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Newspaper
Reading Daily Eagle
Location
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1868
Page
2
A garbled account describes a courtroom scene where witnesses discuss impeachment motives and public outrage linked to alleged malfeasance. It mentions a harsh admission of abuse, heavy clothes in winter, and reference to a suspect labeled a murderer amid legal proceedings.
Fragmentary text urges voters to support or oppose government administration plans. Mentions a large sum of 188,119,970 and references to Mexi payers and financial rates. The passage appears to be a political appeal lacking complete context.
Advertisements urge Eveur Duidcais and readers to attend the Democratic Association meeting tomorrow evening. The notice calls supporters to turn out, welcome the speakers, and show commitment in the contest between Radballam and Democracy.
The text discusses radicals in Congress seeking to authorize a carpetbag legislature in a Southern state to seize electoral control and disenfranchise voters. It questions whether radicals are fit to govern and urges Northern state voters to decide their trustworthiness.
Fragmentary text describes an oath ceremony involving military ranks and officers. It mentions privates and generals, the Fayette area, and references to oath duties and patriotic expectations amid garbled wording.
The text discusses a 1664 provision granting admission to those listed as aliens who have shown intent to become citizens. It notes radicals and Know Nothings opposing Democratic foreigners and aiming to deprive their votes in upcoming elections.
Navy dispatches describe a piracy incident near Yokohama involving the steamer Montigey and the Bronfenbark crew captured by pirates. Officers warn of rising piracy while heat deaths and a political nomination in West Chester are noted among scattered items.
Reports from New York describe the Democratic National Convention actions nominating electors and a party chairman, with mentions of Tilden as chairman. The piece lists state nominations, plus broader political updates, including a Missouri candidate and a Rhode Island electors note.
Sept. 1 report from Nepon White Men The cee cea eee the Multsey describes a brawl after drinking at a Hampton saloon between white Tibbetts and colored men. Rioters swarmed streets, troops fired, and one black man was shot. later a Mill Creek clash left four soldiers wounded before a guard arrested suspects. One amputated leg resulting from a trajectory near the ankle.
The Vermont paper claims large Democratic gains statewide with vote totals for 1807 and the previous year. It lists town by town tallies such as Bolin 288 and 588, Berlin 69 and 98, Coventry 47, and Hartford 20 and 73, noting Manchester had 67 votes for McClellan in a past year and 176 in the recent election.
William Spanger of New Liberty heard a burglary at his hen house. He fired toward the fleeing intruder and shot the thief in the head. The man, described as an old acquaintance, died. local residents recall his prior notoriety.
At about 8 pm George Ewee of 108 Bloomfield Street Hoboken was stabbed in the side at 177 Duane Street by a German man named Fred who fled. The wound is serious and Ewee was taken to New York Hospital.
Atnarrowy Pa Sept 3. Last evening a large Democratic meeting drew many locals and visitors. Speakers included John O Byrne of Philadelphia editor of the Democrat. Lehigh Valley spirit was described as live and aggressive.
The Reading Democracy announces nominating slates for delegates to the Democratic Nominating Convention. Multiple wards list candidates including George D. Boyer J Augustus Strohecker Richard Reichwein Joseph J. Clay William Fix John Horn Hiester M Nagle William Orth Frank B. Laucks C H Hunter Irrah Laucke W W Diehl Henry W. Smith Francis T Whiskeyman William Eigenbise with possible additional names not yet heard.
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