Nationals to hold balance of power in Indiana Legislative race
A Pittsburgh Labor Tribune comment notes the Nationals aim to win on party principles in the upcoming Indiana Legislature race. An educated woman speaker draws on Pennsylvania Avenue for a speech supporting greenbacks. The Ex reveals alleged details of Grant packing the Supreme Court to influence legal tender rulings.
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Supreme Court
Burke Quote on Property Rights for Rich and Poor
The excerpt asserts a philosophical stance that the rich have no inherent right to seize the property of the poor while the poor also lack rights to the property of the rich. It frames property as a public concern rather than a private privilege.
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Burke
Tax on Mortgage Interest Sparks Equality Debate
A cited critique argues mortgage interest payments are taxed, while lenders earn interest with no tax, calling this an inequality and a violation of Equal Rights and a contradiction of national party principles.
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National Party
No clear article excerpt to summarize
The text appears fragmentary and lacks a coherent news event or identifiable subjects to produce a factual card. It references political parties and figures obliquely, with no verifiable actions, dates, or outcomes to anchor a headline or summary.
Petitioners push for postal savings banks via congress cards
Postal card petitions seek to persuade Congress to legalize postal savings banks. Citizens sign on with neighbors and mail the card to their district's representative.
Great Interest of This Country Labor Labor
Duciel Webster argues the government should protect labor and provide encouragement and security. He notes Congress gained power over the currency and money system to support this core industry and national prosperity.
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Banks hold EU coin and paper reserves at year’s start
The Comptroller of the Currency report shows that on the first of January banks held 5,505,555 in EU coin. At the same date their outstanding paper notes totaled 299.15 sixty dollars.
Dollar in Coin Marks End of Gold Reserve Era
The Winsted Press notes that with a large coin reserve banks are advertising on demand gold redemption and predicts a strong resumption for the dollar the paper casts as the best chance seen. It cites a sixty to one exchange rate as a likely peak for a long time.
Bonds Up From Sixty to One Oh Sixteen Cents
The Terre Haute Express argues the Republican party raised government bonds by fifty six cents on the dollar, increasing bondholder wealth while denying legislative aid. It questions the claim of patriotism and warns labor bears the cost as labor prices fall when bond prices rise. It asks if it would have been better to keep labor at par and notes the credit sustains the government but at high expense to workers.
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Debate Over Militia Loyalty Sparks Press Retort
The Republican alleges the Telegraph insulted the State militia and threatened troops with hot rifle balls. The Telegraph defends its critique of officials deploying high paid officers alongside a small guard and calls out cowards who hide at home during danger.
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Harpers New England Tour Aims at New Haven
Hon Jesse Harper a leading Western lawyer and stump speaker plans a summer tour of New England likely addressing New Haven citizens. A native of New Milford now practicing in Danville Illinois he advocates currency reform and leads the National party efforts. The Terre Haute Express hails him as a powerful orator whose work helped boost the Greenback vote in Wisconsin last fall. He spoke in Terre Haute before the recent local election.
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New Haven Welcomes Mr Harper After Triumph
The New Haven Union notes that Harper touched the popular Hart and expects citizens to extend a cordial welcome to him. The town reaction signals broad approval and local pride in his achievement.
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New Haven
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Prosperity's Knock Threatens Communism Versus Beechers
The remark contrasts prosperity with communism and places Beechers literary efforts in a competing light, suggesting prosperity as a stronger counterforce and implying a political or ideological struggle reflected in cultural output.
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Beechers
Greenback activity and political shifts across states
The piece reports Greenback movement gains: New Hampshire and Maine convention plans, a statewide club in Vermont, and local elections in California with Greenback wins. It notes media and partisan exchanges, including a Joliet Republican critique and a Telegraph response, amid a broader Greenback outreach.
Theorists urged to work as miners seek bread in Joliet
The Joliet Republician derides Communist theory as buncombe and calls on theorists to seek honest employment. It notes unemployed miners on strike and cites rolling mills starting up, arguing many could be put to work locally and attacking political excuses for idleness.
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Buncombe
Honest Money Faley Attacks Currency Pamphlet
A pamphlet by the Secretary of The Honest Money League of the Northwest is criticized as full of fallacies. The author argues that financial systems affect all classes, condemns policies favoring moneyed interests, and cites McCulloch’s currency contraction as benefiting the rich while harming the general populace.
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Northwest
McCulloch
Congress
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Setting Tramps to Work in Boston 1877 Relief System
In winter 1877 Boston implemented work requirements for vagrants. Overseers provided wood and saws after hours of work, issued meal credits, and began a city store to supply bargains at wholesale prices. The program reduced truancy and costs, creating a lasting wood yard and supply system.
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Boston
Aspec
Don not want to associate with laborers and rich alike
In a laconic tirade the author blasts laborers as hewers of wood and drawers of water who toil to fund others luxuries. He argues workers deserve respect yet face poverty while others enjoy unearned riches and luxury, challenging readers about social division and accountability.
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Lac Champion
Hear the Angels Calling Hip Piece in Boston
A new music underscores a Boston debut with a garbled report. An ambulance of garbled quotes notes a train incident where a tramp helps avert disaster by signaling danger with a shirt and stopping a night train. Kentucky Central railroad men recount efforts to prevent destruction after a fire outbreak and a large tree blocking the track.
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