Registry debate and asylum controversy flare in Indiana press
The Indianapolis Journal disputes registry amendments, claiming they would force new laws under the current constitution. The Register attacks the Journal as aiding a doomed scheme and warns of registry fraud politics. A sensational asylum management tale is debunked citing lower costs under Democratic oversight versus Republican administration.
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Indianapolis Journal
Journal
Indiana
Philadelphia
New York
San Francisco
Eas
Indianapolis
Plain confession in New York electors plan shows party weakness
The speaker argues that the Republican proposal to alter how electors are appointed in New York admits that Republicans cannot win the state by popular vote. It declares the plan effectively disenfranchises New York voters and even with the change, success remains uncertain.
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Repubiican
New York
Indiana Political Scandals Spark GOP Debate
The loyal Indiana patriot asks for Brady to retire amid a multi million transgression probe. Adams sells Senate waste paper for 1344 dollars as Republican rule is praised or mocked. The Times attacks Sherman over treasury agents. An Enquirer claim foresees a large defeat for amendments in April. Grant boom sinks in Indiana and Illinois as Sherman or Blaine gain traction.
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Indiana
Brady
CouFax
Ortu
Orrn
Lee Clerk
Adams
House of Representatives
Treasury
Sax
Illinois
Sherman
Blaine
Evanaville Republicans nominate Sherman delegates
The little Republican ring at Evanaville will appoint Sherman delegates to the national convent ion. The Grant majority in the rural districts must submit to the same process and participate in the nomination.
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Evanaville
Sherman
HemMan party engineering signals backing for Enouisn
Evansville engineer H. S. Benner is named to organize the HemMan party this year, signaling concrete effort. The wording hints at growing support for William H. Enouisn for president, suggesting a potential spontaneous uprising in his favor.
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H. S. Benner
Evansville
HemMan
Ben- Metf
William H. Enouisn
Charity and the Light Fantastic A New York Letter
Our New York Letter reports on charity balls at the Academy of Music raising eight thousand dollars, social mingling across classes, and fashion. It catalogs social tricks, crime concerns, but also praises the Etna Life Insurance Company’s strong year and notes harsh conditions at Blackwell’s Island and an insane asylum. It laments gaps in protection and recounts a burglary exploiting a floor hole, plus other city woes and a curious anecdote of a Native American in San Diego confessing theft after hearing a voice through a telegram.
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New York
The
Register
Etna Life Insurance Company
Hartford
Etna
New York Standard
Mr. Cowley
Society For the Prevention of
Dickens
Insane Asylum
Peta
Fifth Avenue
National Guard
Murray Hill
Thompson Street
Wall Street
Great Britain
Moses
Mount Sinai Hospital
Ravix
The Next Congress in Indiana Statewide Forecast
This 1879 political column outlines district by district chances for Indiana in Congress. Heilman leads in the First, with Menzies or Fuller possible rivals. Second through Thirteenth districts show Democratic strength, Republican challengers, and projected majorities, ending with a recap predicting a 17,000 statewide Democratic majority and a stunning victory.
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Heilman
Menzies
Posey
Fuller
Warrick
Senate
Gibson
Perry
Pike
Spencer
Vanderburg
Evansville
Beanaville
Perry County
Spencer and
Allen County
W. G. Colerick
Elkhart
Kosciusko
Laporte
Marshall
Stark
St. Joseph
Reeve
Winterbotham
Osborn
W. el. Calkins
John H. Baker
Congress
10Th
Benton Fitzgerald Wedding Notice in 1880 Record
Married on a February Wednesday in 1880 at the residence of William Read Esq. William Read officiated as clergyman for Joan Benton and Elizabeth Fitzgerald with the ceremony performed by a justice of the peace. The notice records a formal union between the two named individuals.
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Benton—Fitzgerald
William Read
Joan Benton
Elizaabeth Fitzgerald
Administrator's Sale of Evansville Bank Stock in Indiana
Edward Murphey as administrator announces a public sale on February 28 1880 at 2 PM in front of the Bank of the New Harmony Banking Company Evansville Indiana. Ten shares of the capital stock of the Evansville National Bank of Evansville on a six month credit with 6 percent interest from date of sale. Also notices creditors to present claims for payment asserting the estate is solvent.
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New Harmony
Indiana
Allen
Dan’l W. Bowling
L. C. Borden
L. C. Baird
Jophiy Bright
Thomas Cox
Almeda Cox
J.B. Crews
William Dewitt
Emanua Evans
William Faulkner
John Fisher
William Frost
H. C. Gilbert
William Graves
George C. Holt
John Hudson
Lemuel James
Amos Kinge
Milt Kleiner
Arthur Mansfield
Jacob IV Mansfield
Waldo D. Mobley
Frances J. Vandegrift
Bank of the New Harmony Banking Company
Evansville National Bank
Evansville
Edward Murpery
Posey County
Edward Murphy
Hood Orphan Memorial Fund
United States
New Orleans
Morocco
Levant
Turkey
G. T Beauregard
Hood Memorial Fund
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Cal
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Sam Cobb
Cawthorn
Knox
Sam Taylor
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Greene
Overmyer
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J. D. New
Holman
Woollen
Switzerland
Willard
Lawrence
Floyd
Henderson
C. Mataon
Bob Miers
Monroe
Hunter
Tom Brown
Lon Sexton
Jude Claypool
Tion
David Turpie
Dave Gooding
General Rusa
Dan McCaulay
John Coburn
Marion
Shelby
Hancock
Harrison
Hayes
Shanklin
McCaulay
Hanna
Vigo
Carleton
I. S. Compton
Clay
John Lee
State Committee
O. P. Davis
Voorhees
M. D. White
Montgomery
M. D
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Orth
Venezuela Statesman
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Wood
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Major
Jasper
Charles Kahlo
Cass
J. R Stack
Huntington
Tyner
Shanks
Calvin Cowgill
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Howard
Wabash
Cowgill
Jay
Blackford
Miami
Wells
Slack
Thrall & Mumford
Washington
Union Hall
Tvening
A. Twigg
Vuards C. Miller, P.M
Jacob Breith
USU
East Main Street
Owen
John Cooper
James A. Cooper
Hood
J. B. Hood
G. T. Beauregard
Lewis J. Lane
Frank D. Bolton
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