Public debt drop and politics in Missouri area
The August debt statement shows a July reduction of 3 427 687 18. The Republican nominees for Congress and Board of Equalization were announced in the Tenth District. Missouri politics are active with reports of Grant and Wilson support, a pig county convention nominating local leaders, and a mass meeting in Pittsfield praising speakers Prentiss and Bane.
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Pig County
Pittsfield
Yast
M. D. Massie
New Canton
Pike County
B. M. Prentiss
M. M. Bane
Senator Wilson Denies Forgeries of His Speeches
A letter from Senator Henry Wilson, dated July 30 1872 Natick Massachusetts, says forged extracts claiming he spoke certain sentiments are false. He recalls a career defending human equality across races and nationalities, urging fair play and liberty, and condemns the misattributed words as abominable to his lifelong beliefs.
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Mas- Bachuzetts
Hertate
Senate
United States
Gir
Lberty
Henry Wilsox
Bankruptcy Notice in Quincy Illinois 1872 Adjudged Bankrupt
The notice states that on August 25 1872 a warrant in bankruptcy was issued against Charles Go d in Adams County Illinois. It warns creditors not to demand debt or transfer assets and to attend the meeting of creditors. The court will convene at the Court House in Quincy at 10 o clock A M with Edward R EO Marshal Messenger presiding.
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T. d. Mitchell
Court House
Quincy
Illinois
Charles
Adams
Eet
Henry
Ister
Anzust
Edward R. EO
Marshal Ag Messenger
Southern District
Spain
Springfield
C. Ea
General Assembly
Senate
House of Representatives
Atste
of State
Edward Rummel
Chas. E. Lippincott
P. A. Erastus N. Bates
Ilytsdiw
American Fleet Reception By Prince and Princess of Wales
London dispatch reports a brilliant reception aboard the Brooklyn at Southampton with ten warships in the harbor. The Prince inspected the fleet on Wabash. a small pox case had appeared on the Wabash. A repast was hosted by Admiral Alden with Schenck Sherman and others aboard.
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Lonxponx
London
Admiral Alden
Prince and Princess of Wales
Southampton
Brooklyn
Alden
England
United States
Schenck
Gen
Sherman
Bishop Mclvaine
Ohio
Lieut. Grant
Gen. Sherman
Debt statement shows July reduction in Wastineton
Wastineton August 1 report shows a July debt decrease of 3 427 687 18 with legal tender notes 450 086 167 40 currency 42 015 471 47. Weather forecast from Washington predicts northerly and westerly winds veering to northeast and then southward across the Upper Lakes and Mississippi Valley with clear weather and moderate temperatures.
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Wastineton
Washington
Upper Lakes
Upper
Mississippi
Ohio
Election dispatch reports Merriman lead across North Carolina
First dispatch from Wilmington notes quiet election day with closed liquor stores. Later updates show Merriman gaining in multiple townships and cities, with conservatives and Republicans reporting varying margins. National tallies indicate Merriman likely carries the state. several conventions and political figures referenced across states and venues.
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Augusti
Abbotaburg
Merriman
Weldon
Northwest
Wilmington
Caldwell
Raleigh
New York
Wm. H. Barnard
Wimretos
N. C
Liberty
Rocky Mount
Enfield
Edgecomb
Wilson
Columbus
Afagnolia
Goldsborough
Wraonertos
Bogue Swamp
Halden Township
Wilson County
Wituinetox
Concord
Cabarras County
Star
The
Post
Wasurctos
Senator Ransom
North Carolina
Patriot
Leach
Settle
Tenth District GOP nominates Ray and Parry for Board of Equalization
Aug. 1 reports show W. H. Ray of Schuyler County chosen for Congress by the Tenth District Republican Convention, with D. D. Parry of Warren County selected for the Board of Equalization. The piece also covers endorsements, party defections, and Liberal Democratic cross endorsements surrounding Greeley and Brown.
