Union Republican convention called for Philadelphia June 5
The National Committee, meeting May 20 1868 in Chicago, calls a Union Republican convention in Philadelphia on June 5 to nominate Presidents and Vice Presidents. Delegates are apportioned by state and territory. The notice praises Union achievements, frontier reforms, and civil rights while urging nationwide cooperation.
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Chicagd
Union Republican Party
Philadelphia
United States
Enech
Republican Party
Winniam Claflin
Mass
Winliam E. Chanpier
New Hampshire
Sec'v
M. “L Carpenter
Henry Kasted
District Court
State of
Towa
Jones County
Tueritt-Bafenant
Jonic
District Court of
Jones
Splis
Thie
Moxmor & Mouton
Amnesty Bill reshape in Senate action and civil rights
The State Register notes the Senate action on the Amnesty bill and civil rights measures, led to by figures like Sumner and Trumbull. It headlines the sweeping removal of political disabilities, listing the estimated 150,000 relieved and naming prominent ex-governors, generals, and Confederate officials affected or still under disability.
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Curtis
Lee
Fitzhugh Lee
M. F. Maury
Semmes
Brooks
Jacob Thompson
Graham
North Carolina
Conrad
Louisiana
Forsyth
Jack
Gon
Wig
Preston
Kentucky
Thill
Cox
Randall
House
Rogers
State Register
Senate
Cincinnati
Kirst
Sumner
Beburz
Carpenter
Yeas
Ames
Anthony
Caldwell
Gameron
Chandler
Clayton
Cole
Conkling
Corbett
Cragin
Ferry
Michigan
Flanagan
Frelinghuysen
Bramlin
Logan
Morrill
Vermont
Nye
Osborne
Patterson
Pool
Robertson
Sawyer
Scott
Sprague
Wilson
Wright
Bayard
Blair
Casserly
Cooper
Davis
W. Va
Hamilton
Johnson
Kelly
Norwood
Rawson
Saulsbury
Stevenson
Thurman
Vickers
Judicial
Naval Service
United States
Biaine
Colfax
Greeley
Washington
Kerr
Tachina
Alex. H. Stephens
Georgia
Detcher and Wise
Virginia
Wade Hampton
Herschel V. Johnson
B. Barnwell Rhett
James ‘A Seddon
Allen T. Caperton
West Virginia
G. A. Henry
Tennessee
A. H. Garud
A. R. Wright
John Perkins
Walter R. Staples
Fayette McMullen
J. P. Holcombe
Lewis E. Harry
C. G. Mimminger
Clay
R. W. Jolson
Gurlee
Mallory
Toombs
Iverson
Benjamin
S.G. Brown
Dhunter
Chestnut
Wand Wigtall
Pugh
Curry
Crawford
Laman
Vance
Miles
Bonham
McQueen
Reagan
J. Garnett
Bocock
Pricer
Luke Smith
J. C. Breckenridge
Fudge
John A. Campbell
Johston
Bragg
Hardie
Beauregard
G. W. Smith
Wood
Feud Deepens Between Northern and Southern Democrats
The piece reports growing irreconcilable feuding within the Democratic party stemming from the Baltimore Convention. An ultra pro rebel Kansas City Times editorial warns that if the Northern Democracy pushes a nomination, the Southern wing will refuse to obey and seek terms with Grant while voting for him solid.
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Tern
Baltimore
Kansas City
Zimes
Grant
Moral status of the Chappaqua sage in a Democratic era
The piece lampoons a Chappaqua editor who parades Democratic support while labeling the party as full of thieves and scoundrels. It recalls Horace Norton’s bond default and a New York bondsmen meeting where the sage reads the bond, joking about his bad handwriting. The Nation is cited praising Liberal wit yet warns voters.
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Chappaqua
Democratic Party
Norton
New York
Horace
Horace Greeley Not Named by Most Republican Papers
In a survey, only the New York Tribune and Sun name Horace Greeley for President while other Republican papers statewide omit his candidacy. The pattern highlights regional editorial choices and party alignment during the nominating period.
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New York World
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Greele
Greeley
Alexangher
H. Stephens
Robert Toombs
New York Tribune
Sun
Horace Greeley
Grant and Greeley Antipaths Reflected in 19th Century Debate
The Saint Louis Democrat argues Grant and Greeley embody opposite traits. Grant is practical tolerant reserved and trustworthy while Greeley is theoretical impulsive talkative vacillating and sharpers prey on him. Both claim personal honesty and Republican liberty under law.
