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Scrub Race and War Talk in 1846 Greensburg
In Greensburg the 1846 April election produced a lively scrub race with Whigs sweeping two Justices of the Peace posts and four Constables amid bitter campaigning. The piece notes a contested Bryan election, a doggery tie to a Cable, and Barton Harney’s one day postmaster stint. Volunteers recruit for Mexican War era service and a later postscript laments newspaper finances. The text ends with an physician testimonial and Peruna advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Repository
Dbelow
Justices OF the Peace
Squire Bryan
Board of County Justices
Bryan
George Cable
Cable
George W. Cable
Louisiana
Greensburg
Carter & Co
Dan Stewart
Barton M. Harney
Repository
James M. Talbott
Indiana
Mexico
Harry Rosenbush
M. F. Rosenbush & Co
Ind
Riley
Colorado
DeArmond Hotel
John E. Osborn