Indictments and politics fill Troy daily notes
In Shelby county Tennessee Waddy Thompson faces four larceny charges and one perjury count while a St Louis Republican correspondent suggests a monument to Gen. Mair. Gen. Clair’s death prompts Capt. Celsus Price to become Insurance superintendent. Mrs. Nellie Sartoris Grant has a ten and a half pound baby. Crop prospects in Jackson and surrounding counties look favorable with abundant crops possible if the season holds.
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Waddy ‘Thompson
Shelby County
Tennessee
Celsus Price
Gen. Clair
Wil
St. Louis Republican
Mair
Jackson
Clay
Latte
Clinton
Leary
Casq
Grasshopper
Aing
Kansas
Tennessee trip fuels county political uproar
Waddy Thompson has gone to Tennessee while the sheriff resists, a habeas corpus attempt failing. The piece notes a disputed horse deal, quotes Ben Buller and John Anderson views on the Democratic party, and mocks Butler. State Supt. Shannon presses county commissioners to list noncompliant district school officials, urging strict law adherence to reveal school finances and expenditures.
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Waddy Thompson
Tennessee
de. Shannon
Greenbacks and bonds spark political clash in editorial struggle
The piece critiques Secretary Bristow's plan to swap four hundred million in noninterest bearing greenbacks for gold funded by bonds at six percent. It argues the move would replace a noninterest debt with one bearing interest, weakening the public and boosting bondholders, amid calls to uphold Democratic principles and state sovereignty. The text cites Louisiana and a broader defense of constitutional rights, urging democratic discussion of principles to strengthen the party.
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Itie
Bristow
St. Louis Times
Union
Brietow
Amison
Anteon
Louisiana
Ournal
Sadlallam
Tookane
Reconstruction Era Vision From a Former Alabama Governor
A Nash ville Union excerpt argues that Democratic governance and constitutional compliance would help the South’s finances. It claims radicals blocked recovery after the war, urging a shift toward the Western States and asserting Southern strength in productive resources will drive prosperity and valorize virtuous labor.
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Alabama
Nashville Union
South
Congress
Puwee
Virturius
South must unite for peace and prosperity in 1920s
The speaker urges Western and Northwestern producers to boost the South into a prosperous, integrated market. He condemns the federal administration and political hacks, calls for restraining recess in the convention, and stresses completing the constitutional work promptly to avoid delays.
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Bouth Thia
Buried Hatchet Incident and Missouri Confederate Note
A South End saloon tale recalls a Civil War veteran recognizing a Carolinian by saber scar and sharing a drink to “decorate the grave.” At a St Louis Confederate Veterans meeting a tribute honors Gen Francis S Barr Jr for his service and postwar reconciliation, urging sympathy to his family and ratification by Missourians.
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Weston Herald
South End
South Caroline
Ilia
Confederate Veterans
Mecantile Library
St. Louis
Inez
Francis P. Blair
Schamburg
Polk
Reynolda
Mainwater
Missouri
Francis S. Barr Jr
Army of the United States
National Congress
National Council
Union
Sassouri
Reynolds
Celeus Price
Judge Cullen
Blair Family Attends Gen Blair Funeral
The Hon. Montgomery Blair was the sole Blair to attend General Frank P Blair's funeral. His father and mother remain at their Silver Springs home, too fatigued to undertake the journey to Missouri.
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Montgomery Blair
Blair
Frank P. Blair
Silver Springs
Mieaourl
Buil Enaie Shot Near Buggaville in Incident
A 12 1-2 foot long, nearly 4 inch diameter buil enaie weighing 180 pounds was killed near Buggaville recently according to local reports. The event details remain sparse with no further names or dates provided in the fragment.
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Buggaville
Uniform currency as a Jacksonian ideal in debt era
The piece argues the Democratic Party remains aligned with hard money ideals from 1855 to 1875. It defends government issued currency, golden or greenback, as the true constitutional standard, contrasting it with banknotes and specie payments. It emphasizes government responsibility to provide uniform currency untainted by monopolists.
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Democratic Party
Jackson
Jackon
Airoady
Congress
United States
Democrats Favor St. Louis For National Convention
The Democratic state executive committee met in St. Louis on the 12th and adopted resolutions urging the national committee to select St. Louis as the site for the next Democratic convention. They cite the Merchants Exchange hall’s 15 000 capacity and pledge to cover convention expenses while offering generous hospitality to visitors.
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Democratic State Executive Committee
St. Louis
Merchanta’ Exchange
National Committee
St. Louie
The Coat of Catearte and Grant's Costly Presidency
The New York Sun columnically cites giant appropriation gaps from Taylor to Grant, detailing annual costs for presidents including salaries, guards, secretaries, and mansion expenses. It argues Grant’s seven years cost nearly a million dollars and criticizes the era as squandered wealth harming the nation’s moneyed and constitutional interests.
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St. Louis
New York Sun
Grant
Taylor-Fillmore
Emupky Cosm
Pinel
MMU Ieee Ee
AQ Cael
Iwoeach
Dati Palone
Executive Momsloi
The New Grave in Western Missouri Grasslands
The Kansas City Times notes a new green grass, likely buffalo grass, arising in pastures decimated by grasshoppers across Western Missouri. Seed suggests origin from migrating locust swarms, possibly from Kansas or Colorado, with no seed stalk yet this year and uncertain seed development. Further botany study is urged to determine its origins and migration implications.
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Kansas City Times
Missouri
Kaneas
Colorado
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W. S. Flehback
Indiana
Indianapolia Journal
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England
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Sartor ‘le
Old Ben. Buller
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Aerosl
Eure
Ice
Ohio Democracy
Butler
Eid
Pierae
Buchanan
el Vevensteregee
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