The Coming Presidential Struggle and party factions
The piece argues the 1876 election tests whether Republicans should stay in power or yield to the Democratic rebel faction. It cites ex Confederates in Congress, state rights as a danger, and warns that Bourbon Democrats and Tammany influence threaten the nation with civil conflict.
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Democratic Party
Ussible
Congress
Shao Sayer
Isin
Dpctrine
Wallace
Pennsylvania
Eston
Connecticut
Easton
Washington
Eaton
New York
Tammany Sociery
Tian
York
Tilden
Jesus Keéli¢g
Party
Party of Progress and Reform
Bock
Senator Gordons Platform and Southern Politics
The piece discusses Gen Gordon of Georgia and Mr Lamar of Mississippi touring New Hampshire before the election. It argues their conciliatory stance risks forcing voters to accept a party linked to Civil War enemies, critiques a declared South protected negro rights pledge, and questions Democratic unity and policy clarity.
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Gordon
Georgia
Lamar
Mississippi
New Hampshire
Union
Richmond Whig
Stacems Wry Duffer
Lina
South
Messrs Gordon
Melano
Garfie
Pherm
MI2
Jtstier
Fernando Wood
Eaton and
Corkerey
Congress
Democratic Party
White League
Qenorldn
Newark
Geo Gordon
Baltimore
Gen. Gordon
Democratic Policy Utterance in Harper's Weekly
The excerpt debates whether Southern leaders would honor the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions or a state sovereignty stance during secession. It argues no Democratic policy exceeds Republican strictness and that Democrats offer little beyond a warning to the unwary.
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Virginia
Kentucky
Exston
Gen. Gordon
Harper's Weekly
Shadow of Twenty Years Casts a Grim West Ney Tyrant
A West Ney New York family tale recounts a tyrant husband who for twenty years abused his wife and manipulated neighbors. After a brutal attack the wife urged mercy. the husband served months, then years apart. At her death his repentance began, ending with his suicide hours after her passing. The story questions his happiness with a twenty year shadow.
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Westney N.Y
Wheeler adjustment reshapes Louisiana House seating
The Wheeler plan keeps existing members in place until new elections while unseating four Republicans and seating four Democrats, a move labeled as bad faith by the Republicans. The Chicago Tribune notes the Democrats’ pledges sparked internal strife and predicts a hard, uncompromising political battle ahead.
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Louisiana
House of Representatives
Messrs Hour
Wheeler
Frye, Marshall
Potter and Phelps
Chicago Trines
Democrats Unseat Republicans in Louisiana House Violating Pact
The Chicago Journal laments that the Democrats in the Louisiana House, breaking the Wheeler compromise, removed four Republican members and seated Democrats, risking full Democratic control and reigniting old conflicts.
Ohio election shifts widen Republican majority in state
The Lancaster Gazette reports that Democrats hold two dozen cities they carried last fall but show reduced majorities. The recent results suggest Republicans would win the state by a handsome margin, reflecting a significant shift in voter support.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Democratic prospects in western states questioned
The New York Tribune notes observers doubt that restoring the Democracy to power serves the country’s good, citing skepticism about the party’s direction after the winter period and in the Western States.
Proposed Building Addition to Centennial Village Refuge
The New York Brehing Hzorens reports a proposal to add a building to the Centennial village serving as a refuge for surviving body-servants of George Washington. The plan aims to provide shelter and recognition for these early American figures.
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The
New York
Boston physician calls dawn rise unhealthy
A Boston physician urges people to refrain from rising before sunrise, citing health concerns. The appeal, backed by community donations, aims to raise 100 dollars for the effort.
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Boston
Bullet in Carruth’s Brain Leaves Him Alive
The Herald reports the Vineland editor Mr. Carruth survives a brain wound from a pistol shot. It explains brain injuries can be non fatal, cites Poole’s heart wound, and notes the bullet’s likely placement behind the right cerebral hemisphere with confined brain effects.
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Iris
Carruth
Vineland
Bill Poole
Poole
Sollee
Montpelier
France
Detmold
Herald
Western Deed Forgeries: Turner Fled After Indictment
The Chicago Tribune reports R K Turner, accused of forging land deeds and profiting across Illinois and Missouri, has forfeited $60 000 and fled to Mexico. Evidence from Reed suggests a long standing gang blackmailing property owners with forged deeds, with Reed claiming a twenty year operation and possible ties to prominent figures. The forgeries dated deeds to predate living owners, enabling ejectment suits.
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Turner
West
The
Chicago Tribune
Mexico
Tribune
Reed
Illinois
Missouri
Forgery and Deed Fraud Ties to Hyde Park Case
A clouded title case traces forged deeds from New York to Massachusetts led by Reed and Turner. Hill seeks to uncover the scam after learning a forgery tainted a deed chain from Robinson to Hamilton via Kibbe, with Fanning aiding capture. Turner faces trial amid rumors of further involvement.
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Hyde Park
Reed
R. K. Turner
Quincy
Turner
Kibbo
Helen O'Hara Harrell
Empson Hamilton
R. P. Robinson
R Robinson
Hoxie
Hill
Robinson
Hamilton
Fanning
Turker
Arts
Illinois
Alice
Paris robbery by American pair nets £12,000 from money changer
The Paris Daily Telegraph reports a sophisticated robbery at A. M. Delapierre on Boulevard de la Madeleine. An American customer and accomplice feigned casual purchases, used a matching claw to lure Delapierre away, then opened the window grate and stole a bag of valuables worth about £12,000. They waited months, buying trifles to avoid suspicion.
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Paris
London Daily Telegraph
A. M. Delapierre
Boulevard de la Madeleine
M . Delapierre
MM. Delapierre
M. Delapierre
Texas Rail Lines and Per Mile Valuations From Comptroller
The comptroller's report lists Texas railroads with lengths and value per mile. Galveston, Houston and Henderson on 50 miles at 10000. Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio 109.25 miles at 10000. Houston and Texas Central 501.47 miles at 11250. Texas Pacific 818.72 miles at 10000. Texas and New Orleans 108 miles at 2500. Houston and Great Northern 210 miles at 10000. Gulf West Texas and Pacific 168.1 miles at 8000. Rio Grande 22 miles at 4600.
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Texas
New Orleans
Houston
Great Northern
Gulf, West Texas & Pacific
Rio Grande
Oldest bank finds 6 of 1000 depositors survive forty years
A venerable bank traced the fate of 1000 top depositors over forty years. Only six remained alive with property. the rest failed or died, leaving estates in Surrogate and Probate Courts largely destitute of any wealth.
Georgia planter shifts to tenant system on cotton farm
Col Bee Jordan of Georgia farms 200 acres with original cost of 45000 dollars. He employs 800 laborers and plans to expand to 1400 to 2000 bales of cotton as overseers supervise the plantations and transition to tenant farming.
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Col. Bee Jordan
Georgia
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Chicago Journal
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