Garfield and Credit Mobilier Ties Revealed by Committee
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a 1867 scheme linking Credit Mobilier to Union Pacific, showing stock manipulations, trustee transfers, and payments to Congressmen including Garfield. Oakes Ames distributed stock to secure support against railroad regulations while profits flowed to Credit Mobilier holders. Garfield is noted as having taken ten shares and receiving dividends totaling $329 after initial payment.
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The
Enquirer
Credit Mobilier
de Golyer
Garfield
Credit Mobilier Company
Poland
Credit Mobilier of America
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Company
H. M. Hoxie
Said Hoxie
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Oakes Ames
House
Massachusetts
Oliver Ames
Rar
Acapital
Mr. Ames
Union Pacific
Ames
Congress
Washington
Mr. Durant
Mr. McComb
McComb
Pacific
Wisconsin
Washburn
Illinois
Washburns
James A. Garfield
Cincinnati Enquirer
DeGolyer Case Details Bribery Allegations Against Garfield
The New York Sun outlines the DeGolyer affair in which Garfield chaired the appropriation committee. Contractors paid Garfield $5,000 via intermediaries, claiming it was a legal fee for services never rendered. The piece asserts Garfield was bribed by DeGolyer and Ames parties and committed perjury to conceal the act.
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DeGolyer
Garfield
Committee On
Hoe
DeGolyer & McClellan
Oakes Ames
Wisdom For Boys Rules To Live By
A nineteenth century moral guide urges boys to hold integrity sacred, observe manners, endure trials, be prompt, make few acquaintances, pay debts, avoid lying, resist discouragement, bond with the virtuous, do right, guard passions, heed parents, fight bravely, seek truth, avoid evil thoughts, decide positively, avoid pretension, sacrifice money over principle, shun vicious company, use leisure for improvement, and focus on business details.
Hancock and English gain support from Gop across regions
A wave of Republican figures from Illinois Indiana Connecticut Iowa and Maine declare for Hancock and English, including Peter Wilson Edward Butler Horatio King and Dan Butterfield. Local clubs form in Streeter New Haven Bloomfield and other towns while ex party members vow backing and a Gettysburg hero is praised.
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Hancock
Streeter
Illinois
Edward Butler
New Haven
Connecticut
Palladium
Pittsburgh Volksblatt
Garfield
Hencock
Horatio King
Hayes
John A Wimpy
Georgia
Hancock Club
Gustave Tyser
Workingmen’s Labor Party
United States
Alexander Troup
Williamson
Shreveport
Louisiana
Congress
W. Moulton
Moeser
Shelbyville
Hinton Rowan Slelner
M. M. C. Griffin
A. J. Forgraves
Eta Cock and
English Club
Council Falls
Iowa
Atwater
Dan H. Powers
Maine
Penobscot
Len. Powers
Newport
General Plaisted
Hancock-Weaver
B. T. Smith
Spencer County
Hancock Campaign Club
Rockport
Cincinnati
Bloomfield
Ind
Emerson Short
Short
E. E. Rose
Gettysburg
Indiana
Democratic Party
Daniel Butterfield
New York City
General Hancock
Senator Conkling
Butterfield
Daniel Butterfeld
Chester A. Arthur
Coney Island
Conkling
Dan
Norristown
Montgomery County
L. W. Reel
George Bullock
Balagomingo
C. L.a Nyce
Management of Impatient Horses
A Congregationalist writer recalls a spring 1876 method for calming a highly impatient horse. He first springs into the carriage and uses repeated small circles while speaking softly to coax the animal until all in the family can enter without fear. He notes whipping would have worsened the issue.
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Congregationalist
Negroes Coming to Indiana stirs political fear
Evansville Courier warns Democrats to watch imports of Kentucky and Tennessee colored workers claimed to be brought north to influence Indiana elections. The letter from Madisonville alleges hundreds of Black laborers are moving into Indiana, with white voters fearing a rising colored vote could shift control and invite carpetbag era corruption.
