Local Election Committee Members and Officers Listed
A historical notice lists officials and executives including I B C Shaw as Chairman W W Woollen as Treasurer Jas FA Rice as Secretary with an array of regional names such as Thos Collins Mt Vernon WY V Norvell Bloomfield A G Smith North Vernon John D Smith Union City William Mitchell Greenfield C C Matson Greencastle Wiley E Dittemore Spencer I E Wadsworth Laporte M Kidd Wabash Harry B Smith Warrford City A L O McClellan Waterloo and names for the Executive Committee Matson John Lee and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Collins
Mt. Vernon
Warrford City
Alo. McClellan
Waterloo
Matson
John Lee
Am Mitchell
Ed. Henderson
Win
Fleming
Their Sins Exposed by Public Judgment in 1880
A critical tirade argues Radical Republican leaders face public scorn as twenty years of alleged theft and corruption surface. It predicts the jury of the people will judge, condemning the party as morally rotten and urging reform before indignation sweeps away civil liberties.
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Republican Party
Radicalism attacked in Indiana election fervor of 1881
A spirited critique argues against Radical leaders and their “blood and thunder” tactics. The author advocates a strong government yet condemns demagogues and disrupters, urging voters to examine records and reject the Conklings and allied figures after March 4, 1881.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Conklings
Camerone
Granits
Democratic letters spur public scrutiny of Gray record for governor
The Indianapolis correspondent and the Indianapolis Journal discuss the Fifteenth Amendment record of Lieutenant Governor Gray and advocate examining Mr. Landers’ public record. They oppose intraparty conflict, urge a fair contest, and favor Landers as the stronger nominee for governor based on records and open scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Cincinnati Enquirer
Alt
W. W. Woollen
John E. Neff
Enquirer
Gray
Indianapolis Journal
Col. Gray
Indiana
Messrs
Woollen
Neff
The
Cal. Gray
Indiana Senate
Herald
Franklin Sanders
Landers
Polla
Senate
National Democratic Committee Sets Meeting Date and Place
The National Democratic Committee met in Washington on February 22 and appointed June 22 at noon as the time and Cincinnati as the place for hastening the National Democratic Can yontren, Else ‘Scare as entitled to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Democratic Committee
Washington
Cincinnati
Convention Delegates Named For 1880 National Democratic Meet
A Cincinnati committee of nine was authorized to organize local provisions for the National Democratic Convention to be held in Cincinnati on June 22 1880. Col L A Harris Gen H B Banning and others appointed as a resident committee to arrange necessary accommodations and details. The nine met and adjourned to reconvene at the Grand Hotel on June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress of the
United States
St. Louis
National Committee
W. AH. Barnum
F. O. Pares
Sec’y
John G. Thompson
Ohio
Fred. QO. Prince
Boston
Col. L. A. Harris
Gen. H. B. Banning
Benjamin Robinson
Col
C. W. Woolley
Jnc. F. Follett
Alex. Long
P. E. Roach
Cincinnati
National Executive Committee
Grand Hotel
Fottowine Bill Seeks Army Bounty Equalization in Congress
The Fottowine bill, introduced by Mr. Finley of Ohio on the June 2. pending in the current session, proposes eight dollars and one third per month bounty for eligible Civil War soldiers and certain survivors. The act limits duplication with prior bounties and local pay, and ties claims processing to the 1867 civil expense act provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fottowine
Mr. Finley
Ohio
Congress
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Army of
The Fraud of 1876 and the Call for Justice
A defiant pledge that the fraud of 1876 will not be repeated. Leaders who harmed national honor fear public wrath as justice rises through ballots. The message insists the Constitution and republic must prevail over imperial ambitions.
