ing
Ohio
Wings
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia
Colfax
New England
Jim Blaine
Anson Burlingame
Astern States
GATH
The Democrats and the Legal Tender Act in Focus
A portrait of Blaine and a political panorama trace the Democratic stance on the Legal Tender Act. The text surveys Western Pennsylvanian roots, New England schooling, and family discipline shaping Blaine, contrasted with Sen. Morton on court decisions about greenbacks and party discipline, touching 1764 insurrection, Washington’s crackdown, and Republican ideals versus corrupt elements.
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Morton
Chase
Supreme Court
Democratic Party
Gen. Grant
United States
Grant
C/i
Cago Times
Whisky Rings and the 1790s American Whisky Trade
The account describes a proliferation of private and pabite whisky stills in Buney LYEnIe by 1790, with farmers turning surplus rye and corn into whisky for commerce. It notes widespread consumption, social use, and the Whisky Insurrection in western Pennsylvania tied to Hamilton’s excise tax. It mentions Congress efforts in 1791-2 to tax imported spirits and whisky, with broad tax structures and enforcement under a Supervisor of Internal Revenue, as Washington toured the Southern states after the tax vote.
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Buney Lyenie
Pennsylvania
Hamilton
Wasington
Its Mission Not Ended for a Republican Century
A historical political argument extols the Republican party’s fourteen years of governance, praising its record as brilliant and future work as destined to elevate the nation. It claims a debt to pay, currency to redeem, and protection for emancipated citizens, asserting Republicans represent national intelligence, wisdom, and honor while alleging Democrats contain a powerless minority.
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Republican Party
Democratic Protest Over Inflation Platform in Ohio
The Baltimore Gazette argues Thurman betrayed Democratic ideals by backing inflation. It says his refusal to separate from the party when inflation dominated Ohio doomed his leadership, warning that victory for inflation would ruin his presidential chances and split the hard money faction.
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Baltimore Gazette
Ohio
Thurman
Union
Pendleton
Two Parties and a Chimera in Practical Politics
In Harper’s Weekly the author argues that Americans, practical rather than theoretical, see through party promises. They claim a revived party of copperheads and slave supporters cannot truly champion equal rights, noting its past ties to State sovereignty, racial subjugation, and ecclesiastical politics.
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Ku Klux
Harper’s Weekly
Three Children Die in Hen Nest Rattlesnake Incident
In Ichland County a family tragedy unfolds as a three children, ages five and under, are fatally bitten by a rattlesnake in a barn hen's nest. A mother’s rescue attempt leads to the boiling water accident that claims another young life, with all three children dying within half an hour.
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Mr. Alden
Ichland County
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