Republican Delegates to National Convention in Ohio 1880
The Ohio Republican State Convention delegates are to be chosen by county and congressional districts to select two delegates and two alternates for the Chicago National Convention of June 2 1880. Representation is based on 1879 votes for Charles Foster. The call urges broad attendance and timely appointment by April 24.
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Supreme Court
Board of Public Works
United States
Ohio
Chicago
Illinois
Charles Foster
Cincinnati Times
State of
John Woods
Isaac Hitchcock x
Hitchcock Ditch
J. T. Bower
Harrison Tp
Advertising in a New Haven Advertiseridas
A humorous critique of 19th century marketing tactics urges readers to use eye catching signs and rail yard boards while poking fun at overstated campaigns. It mocks gimmicks such as calendar ads and lampblack fences and cautions against advertising in esteemed newspapers.
Lancaster Fire Blazes $10,000 Fire Damages Afternoon
A Lancaster blaze yesterday caused about $10,000 in damage while a local man who received flower seeds from LeFevre showed a blossom on his nose.
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Lancaster
Lefevre
General Sherman Seasick On Gulf Trip
General Sherman endured sea sickness during a gulf voyage and nearly lost his commission as a result.
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Sherman
Gulf
Earthquake Shocks San Francisco Overnight with No Major Damage
A severe earthquake struck San Francisco yesterday noon causing building shaking but no serious damage. In county news the Democratic Congressional Convention delegates favor Lefaver by a large majority with most pledged to support him.
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San Francisco
Lefaver
Michigan Counties Report Presidential Preferences
Forty Michigan counties on election day show candidates and totals with Blaine leading ten thousand etc. Grant gains two thousand eight hundred forty eight. Sherman eight hundred seventy three. Washburne three hundred sixty three. Edmunds one hundred eighty three. scattering seven hundred fourteen.
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Michigan
Blaine
Grant
Sherman
Washburne
Edmunds
Scattering
Farmer's boy moved West under public opinion pressure
A farmer's boy near Fort Wayne is described as father to two of his employer's infant daughters. He has been compelled by public opinion to move west to grow up with the country, signaling social coercion and frontier mobility.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Columbus
Senate
Montgomery Township
Ashland County
Koons
Ohio
O'Connor
Wilkes
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Ft. Recovery
Muncie
Fort Wayne
Request from Narrow Gauge Railway friends to publish reply
A newspaper notes it will print a reply titled A Reply to the Bulletin but requires authorship byline. The group refused to provide names, and the editor reiterates the rule that all writers must sign. The paper invites future replies if rules are followed.
Brutal Sunday Prize Fight Near Philadelphia Ends With Injuries
The Sunday fight between Bruiser Callahan and Bruiser McGuire lasted twenty three rounds before 100 spectators. McGuire is reported in great danger from injuries, while Callahan fled the city. The Philadelphia press calls the event disgusting and foul play is claimed by McGuire’s supporters. Authorities are urged to act to end such barbarous spectacles.
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Philadelphia
Bruiser Callahan
Bruiser McGuire
McGuire
New York Tribune
Townships Vote Deeply on Tax Installments and Owl Metaphor
The passage warns that if townships approve the money and vote yes, residents may endure a prolonged and agonized wait as taxes enter the second or third installment period, signaling growing public anxiety over funding.
Satirical resignation letter from Ohio convict released after larceny
A letter found handed to Governor Foster from a recently released convict criticizes political letters while presenting a satirical note on public service. Dated March 26 1880 at Ohio Penitentiary Columbus the missive claims to resign as shipping clerk and inmate with a tone of irony toward state affairs.
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Ohio Penitentiary
CoLumbus
Charles Foster
State of
Ohio
The New Militia Bill from the House Militia Committee
The New Militia Bill would reorganize state militias into a National Guard divided into reserve and active forces. The United States would fund uniforms arms and equipment and supervise volunteers in peacetime, raising efficiency and standardization while increasing federal costs and aiding poorer states.
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New York Times
House Committee On
National Guard
United States
New York Herald Raises Over 300000 for Irish Relief
The New York Herald reports raising more than 300000 dollars for the Irish relief fund. A Norristown Herald item notes a woman in that city missed church last Sunday due to a six week old bonnet. The piece reflects on suffering near home while aiding others.
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New York Herald
Norristown
Theebaw as Inhuman King of Burmah
An account portrays King Theebaw of Burmah as a twenty-year-old ruler who silenced rivals by slaughtering relatives and orchestrated a palace regime of unrestrained pleasures. It notes his mass killings, the brutal methods, and the eventual failure of his plan as royal bloodlines threatened succession.
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Theebaw
Chicago Inter Ocean
Burmah
Theeban
Shekho
Rangoon
Asia
India
China
Thibet
Massachusetts School Lesson on Webster and Statesman
A Massachusetts public school visit prompts a Captain to define Webster and a student offers that a statesman is a man who makes good speeches. A printer boasts three color experts, naming himself as one. The Mary Washington Bible with George Washington’s birth date and a cloth binding woven by his mother is preserved in Virginia.
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Massachusetts
Webster
Plymouth
Mary
Washington
Virginia
George Washington
Monarch of the Sea City of Rome highlights and a French birth decline
The City of Rome steamer for Inman Line is described as the largest merchant vessel, to be built at Barrow in Furness and launched in 1881 for the New York to Liverpool route, with 8300 tons, 7000 hp engines and 18 knot speed. The piece also notes a decline in France's births in 1878 to 937,211 and lower marriage and fertility rates, with regional variations and a curious anecdote on rural peasant families.
