Goose Neck Bend Farmers Hopeful After Rain
Goosk Neck Bend sees corn in fine condition following rain and farmers optimistic about a half crop. Wheat color change sparks renewed hopes. A Spelling Class of about thirty five meets Saturdays. Local residents relocate and travel plans noted. Mrs Mary Parish dies at Brim residence, Goose Neck Cemetery burial. Peter Pulaski.
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Goosk Neck Bend
Goose Neck
Frank Kutch
Brushy
John
Jesse Fore
Mary Parish
Brim
Graham
Peter Pulaski
Belknap Texas Row Over Public Welcome and Whiskey Critique
April 18 1880 Belknap Texas letter questions a public thanks to Jeff for aiding an outside meeting. It accuses promotion of whiskey as undermining the town’s image, denounces the welcome, and urges restraint. Crop prospects look good, cotton acreage will be large, merchants active, and Graham trade warned.
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Belknap
Texas
Eprroks Leaver
Jeff
Graham
Independent journalism urged for public enlightenment
Edgewater Virginia letter praises spring prospects and fruit, notes corn not yet planted, and lauds mineral land purchases along the Atlantic and Mississippi Railroad. It quotes the Galveston News arguing that independent journalism fosters honest public opinion and counters obscurantism and partisan manipulation.
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Edgewater
Atlantic & Mississippi
Lynchburg
Virginia Politico Notes on Land Deals and Presidential Factions
The article discusses mining investment by capitalists from New York Baltimore and England and notes a $100 000 mineral land sale in Carroll County. It forecasts a lively Virginia election with three parties led by Mahone the Conservative Debt Payers and the Republicans. Mosby may swing between factions, seeking notoriety.
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Mahone
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China
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Mosby
Mughien
Denton Monitor preview of future Democratic administration
The Denton Monitor foresees a year until a new Democratic national administration is in working order and the public will see benefits from honest capable government after four years of fraud. A Minnesota doctor charged a woman 75 dollars for toe nail treatment. she refused payment and sued but the jury awarded 9 dollars after viewing her foot.
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New
Democratic National
Minnesota
Wheat and crop prospects vary across Texas counties
Reports from G G Randell in McKinney say Collin county faces a total wheat crop failure due to dry rot and farmers plow and plant cotton. Other counties report good prospects with corn oats and cotton, though some areas suffer from scant rain and drought. Some counties see improving stands and potential cotton gains while others note heavy wheat injury and scarce cotton seed.
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Collin County
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Greenville
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Sulphur Springs
Hopkins County
Crockett
Paris
Lamar County
Cleburne
Newton County
Jasper News-Boy
Gatesville Sun
Jasper News
Mason
Drouth
Pay in Advance and a Fraudulent Traveler Alert
A Detroit dispatch notes a con man posing as a Barnum wire goods house rep roams the west. He seeks hotel advances and small sums, described as short thick with dark eyes and two missing front teeth, delivering a jokey mayoral tale in a doorway.
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E.T. Barnum
West
Colored men convention in Topeka delegates plan fair start
A colored men convention met in Topeka on April 15 with representatives from thirteen counties and fifty-one delegates. Resolutions urged southern colored men not to move to Kansas unless they could secure a fair financial beginning in their new home.
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Topeka
South
Kansas
Georgia delegates stand behind Blaine and Grant tallies
Georgia Republican delegates are reported to back Blaine with eight votes and Grant with six, while Sherman’s support is not specified. The scene reflects early 20th century delegate alignment patterns in internal party contests.
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Georgia
Blaine
Sherman
Grant
Storm sweeps from Missouri to Colorado in April
A major storm system started in southwest Missouri on April 10 and moved east, affecting Colorado as it expanded across the region. The weather event triggered warnings and local disruptions as communities tracked its progression.
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Missouri
Colorado
Presidential Vote and Electoral College History 1824 1878
A historical table outlines popular and electoral votes for U S presidential elections from 1824 to 1878. It notes the 1880 election date and recalls the 1824 outcome where no candidate won a majority and the House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams.
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House of Representatives
Rebels Rise in Georgia Outrage Over Slave Inheritance
The Boston Post denounces early-year outrages on Black people, highlighting a Newton county case where William Wilson, an elderly Democrat, left his $10,000 estate to former slaves. Officials are described as rebel Democrats and unprotective, with no arrests so far. Call out the troops.
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Boston Post
Georgia
William Wilson
Newton County
Taxes in Brazoria in 1833 Tax Schedule Revealed
The Ayuntamiento of Brazoria adopted a 1833 tax schedule taxing land by league and tract, with per capita, animal and property rates. It lists twelve and a half cents per enslaved person over ten, six cents per horse or cattle head, ten dollars per lawyer, twenty five dollars for taverns, fifteen for merchants with liquor privilege, twenty five for billiard tables, and twenty five for retail liquor shops.
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Texas
Ayuntamiento of
Brazoria
Brick Pomeroy Charged in Grand Swindle Case
Brick Pomeroy faces charges as a grand swindler tied to mining schemes and his Greenback Labor outfits aimed to fund a leadership role. Analysts warn of possible future ventures like a keno or brace game. Fort Scott grain dealers plan to ship about 590000 bushels of corn this season.
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Brick Pomeroy
Fort Scott
Kansas
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