A Radical Plot to Rekindle Northern Southland Tensions
A late 19th century dispatch details Republican efforts to polarize the nation along sectional lines. It reports plans to use the justice department to manufacture election fraud cases in South Carolina Florida and Louisiana and to back contested House races in 1880. The piece notes internal party maneuvering and southern candidates denied canvass access as part of a strategy to secure a solid Democratic delegation.
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Department of Justice
South Carolina
Florida
Touisi Xua
North
Congress
United States
Louisiana
Zach Chandler
Cincinnati Enquirer
Washington
Nicholls
Wade Hampton
Rainey
Tom Kavch
North Carolina
Republican Committee
Zack Chandler
Don Cameron
Sherman
Eliza Pinkston
South
Political intrigue and bank stance stir Indiana politics
A Northern newspaper excerpt portrays planned Democratic oppression in the South, Republican maneuvers to pressure Hayes, and a push against silver dollars. It cites bank policy shifts, calls for a sectional campaign, and questions the loyalty of Heilman amid Indiana and national debates on currency and Congress.
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Congress
Republican Party
Democratic Party
New York Letter on Defalcations and Uptown Shift
The 1878 dispatch discusses excise and dock department embezzlements, Manhattan and Stewart crimes, and hostile press coverage. It notes Judge Hilton and police efforts, vast public interest in the Stewart case, and widespread confessions and visions about the missing body. It also covers A T Stewart Co moving to a Broadway Tenth Street complex and the Meriden Britannia silverware palace in Union Square. The piece ends with Dean Stanley’s return and a Delmonico’s dinner hosted by Cyrus Field.
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New York
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Register
Stock Department
Stewart
Dean Stanley
Owen Murphy
Excise Department
Dock Department
Manhattan Bank
Manhattan
Judge Nillon
Eleventh Avenue
Long Island
North
Down South
Hilton
A. T. Stewart & Co
City
Hall Square
Broadway
Tenth Street
Union Square
Meriden Britannia Company
Knickerbockers
Dame Partington
Atlantic
Meriden Co
Lower Broadway
Fourteenth Street
Meriden
Deen Stanley
Delmonico’s
Cyrus W. Field
Mr. Field
Southern Views on Union and Pacific Rail Plans
Washington letter reports Congressman-elect Joseph Johnston defending Southern fidelity to the Union, opposing Confederate debt claims, and favoring national measures. Notes Chicago convention opposition to a Pacific railroad monopoly, expected Democratic House edge, and Randall likely re-elected speaker. Finishes with a vignette on a brave village editor's son delivering news.
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Washington, D. C
Register
Joseph. Johnston
Richmond
South
New England
Virginia
Massachusetts
Vermont
Maine
Pacific
Republicana
Randall
Debtor offers fifty cent on the dollar settlement
An individual with a $2000 surplus over liabilities faced creditors who demanded at least 75 cents on the dollar. The debtor protested he would have little left for himself, a fact noted by the Boston Commercial Bulletin. It recalls that in 1828 there were only three miles of railroad in the United States.
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Boston Commercial Bulletin
United States
Homer Mounts Engagement Notice Novelty Style
On Sunday November 17 1978 at the residence of Mr John Ribeire, Mr Epward Homar and Mrs Saran E Mounts a formal home gathering was held to announce a forthcoming marriage between the couple and their families.
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Homer—Mounts
John Ribeyre
Epward Homar
Saran E. Mounts
Schneck and Stoker notices from 1878 obituaries
On Thursday November 14 1878 Mrs Ecotzapeta ScaNxeck aged 55 years 9 months 16 days. On Friday November 15 1878 Avette daughter of James M and Maria Stoker aged 3 years 4 months 10 days.
Indiana Daily Sentinel announces weekly edition
The Sentinel boasts strong farmer and stock raiser readership and a large Democratic following in Indiana. The Weekly Sentinel will mirror the Daily, offering similar news with emphasis on its broad circulation, aiming to be the best weekly version and to grow its club subscriptions with promotions for club organizers.
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Indiana
THE
Sentinel
Weekly Sentinel
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Indianapolis Sentinel CO
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