Republican Union Mass Meeting Schedule
The Republican County Central Committee announces mass meetings at multiple venues with speakers including Gen J Setelle Dornblaser J He Addams HICTRarchard F C Ingalls J M Bailey in Dakota Florence Lancaster Silver Creek Ridott Harlem Jedarville New Pennsylvania Winslow and others, dates ranging October 18 to October 30, with evenings starting at varying times. Public attendance urged across Florence Lancaster Ridott Harlem Jedarville and surrounding towns.
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Republican County Central Committee
Republican Union
J. Setelle
Dornblaser
J. He Addams
Hictrarchard
F.C. Ingalls
J. M. Bailey
Dakota
van Brocklin
Florence
Young’s
Seho
Lanca Aster
Berry
Want ‘Nouse
Silver Creek
Lenn
He de Davis
Ridott
Winslow
Amendment 14 Teaser: Citizenship and Equal Protection
The text presents Article 14 proposing citizenship for those born in the United States and safeguards equal protection and due process. It outlines representation bases, voter eligibility impacts on apportionment, and barred offices for those who violated oaths or rebelled.
The Elections and the Republican Surge in Four States
Republican triumph in Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Iowa reshapes Congress with Maine Vermont also yielding gains. In Pennsylvania the delegation shifts to 18 to 6 and Geary wins governor by a large margin. Ohio shows a Republican majority over 40,000 as Democrats gain a single seat. The Cooper Johnson opposition faces sharp losses amid administration hostility and loyalist mobilization.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Congress
Lincoln
Kansas
Nebraska
Pierze
Fillmore
Jackson
Cooper-Johnson Party
Maine
Vermont
United States Senate
Cowan
Cooper-Johnson
Navy Yards
Philadelphia
Geary
Radical Union
Mak
Fragmented Confederate Amendments Text on Reconstruction Powers
The excerpt presents snippets from constitutional provisions about loyalty tests for state officers and the disqualification for rebellion, the validity of public debt after suppression, and the federal power to enforce Reconstruction. It shows historic language on amnesty, debt, and penalties following insurrection. The text is disorderly with missing punctuation and OCR errors but preserves entities like Congress and United States.
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United States
Congress
October Elections Show Republican Strength and Gains
The piece notes Republican gains across states with sizable congressional delegations, citing 18 to 2 in one state and 8 to 8 in another, plus a 15,000 majority in Indiana and a 30,000 lead in Iowa. It praises party organization and predicts further triumphs on November 6.
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Todiana
Towa
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Longtime Republican John H Addams Renominated for State Senate
At the Senatorial Convention in this city on Thursday last Hon. John H Addams was unanimously renominated to the State Senate by acclamation. He has served twelve years across three terms and is regarded as the oldest continuous member in the Senate. His steadfast Republican record dates to 1854 and he remains the district’s trusted representative, likely boosting the party ticket across the 22d Senatorial District.
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John H. Addams
State Senate
Endowment for State Agriculture College Should Stay United
In a Prairie State editorial, readers are urged to keep the Agricultural College endowment intact under Congress grant. The piece argues the fund must serve a single dedicated institution to educate farmers and mechanics, not be divided among existing colleges or new sites. It supports a commission plan to locate the school without splitting funds, opposing any subdivision.
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Agricultural College
Republican
Farmers’ Convention
Theaume
Champaign
Chicago
Ilinois
Friends of Agricultural Education
Andyyith Dt
Thanksgiving Proclamation by President Johnson 1866
President Andrew Johnson proclaims Thursday November 29 as a day of thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God. He notes national peace, renewed loyalty, abundant harvests, extended railroads, and revived commerce, urging divine wisdom for the nation and sealing the document in Washington on October 8, 1866.
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J. Andrew Johnson
United States
Washington
Andrew Jonson
William H. Lrward
Policy Aims to Pass Bill Without Legislator Embarrassment
The passage of the bill is urged without causing embarrassment to the Legislature. Critics fear debate on location will trigger wrangling, threaten the charter, and disrupt its core provisions. Appointed Commission remains central to shaping the policy and its competitive claims.
