Tilden Praised For Exposing Tammany And Canal Ring
Samuel J. Tilden was credited with exposing the Tweed ring in New York and praised as an honest man by veteran Union soldier John A. Dix. The Tribune, Horace Greeley’s paper now linked to Jay Gould, lauded Tilden for smashing the Canal Ring. Local South Carolina elections last week saw Democratic gains aided by black voters favoring Tilden in November.
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Samuel J. Tilden
New York
John A. Dix
Horace Greeley
Jay Gould
Tribune
Tilden
Hayes
South Carolina
Abbeville
Kingtree
New York Race Forecast for Governor Domination
The New York Evening Post predicts Senator Juacius Robinson will command the regular Democratic vote and win the governorship by about 50,000. It notes Dix and Tilden era voters shifting, with few Tilden supporters backing Morgan and some Dix voters favoring Robinson in November.
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New York Avening Post
Juacius Robinson
New York
Tilden
Morgan
Dix
Robinson
Colored delegate urges exclusion of Black voters from meetings
A South Carolina Republican Convention delegate told listeners not to allow colored men at Democratic meetings and to ostracize any Black voter who supported the Democratic ticket, calling such voters dangerous to thieves counting on continued theft in the state.
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South Carolina
Exposition Greek and Roman Antiquities At Memorial Hall
Centenary letter describes Memorial Hall’s Greek and Roman antiquities exhibit from Alessandro Castellani of Rome. It details engraved gems, amber ornaments, gold works from Italo Greek and Ptolemaic periods, Syrian pieces, Roman coins, toilet articles, and bracelets. The writer notes rare pieces, master craftsmanship, and the exhibit’s educational breadth.
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Philadelphia
Bnrron
Receister
Memorial Hall
Alessandro Castellani
Rome
Hercules
Etruria
Cere
Clusium
Signor Castellani
Greece
Metapontum
Tarentum
Prince Tor- Jonia
British Museum
Syria
Alexander
Williams and Garrison in Indiana Gop feud over Blue Jeans Williams
The piece critiques Indiana Republicans and a Gazette portrait of “Blue Jeans Williams” versus “Uncle Jimmy Williams” amid a broader attack on Ben Harrison. It contrasts perceived aristocratic pretensions with a farmer’s candid honesty, arguing Harrison is a capable lawyer but not a big brain or big heart. The writer mocks journalists and predicts an electoral defeat for Harrison while warning against sensationalism by papers.
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Ninevah
Persepolis
Apollonious
Williams
Garrison
Indiana
Deacon Smith
Blue Jeans Williams
Romeo Jaffier Jenkins Reed
Man
Aristides
Jimmy Williams
Hfe
The
Gazette
Ben Harrison
Harrison
Indianapolis
New York World
Delmonico's legacy and Centennial exploits across two cities
From New York to Philadelphia a veteran correspondent recalls Delmonico’s grand New York dining halls and costly 1865 banquet for railroad men, the move to a new Twenty sixth Street building, and the era’s lavish entertainments. The report also covers American rifle team world championship victory, Centennial fair misgivings, and a vivid note on machinery hall displays and a dramatic fire scare.
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New Yorr
New York Press
Dalmonico
Delmonicos
Fifth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
New York
Morton Peto
Herod
Morocco
Lackmeyer
Twenty-sixth Street
Gildersleeve
Bodine
Dallymount
Philadelphia
Trans Continental
Rapix
Tilden the Wrecker of Political Rackets
Governor Morton says Tilden is a wrecker and near truth in wrecking Boss weed the Canal Ring and Gen. Dix. His current task is wrecking the Radical party, prompting doubt over salvage value in this battered entity according to the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Morton
Tilden
Bossweed
Canal Ring
New York
Gen. Dix
Radical Party
Webster
Louisville Cour
The Light and Shade of Two Tickets in Politics
The notes present contrasting fates for Radicals framed by candidate initials. It contrasts Shall Justice Triumph with Truth And Honesty against a bleak view labeled Ruined Beyond Hope and Worse And Worse, Pittsburgh Past, suggesting a harsh judgment of the opposing slate.
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Pittsburgh
Another Lie Naked: Hendricks Denies Governor Odds
The Indiana Journal editorial claims Gov. Hendricks privately favored Gen. Sturrison and denigrated Jimmy Williams. A Sentinel report quotes the governor denying any such conversation, asserting strong support for Williams and Indiana’s victory for Harrison, calling the Journal’s report a desperate falsehood.
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Journal of Yesterday
Hendricks
Gen. Sturrison
Jimmy Williams
Indiana
Sentinel
Gov. Hendricks
Williams
Republican Party
Gen. Harrison
Ind. Sentinel
Nothing to pay off the national debt proposal
A political argument favors Governor Tilden as an able financier proposing a policy to reduce the national debt in thirty eight years by lowering loan interest and reinvesting savings. The piece urges voters to back Tilden, Hendricks, and Reform, claiming taxation relief for future generations. It notes Taft’s troops are needed in the South.
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Tilden
JV. Y. Sun
South Carolina
Tilden, Hendricks
Reform
Taft
South
Natuer and Waits Wedding Notice in 1876
On Monday September 11 1876 Frederick Natuer and Marion Waits were joined in marriage in a local ceremony. The brief notice records the couple and the date of the wedding with no further details.
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Nather—Wiute
Frederick Natuer
Macrion Waits
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East Main Street
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Danbury News
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Danbury, Conn
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