New York Ring Robbers and Tammany in Control Again
A chronicling of New York politics in June 1877. Tilden and Hendricks were feted by Tammany Society and the Manhattan Club, with internal feuds and graft exposed. Tweed era corruption, reform efforts by temperance groups, and public distrust of police and courts are discussed alongside economic woes and heat.
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Tammany
New York
Tilden
Hendricks
Tammany Society
Manhattan Club
John Kelly
Morrisey
Slippery Sam
Pelton
Oregon
Tweed
Sweeney
Connolly
Oakey Hall
Oakey
Fairchild
Ife
Ludlow Street
Tombs Police Court
Court House
Kelly
Murphy
Young Tyng
Gerndt
French Benevolent Society
Pietro
Courant mocks death notice of longtime subscriber
The Hartford Courant jokes about announcing the death of a subscriber aged forty seven who had held and prepaid for the paper for fifty years, noting readers order the Courant in advance.
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Courant
Hartford Courant
Tour Is Human to Stay at Home Divine
A fragment hints at a saying about tours and staying home, suggesting a morale or lifestyle note. The readable text centers on a contrast between travel or public presence and domestic life, without clear event details or dates. The incomplete fragment limits a full report.
Germany moves two ironclad squadrons toward the Mediterranean
The German fleet has ordered increased speed on one ironclad squadron headed to the Mediterranean while a second follows. Reports suggest Germany may mediate peace talks, but no evidence exists yet. Analysts see connections to Germany Russia ties and aims to weaken England, gain Baltic access, and aid moves against English commerce in the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridott Grange
8. L. Swanzey
Grange
Webster
Mediterranean
Germany
Grecian
Bosphorus
Turkey
Russia
England
France
Netherlands
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New-York
Co-operative Warehouse
J.f.strune
Woodbury
Wade
Nichols, Shepard & CO
Battle Creek
Mich
Bergman & Dorman’s
Andy Lebricher
Bergman & Dorman
Achenbach, Ditzler & Co
Freeport Journal Bookbindery
Freeport Journal
Herr J
Bischoff
A.V. Richards & CO
Freeport
Illinois
Freeportstone Works
Thave
Galena
Adams Streets
F. Flachtemyer
Martin Brubaker
Great Britain
United States
Bancroft
Prescott
Motley
Geo. P. Marsh
Halleck
Whittier
Willis
Saxe
Eliiu Burritt
Daniel Webster
Rufus Choate
A. Coen Smart
Horace Mann
Woolsey
Wayland
Hopkins
Nott
Walker
Anderson
London Quarterly Review
G. & C. Merriam
Springfield
Mass
Ebster
N. Blakeman, Taylor &Co
Swarts & Stocking’s
Swarts Stocking
Patent Office
Washington
Union
C. A. Snow & CO
Yitice
Washington, D.C
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First National UK
Vresi Te Ako F
Natio Freeport
Me Nal Bank
al Joun H.addama
Michael Lawyer
Alfred H. Wisk
John Kenedy
Paul Mandy Ohn H
JS J. W.gurreau
Cash
DDAMS
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Hettinger, Collmann Bros, CO
South Post Office
Chicago
Aes Bank
Kingsley & Mills, i
Ilinois
Hine Jewall
Popposite
C. P. Dorn
Orangeville
Til
Musser’s Store
D. Burrell
Opere Honke
Freeport Lls
Qeinay
A. Dietrich
Ores J Stoneman
Stephenson and
Exchange Streets
Webster Street
Cherry Street
Mra
Esther W. Taylor
R. F. Hayes
M.D
Stephenson Street
Gree St
Geo. A. Kingery
Broguyate
Ogle County
J. O. Burbank
Io Mann
van Buren Street
Galen Avenue
Insurance
Insurance Agency
WM. Trembor
Fry’s Block
Stephenson Stree
Liverpol
London & Globe
Ennsylvania Fire Inc.Coo
Insurance Company of North America
Philadelphia
Phen Ing ,Co
Oew York
Continental Ins. Co
N. Y
Springfield, F.& M. Inc. Co
Ore Ing. Co
Jeremiah Dean
Nsurance and Real Estate Agency
Boedeker Wilcoxon
Hatters
Opera House
Ill
Garlipp
Henry 0. Hyde
J. R. Perkins
J. H. Moritz
Aut Biokin &A
Perrran
Fitfeeld & Brae
D. Kuehner
Exchane
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