Union Strength in Vote Totals and Later Political Rally
In last fall’s election the Democratic vote reached 3,182,563, Republicans 2,724,224, and National 804,667, totaling 3,987,230 with 148 Democrats 125 Republicans and 12 Nationals elected. The piece argues unity and warns of imperialist divisions, notes a Democratic state committee meeting with leaders like Hendricks and Hanna, and mentions plans to oppose brigadiers in Ohio led by Chandler Conkling and Blaine.
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Congress
House
Hayes
Democratic State Committee
Hendricks
McDonalo
B. W. Hanna
Terre Haute
Colonelray
Randolph County
Congression Cons
Vincennes
Bicknell
New Albany
Myers
Anderson
Political Commentary on Harrsion and Ohio Gubernatorial Prospects
The Sentinel questions Ben Harrison's presidential odds noting a lack of fortune in politics. It cites a 200 vote majority in the 6th district and suggests he may seek the governorship again with hopes for a federal office. The piece recalls Republican plans on troop use, wartime strategy, and optimistic governor predictions in Ohio and for Ewinu.
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Ben Harrison
The
Sentinel
Mymns
Mount Vernon Paper Targets Democratic Journals
A Mt. Vernon paper accuses county Democratic journals of waging a cheap publicity quarrel while the government operates as usual. It questions Republican charges that Congress starved the administration and notes silence in Indiana papers on the 1864 election. It mentions Fostre, Tr.pENn aiding Edina in Ohio, Uncle Sam as organizer, Heisman's absence after a railroad vote, and warns about Chicago sharps.
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Mt. Vernon
Democratic Congress
Indiana
Tr.penn
Edina
Ohio
Uncle Sam
Fragmented 19th Century Political Muddle and Charity Note
A long sample blends political mentions from 1883 1885 with notes on the New York Aid Society for children. It references James G Blaine and other figures, charities aiding sick urban children, yellow fever fears on the Mississippi, and a trial of Chastine Cox with a pending August sentence.
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New York
Aid Society—Law
Eorror
The
Register
Children’s Aid Society
Jersey
Connecticut
Long Island
Chastine Cox
Hall
Cox
War Department figures on Union army volunteers
The War Department released figures showing each state and territory contribution to the Union army from April 15 1861 to war end. Total volunteers amounted to 2,678,907 with Indiana providing 197,147. The record notes Southern state troops were mostly white except Louisiana.
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War Department
District of Columbia
Indiana
Louisiana
Stamp fraud and war secretary picks debated in nineteenth century remarks
The text discusses lost revenue from stamp cancellation frauds surpassing a million dollars annually and contemplates shifting to stamped envelopes to reduce costs and raise similar revenue. It notes political jockeying for the Secretary of War post with candidates Romney Sargent Quay Hawley and Sickles, plus a mock suggestion of Dalrell as a strong backer. A Burlington Medical Convention speaker quotes ministers on visiting the sorrowing at two dollars each.
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Romney
Minnesota
Sargent
California
Quay
Pennsylvania
Hawley
Illinois
Sickles
New York
McCrary
Cincinnati Star
Dalrell
Wastington Letter from 1879 on politics and Saratoga
Our special correspondent notes the Cabinet's travel across four quarters, with Sherman pursuing Presidential interests. Hayes to stay at the Soldiers Home while Maine audiences hear warnings about debt, and the National Banking Association meeting at Saratoga is urged for August. Lindney Muse marks fifty one years in Navy Secretary’s office with touching autographs from later secretaries.
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Joe Reenster
Sherman
Ile
Maine
Republican Party
Hayes
National Banking Association
Saratoga
N. Y
Congress
Lindney Muse
Secretary of the Navy
John Quincy Adams
Paul
Southard
Muse
Woodbury
Paulding
Badpor
Mason
Bancroft
Toucey
Welles
Yellow Fever and Elevation Limits Across the United States
The history of yellow fever shows no epidemics above 500 feet, with Dr. Drake citing 400 feet as a limit. Highest epidemic points include Fort Smith Arkansas at 460 feet and Winchester Virginia at 700 feet though not authenticated epidemics. The chart lists St Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Gallipolis, Bald Eagle Valley, and Winchester as high points, with outbreaks along the Atlantic coast only up to Portsmouth New Hampshire within 200 feet sea level. Memphis 250 feet and Vicksburg 175 feet are noted as lower elevations.
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Cox
Hull
Grand Jury
Hackett
United States Supreme Court
Mississippi Valley
Memphis
Lorillard
Jersey Gily
New Orleans
Jersey City
Stavix
Washinaton
Drake
United States
Fort Smith
Ark
Winchester
St. Louis
Louisville
Cincinnati
Gallipolis
Bald Eagle Valley
Vicksburg
Atlantic Seaboard
Portsmouth
N. H
St. Lows
Question on patent outside notices as legal ads in county papers
The Attorney General will study whether county papers with patent outside sections may publish legal notices about real estate sales. The issue ties to half the state's property tithe validity and whether such ads are proper notices. Also references temperance satire and political buzz terms of the era.
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Ad. Journal
Circuit Court
Posey County
Indiana
John Ribeyre
Sophia Fillingim
John Fillingim
Enoch Fillingim
Esther Fillingim
Mary Schaffer
Henry Schaffer
A. D. Owen
Mt. Vernon
New Harmony
Pesey County
Said
John Beal
Springfield
Josiah Warren
Robert, C. Owen
Sid Warren
Toll Tance Lot
Plank Road
Sevrenty
Milton Fillingim
Robert Crowe
Jogiah Warren
Saias Robert Crowe
Township
Teading
Mount Vernon
Sail Warren
Springfield Road
Mt. Vernon Road
John L. Wheeler
H. Pricnarn
Insolvency Notice in Posey County Court
At the June Term 1879 of the Circuit Court of Posey County Indiana the estate of Isaac Williams deceased was declared probably solvent. Creditors are notified the estate will be settled accordingly. Edward Homer, Adm r. Terife's Sale S.
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Circuit Court
Posey County
Indiana
Isaac Williams
Edward Homer
Adm
R. Terife
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