Ohio Republicans set April convention in Columbus 1880
State Republican Central and Executive Committee directs the Columbus meeting on April 28 1880 to nominate state officials and electors. Delegates from districts will select two delegates and two alternates for the national convention in Chicago. County conventions are urged to appoint county executive and central committees for the coming year and maximize attendance to ensure fair representation. Delegates allocated by counties reflect 1879 governor Charles Foster votes, with a table of votes and delegate counts included.
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Republican Central and Executive Committee
Columbu S, O
Central Committee
Columbus
Supreme Court
Board of Public Works
United States
Ohio
Chicago
Ilinois
Charles Fosterr
Ohio Legislature Adjourns After Saturday Session
The Ohio Legislature adjourned last Saturday, while distant reports note that PREACHING by telephone was successfully accomplished in New York on Sunday, signaling remote communication efforts during the period.
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Ohio
New York
Iron Price Rally Reverses as Demand Slows and Rates Ease
A strong rise in iron prices has halted and there is movement toward lower rates. The market shows a shift as buyers and sellers reassess values amid easing demand and potential price corrections.
Railroad Meeting At Opera House This Evening
Citizens are invited to an evening railroad meeting at the Opera House to discuss pro and con aspects. Businessmen in town are urged to attend in large numbers for full participation.
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Opera House
Libel Threat Follows Publisher Portrait Claim
Benjamin Lefever asserts legal action for libel after a Police Gazette issue printed an alleged portrait featuring Chris TiAncy, Congressman LeprveEr, and Chapman former White House clerk. The case centers on damages from the publication of the portrait.
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Benjamin Lefever
Nad
Police Gazette
Chris Tiancy
Leprveer
Chapman
White House
Lefever
Van Wert County Feeds Local Aid For Rail Line
TuE P., Ft. W. & C. R. W. plans twenty seven miles through Van Wert county for a local aid of 50000 dollars. A similar 50000 dollars asks for eight miles of narrow gauge railway in Pleasant and Union townships.
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Tue P
van Wert County
Pleasant
Union Townships
Spaniard Bull Exhibition Plan Sparks License Clash
A Spaniard proposing an exhibition bull fight in New York is urged to convert his cattle to beef and return home quickly. The opinion is that U S ideas do not favor such displays and New York would disgrace itself by granting a license.
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New York
United States
Scheme to Defraud Ohio Public in $40,000 Burden
The text calls for replies to various Ohio authorities and newspapers in support of a plan to obtain $40,000 from the public treasury for speculation. It frames the effort as a broad, multi-party appeal routed through the National Guard Association headquarters and state institutions. The article highlights alleged money misuse and advocates coordinated public pressure.
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Constitution of Ohio
Supreme Court of Ohio
Ohio
Bulletin
Square fight predicted for Lima delegates to Cincinnati
The Lima Gazette predicts a square fight at Lima on Tuesday for delegates to Cincinnati. It notes two tickets: Rice of Putnam and Brick of Allen as one ticket, with Brown of Putnam and Lamson of Allen likely in the field on another ticket.
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Lima Gazette
Lima
Cincinnati
Rice
Putnam
Brick
Allen
Brown
Lamson
Hii Concedes Lefever Nomination Threatens District Showdown
Congressman William M D Hii of Ohio reportedly concedes that Benjamin Lefever is certain of a district nomination under the redistricting act. Hii, a firm Democrat, once boasted Democrats would nominate a man at Cincinnati and seat him regardless of election, signaling ongoing trouble in the district.
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William M D. Hii
Ohio
Beniamin Lefever
Railroad Promises Revisited In Our Times Debate
Our Times recalls Bulletin articles from a year apart defending railroad building and pledges of $3,000 per mile and quick interest to stockholders. The writer argues against taxing towns to fund debt while urging continued subscription and warns that open township treasury would lead to irreversible expenditures.
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Our Times
Bulletin
Colonel Marble
Reply to the Bulletin Attacks Private Speculation Fines
A letter attacks the Bulletin for backing a 10 000 public money scheme. It accuses the reply of misdirection and defends free speech while denouncing the editor and Nar row Gauge Railway prophecy. It warns that tax supporters and office holders who back the Bulletin may face public defeat.
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Pittsburg
The
Bulletin
Times
Local railroad loan debate sparks questions over value and security
The Times rebuts railroad subsidy claims from the Bulletin and reprints past arguments. It questions the $40,000 township loan and $410,000 debt, noting true security, future taxation, and impact on local improvements. It cites past contracts, mortgage details, and concerns over how funds were spent and who benefits.
Debating Road Aid and Town Debt Burdens
Town leaders oppose a $40 000 railroad tax plan amid county town and school district debts totaling $408 000. Critics warn of higher taxes and inadequate local needs including a new schoolhouse and police, questioning whether indcated benefits justify increased indebtedness. An attorney challenged hidden legislation and urged public vote.
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van Wert
Letter from Columbus criticizes Legislature and debt rise
The Cincinnati Enquirer printed a Columbus letter criticizing the Legislature for corruption and unconstitutional debt bills. The Tk Van Wert Times and other papers omitted a sentence calling for adjournment and warning of municipal bankruptcies as debt and railroad subsidies grow.
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Tk van Wert Times
Cincinnati Enquirer
Columbus
Times
Editor of the Examiner and the colored voter
The Examiner editor once opposed black freedom and voting rights, preferring slavery or unequal suffrage. After emancipation he resisted black suffrage, then claimed he would not vote. Once politically expedient, he voted with blacks and now seeks their support as a trusted ally.
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The
Examiner
Ohio Legislature Faces Local Matters Critics Warn Railroads in Doubt
The Columbus Journal criticizes the Legislature for overemphasizing local issues and questions the constitutionality and propriety of bills allowing villages or townships to build railroads. It notes such measures are subject to voter rejection and suggests little harm may result, while hinting at claims the Journal opposes railroads.
