California oil boom forms Pacific Coast Oil Company
The Pacific Coast Oil Company is formed by C N Felton Lloyd Tevis and D G Scofield after securing access to State and private lands in California. The venture aims to control a major oil region stretching along the coast from Cruz to Santa Barbara. The move follows years of land leasing and consolidation by large owners into a few powerful interests.
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Coast Range
Cruz
Santa Barbara
C. N. Felton
United States
Lloyd Tevis
Wells, Fargo & Co
Express and Bank
D. G. Scofield
Pacific Coast Oil Company
Republican Platform Proclaims Civil War Recovery and Reform
The Republican platform argues twenty years of governance improved the nation through victory over rebellion, economic stabilization, and expansion. It endorses Hayes, objecting to Democratic tactics, pledges civil service reform, funding pensions, and restricting immigration while preserving Union and prosperity.
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Congress
Territories
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Congress of the United States
Rutherford B. Hayes
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Maine
South
Hayoé
Aigil
Nice Enough Theater Visit Haunts Little Jeanne
On her fourth birthday Jeanne goes to the theater with her father for the first time. Her younger brother asks if it was nice and Jeanne replies it was nice enough, if it hadn’t been so hard to sleep in.
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Bridge
Glasgow
Edinhhree
Papa
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Jeanne
Debating Hancock Nomination and Republican Unity
The speaker argues the Democratic party offers only hypocrisy or conversion in backing Hancock, praising the Republican triumphs under Lincoln and Grant. He recalls the Civil War era, accusing Democrats of opposing Union, emancipation, and wartime measures, while lauding Republican achievements and national unity.
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Democratic Party
United States
Great Britain
George II
Confederacy
Gates
Patriotic Army
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United States of America
Ingland
Germany
France
America
Eace
Lincoln
Union
South
North
Republic
Politics of trust and power between parties debated
A partisan manifesto denounces the Democratic party's record in the Civil War and Reconstruction, argues Republicans must win to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment, and urges voters to back Hancock or Garfield while warning of Democratic fraud and state rights abuses. It cites Missouri troop figures and criticizes Democratic misrepresentations.
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Ita
Buchanan
Congress
United States
Republic
United
Supreme Court
States
Reese
House of Representatives
House of Congress
South
Hancock
Ciartiekd
Garfield
Troop counts disputed by Missouri and rival states
The article critiques a circulating Democratic claim about Union troop contributions. It reexamines Judge Trumbull's assertion that Missouri supplied more troops than several small Republican states, noting alleged omissions and misattributions to the Chicago Tribune and Secretary of War McCrary. It cites an 1879 army tally and traces tactics used to magnify Southern state contributions, arguing the figures are unreliable.
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