Editorial misattribution in Clark County Record Census piece
The Clark County Record runs an editorial titled The Census of 1859 borrowed from the New Albany Ledger Standard. It credits Hon Frank C Johnson as census supervisor of the district and a Charlestown resident, misplacing him as a New Albany resident without proper credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County Record
New Albany Ledger-Standard
Frank. C. Johnson
Charlestown
New Albany
Goodwin Nominates for Superintendent at Democratic State
Prof. A G C Goodwin of Charles Town Clark County seeks Democratic State Convention nomination for Superintendent of Public Instruction. He is described as scholarly with first class executive ability and expected to win if nominated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G C. Goodwin
Charlestown
Clark County
Goodwin
Democrats of Madison Township Nominating Meeting
Democrats of Madison Township plan a mass convention next Saturday to nominate township officers. Full attendance urged. Radicals have a ticket ready and will exert effort to win. Democrats must choose a tested, capable ticket and maintain harmony to prevail by about two hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tos Democraty
Madison Township
Indiana selects Prof Charlton as Superintendent at Plainfield refuge
Prof T J Cu araron is elected Superintendent of the House of Refuge for juvenile offenders in Plainfield Hendricks County. The Board chose Charlton, a man of moral character and scholarly attainment with education at Hanover College and West Point, to lead the institution with credit to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Cu
Araron
House of Refuge
Plainfield
Hendricks County
Indiana
Charlton
Hanover College
Weat Point
Scott Urged as Democratic Treasurer Nominee by County
The piece praises Joan W. Scott as the ideal and available Democrat for treasurer. It argues he could win by acclamation at the convention and be reelected, noting his two-year record was spotless and his faithful, impartial service to Jefferson County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan W. Scott
Scott
Jefferson County
Press attendees at Lawrenceburg Congress convention
The Lawrenceburg Register lists Capt. J. D. Simpson of the Star and Col. J. A. Crozier of the Courier among press attendees at the Congressional Convention held in Lawrenceburg on the 23rd. It notes misprefixed ranks, suggesting Simpson should be Major and Crozier Corporal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg Register
J. D. Simpson
The
Star
J. A. Crozier
Courier
Conventions Set Dates as Campaign Opens Late June
The piece notes national party conventions in June with dates in Chicago and Cincinnati. It mentions Governor race contenders Judge Downey favored by two papers, while the main contest is between Franklin Landers and Lieutenant Governor Isaac P. Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookville Democrat
Lawrenceburg Register
Judge Downey
Hoo
Franklin Landers
Isaac P. Gray
Debts of the world tabulated by Tar Westminster Review
The review lists global debts totaling 35 000 000 000 dollars with railway debts six billion and municipal debts five billion. Interest is estimated at 1 700 000 000 annually. Also notes Muncie Democrat’s return after a three week suspension and questions Republican party explanations for stolen deposits in Freedmen's Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Republican Freedmen’s Bank
Democratic and Republican Conventions Scheduled in June at Indianapolis
The Democratic State Convention is planned for Wednesday June 9 in Indianapolis while the Republican Convention will be held Thursday June 17. The Democratic Congressional Committee should assemble immediately to set a convention time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Democratic Congressional Committee
Township offices on agenda for next Saturday
The text notes intense party activity with emphasis that only the best men should be nominated for township offices at the upcoming Saturday meeting. It underlines selectivity and party standards for candidates.
Madison Township Democrats urged to attend convention
The notice calls all Democratic residents of Madison Township to turnout next Saturday for the party convention. It emphasizes full participation and local influence in selecting delegates and platform discussions.
Impadence. Fullay of the Herad telegraph discovery
A Daily Courier writer reports a major find. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad attorneys allegedly forced to file papers across several river counties from Cincinnati to Madison to organize a telegraph project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Courier
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Cincinnati
Madigan
Railroad disputes spark local commentary in Madison
A letter to the editor questions a proposed O M railroad line from Aurora to Deputy via Maleate, arguing the plan serves holders and the B and M trust, mocks the writer’s motives, and defends the Madison project as the city’s only feasible enterprise. The writer criticizes a Cirrier suggestion and cites supposed tax payer interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Maleate
O. & M. Railroad Company
Cincinnati
Madison
Mapison
Advertising Agent Hubbard of New Haven
Notice from the Portland Advertiser dated September 9, 1879 identifies Mr. H. P. Hubbard of New Haven Conn as a five advertising agent and promises that anyone dealing with him will have business discharged satisfactorily and honorably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Hubbard
New Haven
Conn
Portland, Me
Advertiser
Fifty years of the most pleasant cough remedy sold widely
Advert says a cough relief remedy, praised as effective for coughs colds croup hoarseness and other throat irritation. Claims over a million bottles sold in recent years and immediate relief apparent wherever used. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents.
