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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1879
Page
2
Unclear OCR fragment reports mixed events
Fragmentary text shows a date line Wednesday November 13 187 with partial phrases and no clear story or persons.
Emigration Aids Association Aids Indiana Political Crisis
The piece argues Indiana leans Democratic by a large margin while accusing Radical leaders of flooding the state with Southern Black migrants to swing votes. It links this to a national strategy to carry New York and the presidency, noting Republican and Herald cautions about Democratic plurality versus majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
South
Isso
New York
New York Herald
Cornell
Herald
Empire State
Sto
Washington
Republican Party
Radical
Emigration Aid Association Criticized in Indiana Speech
The speaker condemns the Emigration Aid Association and warns that continued misrule will ruin the country. He urges Democratic leaders in Indiana to avoid losing the state and suggests countering influx by inviting white men from Kentucky to Macedonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Kentucky
Macedonia
Radicalism and crime figures label Northern editors as insane
A Southern editor attacks Radical newspapers and leaders as politically insane liars. He presents a nine-grade crime table for the North and South, arguing that Radicalism correlates with crime and moral decline, urging readers to see the North as equally culpable.
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Norther
Herald
Neu
Kentucky
Ieee
Killing of Dixon sparks party blame in Yasoo City
Following Dixon's death at Yasoo City Mississippi alleged partisan blame spread from Radical papers across the state. The incident involved Dixon a sheriff candidate on an Independent ticket opposing Barksdale the regular Democrat nominee. The charted row after the killing suggests further developments in the street confrontation.
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Dixon
Barksdale
Yasoo City
Miss
Maine
California
Sherff
Dison
Independent Ticket Triumphs in Yazoo County Election
The Jackson Clarion reports that falsehoods about Yazoo county independents vanished as a rival slate failed. A ticket made of diverse supporters rallied against disorganizers, appealing to black and white voters. The pro-Democratic Conservative side won, with a 600 to 800 majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Friends of Law and Order
Professor Tice Misses Meteor Shower Forecast
The St Louis Globe Democrat reports Professor Tice was disappointed by the lack of a meteor shower last Friday morning. He stayed up Thursday night but saw only isolated meteors. He notes other eminent astronomers have erred in forecasts and suggests the shower may have appeared later or from different locations.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Tice
Wisi
Kind
Sage An ‘berclLance
Radical plot to import Southern Africans warned in Kentucky
The Democratic State Central Committee is urged to convene immediately to discuss a plot to bring in Southerners to undermine wages and swing the state for the Radical party. A countermeasure proposes inviting 20,000 white Kentuckians from across the Ohio River to stay through the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic State Central Committee
Ohio
Political Debate on Negro Voter Import Claims in Indiana
The Republican exchanges condemn a Washington orchestrated scheme by Radical politicians to import Black voters into Indiana. They argue the move is unjustifiable yet defended by the Democratic press as voluntary emigration by Southern enslaved people seeking to relocate to Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indiana
Evansville Tribune Opposes Importing Negro Voters in Indiana
The Evansville Tribune, a Republican paper, states Indiana has no room for the shiftless lazy vicious negroes of the South and opposes bringing Negroes to vote the Republican ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Columbus Republican Enters Third Year With Strong Prospects
The daily Columbus Republican marks the end of its second year and begins its third with bright prospects. Proprietor Jane Brown and editors C. Rickets and Joana J. Schrack are praised for their nerve and are urged to receive broad community support in Columbus.
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Daily
Columbus Republican
Messrs
Jane Brown
C. Rickets
Joana J. Schrack
People of
Columbus
Hemp Persuasion in State Politics Echoes of Slavery Hooks
A fragment notes the rhetoric around hemp in the state's political scene. It suggests hemp cords can symbolize persuasive eloquence used by proponents of colonization schemes. The tone hints at era debate over race and reform in public discourse.
Productiveness of the Soil Across Kansas Counties
Dr Joseph S Eastman argues Kansas counties Ford Reno Rice Harvey McPherson Marion Butler Sedgwick Cowley Sumner offer unparalleled agricultural potential. He notes traveling the state by private conveyance to study the land and asserts the region of the West boasts fertile valleys rivaling ancient Nile prosperity.
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Ford
Reno
Rice
Harvey
McPherson
Marion
Butler
Sedgwick
Cowley
Sumner
Valley of the Nile
Prosperity Report From Kansas West of Dry Line
An 19th century letter extols Kansas farmland noting deep dark soil magnesia limestone subsoil and ample moisture. It praises Topeka growth wealth in Ford County and warns newcomers to bring funds for the first year while touting health benefits and asthma relief from the high prairie air. Dr J S Baspalan invites inquiries with stamped envelopes.
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Sahara
America
U.S
Kansas
Topeka
Ford County
Ohio
Mississippi
JS. Baspalan, M. D
Spearyisle
Burdanny
Deputy Leiter on Deputy route advocates rail link to Crothersville
TF Mizer notes fall rain halting quarry work and 35 to 40 men producing stone daily. He argues the B M and D railroad should be routed via Deputy, citing level land, rich soil, a leading quarry, coal needs, and avoided distance increase, urging officials to choose Deputy.
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Kanemarcher & Deng
Bo & M
Here
Kent
Crothersville
TF Mizer
Paraphrased Promises and Proverb Quips in a Humorous missive
A playful collection of old fashioned malapropisms and witticisms about temper and etiquette. It satirizes milkman anger, yard versus foot measures, programme apologies, and public behavior. The text features quips about exhibition of temper and propriety in social discourse.
Local News Briefs and Oddities From Hanover Area
The supplement failed to appear this week due to external issues but will be regular again. A barn on Ry ker's Ridge owned by Enoch Adams blew down in Friday’s storm. Daniel Lock, inside, escaped. Wa UO Rockwoon dies in Cincinnati of paralysis after leaving this city. Fort Donelson School House in Smyrna township was broken into and an attempted robbery of the teacher’s desk occurred. Dantos Lockarp and Miss Anna Ryan wed at Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church. Av Scuerk the grocer ships a barrel of black walnuts and shell-bark hickory nuts from California. Twos Swartorp and Mattie Willis wed in Owen county, Kentucky, in the Sheriff’s office. Philalathean Society of Hanover College to entertain Friday evening. Cranes set at the shipyard to launch the steamer Fred Blanks today. CinCurr Court opens Monday with two hundred sixty-five cases listed. First National Bank adds Hall’s patent chronometric clock to its safe.
Remedy for Coughs and Blood Purifier Ad
Ancient notice touts a cough syrup priced at 25 cents and a blood purifier named Lindsey's Blood Searcher. Claims immediate relief of coughs, croup, hoarseness, and throat irritation and promotes rapid recovery of unhealthy blood disorders.
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