Democratic Platform Resolutions from Indiana 1870 Convention
The Indiana Democracy adopted a platform in January 1870 asserting federal union, constitutional respect, and limited centralized power. It condemns reconstruction, defends Supreme Court independence, calls for revenue tariffs, greenbacks over bonds, abolition of National Bank system, currency expansion, and equal taxation of bank shares. The document opposes the fifteenth amendment and criticizes moral regulation and naturalization changes, linking to Know Nothingism and Radicalism.
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Democracy of
Indiana
Congress
Supreme Court of the
United States
Legislative
Judicial Department
Rates and Rules of Advertising in the Register
The Register prints subscription rates and advertising charges with advance payment required. Rates include one square ads, quarter, half, and full column prices, with double pricing for log-column notices and a note that transient job-work is paid on delivery.
Law of Newspapers for Subscriptions and Discontinuations
The text outlines subscriber duties including continuing renewals absent notice, publisher rights to bill until charges are paid, responsibility for uncollected papers, and the presumption of fraud if a paper is removed and left unpaid. It emphasizes notifying publishers of moves and renewals to avoid liability.
Odds and Emneds Ree Iowa and a Patchwork of News
A chaotic aggregation of clipped excerpts mentions Iowa children, Minneapolis as the workshop of the Northwest, Paducah spring mosquitoes, political accusations against a president, Tilton as a blather, a Chicago man killed by a beef bone, Louisville Fenian talk, General Johnston in real estate, and various oddities. It cites Paris dressmakers, Sitka Russians yielding to Yankees, Philadelphia baths funding, a revolver incident in New Orleans, tobacco as poison, Siamese twins buried, Massachusetts home sickness claims, a pig advising a resignation, Braxton Bragg at New Orleans water works, Paris and English spending humor, a serenading party’s deadly drink, a Baltimore boarder cutlet tale, Vermonters cutting their arms in saw mills, and a Maine maple-tapping boycott.
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Iowa
Minneapolis
Northwest
Washington
Terronor
Robeson
Sons of Malta
Sitka
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Sax Jfigaro
Tligh Point
North Carolina
Bas Massachusetts
Pig
Wise
Piggar Braxton Bragg
Gavin Paris
Pennsylvania
Sax
Baltimore
Keeer
Maine
The Miser's Bequest Reverses Love and Wealth
Philip Acre, a poor law student, inherits a fortune from Theron Mortimer but relinquishes it upon learning a distant cousin heiress exists. Edith Willis loves him, and they wed, only to discover Edith herself is the heiress. Their honesty, tested by Dr. Wyllis, leads to a shared future in Mortimer Place, now titled to Edith as sole surviving relative.
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Philip Acre
Philip Acro
Edith
Phil
Acre
Edith Wyllis
Katy
Ike
Heron Mortimer
Judith
Dr. Wyllis
Mortimer Place
Philip
Mrs. Wyllis
Theron Mortimer
Mortimer
Isdith
Ife
Acro
Loudson
Thomas Goive
Shore Road
Mrs. Acre
Mortimer Proce
Old Mortimer
Unclear fragment on health laws and a coachman analogy
A fragmented line references intelligent mothers, children, and disregard for health laws, contrasted with dismissing a coachman for imitating such management of bases. The text appears OCR damaged and lacks a coherent news event.
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Kay
Fragmentary Licencing Notice in Early Text
Fragmented OCR notes mention a yearly licence fee of one pound in a region with unclear units. The text references fines of two rupees and a potential extra charge, with garbled references to cows and land, leaving the exact authorities and location uncertain.
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Gil
White Supremacy Rally Slashes Negros From Politics
The Philadelphia Age reprints a stark argument that the Democratic party must fight to keep white control, opposing negro voting rights as dangerous to white interests. It cites New Jersey and Connecticut as examples of white-dominated wins, urging brave, honest leaders to resist Radical influence and preserve white suffrage in national and state contests.
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Democratic Party
Radical Party
Gallant Democracy
New Jersey
Newark Journal
Democratic Party of
Administration
New York
Union
Connecticut
Democratic
Dres
Coldwater Youth Loses Voice After Christmas Incident
A Coldwater Michigan young man unexpectedly lost his speech on Christmas and has not spoken aloud since. He only talks fluently in his sleep, where he speaks as if in normal voice, about 28 words per instance. Medical evaluation continues to determine cause and treatment options.
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Sar
Coldwater
Michigan
Wisconsin Editor Undergoes Three Teeth Extractions
An editor in Brandon Wisconsin endured three teeth extractions amid a grim joke about the editor’s lack of use for so many teeth. The story notes residents’ habit of chewing gum as a social quirk in the area.
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Wisconsin
Brandon
A Matron’s View of Woman Suffrage
A letter from the Olivet Republican quotes a matron opposing women's suffrage. She argues that only women who raise boys deserve voting power, claiming four of her six sons vote and others will soon. She denounces lecturing women and contends women lacking sons cannot claim equality or votes.
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Oliet Republican
The Newspaper as Logbook of the Age and Shared Vices
A fragmentary 19th century piece extols newspapers as the age’s logbook and urges readers to subscribe, warning against reading for free. The entry also includes humorous anecdotes about a sick Massa’s Derry patient, a Boston cure ad, a rail conductor quip, German beer adulterants, a horse ear-watering tip, and Rural New Yorker hog feed experiments with boiled wheat.
Instructed Clerk Dismisses Honest Talk and Wealth Talk
An old merchant tells clerks to doubt customers who boast of honesty and wealth, but to beware those who invoke religion to gain trust, suggesting scheming behavior in trade and judgment of buyers.
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bin Neeligion
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G. M. Ernest Renan
the Register
Co. W. Slater & J. Pp. Bennett
LAW OF
The
Philadelphia Age
Marshal McMahon
Algeria
Grant
McMahon
Say
Auburn State
Massa
Derry
Pete Snow
Pete
Massus
Peter
Gizzard
City of Ideas
Boston
President Grant
Gen. Butler
New Yorker
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