Bates to speak at Fry's Hall on next Saturday
Gen ER Bates Republican candidate for State Treasurer will speak at Fry's Hall this city next Saturday evening on political questions of the day. Bates, once a Libby prisoner, is billed as an eloquent entertaining speaker. Ladies invited. Election Tuesday November 8. Republicans urged to plan trips to polls.
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ER. N. Bates
Fry’s Hall
Gen. Bates
Libby
Gro, Thompson
Republican Central Committee
South Carolina votes Republican in election
It notes South Carolina’s recent election result a Republican win by thirty thousand and urges Republicans to vote on November 8. The piece warns that Democrats push a desperate bid to control the state legislature and calls for strong Republican turnout in border counties to ensure continued GOP control.
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Norders
Republicans Rally in Mur ence Township Meeting
F C Lugalls J B Cochran and Dr E C De Pay addressed the Republicans of Mur ence township at Van Brocklin's School House Tuesday evening last week. The meeting was well attended and the party members are awake to the approaching election.
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F.C. Lugalls
J.8. Cochran
C. de Pay
Murence Township
van Brocklin
Republican meeting energizes Orangeville crowd
James 8. Cochran presided at a Republican meeting in Orangeville last Thursday evening. The crowd was stirred to oppose a Democratic scheme to capture the State Legislature, with Democrats accused of lacking effort and Republicans urged to stay vigilant to prevent Illinois from going Democratic.
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James 8. Cochran
Orangeville
Illinois
Charlie Betts Seen Failing In Honest Work Claim
A local critique labels Charlie Betts, the Democratic regular congressional nominee, as a fraud for claiming to champion workers. The piece mocks his boast, noting he has never known hard work in twenty years and offers five dollars for sweat from his brow as proof.
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Charlie Betts
Congress
Charlie
Cincinnati party fusion and dilution echo in election loss
A year after a fused Democratic Republican ticket won by about two thousand, party leaders lamented later that a straight ticket would have fared worse. This fall a straight ticket was defeated by over two thousand, showing voters prefer diluted democracy. A Lena Republican meeting at McEathron’s Hall featured N C Burchard, W A Little, and J M Hunter with lengthy speeches praising Republican principles.
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Cincinnati
Massenberg
Sons of
Lew Campbell Wins Ohio District Three Seat
The Democrat Lew Campbell defeats General Schenck by 118 votes in Ohio's third district after Dayton election judges rejected veterans at the National Home. The piece argues protests against denying disabled soldiers voting rights and questions how Democrats would fund government without tariffs. It notes German expulsions from France and praises Mr Wasurnne's mediation, while criticizing Mr Massenberg's attacks on Wasurunke.
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Lew Campbell
General Schenck
Congress
Ohio
Dayton
Schenck
Farwell Nominated for Congress in Cook County
Charles B. Farwell, Esq. has received the Republican nomination for Congress in Cook county and will be elected by a large majority. He was nominated for Congressman at large by the Temperance party but declined. The temperance people of Cook county may now vote for him as a valuable successor to Non. N. B. Judd, who declined renomination.
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Charles B. Farwell, Esq
Cook County
Farwell
Non
N. B. Judd
Rumor of Peace Talks Amid German French War
The report notes England Russia and others pushing for a peace between Prussians and French as King William Crown Prince Bismarck and Van Moltke strive to end the war with German victories. The Prussians seek such peace.
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England
Russia
William
Bismarck
van Moltke
Earthquake Shocks Felt Across Six U S Cities
A quake last Thursday shook Detroit Cleveland Buffalo Cincinnati New York and New Orleans. It rocked buildings causing people on upper floors to flee. The wave spanned about two hundred miles, while observers joke that Americans are beginning to enjoy home made earthquakes.
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Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
Cincinnati
New York
New Orleans
Rings Haunting Bulletin Editor Driven By Singular Hallucination
A reader describes a peculiar fever dream in which diseased individuals imagine air filled with blue devils and seek to grasp it. The piece mocks cures like cold water and jokes that the Bulletin editor is tormented by a ringing hallucination, urging friends to dunk him in cold water.
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Bulletin
Thanksgiving Day Proclaimed by General Grant
General Grant designates Thursday November 24 as a day of Thanksgiving urging preparation and reverence for the national observance. The message calls citizens to pause work and reflect on blessings while preparing for the holiday.
Can Honest Vote Win Him New York City’s City Majority
A New York dispatch to the St Louis Republican claims Republicans aim to suppress the Democratic lead in New York City by using 800 special deputies, reinforced fort guns and troops. The piece argues such forces cannot vote and questions if the dispatch truly seeks an honest vote or to intimidate Democrats for more than one vote per precinct.
