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Newspaper
Troy Herald
Location
Troy, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1877
Page
4
The piece surveys postwar politics, questioning party fault lines and leadership. It notes Blaine’s perceived decline, debates consolidation of power, tariff effects, and calls for a stronger federal role in infrastructure. References to Grant, Hayes, and territorial issues frame a conservative yet restless Union mood.
A verbose critique of Reconstruction era policy questions. The piece attacks “bloated monopolies” and the army’s role, questions government control of railroads and newspapers, and cites reactions from the Montgomery Standard and Louisiana Journal. It notes shifts in party reasoning, calls for clearer doctrine, and references Peter Cooper proposals and other political maneuvers. Discussions include tariffs, currency, and civil service ideas amid wartime and postwar tension.
A mixed 1877 dispatch from Paris and other Texas towns notes Lamar County as a rich agricultural area with cotton corn and wheat crops and a growing trade. Sherman and Dennison reports praise improving hotels and business, with cotton expectations of 40 000 to 50 000 bales. The writer recalls old friends in Fort Worth and Pilot Point, cites Judge Carroll, Nick Edwards, and Major Crown, and reflects on travel through Denison and Gainesville areas.
The piece notes a political crisis in France with officials seizing Republican journals and imprisoning writers. It reports rumors that a proclamation of martial law is under consideration by ultra conservatives to curb radical agitation. President Mayes issues a general order barring crime and ammunition sales to Indiana and revokes trade licenses. Military commandants are tasked with enforcing the order.
An 1877 Sheriff sale notice from Lincoln County Missouri recites action under a county court order. It seizes the west half of the west half of the southwest quarter of section 34 township 40 range 2 west totaling about 40 acres. Sale set for September 18, 1877 at the court house in Trex, Linvale County, Missouri, to satisfy the judgment in favor of Lincoln County against James Owen.
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