Defalcations Losses Cited in 1876 Senate Speech
A 1876 congressional accounting disputes government losses from 1869 to 1876. The record tallies $5,500,695.93 in defalcations by officers, plus substantial sums linked to the whisky ring and legal expenditures, noting missing funds across customs to public lands and court costs.
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Windom
Senate
Conant
The
United
Congressional Record
United States
H. B. Swoope
Cess Cave
Reese
Internal Revenue
U. 8
Vision
U.S
Customs
Terg Scisdacan Ensagdvaegeeup
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Texas
Virginia
U. S. Navy
Pete
Adams Nomination Signals Shifts in Massachusetts Race
The Springfield Republican lauds Charles Francis Adams for governor as a strategic move that could attract hesitant voters inside and outside Massachusetts. It predicts the choice may not derail Hayes, but could affect state and congressional outcomes and even influence national politics beyond this campaign.
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Old Bay State
Springfield
Charles Francis Adams
Massachusetts
Tilden
Hayes
Wheeler
Democratic Platform Critique Highlights Bipartisan Power Split
The excerpt challenges a Republican platform claim about Democratic governance in Washington. It notes the Senate and Cabinet lean Republican, while the Democratic House governs. The piece argues the platform misrepresents Democratic actions and urges readers to study the broader political balance and the parties’ conduct.
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Ita
Washington
New York State
Iasalse
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Senate
Democratic House
Ube
Apd
Democrats Promise Retrenchment in Government Spending
The speaker argues the Democratic House aims to restore normal government, cut unnecessary offices, trim Army and Navy costs in peace, and expose corrupt officers. They claim the Republican Senate blocked reforms but yielded $30,000,000 in savings, urging voters to support the Democratic ticket in the fall to secure honest governance and lower taxation.
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Democratic House
Army
Navy
Indian Bureau
Senate
House
Democratic Party
Hayes and Alliance cited in tax and naturalization clash
A political tract argues that the 1870 census shows large foreign born populations and claims Rutherford B. Hayes belongs to the American Alliance. It argues this would disfranchise foreign born residents and outlines proposed tax and naturalization measures, contrasting Democratic and Republican policies and their impact on laborers.
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United States
Rutherford B. Hayes
American Alliance
Republican National Convention
Gov. Hayes
R. B. Hayes
Alliance
Hayes
Sound Political Arithmetic Vermont Election Returns
Vermont election returns show the largest total vote ever polled with a Republican gain of 38 percent on 1874 and a Democratic gain of 73 percent, yielding a net Democratic gain of 35 percent. The Graphic notes Democrats have made larger gains, and the absolute Republican majority will be smaller than in 1864, 1868, or 1872.
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Hayes
South Carolina
Vermont
Tilden
Union
Frank Blan
Grant
Frank Blair
Schurz
Louisville
Congress
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
New York Times
Frau
Tak Graphic
J. Hayes
Sumner on peace and reconciliation in 1872 address
Charles Sumner advocates peace and national unity, urging reconciliation and equal rights as the Declaration promises. He condemns hate, supports removing divisions, and welcomes civic fellowship while criticizing Mosby and alleged graft in Grant era appointments.
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Charles Sumner
Pete
Harrisburg
Mosby
Sluswold
Grant
The Newspaper as Watchman of Liberty and Order
A historical quote extols the newspaper as a daily sleepless watchman reporting dangers to institutions and interests, informing public opinion and government acts, and aiding civil order against revolution. The author cites liberty, practical life, and vigilance in the press.
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Jord Lyndhurst
J. ‘L. Bukeer
Sleep and its contrasts in health and disease
The piece explains complete sleep as a temporary mental and sensory shutdown with dreaming from partial brain activity, contrasting it with stupor and sickness sleep. It notes health sleep refreshes, disease sleep is brief and unrestful, and heat and variety affect sleep, ending with fragmented notes on hazardous substitutes for coal tar or camphor products.
Forgetting Names A common social irritation and its cause
The article explores how people forget others names amid flawed introduction practices. It cites awkward scenes where repeated introductions lead to name confusion and embarrassment, blaming habitual careless attitudes toward names as the root cause.
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Brown
Smith
Jones
Mr. Jones
Thore
A Remarkable Journey With Mrs Mary Shaw
The Boston Globe reports Mrs Mary Shaw and her two children traveled from the Black Hills to reach Portland. After her husband was killed by Indians last July she pressed on, crossing 200 miles by night to reach railroad lines in Dakota Territory and then heading east.
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Mary Shaw
Mira Shaw
Station NI
Courtquare
Black Hills
Portland
Burley
Globe
Syracuse
N. Y
New
el Dorado
Indiana
Dakota ‘Territory
Whimsical Odds and Ends From a Rural Paper
A collage of short items and jokes from a small town publication. Tall tales include a potato bug scolding a farmer, a Rome New York mock battle report, a Dorchester child’s spiritual quip about God, and quips about Captain Johnson crossing the ocean. Local anecdotes feature a Western girl seeking song titles, a courtroom banter about a deputy’s verdict, a little girl’s remarks on Mr. Vanderbilt, and wisecracks about trains and kings.
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Rome
N. Y
Dorchester
Capt Johnson
Dorg
Scorrisu
Laddie
Cultivated Pigmies Exhibit Remarkable Learning in Italy
African pigmies captured and taken to Italy receive royal education despite the English Geographical Society doubting their capacity. The subjects, described as wild dwarfs, display intelligence and affection, with one boy named Tahan performing mental arithmetic and showing a talent for music, learning by ear after hearing lessons.
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Italy
English Geographical Society
Centennial Visitor Shields Own Ingenuity at Treasury Tent
A six foot Centennial visitor, with a duster and bag, mopped up in a tent as officials lingered. The quote hints at self reliance and ingenuity amid a scene described in fragmentary dialogue.
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