Political clashes and county board actions in Indiana
The Posey County court reports include license grants and road openings, petitions for new roads, an election order for New Harmony incorporation, tax and municipal actions, and remarks on national politics, debt, and Reconstruction era governance with references to Grant, Garfield, and Radical rule.
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Black and
Lynn Townships
Ashworth Ferry
Lynn Township
John Byrd
Mt. Vernon and
Blairsville
Cynthiana
Mt. Vernon
New Harmony
Smith
Black Township
New Ashworth Ferry
T. C. Curtis, Jr
Williams Ferry Road
J. W. Whitworth
W. Kittles
David McFaddin
Jas. M. Erwin
Bates Road
Wm. Trafford
Jos. Allyn
Richard Aldridge
Point Township
Ferry Landing
Uniontown
Ohio River
John 8. Curtis
A. J. Aldridge
Jas. C. Templeton
Webb
Henry Funston
L. H. Boyle
Geo. Barrett
P. D. Wilson
Big Creek Bridge
Harmony Township
Joseph Showers
Marrs Township
Circuit Court
Board of County Commissioners
Posey County
Indiana
Robert Dale Owen
William Baldwin
Julius C. Miller
Center Common
South Street
Arthur
North Street
Granary Street
Church Street
State OF
Eugene 8. Thrall
New Harmony Register
Common Pleas Court
William C. Bozeman
William Downs
Mount Vernon
Fletchall
Poseyville
Alex. Crunk
Thomas P. Price
Gustavus Dunlap
Wite
Stewartsville
Alex. Crank
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October and November election dates listed across states
The Cincinnati Commercial extols Mr. Greeley in a spirited presidential editorial praising his honesty, capacity, and reforms. It argues his election would unite the North and South and foster national harmony and progress. It mentions multiple state elections scheduled through November 7 including Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota New Jersey Illinois and more.
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Texas
Rhode Island
Iowa
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
New Jersey
Illinois
The
Cincinnati
Greeley
Notorious postoffice defaulter compounded with government
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser questions the Grant administration's civil service reforms. It notes confusion over a New York Post Office defaulter who compounded with the government and resigned, arguing a thief should be punished by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
Grant Administration
Morning Dispatches
New York Postoffice
Sumner’s harsh verdict on Grant spurs controversy
The New York Sun notes a correspondent's claim that Charles Sumner called General Grant mentally and morally inferior to former presidents, with Sumner reportedly ranking Andrew Johnson higher in mind and heart. The paper says the remark is true regardless of the correspondent's authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sumner
Gen. Grant
United States
Andy Johnson
Sumner
New York Sun
Quotable Quips From Chicago Reporter
The Chicago Republic notes colorful lines about Kate Field described as a capital pistol shot Miss Hazlett likened to a duck in swimming Elizabeth Cady Stanton called a scientific angler and Snaan B Anthony said to play a rattling draw poker game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Field
Miss Hazlett
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Snaan B. Anthony
Chicago
Names of Iowa Assigned to War Roles in Data List
A compiled wartime roster shows 889 individuals with surnames variants including Smitha Sinthe Smythe Schmitz Schmitz Schmiths Schmidte Schmid and Smitz. Total tallies 917.
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Iowa
Smitha
Sinthe
Smythe
Schmits
Schmitz
Schmiths
Schmidte
Schmid
Smitz
Contempt for reading papers cited in a neighbor’s exchange
A reader’s complaint about people who read a neighbor’s newspaper at the carrier’s doorstep and dismiss it as trash. A New Hampshire farmer recalls a preacher named Dunant, while a deceptive toad stool sells mourning goods in Iowa and a horse disease spreads to East Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connally
Cleveland Herald
Herald
Connolly
Ian
John Sherman
Senate
Gen. Garfield
Congress
Garfield
Delano
Schenck
Blaine
the Herald
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Borro
New Hampshire
IleNay F. Dunant
Iowa
New York
Boston
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the Register
C. W. Slater
Ind
Thomas A. Hendricks
John Q. Adams
Jacob Winemiller
Marra Township
Charles C. Davis
A. P. Hovey
Poblie Square
Spencer & Louden
F. D. Bolton
Register of the Treasury
Grant
Morton
State Sentinel
Detroit Free Press
Titusville
Marshall House
Lee
Lex
Commissioner of Customs
torThe
General Grant
Boston Advertiser
Custom House
New York Evening Post
South
St. Paul
Republican
New Orleans
Supscaise von
Terre Haute
Edward Price
Sullivan
Supreme Court
Price
Covington
Sey Butler
Butler
Adams
Ind. News
Kight & Davis
Francis M. Pfister
Aloysius Pfister
Thomas Mounts
Bethel Township
Edward Homer
Tee
Med
George W. Graham
John W. Robb
Adm
Neia
Adm'r
Board of Commissioners
City of
Frank D. Bolton
P. C
D. & H. Truscott
T. & R. Robson
John Kilbinger
Se23
J.T. Hugo
Marcus Randolph
John R. Wrap
John R. Hugo
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