Alabama 1870s election fraud and political violence described
A lengthy recount of postwar Alabama Democratic election methods, including ballot handling, supervisor counts, and alleged fraud. The piece cites attacks by armed groups, killings, broken polling places, and intimidation against Republicans and Black voters, with claims of laws enabling fraud and suppression of Black political power. It notes shifts to non numbered ballots and secrecy rules, and recounts specific incidents in Mobile, Barbour, and Montgomery counties.
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Republican State Committee of
Alabama
Dundee
Party of Elections
Demos Erimiie Party
Gillings
Finsdee
Spring Hil
Barbour County
Judge Weiss
Republican
Arma
Mobile
Cerstain
Alitamna
Wis
Worenter FM
Taw
Montgomery
Thantsville
Aod
Orier
al Bats
State Senate
House of Representatives
Dluck Inn
Piabny
Alabiumia
Democratic Party
McGhire
Montgomer County
Republian
Beaase
Congress
RE. Megehee
United States
Ieart
Cots
The
Greys
Col. Jones
Mabuma
Crowids
Election Atrocities and Vote Fraud Across Alabama
A lengthy account reports widespread election irregularities in multiple Alabama counties including Montgomery, Lowndes, Green, and others. It describes destroyed or altered ballots, fear and intimidation of Black voters, improvised counting, and partisan manipulation by Democratic inspectors to override Republican majorities.
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Ito
Bin
Tie Glerks
Tadigimaintaita
Kawste
Dee
Moe
Kendall’s
Montgomery County
McGehee's
Becuse
Board of Supervisors
Robinson's X Roads
Republica
Dillard
Ochook
Ghiaries Pope
Indea
Pope
Union Academy
Dooley
Sife
Montgomoury
Jern
Chat
Justice of the Peace
Constable
Wilcox County
Snow
Allentown
Pine Apple
Bon- Dum
Republicians
Lowndes County
Green County
Demeyer
Uiliiavite
Republican State Committee Calls Out Fraudulent Elections
The Republican State Committee of Alabama denounces efforts to influence voting through fear and manipulation. It condemns the suppression of ballots by hostile groups and urges vigilance as the nation approaches November elections. The statement asserts the legitimacy of the people’s will and calls for free, fair voting nationwide.
Maud 8 a Highbred Mare Trains for Speed Under Blair
Maud 8 a refined mare is trained by Blair and wife who feed her apples and sugar and show kindness. She responds to calls, avoids harsh handling, and has learned to drive on either side. At 16 hands and 900 pounds she tolerates light equipment, aims for a 1:03 half mile and 2:00 3-4 full mile, with a planned grass period and paddock work before Vanderbilt’s return.
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Maud
Blair
Chester
Queen City
Who Owns Her Clothes Ty Pratt v State
The court held that clothing furnished by a husband or bought with his money remains his property, not the wife’s, under the married women statute. It notes a distinction with Indiana law and explains gifts can create the wife's separate property, but necessaries supplied by the husband stay with him. a wife can sue for injury to her paraphernalia, in New York, if proved as a gift.
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Ty Pratt
Ohio
Supreme Court of Indiana
New York
Albany Law Journal
New York Sun
Danbury
Connecticut
New Haven Register
Detroitree Press
New Hampshire
Narcolepsy Case Reports From Civil War Era Sleep Disease
The Louisville Medical News notes two narcolepsy cases among Civil War figures: a Cauary lieutenant turned dry goods merchant, obese Confederate general, both prone to sudden sleep during activity. The report includes anecdotes of waking mid sentence, and casual observations on health and strength.
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Cauary
Louisville
Various Global Facts and Industrial Notes From 19th Century Press
Reports cover Turkey debt, Paris land deals in Canada, electric lights usage, 1878 European post card totals, Parisian emigration, Canadian prison jute bag looms, color-blind railway exams, new parchment substitute, German insanity studies, Volga bridge rise, rails and ties for 8000 miles of new track, Newfoundland railroad plans, Cashmere shawl tax repeal and Cashmere Valley decline.
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London
Brunswick State Lunatic Asylum
Germany
Volga
Russia
Happy Valley
Cashmere
Smiling Valley
Practical Farmer Notebook of Home Recipes and Tips
A compendium of household uses and agricultural advice including sugar beet vs sugar mass, tomato relish, Cottage Pudding, Nice Fried Liver, Hen's Nest decorative, New England baked beans, seed saving tips for pansies phlox petunias and verbenas, plus peach plum pear pickle methods. Fowls in orchards case shows hens eating pests boosting tree growth and orchard management.
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New England
Wit and Wisdom Snippets From The Press
A collage of light verse and anecdotes from New Haven and Detroit papers. Jokes about boils and whistles, a baby drowning alarm, a traveling tramp vacation, and curiosities like swallowed hooks and Benjamin Franklin quips pepper the page.
Brooklyn Beauties Honored in City Building Dept Report
David Acker, Esq., head of the Brooklyn Building Department, certifies that the St Jacobs Of has been used by his men to address various complaints with the highest satisfaction.
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David Acker
Bup’t
Dep
Brooklyn
N. Y
Beltaer Spa
Pinkham era health claims flood the era column
A jumble of testimonials promotes Hamburg Drops and Dr Pierce remedies for headaches cramps and dysentery. It cites Mrs Faranger of Plainfield and others, touting cures, brandy infused tonics, and salves. Also claims Sun corroboration and dealer endorsements, with notes on indelible ink and Frazer axle grease in a sweeping but vague ad-like roundup.
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Hoboken
A. Faranger
Plainfield
N. J
Hamburg
Pierce
Jamaica
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