Republican Party Claims Civil Progress and Reform Record
The Republican National Convention defends twenty years of governance, praising victory over rebellion, emancipation of four million formerly enslaved people, currency stabilization, debt repayment, and rail/foreign trade growth. It pledges education aid, anti sectarian funding limits, and aggressive civil service reform while criticizing the Democrats for patronage and anti-suffrage tactics.
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House of Representatives
Maine
United States
Existin Lcy
Hayes
Legislative
Executive Department
Resolutions affirm public schooling and national protection
The text affirms extending free public schools financed by general taxation and free from sectarian influence. It supports full federal protection of all US citizens and voting rights, enforcement of election laws, and a sound currency. It also celebrates the resumption of specie payments and the economic revival under Republican policy.
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United States
Congress
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Ohio Republicans Back Joan Sherman for President
A formal endorsement from the Ohio Republican Party urges nominating Joan Sherman at the Chicago convention. It lauds his long experience, fidelity to republican principles, and role in debt resumption, while calling for Hayes administration support and unity for the party's national slate.
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Republican Party
Chicago
John Sherman
Hayes
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Mentor
United States
Union
Celina Standard shifts to cylinder press at Bucyrus Forum
A neat daily from Bucyrus Forum notes Celina Standard now printed on a cylinder press. It praises Mr. SnypER for acquiring this facility upgrade. Findlay Band wins second prize at New Bremen tournament but judges favor beer quality over music, prompting quips from the Findlay Courier and a Sabbath day remark from a deacon.
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New Bremen
Findlay Courier
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Garfield Nomination Praised as Able and Liberal Speaker
The Cincinnati Maguire lauds General Garfield after his Chicago nomination calling him the ablest public speaker and the most serious and instructive man on the stump. It commends his liberal instincts and courteous politics and suggests he would bring culture and intelligence to the presidency.
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Lancaster Gazette
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Arthur
Democratic Party
Henry Watterson
Congress
Findlay Buds and Local News Across Ohio Towns
The Findlay exchange, Bucyrus and Crestline population figures, and incidents from several towns are reported. A Toledo man Thomas Bentley commits suicide. Wapakoneta appoints a prison guard. youths injured by toy pistols. a gas street lamp dispute in Tiffin. a Crestline boy maimed by a freight accident. a Defiance man shoots himself. mills threaten move over road repairs. lightning damages Clyde and a Dayton contractor dies. The piece also notes a bones discovery near Bellfontaine and remarks on political letters from Washington.
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Crestline
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Toledo
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Garfield Letter on National Policy and Civil Service
The document presents Garfield's views from a Cincinnati Convention era, arguing for national unity and equal civil rights. It emphasizes protection of civil liberties, education, and careful financial management, plus a cautious stance on Chinese immigration and civil service reform. Garfield defends wartime gains and outlines policies for taxes, finances, and governance.
Ajax Passes Before New Jersey Discovery
A brief note records the death of Ajax and reflects that his fame would have suffered if he had lived to witness New Jersey's discovery, implying his defiance of a swift force.
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New Jersey
Hancock plot to depose Lincoln revealed in McClellan tale
The Baltimore American reports a Civil War rumor that General Hancock urged defying Lincoln and Stanton by marching on Washington to depose them. The meeting also involved Fitz John Porter and others, with McClellan’s nerve blamed as decisive. Grant allegedly knew of the matter and the full story may soon emerge.
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Texan Affairs When Hancock Relieved Sheridan
A July 4 report transcribes General Sheridan's letter from January 25 1867 describing harsh conditions for freedmen and Union supporters in northeastern Texas. He notes Government denunciation persecution and inadequate troops while requesting more effective protection for locals.
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Sheridan
New Orleans
Texas
P. H. Sheridan
U.S. A
Army officers seek Hancock letter of acceptance amid platform clash
Washington reports Army officers await General Hancock's acceptance letter and endorsement of the platform. They note a Cincinnati section accusing the President of conspiracy and corruption could force him to resign if Hancock endorses such views, as articles of war prohibit disrespect to the Commander-in-Chief.
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Solemn man warns boys about beer with odd boast
A man in a black coat and blue umbrella admonishes two boys lighting a firecracker in a spruce beer bottle. He claims never to have touched beer, while one boy quips that he could not drown because he is too light.
Spectacular Bank Shooting Ends in Double Death at Capital City Bank
July 13 report from Columbus Ohio details a dramatic bank incident on High Street. Andreas Eichenberg shot banker S.S. Rickly and then killed himself after seeking loans he could not obtain. The event sparked chaos, with burglars’ tools found nearby and a growing investigation into motives and mental state.
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Ralph Rickly
S.S. Rickly
Andreas Eichenberg
W. B. Brooks
Eichenberg
Smith & Wesson
Rickly
Ohio
For He's a Major General A Volunteer's View of Hancock
A Indianapolis Journal piece relays a veteran's harsh contrast between regular army officers and Civil War volunteers. The narrator, a former Third Indiana Cavalry corporal, argues volunteers faced disdain from West Point officers and that Hancock would not win over veteran soldiers. He recalls Camp Carrington discipline and laments the distance between regulars and volunteers.
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Hell
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Burglars Enter Perrysburg Exchange Bank During Storm
Early today the Exchange Bank of Perrysburg was broken into during a thunder storm. Mrs. Morse awoke to explosions and saw a man near the bank, as her husband and Detective Bates pursued burglars. Two vault doors and safe doors were blown, time-lock tampered with, silver in outer vault taken.
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Exchange Bank of
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Dr. D. Bates
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Morse
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