Iowa convention slate names and reform platform
The Iowa Democratic State Convention at Marshalltown on August 16 nominated T. O. Walker and several state officials. The platform urged equal rights, free schools, free speech, and a corrupt ballot-free government, while denouncing Republican extravagance and calling for tax reduction to meet obligations.
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Iowa
Marshalltown
T. O. Walker
John Foley
Wm. Thompson
J. IL. Bremmerman
H. F. Bonarden
Supreme Court
L. A. Palmer
Charles E. Bronson
Republican Party
Savichor Raynor
Treasury
Gilchrist
West Charlton
New York
Canon
Swissholm Mountains
Citizen's Association
Chicago
Little Havana
Louisiana
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Bonapartists Rally in Paris Draws Four Thousand
A Bonapartist meeting in Paris on the 15th attracted about 4,000 attendees. Notable participants included De
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Paris
Arabi Pasha Seizes Ulemas Backing Amid Egyptian Turmoil
Natives from Kafr el Dwar report Arabi Pasha convened Ulemas and won a fetwa deposing the Sultan naming the Mecca Sheriff as Caliph. He is organizing Bedouin forces with commanders for Charkies and Garbieh. The Khedive issued decrees authorizing British forces to operable on the Suez Isthmus and to seize prohibited coal and war materiel along the coast. The Sultan ordered Arabi to lay down arms. Arabi plans a final stand at Cairo. Rumor confirms the Sultan deposed by Ulemas decree is unfounded.
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Arabi Pasha
Mecca
Arabi
Charkies
Garbieh
Upper
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Suez Isthmus
Port Said
Cairo
Nice
Riaz Pasha
Marseilles
Cherif Pasha
Omar Pasha Lufti
Osman Pasha Refki
Avexarparia
Ramieh
Alison
Loxpon
Reuter’s
Fairfax
Catalonia
de Lesseps
Ismailia
Port Saip
Suez Canal
Port Sarp
Wolseley
Ismalia
Ramleh
Paris
Indian Bureau
Mescalero
Victoria
J. B. Atwater
Chicago
Charles McMahon
Mt. Pulaski
Ill
Brownsville
Texas
Damanhour
Tantah
Choctaw County
Alabama
Jack Turner
Bank Robbery Daringly Executed at Kewanee
A bold bank robbery at Kewanee unfolds as Pratt and Miss Palmer are bound and gagged in the vault. Thieves seize about $18,000 in a bold daylight heist, escape via front door as 175 men pursue. Widespread alarm. lynching talk and lockdown of shops and mills sweep the area.
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Kewanee, IL
Anc
Kewanee, I
Pratt
Miss Palmer
Palmer
Jamce
Jeige
C. Buish
Kewanee National Bank
C. S. We@worth
St. Paul
J. J. Pratt
Charity Palmer
Falmer
Tribune
Mr. Pratt
Mr Pratt
Death of Senator Hill in Atlanta at age of 58
Benjamin Hill died peacefully at his Atlanta home after a long illness. Surrounded by family including Mrs Hill and his sons Benjamin Jr and Charles D Hill, he requested burial in Atlanta and a four oclock funeral at Oakland Cemetery. The funeral and city mass meeting drew tributes from across Georgia while flags draped in mourning marked the public sorrow.
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Ardiloun
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Lucuchilla
Arincahonda
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Leich Situ
Nova Zembia
Dublin
Atlanta
Benjamin Harvey Iill
Ben Hill
Hill
Dr. Ridley
Edgard Thompson
Benjamin H. Hill, Jr
Charles D. Hill
W. P. Hill
West Point
R. B. Ridley
Edgar Thompson
Wright
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Clement A. Evans
State Capitol
Cleveland
Kimball House
Benjamin Jr. Hill
Jasper County
Georgia
Hillsboro
Isaac Hill
Ben
Jasper Conty
Troup County
Lally Sai
Athens
State University
Colege
William Dougherty
la Grange
Coweta
Litcal
General Taylor
General Assembly of
Group County
Franklin Pierce
Winfield Scott
Ee Vd
Whig Party
Newman
American Party
Hiram Warner
Fillmore
Toombs
Stephens
American Or Whig Party
Joe Browne
United States Senate
Brown
State Senate
Milledgeville
Confederate Congress
Senate
Fort Lafayette
Organized Democracy
Ninth District
Gainsville
Garnette Millen
Estes
Washington
Caroline Holt
Cicero Holt
That City
Memphis Court Rules Offenders May Not Be Lease-Processed
A Memphis court ruled that municipal authorities cannot lease the labor of persons convicted of petty offenses to private individuals. The decision limits city powers to contract out inmate or offender labor, affirming legal protections against forced or commodified work by private parties.
