Mr Grant Absent From White House Again Says Critics
A late 19th century critique laments President Grant’s repeated absence from Washington and vacations at Long Branch and other resorts. The piece argues such neglect undermines the executive’s duties, risks public safety, and shows disregard for the office, urging a more devoted leader.
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Mr. Grant
Grant
Congress
Treasury
Joint Sigh Commission
Senate
Washington Patriot
White House
Washington
United States
Perniciopa
Long Branch
Pacific
Alaska
Sandwich Islands
Japan
Southern press warns force bill fears in 1872 vote
The Macon Telegraph calls for restraint and urges South voters to back the Democratic candidate, warning violence serves Grant. London Republican critiques Grant officials as demoralizing, while a Chicago theatre gag depicts a hanging as mischief. The piece ends with a subscription pitch for the Telegraph’s register.
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Macon
South
Grant
The Tariff and American Labor in Massachusetts Boots
The State Sentinel reprints a Massachusetts boot and shoe protesters brief arguing high protective duties raise prices and reduce real wages. They claim tariffs yield $18,000,000 in taxes on raw materials while workers gain little, with living costs absorbing any wage gains. Export markets have suffered as protection drives production abroad, harming manufacturers and laborers alike.
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Massachusetts
United States
Canada
Mexico
West Indies
South America
America
State Sentinel
Advertising to Wealth in Busy Markets Delivers Quick Trade
The piece argues that advertising is the surest path to wealth and business, noting that newcomers who advertise gain quick patronage while longtime merchants must match the bold push or lose sales. It cites Boston residents flaunting new patent pants without buttons or button holes as a curious aside.
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Boston
State Archivists Sought Missing Legislative Documents
A 1871 circular from Indiana Secretary of State Norstan Eppy directs county clerks to report missing and wanted public documents and journals. The missives list absent acts, journals, and pamphlets prior to various years, urging deposit to preserve state history amid partisan commentary from Vincennes papers.
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Inpianapolis
Executive Department
General Assembly
Senate
House
Norstan Eppy
How to Be Nobody and Waste Your Life
An essay advises that staying ignorant and idle leads to being nobody. It recommends frequenting saloons, avoiding useful books, and choosing trivial amusements like dominoes. It warns that perpetual leisure could end in drunkenness or being a professional gambler. A second item reports a man arrested in Atlantic City as the husband of four wives, claiming amnesia about multiple marriages.
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Davis
Toombs
Democratic Party
Washington Chronicle
Cincinnati Enquirer
Radical Party
Davis, Toombs & Co
Ben Butler
Stanton
Dave Tod
Jack Brough
Morton
Like
Morton & Co
Cameron
Democracy
William 5. Holman
William EB. Niblack
Vincennes
Nibluck
Holman
War Department
Niblack
Billy Holman
Journal
Evansville Journal
Judge Niblack
Judge Holman
the Sun
John J. Mayes
Mayes
Kise
J. 8
Cobb
Zvansville Courier
Sax
Atlantic City
N. J
Patent Office Issued Indiana Inventors Weekly List 1871
Weekly notice from the United States Patent Office to Indiana inventors for the week ending June 20, 1871 includes Cotton Planter by Y H Alstatt of Clark County Harness Buckle by T Drakes of Mishawka Flood Gate by J W Edgarton of Thorntown Gate by N Long of Muncie Flood Gate by H O Way of Thorntown plus a Cincinnati Inquirer report on Vallandigham’s anniversaries and a Cleveland tobacconist notice about a stripper wanted leading to a domestic dispute.
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United States Patent Office
Indiana
Messrs
Cox & Cox
Solicitors of Patents
Washington, D. C
Y. H. Alstatt
Clark County
T. Drakes
Mishawka
John Kilbinger
Otto Hemptenmacher
Justice of the Peace
Efendant
New Harmony
Posey County
Jel
J. P
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Georgia
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Republican Standard
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A. Hendricks
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Chicago
The
Cincinnati Inquirer
Bunker Hill
Vallandigham
Dayton
Max
Cleveland
Ras
Union Hall
New Harmony Brass Band
Bes
Jyl
Indianapolis
Stratton
Business, Military and Lecture College
RT. Brown
Southard
Ind
Circuit Court
Thomas Mumford
Richard Hariig
George A. Barrett
Mount Vernon
Renal
Audi Renia and
Profita
Aaron Lichteberger
Pleas Court
Agricultural Society
Township Revere
Frank D. Bolton
P. C
Joan G. Youxe
Mr. Verney, Inc
Board of Commissioners
Common Pleas Court
Joseph Showers
P.C
Geo. T. Many
Mr. Vernon, Inc
Jelo
Maze Thrall & Mumford’'S
Ainters
Thrall & Mumford
Thrall & Mumford's
Otice
Katharine Burrell
Seiz
Joseph Burrell
Anna Arnoldyves
MHE County
County Board of
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