Republican ticket list for state offices and electors
The Republican slate names candidates for Governor Richard J. Guellby of Facen county and statewide offices including Lieutenant Governor John L. Beveridge, Secretary of State George Bh. Harlow, Auditor Charles E. Lippincott, State Treasurer Edward Rutz, Attorney General James K. Edsall, and court clerks Trimble, Hamburger, and Campbell. Presidential electors are listed with multiple names by district and at large selections across Cook, Alexander, and other counties.
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Richard J. Guellby
Facen County
John L. Beveridge
Cook County
George BH. Harlow
Bangamer County
Charles E. Lippincott
Deas County
Edward Rutz
J. Clair
James K. Edsall
Lee County
Supreme Court
Trimble
Burean County
E. CO
Hamburger
Adama Co
J. W. Campbell
Washington Co
Naxny Greensarm
Davin T. Linzaar
Alexander County
Jet—Chauncey T. Bowen
Mosea M. Bain
Lastor L. Bond
M. Fl. Chamberlain
Mahteon D. Ogden
Tugh Fullerton
Richard L. Divine
Martin B. Thompson
James Shaw
J. W. Wilkin
Norman LU. Ryan
Joseph P. van Dora
Ira Cayton
Joseph L Cassel
John J. Yeager
Wm. Selden Gale
John Doroughtery
W D. Venderson
William I.robinson
Senator Sumner's Scathing Senate Speech
The speech of Senator Sumner delivered last Friday in the senate is hailed as a masterpiece of spite and vituperation. It denounces Grant and the republican party, accusing Sumner's target of envy and misanthropy while claiming personal ends drive the attack. Senator Logan and Carpenter defend Logan and Carpenter's stance, highlighting political bias over policy.
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Sumner
Senate
Charles Sumner
Grant
Republican Party
Carpenter
Dana
Old Bay
Lincoln
Charlea Sumner
Massachusetts
Sumner, Schurz, Trumbull & Co
Logan
Judge C R Stare Visits 8th District Town
Judge C R Stare of Kankakee candidate for congress made a Monday visit to the 8th district town. The lawyer by profession served ten years as judge of the Kankakee district and now represents the P K and PRR. He penned an agreeable impression and planned to visit Col Fort before returning home.
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C. R. Stare
Kankakeea
Congress
Kankakee
Ile
Col. Fort
Folly of rigid instruction seen in Onarga Courier
The Onarga Courier criticizes rigid election instructions from Iroquois, arguing they threaten to force choice of Mr Wood or trigger unrest. The piece urges not to tie the judge to a single nominee and questions the value of demanding one candidate over another.
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Wood
Onarga Courier
Subscribers seek refunds for Tribune after political shift
In Carroll County a group of 52 subscribers sent a letter to Tribune managers demanding fulfillment of the paper’s subscription terms. If the contract cannot be honored they request a refund or a switch to a Republican-aligned paper, arguing subscribers may change papers under current circumstances.
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Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Grant
Carroll County
Liberal movement letters clash over Illinois politics
A correspondence between Horace Greeley and others urges Lyman Trumbull into Illinois liberal efforts to defeat Grant. Trumbull answers in defense of principle, denying pay or family office influence. A later note calls the dispatches a hoax and unworthy of credence.
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Lyman Trumbull
Illinois
U. S. Senate
Judiciary Committee
Jayne
Horace Greeley
J. M. Palmer
Jefferson Davis
W. A. Richardson
B. Gratz Grown
J. H. Bryant
Frank P. Blair
W. W. O'Brien
Ed. Rummell
Horace White
Charles Feinne
E L. Merritt
John P. Boice
Matt, Curley
Charles Parker
J. F. Grable
Washington, D. C
Jom. Davis
Grant
Lynan Trumbull
Grant as fool or shrewd operator in political theater
The piece argues that Democratic papers label Grant a fool while accusing him of buying the New York Herald and the New York World. It claims he steered Ferry’s senate election and controlled the Cincinnati convention, portraying him as a “smart fool” whose public image grows from those criticisms.
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Greeley
Grant
New York Herald
New York World
Ferry
Senate
Cincinnati
Kilpatrick Attacks Grant at Gréetey Meeting
The article reviews General Kilpatrick as a speaker at a Gréetey gathering in New York. It claims Kilpatrick supported claims of Grant era corruption and notes his paymaster appointment under Grant and subsequent recall for irregular conduct, illustrating alleged corruption and dishonesty.