Republican Congressional Nominations List
The article lists Republican nominees for Congress by district across states including Illinois Indiana Iowa and Oregon with names such as Norman B. Judd John Farnsworth Elihu Weashburne A C Harding H P I Bromwell S M Cullom Edward Kitchell Henry Case John Baker Baum O Neill Leonard Myera Theda Taylor and others. It enumerates at large nominees and district selections reflecting the party slate and individuals like General Logan and General Garfield among many listed candidates.
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Judd
Chicago
John A. Logan
Norman B. Judd
John F. Farnsworth
Elihu B. Weashburne
A. C. Harding
B. Ingersoll
B. C. Cook
H. P. I. Bromwell
S. M. Cullom
Chas
Ei Lipperscott
Henry Case
Sleventh
Edward Kitchell
Johu Baker
iGieene
Baum
Charles O'Neill
Leonard Myera
Theda Taylor
Ny Ta
Ae . Poy
Lawrence Getz
Thaddeus Stevens
Daniel M. van Auken
Charles Denison
Ulysses Mercur
John P. Packer
Adam J. Grosiiender
William H. Koontz
Daniel J. Morrell
Paehiin S Wilson
Glenn W. Schofield
Darwin A. Finney
John Covode
Gain
James K. Moorhead
Thomas Williams
George W. Lawrence
Ohto
Benjamin. Eggeston
Ruthford
Robert . Sehneck
William ‘Lawrence
Wiliam
Mungen
Reader W. Clarke
Samuel Shellabarger
Ralph P
John Coburn
Henry D. Washburn
Godlove S.orth
Schuyler Cox
William W.wiliaime
Wey
Henry Li Cake
Falin
Philadelphia
van Trisipie
Rufus
Spalding of
Contested Seats Decide Congressional Ballots in 1860s
The present Congress faced several contested seats amid a Republican majority of about three to one. Voters ultimately sustained key Republican victories as the House resolved disputes over seats in districts 16, 21, 7, and Indiana, replacing Democrat incumbents with Republicans after contests and fraudulent vote claims.
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Wm. Fr. Xoontz
General Koontz
General Dawson
Smith Fuller
TheWouse
Gen. Dawson
John Covode
Indiana
Daniel W. Voorhees
Henry D. Washburne
Voorhees
Itouse
General Washburne
New York Tribune
The Fortieth Congress House Elected Democrats Split
Fragmentary OCR lists early members by state Maine Vermont Pennsylvania and names such as John Lynch Sidney Perham James G Blaine John A Peters Frederick A Pike Fred E Woodbridge Luke P Poland and Randolph. The line hints at party divisions and vacancies in the new Congress.
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John Lynch
Sidney Perham
James G. Blaine
Ohn
A. Peters
Frederick A. Pike
Vermont
Fred E. Woodbridge
Luke P
Poland
Cholera rises in New York amid political chatter
A jumble of 1860s dispatches notes cholera increasing in New York City and rumors of mayoral and sheriff shifts in the South. Highlights mention Gov Wells and proposed proclamations, Illinois railroad appointments, Melos naval plans, Ticonderoga officers welcomed in Constantinople, and debates over bounties for discharged soldiers. The item also covers royal honors, Indiana politics, and a speech at Peoria's Soldiers Monument dedication.
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John M. Palmer
Oglesby
Illinois Central Railroad
Moore
Melos
Grecian
Mediterranean
Constantinople
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Ra. Battle
Sreeport
Ioana ‘McCall, Bailey & Mills
Aston
George W. Smith
Hon
Newton Bateman
Elihu B. Washburne
General Assembly
Joseph M. Bailey
William W. Robey
F. A. Darling
Republican Union Mis
United States of America
Tnitea
John H. ‘Addams
3 Agricultural College
James F. Wilson
Hiram Price
William B. Allison
William Loughbridge
Greenville M. Dodge
Asahel W. Hubbard
Oregon
New York City
Cass
L. Weldon
Iinois
New Orleans
Wells
Hanover
Prussia
Europe
Victoria
Row
Cyrus W. Field
England
Canada
Prairie
Will Gail
New York
Peoria
Butler
Guy
Togan
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