Poisoning at the Greencastle Postoffice Reported
A troubling note from Greencastle Indiana reports a poisoning incident at the local postoffice as second class mail matter.
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Postoffice
Greencastle Ind
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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1880
Page
4
Republicans in Fifth District meet to nominate congressman candidate
The Fifth District Republicans plan a June 24 gathering in Martinsville Morgan County to nominate a candidate for Congress. The item notes political chatter over impeachment talk against Gen Brady and mentions Indiana politics, Green Castles headlines, and national candidate rumors including Tilden Davis Grant and Blaine with Cincinnati as a focal point.
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Martinsville
Morgan County
Atlanta
Georgia
Hendricks
Greenback Party
St. Louis
Thomas A. Hendricks
H. B. Wright
George T. Bourne
National Democratic Committee
Grant
Gramercy Park
Blaine
Cincinnati
Price Revisions For Body Goods Debated In Chicago Motion Adopted
Milwaukee avenue resident Mr Henry D Kadsure urged raising prices for bodies to 30 dollars from 25 and second class stock to 22 dollars from 18 with small mediums at 12 dollars. Damaged grades unchanged. Vendor to bargain with purchaser. motion adopted unanimously.
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Chicago
Henry D. Kadsure
Milwaukee Avenue
Flo
D. Badsure
Congressional proposal for direct people’s election of U S President
The Electoral Count Committee submits a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to elect the President by the people. The plan retains general election features but uses a ratio based on each state’s votes and electors. It notes dangers of the current system and cites calls for direct election and plurality voting to avoid House choices.
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Congress
Committee On the
United States
Senate
Hall of Representatives
New York
Andrew Jackson
Gen. Jackson
Congress debates quinine duty and food law reform
The article notes a fight in Congress to reimpose the quinine duty and pass a food adulteration bill with penalties. It mentions opposition from moneyed interests likely to block passage. It also reports Tilden’s renewed renomination push and summarizes self government rules from Terre Haute Mail, urging courteous conduct and frugal meals.
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Tuene
Congress
Terre Haute Mail
Wisconsin Editors Seek Tariff Remission on Paper Making Goods
In Congress on Friday a memorial from the Wisconsin Editorial and Publishers Association urged tariff removal on chemical and other articles used in paper manufacture. President George W. Peck urged members to discard the resolutions as waste, accusing type founders of highway robbery by tariff protection that harms editors’ earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wisconsin Editorial and Publishers’ Association
Publishers’ Association
George W. Peck
Newspapers Seek Tariff Removal For Paper and Type
The Wisconsin press argues for ending tariffs on type and rag paper and related chemicals. The piece notes publishers have long aided officials and now seek relief to prevent further cost increases impacting newsrooms nationwide. It also cites varied opinions on coeducation from several college presidents and reports a Buffalo family tragedy with multiple shootings and a suicide attempt.
Eggs in the Territories Prompt Miner News
The Vancouver Independent notes eggs fetch 16 dollars a dozen in the Yankee Fork Idaho mines as a reminder of high prices even in bonanza country. The piece remarks that despite mining boom, eggs are not widely stocked at low levels.
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Mountain
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A. R. Brattin
Watchmaker & Jeweler
Greencastle
Ind
Frank A. Anxop
Tur Stan
Gen. Brady
Postmaster General’s Department
Edwin May
Indiana State House
Florida
North Carolina
Kentucky
Indiana
Sam Tilden
David Davis
Ilinois
Gant
Washburn
Bay View
New
California
Java
CHEA
Darnall Bros. & Co’s
Washington
Friends of Tilden
Lilden
America
Ulster
New Jerusalem
Simon Cameron
Corinthians
Men
Wisconsin
Boston
Sedge
Amherst
Chadbourne
Williams
Bascom
Wisconsin University
Tropics
Barnard
Columbia
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Ketter
Buffalo
Peter Ketter
Croton
Perfume
Allen’s Drug Store
Himporium
Frank A. Hay
Jones’ Drug Store
R. J. A. Sherman
Indias
J.a.sherma
Broadway
Cor. Murray St
J. A. Sherman
Dr. Shemons
DR. Crook
CROOK
Barteres
S.N Smith & Co, Pvt
Oliver Crock
Dayton
Ohio
J. Kramer
S.N. Smith & Co., Prop
Trac
Vic
Eas Ant
Lin In
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