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Capt Cook Slaps Morison in Ohio Campaign Feud
A Cincinnati Commercial fund mobilizes 25000 Ohio residents to pay Capt Cook’s $32 assault fine after he slapped George Morrison for wishing Garfield would die. The piece layers in political theater, public sentiment, and a Sherman anecdote amid a long-winded digression of quotes and miscellaneous items.
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Cook
Brownsville
Lickings County
Smith
Pocahontas
George Morrison
Capt Cook
Cincinnati
Capt. Cook
Morrisan
Garfield
Morrison
Ohio
Toledo
United States
Morrigan
Quook
Governor's Foot Guild
Hartford
Conn
Brown Light Artillery
Portland
Thomas B. Reed
Maine