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New York
St. Louis
United
Marshal Sharp
Baltimore
Letter urges switch from Republican to Democratic ranks
The writer warns against staying with the Legislature and calls for leaving the Republican party for a supposed Democratic promise in Stephenson County. It includes apologies for years of insults toward Democrats and urges voters to believe a genuine conversion while condemning Republicans as corrupt and claiming the Democrats will expose them at the polls.
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Stephenson County
Speech by Senator Trumbull at Springfield
Senator Trumbull spoke in Springfield on the fifteenth to a large State House audience. He reviewed sixteen years of party history and urged readers not to dwell on platforms but to note the Republican record on liberty and equal rights. He praised constitutional amendments and laws extending free speech and education and noted states that returned to the Union with universal liberty in their fundamental laws.
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Susan Trumanin
Springfield
State House
Republican Party
Fraud Frauds and Voter Conflicts in New York Politics
A historical political tirade accuses Democratic managers in New York of massive fraud in 1868 and 1869, citing naturalization certificate frauds, repeaters, and tainted elections. It notes federal reforms to criminalize fraudulent voting and assign observers, while contrasting Republican actions with alleged Democratic complicity. It also includes a London Telegraph note on Prussia’s wartime winter gear contracts.
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New York
Grant
Colfax
John T. Troffman
Rochester
Island
Brooklyn
Hoffman & Co
Tweed
Tilden
John T. Stoffman
Fenton
John T. Hoffman
Committee of Congress
Hoffman
Congress
United States
Forward to greater intelligence and a higher civilization
The passage extols the expansion of rights to all citizens, urges friendly legislation to protect liberty landmarks, praises the President for fiscal gains and reduced national debt, and calls for continued prudent voting to advance prosperity and human progress. It highlights military fame, simple manners, and honesty as core leadership traits.
Taxing Bonds Debate At Cook County Democratic Convention
The Cook County Democratic Convention last Saturday resolved that Federal bonds be taxed by the federal government unless explicitly exempted. The contention questioned how an honest government could fund itself by taxing its own bonds, recalling earlier Republican governance from the Constitution’s origin to John Quincy Adams.
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Cook County
Miler
John Quincy Adams
Tax on the Revolution War Bonds Debate
The speaker argues against taxing national debt as a repudiation of promised interest and a threat to government credit. He notes the government's long-standing practice of not taxing its own debts and criticizes the Democratic stance as national rascality aimed at voters who support it.
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Democratic Party
Great Britain
Mexico
United States
Congress
Republicans Urge Full Vote for Illinois November Election
The Illinois State Journal editorial urges Republicans to turnout in full for November, praising the party’s past and future, warning against indifference, factionalism, or Democratic attacks. It stresses unity, honesty, and a straight Republican ticket to ensure a large majority and continued national strength.
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Illinois
Republic
Republican Party of
Republican Party
Sangamon County
Highth
Illinois State Journal
Blossoming with Patriotism in Golconda Jerald Attack
The Golconda Jerald accuses Judge Green of caustic remarks about the Senate Journal of 1868 5 and details how the paper argues Democrats included traitors and Knights of the Golden Circle. It notes alleged Northern Knights resisting the government and a judge’s knowledge of such an organization.
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Golconda
Jerald
Judge Green
Democratic Party
Knights of the Golden Circle
Knights and Democrats in Civil War Era Debate
Fragmented remarks discuss suspected loyalty and disloyalty within county politics during the Civil War era. The piece cites Judge Green’s statements on militia, border defense, and claims of patriotism in Democratic ranks amid alleged Knights of the Golden Circle activity? The text questions the sincerity of proclaimed patriotism and urges careful verification of wartime loyalties and leadership.
Advertising agencies merge to form Rowell and Hooper alliance
The long standing John Hooper & Co of New York merges with Rowell & Co creating a leading advertising house. Rowell is praised for extensive newspaper coverage, high client value, and a vast file of some five thousand American periodicals available at their New York Park Row offices, with staff larger than four rivals combined.
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John Hooper & Co
New York
P Rowell & Co
G. P. Rowell & Co
Althoug Messen Rowell & Co
United States
Direct
America
Hooper & Co
New York Times
Park Row
Corps of Assistants
Messrs. Rowell & Co
York
Allmanax For 1871 Read By Contributors
A quirky letter to the editor from a self described versatile writer promoting an 1870 October release titled Allmanax for 1871. The piece promises humor on biography syntax and odd musings about lobsters and milk supper, ending with a cordial sign off.
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Phello
Anshunt
Allmanax
Konklushun
Thanksgiving Proclamation by President Grant
The proclamation urges gratitude for divine aid and prosperity, calls for a day of thanksgiving to be observed in all places of worship, and asks citizens to beseech continued bounty and peace. Signed by President Ulysses S. Grant and Secretary Tawine Fisu, dated October 19 in Washington.
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Unit States
J. S. Grant
The
United
Worsh
Washington
Tawire Fisu
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