Controversial 19th Century Gazette Snippets Spark Debate
A. P. Richardson is pronounced out of danger by Drs Brown and Garver. W. Beekerr won’t seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Major Millikin contends for honors with old Bill. Farrarux reads that Cincinnati election was influenced by bummers. Colorado won’t vote in the presidential election unless referred to Congress. Grant’s interest and Butler’s defeat loom. Political satire critiques religion, law, and corruption, urging bottom-up scrutiny and peaceable reconciliation among factions.
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Ws. Beekerr
Major Millikin
Colorado
Congress
New York
Olio
Grant
Missionary Entreaty Over Kickapoos Sparks Diplomacy Controversy
Special Indian Commissioner Atkinson reports broad opposition from Mexican officials to removing the Kickapoos for a U S reservation. He claims the Kickapoos are largely settled in Mexico and argues for or against their repatriation, suggesting political motives and potential aid for a President’s allies. The piece critiques policy, questions independence, and muses on broader territorial questions amid domestic politics and local governance.
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Atkinson
Attkinson
Zaragosa
Mexico
United States
British Columbia
South
Armorica
Arxisson
Spain
Funeral Obsequies for Thomas Heliotrope Hodder
A large, solemn meeting at the Court House set in motion funeral arrangements for the late Thomas Heliotrope Hodder. Resolutions lament his loss, praise his harmony guiding political unity, and announce a public funeral with thirty days of mourning, to be reported in multiple papers.
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Thomas Heliotrope Hodder
Holden
Court House
L. D. Campbell
J. J. Owens
Jas. E. Neal
L. van Derveer
Col. Campbell
Jacob Troutman
Peter Murphy
S[eliotrope
Murphy
Gut
Fao
Democratic Party
Norace Greely
Geo. D Prentice
Hamilton Guinea
Middletown Journal
Oxford Citizen
Kendall
Commercial
Cockerill
Xport
Iing
Notable Alumni Farewell and Mourning Attire Details
Peter Murphy and L B Delacourt photographed arm in arm as alumni. John Keifer mourns with Organ in memory. Ridley crape worn for ninety days. Joseph B Hughes and S B Berry to walk four feet apart in Indian file as part of the ceremonial farewell.
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A.J. Anderson
John Keifer
Ridley—crape
Joseph B. Hughes
S. B. Berry
Funeral Procession Notes and Honored Escorts
A civic procession will form four abreast with named pallbearers including Wm Becket F Scobey Ezra Potter and others. Wm E Brown Micajah Hughes wear trust badges. Crowd in mourning will include children at the rear under Schwire Meckley supervision. Lemonade and ice water to be provided by Harry Hay. Upon return from burial Mr Crowley assigns funeral duties to the late County Commissioner Geo B Tobias with the current board assisting.
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Wm. Becket
F. Scobey
Ezra Potter
J. M. Millikin
Cyrus Falconer
James Jackson
D. Brook Saunders
F. B. Landis
Henry Beardsley
C. Morganthaler
Je W. Sohn
Jacob Maas
E. G. Dyer
J. McAdams
E. H. Gaston
Jacob Kemp
S. M. Dickey
W. R. Cochran
A. P. Richardson
A. A. Phillips
W. C. Gundrum
Geo. T. Earhart
Wm. E. Brown
Micajah Hughes
Crowley
Geo. B.tobias
Memory and principles in a divided party debate
The piece argues the Democratic party holds fixed principles yet fails to apply them promptly. It labels the party free trade and hard money, calls for abandoning dead issues, and urges reconciliation with war supporters to restore an equal union under a fair constitution. It opposes renewed slavery tensions and warns against overreach amid postwar disputes.
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Democratic Party
Opposition to corruption and monopoly in a new political alignment
The piece urges a united opposition around a Democratic nucleus to oppose corruption and autocratic rule, inviting all who favor equal rights, honest governance, and economic restraint to join. It analyzes monetary policy, hard money critiques, and calls for reform while cautioning against lawlessness in labor unrest. It references Canada, President Grant, and wartime style party fault lines.
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Democratic Party
Monetary Reform Debate On Paper Money and Gold Value
In a letter to Ts Ac Buchanan, the writer criticizes advocates for paper legal tender backed by greenbacks and warns against free banking without specie payments. He argues for a guarded system with government gold backing, bonds convertible to greenbacks, and mint capital to fix gold value, claiming risks of overissue and monetary paralysis if legislation favors specie payments.
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America
Hamilton
Canada
Buchanan
Board of Trade
United States
Congress
England
Grant
Europe
House’of Representatives
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Haseen
Brown and Garver
Dn. W. M. Incas
Ar Farrarux
The
Gazebte and Commercial
Cincinnati
Old Butler
Hopper
Dassen MilLixty
Malikin
Irus
Engeirer
Boston
Charleston
Gazette
Republican Party
Washington
King
Bezonjans
Bezcuzr
Tutror
Richi Arps
Plymouth
Deecwen
J. W. Meexvey
Caldwell
Macixnis
Schwab
Hawley
Blaine
Connecticut
Ll. D. Cammin
Ch'm
J. Trov7Man, Sec’y
Kiefer
Barton S. James Esq
B. Owens
X, Neal
Largith
L. B. Delacourt
Leidelberg
J. Treutman
Alf
Ume
Heliotrove “Hodder
Alan
Dead Issuer
Pennsylvania
Sweripan
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