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Kilpatrick
New York
Grant
Horace Greeley under fire over ambition and loyalties
The writer accuses Horace Greeley of chasing power by forsaking friends and party, seeking favor with enemies and betraying allies. The piece casts him as Judas like and embarks on a harsh critique of his integrity and ambition.
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Horace Greeley
Judas
Horace
Greeley
Goy Oglesby Debate Over Possible Illinois Run
Governor of Illinois candidacy dispute surfaces as he defends plans to contest until election day. He denies discussing senate and commits to running for governor with aim to influence the political landscape and Republican prospects.
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Goy
Oglesby
Illinois
Senate
Greeley Support Mixed Amidst Political Fragments
The New York Nation notes that Cincinnati convention backers view it as a failure, while some Greeley allies push a best of a bad job line. A. N. Stephens endorses Greeley, citing bail for Davis and a parallel to Grant’s parole stance at Appomattox.
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Qreeley
Kansas City
New York Nation
Cincinnati
Greeley
A. N. Stephens
Davis
Gen. Grant
Stanton
Lee
Appomatox Court House
I Never Was A Follower Of That Democracy
A political speech excerpt in which the speaker denounces the Democratic Party as morally rotten and debauched in many districts. He claims most Democrats would vote against him if faced with a choice between Grant and himself and vows never to be their debtor.
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Greeley
Democratic Party
Grant
Support for Greeley split among newspapers across the nation
The Baltimore Gazette condemns Mr Greeley as unable to win Democratic support. The Philadelphia Age calls any suggestion of Democratic backing a slander. The Louisville Ledger supports running a regular Democratic ticket. Several papers including the Lancaster Intelligencer Hartford Times Cleveland Plaindealer Washington Patriot Boston Post Albany Argus Rochester Union and Detroit Free Press back a standard Democratic nomination.
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Baltimore Gazette
Greeley
Democratic Party
Philadelphia Age
Louisville Ledger
Lancaster
Democratic County Convention at Lacon for Delegates
Democratic citizens of Marshall county meet at the court house in Lacon on Thursday June 20 to select delegates to the state convention in Springfield June 26. Representation bases include one delegate per 80 votes and one per 15 plus votes for Governor Tien John Reden in 1868. Towns listed with delegate counts and the central committee names. City council meets with oath filed, liquor license renewals under advisement, and ordinances for special police discussed along with bills for printing, night watch, and square work.
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Marshall County
Court House
Lacon
Springfield
Tien John Reden
Steuben
la Prairie
Whitefield
Henry
Woodward
Yaeger, Koch and Ball
A. H.gaston
Worrell
J. Stapp
Profanity Harms Society and Mocks Refined Taste
A moral admonition condemns profanity as harmful to character and social harmony. It argues no gain comes from coarse language, it demeans the speaker, and degrades public discourse.
Impediments to Marriage Guide by Dr Wilittier
A 106 page pamphlet outlines who may marry who not and why with impediments, causes, and cures. Offered by Dr Wilittier at 617 St Charles Street, St Louis Missouri with a price of 26 cents.
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Wilittier
St. Charles -St
Louis Mo
Wilhoft’s Fever and Ague Tonic Proclaimed Remedy
Cure touted by Dr Wilhoft after ten years practice claims to address miasmatic fevers. The tonic supposedly neutralizes disease causes, restores liver function, reduces spleen enlargement, enriches blood, increases red cells, and prevents congestive chills, urged for every household.
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Wilhoft
Born at Wenona May 20 8 to Cadet Taylor
A birth is reported at Wenona on May 20 for Cadet Taylor weighing 1114 pounds according to the brief item.
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Wenona
Taylor
Obituary Notice for Mrs. Duncan
At Tennepin on May 24 the wife of Dr. C. M. Duncan died of cancer aged 60. She was a local resident associated with the medical community. Funeral arrangements were not listed in the snippet.
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Oled
Tennepin
C. M. Duncan
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Grapevine Telegraph
Havana
J. F. Baker's
Drs. J
Powell
Varna
Squire Mancock
Russell Evans
Mies Eunice Davis
Thorsdat
Potter
Everett
Taving
Metu
Jos. Krenz, Sr
J.S. Bart
L. Lichtenstein
Regulator Building
Fort Clark Mills
Peoria
Henry City Mills
Ireland & Cosgro
Trenty
City
Edwards Street
Walt
Locke
Lawn Ridge
Richard Street
Worley
John T. Russell
J. Finley Baker
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