A Radical Acknowledgment of Judge Read Controversy
The Philadelphia Morning Post condemns Judge Read for attempting to throw out six thousand naturalized voters and urges reform. It denounces irregular naturalization certificates and warns against using the court seal to disenfranchise citizens while urging lawful, nonpartisan correction. The piece also mocks Radical party iconography and mocks partisan triumphs.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Snowden
Republican Party
Read
Road
Disfranchised Voters Spark Debate Over 1868 Election
The Radical faction claims Grant won via popular vote but cites large disfranchisement in the South led by Congress. They list numbers for West Virginia, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia, Texas, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama, plus thousands of naturalized citizens in Pennsylvania. They condemn the 1868 election as a fraud amid rising costs and unemployment.
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North
Congress
West Virginia
Missouri
Tennessee
Virginia
Texas
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Florida
Louisiana
Georgia
Arkansas
Alabama
York Man in Reading in Good Health Amid Politics
Janes Socwe of York Pennsylvania, son of Hon. Francis R. Shunk, a prominent Democrat and governor, was seen in Reading on Friday in good health and spirits.
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Janes Socwe
Esc
York
Reading
Francis R. Shunk
Pennsylvania
Trial List for November Term Court of Common Pleas
Forty causes arranged by date for the November term with returnable sessions from Nov 28 to Dec 2. Lists judge’s docket including plaintiffs and defendants such as Korn vs Kern and Allentown Railroad Co. with counsel Livingood, Richards, Wanner, and others.
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Court of Common Pleas
Daniel
Korn
Henry
Kern
J.eeseen Dian
A. B. Wanner
J. Bowman Bell
William Eckert
Isaac Eckert
van Reed
Richards
Barclay
John Greiner
Esther Greiner
Esther
Mark Darrah
Robeson
Hagenman
Livingood
Joshua Keely
Aston Brower
Edward Knoske
V. Wagner
A. B. Warner
F. Leaf Smith
Llewellyn Wanner
Thomas K. McCann
Richard Boone
David J. Lincoln
Onry
Kupp
Mengyl
Franklin H. Schwartz
Daniel’ K. Roth
J. S. Livingood
Hawley
Valentine Shalter
Elizabeth Shalter
Elizabeth
Catharine Umbenhower
Yundt
I. Leaf Smith
Allentown Railroad Co
Jacob Ed Boyer
Maltzberger
George Koser
Boyer
Schwartz
Same
John Bover
Amelia Hawrecht
Henry Hawrecht
Alexander Ammon
Jacob Geiger
Tagenman
Wanner
Abraham Beiber
Daniel Moyer
Adam RB
Dundor
Elias Reber
Jones
Peter Brown
William Shearer
Smith
Jacob K. Krill
John Krill
Daniel Bensing
Frederick Smith
Zinnennaan
W. H. Livingood
Aft
Michael Hershberger
Joseph Brenda
James Rickenback
Abraham de- Turk
Green
Ae Becker
David McKnight
Henry Klohs
Aaron Klohs
Pitt
Qgee
N. Totham
Wm. F. Miskey
Nicholas Hunter
Alexander H. Peacock
Jonathan Gregory
Pitts
Ann Luckenbill
John Gruber
Arnold Mellert
Magnus Mellert
Otto Mellert
Thomas P. Kinsey
Mellerts & Kinsey
John Lauth
G. Dawson Coleman
David Levan
Jacob Potteiger
James Ruth
Mary Ann Ruth
Mary Ann
Reading & Columbian Railroad Co
Vingood
Jacob Schmucker
Sarah Elizabeth Weidner
Frederick Fox Peardian
Charles
Daniel Weidner
Henny Clay Weidner
Adam
Bertrand
J.J Utick
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Charles Weikel
M. Streng
H. Hennershotz
Ermentrout
Schimeier
Plufs
Ralston
Davis
Samo Va
Cyrus Heffelenger
David Roland
Benjamin Stable
Mahlon Zerbe
Schmucker
Pit
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Henry Clemence
Abraham Clemence
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Hannah Kyrich
Catharine IL
Fisher
Jacob Huyett
W. Living
Franklin DeHart
John E. Scheeffer
John Reber
Jonathan Seaman
Young
J. Ross Miller
Williamsport Democrats celebrate Grant victory referenced in diary
A Williamsport Standard item notes Democrats in the city heaping praise on Radicals and a Radical editor in West borrowing a rooster to crow over election results, reflecting partisan mood after the Grant victory.
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Hiouty Armorsiats
Abram
Radi
Grant
Rads
Freedmen’s Bureau
Accoxmoparina
Williamsport
West
Beast Buttes Re-elected to Congress Franks Nation
Beast Buttes wins re election to Congress prompting sharp rebukes from critics while supporters credit leadership and policy stances. The result fuels ongoing partisan debate as opponents call for accountability and change.
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Beast Buttes
Fire kills many in China town and shipboard mutiny alleged
Letter from Hong Kong mentions August fire destroying many buildings and the deaths of two women and seventeen children. John Shatswell faces court over alleged killing of a Chinese boatman selling liquor. Bustard bombardment at Choochi fuels excitement. Providenza arrives with forty two coolies aboard, uncrewed, suggesting mutiny and crew destruction.
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Hong Kong
John Shatswell
Sooloo
Choochi
Providenza
Hakodadi
White Outlaws Among the Indians Reportedly Seen
The Rocky Mountain News cites a Lizzie Blackman recounting four hundred whites among Indians and alleging her outlaw father brutalized her. the piece urges verification. It also notes Washington public document trade, government printing spend, Treasury clerks dismissed, and a Birmingham iron hoop production wager.
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Lizzie Blackman
South Carolina
Plains
Botany Bay
United States
Washington
Evening Star
Treasury Department
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