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Ohio
Supreme Court
State Journal
Friction Grows Over Publication of Politicians in Gazette
In Lima a letter to the Cincinnati Gazette reports Democrats split over images of Hon. Ben Lefever and Chapman appearing together in the Police Gazette. Lefever supporters blame Hon. W. D. Hitui, while HiLs supporters deny the charge.
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Ben. Lefever
Chapman
Police Gazette
Lefever
W. D. Hitui
Penitentiary Guard Jobs Attract Over Six Hundred Applicants
More than six hundred applicants seek guard positions at the Ohio Penitentiary while fewer than one hundred openings exist. The high interest underscores demand for the security posts and the competitive selection process.
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Ohio Penitentiary
Notable Fortunes and Tragedies in Midwest Towns
Fremont reports twenty four divorces pending in Common Pleas Court. Prof Milo G Williams founder of the Swedenborgian University at Urbana is dead. Turnbull factory Defiance Ohio now makes fifty wagons weekly. Delphos builds a two thousand seat Catholic Church tower to reach two hundred twenty four feet, to be finished this year. Isaac Rockey suffers severe leg injury from a farm circular saw. Allen County Fair set for Sept 28 to Oct 1 at Lima Agricultural Society grounds. Near Mansfield a wagon accident after a passing engine valve blew out kills the driver.
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Delphos
Defiance
Democrat
How a Town Got a Queer Name
The San Francisco Bulletin recounts Tombstone Arizona’s naming origin from two prospectors who found rich ore and proclaimed they found their tomb stones. It notes the town’s miners and the sale of half-interest in the mine and mill for $100,000 to Boston and Philadelphia parties, with the original discovery called The Tough Nut.
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San Francisco Bulletin
Tombstone
Arizona
Tucson
Dragoon Mountains
Sonora
Schieffelin Brothers
Boston
Philladelphia
Destruction and Death After Tornado Strikes Marshfield
Descriptions from Marshfield Missouri detail a devastating cyclone that leveled most buildings, killed nearly a hundred residents, and left 800 inhabitants destitute. Wounded were treated in a converted schoolhouse hospital as relief trains arrived with supplies. The catastrophe caused extensive property loss and a wide search for missing and dead.
Casualty Toll Reported From Mass Incident
The speaker notes official casualty totals are unlikely to be accurate. Based on best information available, eighty one coffins have been used and four or more deaths are expected.
Andersonville Cemetery Transforms War Memory into Silent Ground
A Boston Herald correspondent visits Andersonville Georgia noting the vast Union Cemetery of about twenty acres near a railway station. The grave rows hold 13 715 identified men and around 1000 Unknown markers with white marble stones. Northern visitors report haunting inscriptions and lingering memory of 14 000 perished soldiers.
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Boston Herald
Andersonville
Anderson
Southwestern
Macon
Union Cemetery
George Home Guard
Pine Woods
South Georgia
Contrast in Ohio governance praised Foster over Bishop
The Cincinnati Gazette extols Governor Foster for fair, first class appointments across boards, contrasts with Bishop’s demoralizing tenure, and cites Senate confirmation as unanimous. It quotes a Chicago Tribune riff joking about marriage funds and Hayes.
Michigan girl arrested for carrying a revolver
A Michigan girl was arrested for carrying a revolver. The era’s newspaper tone discusses gender and security, reflecting era attitudes while noting the incident in a brief local crime blurb.
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Michigan
Philadelphia Chronicle
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Adverts Its Great Range
An 1879 notice for Bucklen's Arnica Salve claims it cures cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chill rash corns and skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded and lists Hitt & Wilson of Van Wert Ohio as sellers with a 25 cent price and date November 21, 1879.
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Arnica
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Maria Moffett
West Main Street
van Wert
Reichard’s Mountain Save
W. Hill
Jacob Ackom
Harrison Township
C. Vance
8. Brock
Willvelit
Notice of Probate Sale in Van Wert County Ohio
P M Dix executor of R M Fowler seeks court order to sell real estate in Convoy and section 34 township 1 south range 1 east Van Wert County to pay debts. Hearing set for May 31 1880 with Poe executor and Price Shissler attorneys.
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P. O
Missouri
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van Wert
Ohio
Jas. Pettit
Convoy
George Beamer
Range 1
van Wert County
William Fowler
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John D. Fowler
Catharine R. Karnes
Ann M.stripe
D. Price & Shissler
John Stripe
Joseph Stephens
Mary A. Reed
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J.S. McQuown
George H. Maddox
P. A.and
W. Scott
I. C. Scott
Mortgage Cancellation Suit Filed in Van Wert Ohio
Moses German files in the Court of Common Pleas seeking to cancel a long outstanding mortgage on the southwest fractional quarter of section 6 in Washington township. The petition claims the mortgage against James M. Young and heirs is clouding title and seeks general equity relief with defendants to answer by June 12, 1880.
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Moses German
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van Wert County
Ohio
Washington Township
Said County
William Short
James Longwell
James M. Young
Young
Phebe Longwell
Prick & Shissler
Road Location Petition for Van Wert County
Petition to locate a county road in Van Wert County Ohio will be presented to the county commissioners at their next session in June 1880. The route starts 15 feet east of the southwest corner of section 23 township 1 south range 2 east, proceeds north along a line near the half section to Patawatama Creek, then northwest to the half section line and north to the northwest corner of section 23, terminating at that point. Principal petitioner WM B Leitner dated April 23 1880.
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van Wert
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Annesser
Kneiss Road
van Wert County
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Putnam Counties
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Harrison Tp
Atotice
Patawatama Creek
WM. B. Leitner
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