Louisiana Investigating Committee Report on 1874 Election
The Louisiana Investigating Committee reports the 1874 election in Louisiana was fair with no general intimidation of colored voters. It states Kellogg’s officials controlled registration and the Returning Board, but the majority found the election reflected the people’s will and conservatism won the lower house.
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WaAsarseron
House
Louisiana
Warmoth
Republican Party
Colfax
Coushatta
Foll Kellogg
Kellogg
Republican Committee
United States Marabal Packard
New Orleans
Party Committee
Colare
Cours
Iro
United States
Fiest
Kellogg Party
Astones
Returning Board
Ienkeses
Messrs
Foster
Phelps
Ublief
Louisiana Controversy Over Kellogg Governorship Debate
The minority and majority reports in Congress examine the 1874 Louisiana election and the Returning Board's role. They dispute the Board's ruling, urge remedies to right the injustice, and endorse Kellogg as governor while warning against violent or fraudulent efforts to seize state power.
New York belles shown in refined social style
The Cincinnati Commercial praises fashionable New York women with elegant dress and carriage. It notes Mr EB Birkirrs of Louisville wed for the fourth time, with all three former wives quickly divorcing within two weeks for unknown reasons.
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Tae Belles
New York
Cincinnati
EB. H. Pirkizrs
Louisville
Wand
Danger to the Union Warned in Civil War Echoes
A Boston Journal excerpt reprints Inter Ocean commentary warning of a conspiracy to overturn Reconstruction gains. It cites Wade and a Washington authority arguing organized force seeks to seize Southern states and subvert constitutional amendments, with White League violence and voter suppression used to restore white supremacy.
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SUSE
Yetta Baria Emachusetts
Ohio
Wade
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Washington
South
Penn
Louisiana
Vicksburg
Arkansas
White League
Senate
Supreme Court
Hill
Georgia
Boston Journal
Southern Democratic Address Defends Northward Sentiment
The Southern Democratic members of Congress publish an address urging patience, arguing that amnesty and restored rights for former rebels are unfair to the North. It questions who bears the wrongs and asserts the North should yield power to the South if it seeks retaliation.
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South
Louiaiana
White League
Republic
North
John Loung Brown
Kentucky
Ccsan
Congress
National Congress
Investigating Committee Reports on Alabama Affairs
The majority report from a delegation to Alabama details pre election turmoil. It cites Democratic appeals to white unity against Republicans and widespread intimidation of Black and white Republican leaders. The committee condemns violence, arrests, and political obstruction, noting scarce federal troop support and the suppression of Republican activity.
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Wastreton
Alabama
Messrs
Louisiana
Republican Party
Courts of Justice
United States
Annals of
Committee urges stronger safeguards after disputed 1876 elections
A lengthy report details threats and violence at elections across mobile enuff, spring mill forkland and Gainesville, arguing a fair vote would have produced a Republican majority. It condemns corruption charges, highlights Black voters’ hardships, and calls for firearms ban and federal oversight to protect public order.
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Bleddoin
Georgia
Alabama
Mobile
Enufall
Spring Mill Forkland
Gainesville
General Assembly
Charles Hays
Hawley
United States
Humorous Tales and Domestic Farces From The Era
A collection of brief comic vignettes recounting gossip and mishaps. A Danbury man argues about women and pencils, a funeral clerk asks for more after a burial, and a Sixth street man's wife clings to his hair. Other scenes depict children negotiating with grocers, schoolroom quips, Nevada travelers observing domestic preparations, and a romantic yet thwarted couple confronted by a stern guardian.
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Danbury
Wyandotte
Detroit
Michigan Avenue
Detroit Press
Susan
Mary
Nevada
Kentucky
Miranda
Ferdinand
Sweet oil purchase inspires humorous rural tally
An old farmer in a drug store lays out several packages on the counter and, with fingers tied by strings, explains each item bought. He assigns meanings to the red string for bar soap, the rug for a broom, the blue cord for spice brews, a dress-braid for four pounds of sugar, and another string for sweet oil, concluding there is nothing more.
Cake Recipe Heat and Cream Butter and Sugar
Instructions mix butter and sugar to a cream, add flour with baking powder, beat egg whites separately and fold in. Gradually add warm water to reach smooth batter and bake.
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Mexery
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Marshall
Kullogg
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Cwaxtes Foster
Willax
Warren Purira
Clarkson N. Porter
Samory
Marshalls
G. F. Hoar
Wrerede
Select Committee of
Wuenras
Messrs. Foster, Phelps, Potter and Marshall
Hoar
Wheeler
Frye
Boater
Keeler
Soar
Wheeler and Frye
Rand
Econd
Menia
Ageocraten
Loniefana
Ap Almont
Gov Kellogg
Carr
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William Pitt Kellog
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RAMS
Tennessee
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