Amendment No 1 fears disfranchisement in Indiana voting
The Register argues against a proposed amendment requiring sixty days of township residence to vote in Indiana. It claims the rule would disfranchise laborers and workers who move seasonally, attacks registry and registration costs, and warns the measure serves Republican interests and harms free suffrage. It cites past frauds to attack registry and stresses the poor deserve equal voting rights.
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Brennan
Madison Tawnghin
Jefferson County
Election era fraud and Mexican politics stir up alarms
The piece recalls 1878 election schemes with forged ballots and a call to defeat a registration amendment. It contrasts U.S. voter protections with Diaz’s Mexico and condemns Federal interference in elections. The New York letters report stock exchange plans, architecture rivalries, stamp collectors, nuisance strikes, and steamship news including the City of Mexico and missing steamers.
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New York
Register
Daily Press
Morgan Dix
Old Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
Questioning Amendments in Zest Legislature Vote
A reader questions why amendments were not printed with the first and third votes by the Zest Legislature. They suggest the amendments passed by slim margins and imply lawmakers supported them only to present them to the people. The writer asserts that the previous legislature would have killed the amendments, but the current body trusted the voters to decide on April 5.
Race color line stirs Vanderburg County politics
A grim political note warns Republicans about sudden black voter support in Vanderburg county. The piece argues a large black influx could force a mixed ticket from A to Izzard and provoke white reaction, including potential coercive tactics. It frames turnout and race as a pressure point in local elections.
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Evansville
Vanderburg County
Izzard
Lovetess Resigns From Pike County Republican Unit
Louis Lovetess, a notable Pike county Republican leader, resigns from his township party organization. Former allies report no explanation for his action and fear he may have defected to the Democratic camp.
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Louis Lovetess
Pike County
Amendments spark tax fear and political division
State tax burden rises with expenses and elections. Voters resist Amendment No 3 for special judicial elections, fearing higher taxes. In Petersburg and Pike county, only six of thirty five leading citizens back first and third amendments. If ratified, an extra legislative session would cost about sixty thousand dollars amid Republican obstruction in Congress.
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Petersburg
Pike County
Washington Letter March 18 1880 on congress and posts
Special correspondent reports partisan clash over funding special deputy marshals and official roles. Garfield attacks militant language while Democrats argue funding is Congress’s prerogative. Senate adds Star Service funds with limits on the Postmaster General. Hayes weighs a murder case amid indecision as McKay notes.
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McMahon
Senate
United States
Mr. Hayes
McKay
From Hell Sermon to Lunacy in Chicago
A Chicago woman, distressed after a sermon on hell, believed she had committed the unpardonable sin and descended into incurable lunacy. Two Boston women discover a milestone in the suburbs with a grim inscription about being from Boston and a tombstone joke. A St Louis theater manager defends employing poor actors by noting they would starve otherwise.
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Boston
St. Louis
Grant's Nomination Seen Certain at Chicago
Washington March 21 Congressman Wilson of Town says he is in Blaine and Conkling circles and backs Grant as second choice. He expects Grant to be nominated with no formal ballot as delegates are instructed to pledge solid support. Don Cameron shares this view.
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Washameton
Chicago
Conkling
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Blaine
Don Cameron
Nothing Short of Unmistakable Benefits
AYER Sarsaparilla marketed as the best vegetable alterative claims to cure scrofula mercurial and blood disorders. It promises rapid complete cures for skin diseases liver complaints and female weaknesses while purifying blood and renewing vitality. Advertises forty years of use and A H Fretageot & Co as agents.
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Ayer
A. H. Fretageot & Co
Savings bank cashier declines restraint on duties
A Marysville savings bank hires a new cashier. The president offers a light load and $400 a month with a condition to avoid speculating, gambling, or hypothecating deposits, then doubles pay if he complies. The candidate declines, saying he cannot be cramped in that way.
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Marysville
Steele
San Francisco Post
Why They Joined the Church Revival amid mining camps sparks church enrollments
A Colorado revivalist spurred by rival camp reports claimed double conversions. In two hours, every man in the camp came forward to join the church. The piece notes political clashes and calls for reform, referencing John Kelly and the Boston Advertiser on postmaster general mismanagement. It ends with a proverb about debt and contempt for the world.
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Colorado
Crate and Scuslitt Wed in New Harmony
On Thursday March 25, 1580, Mr Henry Crate and Miss Mary Scuslitt were married by W Reed Esq at New Harmony.
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Cratg—Schmitt
W. Reed, Esq
Henry Crate
Mary Scuslitt
New Harmony
Obituaries Notice from Poseyville and Breith Family
Two deaths announced for March 1880 in Poseyville and for Anne Breith aged nineteen. Josefa Rossoxoited dies at Poseyville on Sunday March 21 in her thirty-second year. Anne Breith, daughter of Jacob and Salome Breith, dies on Tuesday March 23 in her nineteenth year.
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Rosborough
Poseyville
Josefa
License Application for Posey County New Harmony store
The undersigned will apply at the next Posey County Commissioners session for a license to retail spirituous and malt liquors on Lot No 4 Main street between Church and Tavern in New Harmony Posey County Indiana.
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Posey Country
Main Street
Church and Tavern
New Harmony
Posey County
Indiana
New Narmony
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