Figures prove Republicans more honest than Democrats
A long polemic accuses Democratic editors of shouting slander about Grant and corruption. It cites Treasury defalcation figures across administrations, arguing Republicans were cleaner than Democrats, and comments on Hancock Beauregard and South politics and an Indiana court case noting alleged conspiracies to defeat constitutional amendments.
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Lugalsport Journal
Stump Speaker
Republican Party
General Grant
Cass County
Secretary of the Treasury
Grant
Democratic Party
Beauregard
Congress
New Orleans
Mark
Hancock
Kansas
McClellan
Greeley
Seymour
Thurman
Bayard
Texas
Louisiana
Maine
Colorado
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
West Point
United States Petroleum and Mining Company
General Hancock
United States
Senator Brown
Georgia
South Carolina
Cincinnati
Republic
Supreme Court
Niblack
Scott
New Albany
Worden
Irish Mooster Woods Appeals to Labor in Indiana Speech
A large Indianapolis hall heard Jim Woods of Boonville urge laborers and Irish fans to back the Republican ticket led by Porter. He attacked Democratic economy claims and urged workers to vote for the “Solid North,” praising Porter and calling for active support in the October campaign.
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Indianapolis
Porter
Republican Party
Messrs. Ryan
Evansville
Matt. Gray
Brainbridge
Morrison
Ilinois
Woods
Warrick County
Masterson
St. Louis
Jim Woods
Democratic
Party of Economy and Reform
Congress
Navy Yard
Democratic Party
Cincinnati
Europe
South
North
Committee On Resolutions
Sherman
Jlcke
Bill English
Garfield
Arthur
Hanna
General Hancock Wears Blue Coat Amid Democratic Critique
A dated political description notes General Hancock in a large blue coat with brass buttons. It characterizes the garment as insufficient to cover twenty years of Democratic malfeasance, reflecting harsh electoral rhetoric of the period.
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Hancock
Curious Photograph Results From Meudon Exposures
M Janssen reports that extending solar image exposure beyond a brief negative stage yields a neutral plate, then a reversed positive image with light and dark inverted. Further exposure returns to a second neutral state. Positive results appear at exposures of half to one second on dry plates, showing sun as white with spots black, plus landscapes and park views at Meudon.
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M. Janssen
Academie Des Sciences
Meudon
M.janssen
Misuse of Kerosene Fire Causes Fatal Burns Near Newburg
Mary Isabella McQuaid aged 23 daughter of Samuel McQuaid of Coldenham west of Newburg attempted to light a fire with kerosene. The can exploded and she was fatally burned. Her father sister and a hired man suffered burns as they tried to save her. While engulfed in flames she ran about a house setting it on fire in several places.
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Newburg
N. Y
Mary Isabella
Samuel McQuaid
Coldenham
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