Editor and Proprieter on Next House Speaker Fight
The Next House contest for Speaker may extend with a tight party split. Republicans seek Greenback votes to gain a majority, relying on nine Greenbackers led by Rev J Wvart Sirs. If Republicans miss Michigan and New York seats, their majority falls short. Democrats back George W Lapp, while Greenback HQ claims solid cross-state support. We shall see.
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J. Wvart Sirs
Brooklyn
Smith
Concer
Michigan
Woop
New York
George W. Lapp
Maine
Lapp
Greenbackers
Brum
Peonsrivagia
Forp
Fiyps
Missouri
Greenback
Pennsylvania
Texas
Founding Bill Faces Shifting Opinion On 3 Per Cent Bonds
Washington report notes varied views on 3 percent bonds, with some indicating they can be sold at par and the currency not to contract. References to Treasury figures, including SaerAMAN, SHEND, Towns SHEND, and the influence of Sherman’s First National Bank, plus NY bank withdrawals aimed at pressuring Congress.
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St Louis Republican
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First National
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Treasury Department
New York
Congress of the United States
California's Chinese Population Rise and Political Rhetoric
The piece notes Chinese immigration shifts from 1870 to the present with California and Oregon seeing sizable increases. It criticizes a costly 14th special election, mocks the legislature's work, and urges voting down constitutional amendments while highlighting Posey county's anticipated results. It also condemns medical congressmen and calls for a constitutional convention.
National Bank funding bill and tax relief debated in Congress
Special to the Register reports Secretary Sherman supports a 34 percent funding rate to stabilize currency and criticizes bank withdrawals. House Senate tax relief on deposits could offset bond interest shifts. Republicans debate apportionment and free trade, while unused land warrants worth millions surface from prewar issuance.
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Sonset Cox
Frank Unard
R. W. Townshend
Blackburn
Congressional Free Trade Club
United States
Consgrossa
Vel Qo
The
General Land Office
McKay
Floods Sweep California as Drought Ends in Debris
California faces historic floods and levee breaches as the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers spill over after a long dry period. The McCloud and Mokelumne basins flood towns like Sacramento and Tehama, washing away rails, buildings, and farms while residents seek refuge on levees. Governors appeal for aid as the drought ends and recovery begins.
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California
Tel Banka
Sacramento Valley
Sacramento
Sacramento City
Wachington
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Perald
Tehama
Lunes
U 5
McCloud
Atock
Davisville
Cotusa County
Fairfield
Suison
San Diego
Eeery
The Softest Baby Clothes Custom
A Nes torian Christian custom after marriage requires carrying the new wife to her in law’s house and placing an infant in her aru with three sets of baby clothes. Liehe dressed and undressed the baby three times to the matrona’s satisfaction, else she would return home as wife or not until a second trial.
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Chambers Journal
Olive Logan on Mrs Davenport Prices remarks in lecture
Olive Logan tours the lecturing circuit discussing Mrs Davenport. She says the sight of a woman’s aging beauty is a terrifying loss of symmetry. Mrs Davenport Prices comments on Mrs Logan Sykes have not yet been reported.
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Sar Olive Logan
Panny Davenport
Mra Davenport
Mra Logan Sykes
Monkeys in Cuba and other oddities from a bygone note
A New Orleans man asked for one or two monkeys in a telegram to Cuba and received a quirky reply about ships and balances. Other reads include a boarding house artist seeking silent violin tips, a joke about rebranding bicycles as unicycles to fund cigarettes, a farmer chased by a brindle ball, and a Woonsocket gravestone engraving about unpaid atonement.
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New Orleans
Cuba
Onobody
Temperance Debates Split Republicans in Indiana Senate
INDIANAPOLIS March 1 1981 temperance fights stir the Indiana Senate as a local option repeal fails 23 to 23. Republicans split vote, border on supporting prohibition to avoid losing party votes. Debates over women’s suffrage, special elections, and other measures fill session, with Governor Porter calling a statewide election March 14 to ratify amendments.
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Senate
Porter
Abadi
Gray
Fountain County
Bancock
Notice Of Damaged Property And Mail Letters For New Harmony
Take Notice. A person damaging the School Law fence or Public School property in New Harmony Indiana will be prosecuted. Names listed for undelivered mail include Julius U. Miller postmaster. Letters to the above must say advertised and will be sent to the General Post Office if not collected within one month.
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Matilda Carnahan
New {Armony
Posey County
Indiana
New Harmony
Frank D. Bolton
Trustee Harmony Township
Tavern Street
Ind
John Kilbinger
Charles A. Homer
Charlotte “J. Homer
Aniliana
Townslip
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Nebraska
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Minnesota
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Posey Co
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Portland
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