Credit Mobilierists Rise in Republican Ranks
The editor predicts a political shift with Garfield elected president and Dawes named senator. Buatne to advise the cabinet, Allison and Wilson discussed for treasury, Schofield urged in Pennsylvania, and calls to resurrect Patterson and Colfax while Ames and Brooks are noted as deceased. Reform within the party is urged amid fraud concerns.
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Chief Numana uses sticks and paper to census Nevada tribes
Chief Numana, Nevada census supervisor, employs Indian enumerators with a blank paper sheet. Circles mark camps, lines denote gowns for squaws, and bare legs show men. Figures inside the circle indicate family size, with children shown by smaller figures. Willow sticks, two to four inches, create notches for each Indian, squaws, and youths. The sticks are tied and sent to the census office, yielding surprisingly accurate tribal returns.
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Nevada
State elections span fourteen states governors and legislatures
The Indianapolis News rails at Republican inaction in the Legislature citing missing appropriation bills and daily cost savings. It notes Ben Harrison’s disappointment over funding efforts and reflects on Ames, Oakes, and the Credit Mobilier exposure. It also compares Gibson county and Peacy votes and laments the Philadelphia ring's downfall last week.
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Credit Mobilier
United States
Massachusetts
Political stalemate blocks next Congress action
Neither party holds a reliable majority in either chamber making probable any legislation by the next Congress. Governor Porter's temperance pledge remains unfulfilled as lawmakers in session have yet to act.
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Fragmentary Political Event Noted in Aged Text
The garbled OCR hints at a political shift affecting Indiana and a cabinet, mentioning Cameron and a Republican endgame. The fragmentary line suggests themes of regime change and party realignment with unclear details or dates.
Boon county swamp turned into thriving farm tale
Indianapolis February 18 report recounts Sen ator Marvin noting Round Prairie on Michigan road has been transformed from a swamp into a fertile, gravelbed resource area used to macadamize local roads. The piece recalls Ben Crews a wit who promised to raise Boone county six feet to sunward, later moving to Arkansas. Also notes March 14 constitution vote, temperance lull, interest rate debate, engineer licensing, constitutional convention defeat, and February 22 house vote against woman suffrage.
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Tennessee topics. Hawkins on Tennessee recovery and immigration
Nashville February 16 Governor Hawkins reports mixed progress after the war saying the state lags in development but is rich in natural resources. He notes improved law and order, widespread immigration interest, and belief that new settlers will boost wealth and debt payments. He contrasts recent Springfield turmoil with overall stability.
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Virginia
News Of The Week From The World
A wide telegraphic roundup reports New York police strength at 2519, Senator Carpenter gravely ill, and Congress delaying Washington’s birthday adjournment. Smallpox at a Massachusetts penitentiary, funding bill passage, and a stream of political and financial dispatches touch on governors, governors elects, treasury transfers, and prospects for Garfield's cabinet. Some items note Alaska like moves, ship losses, and the fate of Paul Boyton amid the Chile Peru conflict.
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Pennsylvania
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New York
Garfield to Visit Washington and Call Extra Session
Washington February 17 1881 Gen Garfield to arrive February 28 likely to call an extra session of Congress. Extra sessions threaten business and may spark measures on contentious issues if Republicans control the House after March 4. River and Harbor bill delays legislation, Sundry Civil bill around 19 million and growing, funding bill concerns with Bayard leading. Conkling visit to Garfield signals potential reconciliation with Blaine, aiding administration support.
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Stop My Paper The Editor Responds To Deadbeat Readers
A Topeka Commonwealth piece rails at readers who cancel subscriptions to “get even” with editors. It argues editors are ordinary people who need timely payments and warns there are many other subscribers in a large world. California shipped $1,000,000 in fresh fruit last year.
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Uae
Paine defense challenges misquoted 1880 Scribner remark
W J Linton argues Scribner's mischaracterizes Thomas Paine as a brandy drinker and atheist. He cites Paine's deist leanings, references to his works Age of Reason and Thoughts on a Future State, and letters from contemporaries praising Paine's honesty, courage, and generosity.
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Edward Fitzgerald
Paris
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Colonel Burr
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Garfield names southern man for cabinet post
Garfield faced pressure from colored citizens and Southern states as discussions rose over a cabinet appointment. Alabama proposed Willard Warner, Mississippi named Bruce and Alcorn, Missouri suggested John B. Henderson, with others considered. The North argues Garfield should not ignore the South.
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Garfield
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Warner
Widow of Polk Appears Bright at Over Eighty
The widow of President Polk, now above eighty, remains active and fairly strong. Her face still bears the marks of the beauty she was known for when she governed the White House.
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What Is Fame In A Civil Newspaper Era
A quirky quote frames fame as civil conduct toward a newspaper menu. The note mentions uptown New York theaters lit by electric lights and recalls 1830 Chicago site taxes at seven dollars.
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New York
Chicago
Obituary notices from New Harmony dates in February 1881
Death notices record Horace Prichard Geroge Mort and Lusayn Baldwin passing in February 1881 at New Harmony. Prichard aged 74 75. Mort aged 21. Lusayn Baldwin aged 37.
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William Baldwin
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