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Memphis
Tramps Systematic Area Leader Jailed as Vagrant in Boston
Delrow Post notes that John Caldwell, vice president of the peripatetic brotherhood, was jailed in Boston as a vagrant after a systematic area operation. The report highlights law enforcement actions against itinerant groups and includes Caldwell among those detained.
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Peripatetic Brotherhood
Boston
Delrow Post
Ohio cattle plague and other Ohio news items
Dr. Croskey cites anthrax on James Mair's Richmond farm, killing twelve cattle and leaving fourteen ill as disease reaches Brooke County WV. panic rises among cattle dealers. Other items: Camp Betwoon and Mrs Waugh flee Columbus to avoid forgery arrest. Ohio Deaf and Dumb Alumni set dates in Columbus. various local crimes, drownings, accidents, and court actions across Ohio. Also notes on a Royal Arch Masons election, a Canton drug store fire, and broader national curiosities.
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the Maher
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Pullman Company
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Texas
Shadarach Caldwell
W. R. Norville
McKinney
B. F. Burter
Massachusetts
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Butler
George Dutton
Springfield
John Howes
Worcester
George Foster
Iyynn
FE. A. Snow
Athol
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Leverett
W. C. Covar
Circus
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Tuere
Corry
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Tenn
Goodwin
New York
Blue Licks
Kentucky
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J. D. Picket
Mary K. Jones
Blackburn
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Henry L. Stanton
Croskey
Steubenville
James Mair
Richmond
Jefferson County
Brooke County
West Virginia
Granch
Waugh
Columbus
Ohio Deaf and Dumb
Institution For Deaf and Dumb
T. W. Kramer
Cincinnati
Phillips House
Dayton
Charles Wagner
Peters
John Metzger
Wagner
Henry Conk
Gallopolis
Lancaster
Marten Gieswaup
Carthage Falls
Summit County
Highland
Amanda
Muskingum Valley Road
Grand Session
Royal Arch Masons
Colored Grand Chapter of
Ohio
Urbana
Lewis D. Easton
Ironton
G. King
N. N. Kuman
Louisville
G. Scribe
Ira A. Colyer
Hamilton
Jere A. Brown
A. J. Anderson
John J. Brown
Thomas H. Edmonds
J. Watson
K. of A
Horace Moore
Carrollton
George Fenty
Delaware
Ed. Lybrand
Wallace Sharafelt
Greentown
Stark County
Shana
Wm. Linox
L. E
Youngstown
Beaver
L. W
Indiana
Indiana Benevolent Association
Union City
Mutual Endowment and Accident Association
Bath
J. Q. A. Campbell
Bellefontaine Republican
Almon Sherman
Rodney Sherman
Chandersville
Muskingum County
James Taylor
Tiny New Jersey man misreads plasters and tacks
A lighthearted jumble of curiosities and quips from various papers, noting a New Jersey man misinterpreting porus plasters, Oregon unearthing an eleven pound tooth, and a frozen death on a mountain. It mentions whales living to 400 years, mistaken funerals, Mrs Malaprop imitations, and humorous exchanges from Boston to Staten Island.
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New Jersey
Oregon
Boston Post
Hartford crafts giant single-width belt for mill
The largest belt cut from a single hide width was made in Hartford Connecticut for a New York flouring mill. It measures forty eight inches wide and seventy six feet long and weighs 380 thousand pounds.
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Hartford
Conn
New York
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