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Grant
Greeley
St. Louis Denwirat
Campaign verse sparks scandalous talk across papers
The Indianapolis Journal notes Horace Greeley precursors and a row in Cincinnati ending in a killed boy. Rumor ties ex president Stohngen to a scandal with Mrs Harrold, wife of Greenville’s postmaster. The Iowa paper predicts Grant will win 50,000 majority. Chicago Times editor drawn into political insult.
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Horace
Greeley
Lara
Cincinnati
Telegraph
Harrold
Greenville
East Tennessee
Stohngen
Iowa
Oskalodsy Herald
Philadelphia
Grant
Chicago Times
Springfield Register
Times
Soldiers Homestead Law Expanded for Veterans and Widows
The 1872 act grants homesteads to soldiers and their unmarried widows or minor orphans, with reduced residency requirements. It allows constructive residence for current service, enables entry by agent, and sets Land Office commissions and fees at 28 dollars. Lincoln Nebraska entries show totals through 1872 and 1871.
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United Stats Service
United States Land Office
Lincoln
Nebraska
Silent Men and the Washington Speeches in History
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Washington rarely spoke at the constitutional convention, chairing committees and offering two brief remarks. Jefferson never spoke in public. Napoleon prized deeds over words and kept influence by reserve, while the Ledger argues greatness rests more on actions than length of speech.
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Washington
United States
George Washington
Grant
Thomas Jefferson
Napoleon
Waly
Philadelphia Ledger
Platform talk and odd anecdotes in Nasby style
Nasby reviews the Cincinnati Convention platform noting broad concessions across factions with a shared aim of civil service reform. He recounts a quirky New York smallpox mouse tale and a curious Cats planting quip from Jenkins, plus a cryptic Allentown Chronicle ad note about a blue bonnet encounter and a box 1001 mailing address.
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Allentown Chronicle
Center Square
Pugilisticus
Editor Henry Warp Berecumi Endorses Greeley In Part
In a mixed stance he praises Hor Ack GREELEY as an editor but declines to back his Presidency. He notes the Tribune would help, yet warns military and governmental roles require different skills, suggesting a capable editor does not guarantee effective administration.
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Henry Warp Berecumi
Hor Ack Greeley
The
Tribune
Greeley
United States
Nan
Wry the Contrast The Debt Gap Between Nations
The Chicago Journal of Commerce notes Britain cut its national debt by 12.5 million dollars in three years and remains prosperous while the U S ran up 12 588 083 62 dollars of indebtedness in April and many politicians remain unhappy.
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Great Britain
United States
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Cedar Rapids editor lauds census for 17 million women
A Cedar Rapids editor expresses envy toward the census for embracing 17,000,000 women, using the statistic to celebrate female representation and societal progress.
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Cedar Rapids
Town Clock building collapse buries eight in Dubuque
Eight buried and several injured as the Town Clock building formerly housing John Bull & Co. dry goods tumbles after heavy rain weakens the foundation. Victims include Mrs Ellwanger and Miss Street with serious injuries. the clock tower and west wall collapse, killing or injuring multiple clerks and bystanders. A second note warns of a public notice in Jones County.
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John Bull & Co
J. MjjFoy
Dubuque
Methodist Church
Bight Street
Ldgs
Dr. Lay
John Trout
John Vann
Catfish
Circuit Court
Jones County
Iowa
Tryon , & Pierce
John Barber
Anamosa
O. B. Crane
Sherif
Said County
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Bowens
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Indianapolis Journal of the
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John Bell & Coy
Metherington
Odeon
Langworthy
Union League
Union Guards
B.A. Guibert
Arst
League
Guards
Copperheads
Molly Stark
Jackson Park
John Bell & Co
Miller: & Condon, Dealers
Monticello
Kowa
Nigu
Fred. S
Dunham
Monticéllo
Baranam
Pewuily
W. H. Parrott
Joan Wyebel
Krause, Shaw & CO
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Washington Township
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Said Township
Davenport and
Eaid Company
Maquoketa
Iowan
13Th General Assembly
Joan Seery
MicHagu Plant
Tp. Trustees
Tuos
Wyoming
aMrom
James Davidson
Lowa
Dr. I
Carlton
Noor Oyer Wright’s
M. M. Moulton
Monticello, Jones, Co
Cass
M. E.church
Price
First Street
Hausaur
R. R
R. R. Add
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AGRES
Tausaur
Ouse
Varvel
Monticelo
Welle
Sip
Flist Street
Turck
Purcin
Bradstreet
Monsticello
Girdeny
Chicago, Dubuque & Minnesota Railroad
T. Dubuque
Sethe
A. My .N
McGregor
J. A
Reomberg
Drug Store
H. Francis
Cascade, Dubuque Co
Stark
BaBcock
National House
Stares
Provela‘sts
AWA
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