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W. H. Ray
Schuyler County
Congress
D. D. Perry
Board of Equalization
Sosmerry
Isa
D.D. Parry
Warren County
Greeley
Fitz Henry Warren
Des Moines
H. B. Fiske
Dubuque
E. A. Gilbert
M. Rholfe
J. P. Cassidy
A. G. Case
Register of Land Office
Jacob Butler
Gen. Warren
H. Fiske
A. C. Dodge
Mexico Peace Hoped Under Lerdo Aids US Ties
New Mexican minister says Lerdo may pacify the country while Diaz and Negreti lose influence. Strong amity with the United States to be pursued. In Mexico City a general amnesty restores civil and political rights for revolution participants. Congress calls for a general presidential election soon. The country remains quiet.
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New York
Lerdo
Diaz
Negreti
United States
Matamonas
Mexico
Congress
Northwestern Illinois Central duel over Dunleith Chicago route ends
In Crra c o Aug 1 judge Williams dissolves an injunction against Illinois Central, ruling Northwestern’s charter does not bind the line to a continuous Dunleith to Chicago route via Freeport. The case hinges on transfer of cars and evidence contracts. Rail subscription news follows with Pronia residents reacting to a local solicitation.
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Crrcaco
Northwestern
Ilinois Central
Dunleith
Chicago
Freeport
Williams
Ilinois Central Road
The Barnard trial and related court actions
August 1 reports Barnard saying he would drive a set of scoundrels from the state tied to Union Pacific while Frank Blair, then commissioner, recalled Barnard’s remark. Kilpatrick libel suit against Jennings moves in police court. Jennings waives appearance for possible general sessions indictment. he is discharged on own recognizance. Other items note brisk customs activity and tariff‑driven warehouse withdrawals with freight rates cut 45 to 58 percent. Grant and Conkling visit Trenton Falls. President serenaded at that waking.
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A. B. Gardner
W. H. Bingham
Henry Chase
J. H. Johnson
James I. Thayer
EB. O. Perrin
New York
Aliswateer
Academy of Music
Carpenter
F. Busch
Grant
Democratic State Central Committee
Marc Anderson
LaCrosse
John Black
Milwaukee
Lawrescs
Grant Club
Nashville
C. LE Donaldson
Jackson
Mich
Union Hall
Creswell
Chandler
Cincrysati
Dayton
L. B. Gunckel
Congress
Lemuel Craighead
HartFord
Philadelphia
Democratic- Republican Club
Cartin
Saratooa
Frank Blair
Barnard
Union Pacific Railroad
Blair
Kilpatrick Agai Jennings
Jimes
Hogan
Jennings
Morgan
Henry Clews
Custom House
Central
Erie
Pennsylvania
Erie Railway
Fisk
Urica
Conkling
Trenton Falls
Indian depredations blamed on Kickapoo refuge in Mexico
New York dispatch reports the American Commissioner's inquiry in Brownsville linking Kickapoo colonists who fled to Mexican territory during the war to avoid conscription with later depredations. Frontier evidence also implicates Gen Cortinas in aiding cattle thieves crossing borders, leaving eighty miles of fertile Texas river frontier unsettled due to raids headed by Mexicans.
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New York
Brownsville
Texas
Mexico
Frontier Commission
Cortinas
Railroad accidents claim multiple lives in two towns
Casualties report says Conductor Jeffries died and a man named Green was injured today near Parsesville Ohio as an engine derailed from the track. In Cargo, the Cadl River bridge collapse this afternoon killed one man and left five injured.
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Parsesville
Jeffries
Msn Green
Youngstown
Cadh River
Rochester double tragedy ends in suicide and arrest
Rochester reports that John Hensler, not Burkhardt Hensler as earlier telegraphed, shot his wife's lover and then killed himself. Across the nation, noted criminals faced pursuit with Dianarchs of the era.
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Rochester
John Hensler
Burkhardt Hensler
Richmond to St Louis Sunstroke Toll and Bankruptcy Suit
Scharz and Tipton passed through Richmond Virginia during the Peter Days period. Nearly a dozen sunstrokes have proven fatal in St. Louis this week. E A L Roberts has instituted suit in bankruptcy against the Maple Grove Coal.
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Scharz
Tipton
Richmond
Peter
St. Louis
E. A. L. Roberts
Maple Grove Coal
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