Distrust of the Greenback Free Trade Party Across America
The piece surveys Republican strength and key figures in the 1884 landscape. It notes Philadelphia election margins, calls for a Republican state convention in Grood Rapids on April 24, and lists possible presidential candidates including Billinge, Twain, Parkins, Frauvia, and Susan B. Anthony. It cites whiskey versus beer effects, quotes political chatter, and reports on Southern manufacturing growth with Mississippi and Alabama investments and new cotton factory charters in South Carolina.
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America
Democratic Greenback-Free Trade Party
Tim Democratic
Congressman Haskell’s Deathbed Prayer on a Clean Name
On his deathbed the late Congressman Haskell of Kansas told clerk Ed of his committee that it pays to be clean. He valued his good name above all, saying he would rather have the good name than all the world. He spoke of leaving nothing to his family but that name.
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Congressman Haskell
Kansas
Petit Jury
Jobson Sa
Floods and Cyclones Hit in 1693 and 1884 Calamities
A fragmentary report notes a string of disasters from 1693 through 1884 with floods cyclones rail accidents and milling accidents causing extensive loss of life and property. The text emphasizes ongoing efforts and mentions widespread destruction and concern.
Two Paths in Democratic Politics and Language Debate
The article contrasts two Kentucky Democratic factions the Andrew Jackson and Stonewall Jackson democrats and notes positions on tariffs and expansion. It surveys party stances in several states on protection versus revenue only, Indian land allotments, and a language controversy over German in public schools with Davenport cited as a case where German instruction faces support against.
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Kentucky
Andrew Jackson -Deace Orata
Stonewall Jackson
Davenport
Sctoul Board
Republican canvass urged for township elections
The piece urges Republicans in each township to hold primaries for the April 7 election. It calls for selecting capable candidates for supervisor clerk highway commissioner treasurer school inspector constables and overseer of highways and to unite past differences. It stresses forming an efficient local Republican organization ahead of the upcoming presidential campaign.
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Calhoun
Board of Supervisors
Debating Southern Indemnities and Siberian Exile History
The piece critiques H. H. Carlton's plan to indemnify the South for slave property and cotton taxes, contrasts it with a call for broader reconciliation, and then shifts to a sprawling analysis of Russia’s Siberian exile system, citing high casualty and political exile figures. It then shifts again to praise Hon. James Y. Campbell as a Republican candidate, detailing his career and urging his nomination, before turning to criticism of jury systems and calls for reform and civic duty.
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H. H. Cartton
Georgia
Carlton
Bourbon Democracy
National Democratic Party
Bob Toombs
Bunker Hill
James H. Camruxnn
Campbell
J. J. van Hiper
van Riper
von Riper
James YU. Campbell
Supreme Court
D. Darwin Hughes
J. C. Fitzgerald
T. J. O'Brien
John van Arman
J. . Campbell
Cambell
Campbell Ould
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Mark Twain
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Joan R. Bentley
Wan. B. Church
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Brewer Block
JS. Galvin, Seo'y
Royal Organ
Chickering Piano
HALE
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Campbell & Gillett
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Tyes
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Sue Street
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