News of the Week: global affairs and local disturbances
Reports from London, Rome, and Paris cover labor, sovereignty, and cholera risks. Sweden’s Oscar XVI ascends. Geneva Tribunal and Rome occupation anniversaries noted. US topics include Cuba, postage reforms, Chicago crime, storms, and rail progress with notable deaths and political shifts.
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London Labor League
Geneva
England
America
Rome
Oscar
Charles XV
Sweden
Norway
Edmond
Strasbourg
Cuba
Havana
Germany
Caleb Cushing
Nice
Bordeaux
Aail
Havre
Sumner
Paris
London
Roumania
Mermillod
Berlin
Napoleon
Panama
Magdalene
Bogota
Aberdeen
Scotland
Tts
Fragmented Party Nominations Across States in 19th Century Race
The New York Tribune reports multiple party nominations and candidacy shifts across states. Liberal Republicans and Democrats back Stephen Hoyt in New York's 28th district for Congress while various Republicans and Democrats nominate candidates in Illinois Massachusetts Wisconsin and Missouri. A Pro-Greeley convention selects Horace Greeley and Brown for President and VP. Geopolitical moves include Curtis resignations and Curtis declines for presidential elector in New York. Curtis in 19th century era politics outlined.
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New York Tribune
A. G. Curtin
Pennsylvania
New York
Stephen T. Hoyt
Congress
Ilinois
Messrs
J. B. Rice
J. D. Ward
C. B. Farwell
Montana
Maginnis
Cloggett
Kansas
Paoe
Topcks
George William Curtis
Civil Service
A. B. Woodruff
New Jersey
D. W. Gooch
Massachusetts
Breese
Joliet
Illinois
Straight Democratic
Wisconsin
Horace Greeley
B. Gratz -Brown
United States
Connecticut
Bishop
Bridgeport
Freeman Clark
Dairesot
Marke de Drispel
H. B. Straight
John T. Averill
Lptelare
Wilkinson
Christopher Graham
George “LeBeckerse
Missouri
Erastus ‘Wells
Iowa
DesMaldes
Hogretery
Farvin
Johnson
Camsiayscressurer
D. B
Greeley Tactics Spark Across Nation in 1872 Debates
A collage of contemporary editorials and letters discuss Daniel Greeley and Civil War legacies. Donors, judges, and business leaders weigh in on Grant versus Greeley with regional reactions from Hartford to Baltimore. The piece notes anticipated campaign tensions and public reactions across multiple states.
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Atlantic
Grant
OS. Westreet
Salem
Ohio
Rey
Baltimore
Léns
Dleca
Beers and Attorneys General Named in Assembly Roster
A list includes Beers, A. G. Case, Register of the Land Office, David Sherwood, Electors-at-Large Thomas M. Monroe of Dubuque and Barlow Granger of Polk among officials and nominees.
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Buffalo
Erie Canal
Milwaukee
Greenfield
Chicago
James McWilliams
Thomas Cullin
Cullin
Larrimer House
Dubuque
McDowell
Arizona
Illinois Supreme Court
Rafferty
Bangs
Postal Railway Service
O Fher
Burton
Doane
Northen Ohio Lunatic Asylum
Newburg
Ohio
Walker
Iowa
Mth
Taga
Monona
Louis Wahl
Post Office
Hes
White Star
German Steamship Ines
Williams ‘& Galen
New York
Board of Equalization of
State of
Hicago
Shane Ay
Cleveland
Dispatch
Seth
Baye
Wera
Tyes Tost
Newhurg
Teracetyt
Walkers California Vinegar Birrens Promises Alcohol Free Remedy
A Victorian era notice extols DR WALKER'S California Vinegar Bitters as a novel non alcohol medicinal tonic. It claims to cure dyspepsia biliousness nervous disorders and many internal and external diseases while appealing to temperance advocates and contrasting with alcohol based stimulants. It highlights growing popularity across the United States and British America and notes opposition from temperance manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unite States
British America
Walker
California
Bryant & Stratton Chicago Business College Relaunch
Chicago College under founder HB B Bryant pursues a new departure with a large staff of top teachers and thorough instruction. A new comprehensive business arithmetic is published, with boarding options nearby as the school plans a downtown move once the new building is ready. Contact E. Brano, Chicago Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant & Stratton
Chicago Busines College
HB. B. Bryant
Chain of Business Colleges
Chicago College
Busines
Chicago
Twenty-Second Street
Indian Avenue
E. Brrano
Ill
Public health tips from 1871 Geary letter and ads
A fragment from 1871 includes General Geary praising a fever remedy and a series of patent medicine promotions. It mentions Grany’s Fever and Ague cure, Johnson's Anodyne Liniment for swelling and pain, Farson's Purgative Pills as a laxative, and Burnett's Cocoaine hair dressing.
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Johnson
Farson
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