Chinese Taxation and Campaign Rhetoric Highlight 1878 Notes
The article reports a provincial move in Victoria to levy a capitation tax on Chinese residents, with a 40 per head yearly rate and penalties for employing unlicensed labor. It also notes political campaign contrasts in Washington and Ohio camp-meeting balloon antics, plus Pennsylvania voter assessment deadlines and the path to the November election.
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Columbia
America
Victoria
Governor War
Canada
Ohio
Cincinnati
Satan
Yellow Fever Fund Drives Aid Across Cities
Reports from Louisville note local doctors with fever experience warn past fatalities were imported. Subscriptions totaling 2500 seed funds arrive from Chicago and other cities, with Memphis and New Orleans reporting dozens of deaths and hundreds of new cases. New York pledges 360000 to Southern relief as Casper Fox in Johnston County mourns two deaths.
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Louisville
Chicago Board of ‘Trade
Erie
Las
Rochester
N.Y
Cleveland
Louis
Messrs
Johnston
Memphis
Tenn
Johntown
Local woes and civic New Era notes from Allentown to Tiviz
Somerset farmers complain of tramp outrages against crops including teap ers and mowers. Police salaries in New York spark talk of pay cuts while Allentown merchants reject trade dollars at ninety cents. Bananas may dominate Southern California markets in five years. Samuel Sturper, Lebanon area real estate figure, jailed twenty months for arson. Clergy vacations influence Montreal funerals. a Catholic priest officiates. Front Street improvements spread from Rev. D C Vobias pavement to Augustus Huck and Tim, with new sidewalks planned as neighborhood demand grows.
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Somerset Se
New York
Allentown
San Diego
California
Samuel Sturper
Citien
Ainville
Lebanon
Eastern Penitentiary
Front Street
Tiviz
D. C. Vobias
Augustus Huck
Mar
Buck
Tim
Aurustus
Uitin
Death on the Middletown Rail Crossing
A Middletown day express struck a mule cart at Wood street crossing, killing the mules and severely injuring driver David Critzen, a 55 year old coal dealer. The accident halted service fifteen minutes and coroner's inquiry is expected. Another Pittsburg dairy fined five dollars for unlabeled milk wagons.
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Middletown
David Critzen
Wood Street
Critzen
Pittsburg
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