Voting Precincts Set for Jefferson County April Election 1880
The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners designates six voting precincts in Madison Township including Madison city. Precinct No 1 is bounded by the Ohio River, East Street, and the city limits with voting at a house on Main Cross Street owned by J Gulde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Jefferson County
Indiana
Aaid Couny
Madison Township
Madison
Aaid
Precinct Boundaries Defined For Madison Voting
Description outlines the Madison precinct starting at the Ohio River north edge on East street and Mulberry street bounds. It runs along Mulberry’s east line to the city’s north corporate line, then east to the West line of East street and south to the starting point. Voting place is the Court House in Madison.
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Ohio River
Madison Township
City of
Madison
Main Cross Street
Church Streets
J. Gulde
East Street
Said
Court House
Nadison and
Canaan
Slong
Graham Road
Said Township
Granam Road
Madigan and
Ryker's Ridge
Centre House
Mulberry Street
Plum Street
Cemetery Street
Corporation
City of Madison
Main Orosa and
Elmatreeta
James R. Ely
Eust
Plamn Street
Main Cross and
James H
Board
Precinct Boundaries and Voting Places for Madison Township
The text outlines Precincts 3 and 4 with detailed boundary descriptions along Madison township lines, Graham road, and nearby highways. It specifies polling locations at Madison high school and Centre House, plus street-grid references, river edges, and city blocks guiding precinct borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Molite’s Run
Shelby Township
Canaan
Lancaster
Dupont
Republican
Kent
Graham Township
Saluda Township
Center School House
County Board Orders School House Locations
By order of the Board of County Commissioners the Hanover Township site list includes Hanover Township and Monroe Township at Liberty School House Smyrna Township near Hopewell Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover Township
Hanover
Monroe Township
Liberty
Smyrna Township
Hopewell Church
Board of County Commissioners
Wheat and flour items in old city catalog listing
Fragmentary grocery listing shows wheat, flour brands, corn, seeds, bran and wool products. Reads like a late 19th or early 20th century ad with prices and assorted goods such as Trow's Perfection Flour, Magnolia, and Wool items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trow
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Green
TTON
W. D. Wells & CO
West Main Cross Street
Ind
George T. Guy
Raven Institute
College Hill
J. G. Craven
A. M
Mias Mary Craven
Mra. N. V. McGuire
Ainted
McKim &Cochran Furniture Company
P. A. Spink
Rec’y
Scott & Milligan, Grocers
Masonic Temple
the Herald
Lin € Jones
Main Street
Main Gross
TRE Herald
Maptsox
Democratic State Central Committee
B.C. Shaw
Jas, FA
Rice
Chicago
Tar Westminister Review
Muncie
Democrat
Delaware County
Strehur
Impadence
Tutt’s
Hoodrsen BY
Tutt
Lerqymen
da. Torr
Marray Street
Kew Ychil
Lindsey
Graham & Smyrna
Jordan
Ani
Rodgers
Ion
Vanevest Sanity Roa
Texas
Jour Ross & CO
Gen'l Agents
Central Hotel
Second and Mulberry Streets
Madison, MD
John Kraut
Precinct NO
Aes
Chapman & Cosby
Hurge
Arkansas
Kentucky
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Teutresnee
California
Iowa
Chargix
Kansas
Michigan
Risaari
South Carolina
West Virsa
Territories
Hingis
Maine
Nebraska
Wisteria
Bechsunt
West Street
Chapman Ce Cosby
J. B. Chapman
Chapman & Co
P. Cosby
Thomas Graham
Market Reports
Bran
Shipatufia
Barry
Indi
Cofc
aSeavens
Tireen
Pittsburgh Coal
N. Orleana
Joan C. Roberts
W. JB. Roberts
Roberts Brothers
Grocers
East Main Cross
Madison, Ind
C. C. Cornett’s
East Main Croas St. Madison, Ind
C. T. Branham
Branham
Ile Keepe
Aella
Weber’s Brewery
Boots & Shoes
John Braun
Watherry Street
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