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City of
Rome
Inman Line
Barrow-in-Furness
Lancashire
England
New York Herald
Arizona
City of Berlin
Clyde
New York
Liverpool
France
Brittany
Boudrillart
Picardy
New York Sun
Revolver Incident Ends in Self Inflicted Shot
A man entering a Sand stone Missouri store asked to view a revolver and then loaded a chamber. He asked for the cartridge and, after remarking he would use it briefly, shot himself through the brain.
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Sandstone
Missouri
Milwaukee mother shames son with girl's clothes for playing talant
Norristown Herald reports a Milwaukee mother dressed her son in girls clothes to shame him for playing talant. The piece notes a Leadville highwayman life may lure him if his path does not steer toward piracy.
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Milwaukee
Talant
Leadville
Norristown Herald
Puzzle solutions May Be Written On Both Sides
The note states that gem puzzle solutions intended for publication may be written on both sides of a paper and handed in along with spring poetry.
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New Orleans Picayune
Sausage-Stand Whistling Regulation Attributed to Cincinnati
A long-standing local saying, cited by Yonkers Gazette, claims Cincinnati once adopted a rule forbidding whistling near sausage stands. The remark is presented as tradition rather than documented law.
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Cincinnatii
Yonkers Gazitte
Florida Alligators and Musician Bodies Questioned
The Bridgeport Standard hints at shifting discussions from a gem puzzle to issues around bass viol players and body size. It adds Florida streams and ponds brimming with alligators creating difficulties for the Baptist Church in that state.
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Bridgeport Standard
Florida
The
Baptist Church
British outpost attacked near Gundamak repels Afghan assault
A British outpost near Gundamak was attacked by Afghan forces on Friday. Thirteen English soldiers were killed or wounded, but the defense held. The report notes the engagement and the repulse of the attackers.
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Gundamak
Local Iowa City resident praises Shiloh's Vitalizer cure
J. G. Starkey reports long battle with disper sion and liver complaint finally ended after trying Shiloh's Vitalizer promoted in the paper. He claims full cure at 75 cents, sold by L. F. Gackenheimer.
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J. G. Starkey
Iowa City
L. F. Gackenheimer
Guilmette French Kidney Pad Advertised for Quick Relief
An ad claims local application of Professor Guilmette's French Kidney Pad cures kidney and urinary problems and back pain. It recommends asking a druggist and lists L. F. Gackenheimer as supplier. The tone imitates a period newspaper medical cure promotion.
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Guilmette
L. F. Gackenheimer
French Calf Boots Display at Lynch’s Store
Gentlemen are invited to view well made French Calf Boots at R. Lynch’s shop two doors west of the Star Bakery. Boots are described as nicely crafted and warrantied to wear well.
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R. Lynch
Star Bakery
Stogas
The
Dr Kings New Discovery Promises Cure for Lung Ailments
An advertisement touts Dr Kings New Discovery as relief for coughs colds asthma bronchitis hay fever consumption and throat lung diseases. It offers a trial bottle for 10 cents or a full bottle for $1 at Hill and Wilsons Drug Store in Van Wert.
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Dr. King
Hill & Wilson’s
van Wert
Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Promises Quick Lung Cure
A medical advertisement extols Dr King’s New Discovery as a fast remedy for lung diseases. It explains how minor colds can inflame bronchial tubes and progress to full lung infection if untreated, and claims the product heals chronic coughs, colds, asthma, hoarseness, and breathing trouble with a trial bottle offered at 10 cents. It lists No. 64 Hits & Wilson as sellers.
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King
Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption and Colds
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery as a universal cure for throat chest and lung ailments including consumption coughs colds asthma and bronchitis claiming rapid and permanent relief where other medicines fail Trial bottles cost 10 cents and the regular size one dollar sold by No 1 Hitt WILSON.
Stop That Cough Dr King's New Discovery Ad
An old advertisement promotes Dr King s New Discovery for coughs colds throat and lung ailments claiming cures for consumption. It touts over one million bottles used last year and offers trial bottles for 10 cents or a full bottle for 1 00 through Hill & Wilson in Van Wert Ohio.
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Dr. King
Hill & Wilson
van Wert, O
West's Cough Syrup and Dr King's New Discovery Ad
An 1880 newspaper ad promotes West's Cough Syrup with a $1000 for cure claim for lung and throat diseases except asthma. It also touts Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption and lung ailments, urging trials and full bottles through Hill & Wilson Chicago and local druggists.
Shilohs Cure Claims 500 000 Bottles Sold
Five Hundred Thousand Strong. More than 500 900 bottles of Shilohs Cure sold in recent months. Over 2 000 consumption cures reported. Coughs croup asthma and bronchitis yield at once. For those who have not used it, try it if you value life. Also Shilohs Porous Plaster advertised. Local note on chicken price.
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Wilkins Micawber
Ohio
Gazette
Bulletin
Cincinnati Southern
Shiloh
L. F., Gackenheimer
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House of Representatives
U.S
Washington, D. C
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House
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Landick «& Weible
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Semeca County
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Wood County
Washington Township
Hancock County
Lindlay Republican
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Sidney
Sidney Bentwood
Boston
Toledo, Delphos & Dayton
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Lake Navigation
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Ind. Journal
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Hiltu & Wilson
Ly. van Wert
West
Express
John C. West & CO
Madison Street
Hill & Weson
Gackenheimer
S. B. Austin
Walnut Street
Hines’ Drug Store
Eliza Jones
P. Clark
Farmers’ Mutual Aid Association
van Wert County
Melodeon Hall
A Germain
Liv
H. V. Olney
Pat
Saltzgaber & Glenn
Robert J. Culverwell
Culveswell Medical Co
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N.Y
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G. Schumm
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