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Indiana
Kentucky
Madisonville
Ohio
Evansville
Tennessee
Evanaville
Be-ScALLoPeD Tomatoes Recipe Method
Peel and slice tomatoes one fourth inch thick. Layer with a crumb butter sugar and seasoning mix in a pudding dish. Add tomatoes on top with butter. Dust with pepper and sugar, top with dry crumbs. Bake covered until almost full, uncover and brown.
We May Grow Stronger by Constant Eating Than Reading
A concise aphorism asserts that steady nourishment builds strength more than sustained study. It contrasts growth through diet with improvement through books, implying practical gains come from eating rather than solely learning.
Boy's Rights and the Burdens of Growing Up
A narrator describes the harsh social expectations placed on boys, contrasting adult privileges with boyhood labor and discrimination. The piece lists how boys are treated in transportation, public spaces, and work, and reflects on the wish to become a man while facing constant belittlement. It ends noting that as boys grow, they forget their youth and repeat the cycle.
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Logka
Baye
Accounta
A Negro on the Prospects of His Race
Opinion explores race progress under different governments noting improvements in Southern schooling, taxes, and peace since home rule. It cites The Free Lance urging blacks to weigh potential losses from Democratic control and reflects on historic party loyalties and moral critique.
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Montgomery
Ala
Sothern States
South
Hancock
English
The
Free Lance
Washington, D.C
Democratic Party
Liberia
Hayti
Republican Party
Ungrateful Man’s Injury Feels Universal
A terse aphorism notes that one ungrateful man harms all who are wretched, signaling a moral sharpness about gratitude and collective welfare without referencing any specific person or event.
What English did Indianapolis People Rep
The piece defends William H. English as Vice Presidential candidate, praising his wartime finance role and public service. It cites Parson Tom Goodwin endorsing English, notes his wealth funded government needs, helped establish the first national bank in the state, and supported union preservation while denouncing critics as malicious.<|vq_2688|>
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English
Indianapolis
Rep
Wm. H. English
Tom Goodwin
U. S. Lee
Journal
Mr. English
Hancock
Chase
National Banking System
Union
Villianous
Brother Gardner on Campaign Lies
A historical Detroit Free Press excerpt features a Black audience preacher speaker railing against political deception. The speaker ridicules party manipulation of Black voters and argues Blacks should abstain from politics, asserting their indifference to presidential outcomes and criticising deceitful campaigning.
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Brother Gardner
Detroit Free Press
Proverb on Belief and Courtesy
Brief excerpt urges not to harm reputations without certainty and to avoid rude jokes even in jest, warning against taking humor too far. It emphasizes restraint in speech and fairness in judgment.
Noted Faith Shapes Courage Amid Adversity
A quotation emphasizes that trust in a higher power fosters patience, hope, and cheerfulness, traits that ease unchangeable calamities and sustain calm minds in hardship. The message links spiritual reliance to resilient character.
Old farmer recalls encounter with two supposed riders
A Detroit farmer on Center Line Road recounts a comical yet alarming incident. Two men offered a ride, teased him, asked to change a seven dollar bill for an orphanage, then grabbed his wallet and fled, leaving him amused but wary of robbers.
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Detroit Free Press
Center Line
Detroit
Sanitary sleeping and the case against double beds
Dr. B W Richardson argues against double beds claiming they spread discomfort and harmful breath emanations between sleepers. He asserts each child should have a separate bed and warns the aged sleeping with the young robs vital warmth and stunts development.
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B. W. Richardson
Ugle
Republicans Attack Speaker at Camden Meeting in 1880
The Indianapolis Sun reports Hon. John Studabaker faced a mob while addressing a Camden, Jay county crowd on June 23. Stones bricks and eggs pelted the speaker and Leo Miller as windows were broken. No serious injuries occurred, but efforts to identify the mob leaders continue amid Camden’s Republican strength.
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Camden
Ind
Indianapolis Sun
John Studabaker
Indiana
Jay County
Leo Miller
Studabaker
Mr. Miller
Portland
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