Republican Principles and John Sherman Endorsement
A Republican platform reaffirming free public schools funded by general taxation and nonsectarian in scope. It calls for strong federal protection of citizens rights, secure elections, a sound currency, and praises Hayes administration while endorsing John Sherman for President. It urges delegates to support Sherman's nomination at Chicago.
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United States
Congress
Democratic Party
Joan Sherman
Republican Party of
Ohio
South
Republican Party
Republican Convention
Chicago
John Sherman
President Hayes
Republicans of
Nomination Unanimous at Cincinnati Convention 1876
On the seventh ballot in Cincinnati in 1876 the tally read Blaine 351 Bristow 21 and Hayes 384. The nomination of Hayes was then made unanimous.
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Cincinnati
Blaine
Bris Tow
Havers
Chicago Convention Length Hinted For Upcoming Session
The report notes variation in convention durations from 1860 to 1876 with two and three day sessions and predicts the Chicago Convention in 18 well it will run three to four days depending on proceedings.
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Chicago
Pendleton Slams Kellogg Spafford Probe Witness Rascality
Senator Pendleton praised the Kellogg Spafford investigation while noting witnesses on both sides showed rascality in the matter, and he labeled the Louisiana liar a graceful tribute to the investigation's outcome.
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Pendleton
Kellogg -Spafford
Louisiana
Illinois Republicans Adopt Short Platform
The Illinois Republican Convention adopts a brief platform stating support for the convention nominees for State officers and for the Chicago Convention nominees for President and Vice President.
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Illinois
Chicago
Republicans urged to build local clubs now
A call to organize ward township and precinct Republican clubs without delay and fund campaign documents. Five men were executed for crimes last Friday: Henry Hamlin in Hartford Connecticut for killing a watchman Shipman, Peter King Jr in Woodsfield Ohio for murder, Thomas Epmunpds for murder in Ozark Arkansas, L L Ford for murder in Marion Arkansas, Charles Bollinger for rape in Hanover Virginia.
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Henry Hamlin
Watchman Shipman
Hartford
Connecticut
Peter King, Jr
Woodsfield
Ohio
David Trembly
Thomas Epmunpdss
Ozark
Ark
Local debate on Elector nomination sparks party dispute
Multiple Ohio papers discuss a contested nomination of Mr. J. L. H. Lona as a Presidential Elector. Editors note that state convention actions were not binding and that selection should come from the Congressional Convention or be decided by the people, urging clarity and avoidance of any improvised “job.”
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J. L.H. Lona
Ottawa Sentinel
Mr. Lona
van Wert
Defiance
Defiance Express
Lona
Express
Lima Gazette
Colored man Paul Gaston faces burglary charge in Cleveland
The Cleveland Democrats ran a Black man for Justice of the Peace last spring. Paul Gaston, the man, was caught burglarizing a dwelling and could soon leave the party short a representative next spring.
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Cleveland
Justice of the Peace
Paul Gaston
Wertheimer case cited as asset concerns in Ohio filings.
Judge Owen ruled the Wertheimer assignment invalid to the extent of the $20,000 execution against brothers, a decision that would shift asset division among creditors if left unappealed. The firm has bought about half the claims, raising questions of entitlement and distribution.
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Owen
Wertheimer
David Wertheimer
Destructive cyclone damages Wakeman Township area
A cyclone formed in Wakeman township Huron county Sunday at 5 PM and tracked north through Florence Vermillion townships to the lake. It leveled houses barns fences timber and destroyed orchards and vineyards. No lives were lost though damage exceeds twenty five thousand dollars.
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Wakeman Township
Huron County
Florence
Vermillion Townships
Political portrait of Delaware and its old guard families
A historical sketch details Delaware’s political structure and line of power. It notes Newcastle Bayard influence in the north and the Saulsbury family control in the south, with one representative in Congress and a noted emergence of the Clayton legacy after 1856.
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Rhode Island
Dorr
Delaware
William Penn
Newcastle
James A. Bayard
Kent
Sussex
Saulsbury
Thomas Bayard
Saulsburys
Congress
Bayards
Senate
John M. Clayton
Daughters' Critique of Mormonism Sparks Family Rift
A daughter of Brigham Young, expelled from the Mormon Church for suing peers, rejects return to the fold. She says her father broke many hearts and ruined women, calling Mormonism devilish and insisting she would rather face perdition than rejoin.
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Brigham Young
Mormon Church
Prophet
Perdition
Four Men Push Hand Car Down Hill In Nevada Wind
The Truckee Republican reports a hand-car with four men set out to repair an old snow-plow damaged by a storm. On its return the wind grew strong and the crew had to dismount and push the car downhill to proceed safely.
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Nevada
Truckee Republican
Mixing Soda Mix Nearly Fatal For Ontario Family
In Aylmer Ontario a mix up with washing soda instead of bread soda in flour used for biscuits nearly killed Mrs Frizell, her husband, and five children. Medical care saved them. all survived.
Congress to pay large appropriations in silver dollars
Congress allocates all amounts over 20000 to be paid in silver dollars described as the real silver dollars that look like the moon. Cincinnati will receive 350000 such coins to support the operation of its new Custom-house.
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Congress
Cincinnati
Bamboo lance spread to English cavalry after German adoption
The London Truth notes the bamboo lance has long been used by the Indian army, was adopted by the Germans, and, after delays, will enter service in the English cavalry.
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London
Pig lead phrase echoes in papers across years
The quote collection contrasts playful newspaper humor with old mechanical jokes, noting a Cincinnati line about a pig lead and an Inter Ocean quip on a smooth bore going half cocked.
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Cincinnati
Alum Sprinkled on Vines Fights Pests Cheaper and Safer
A farmer notes that dissolving alum in warm water and sprinkling it over potato vines infested with bugs works as well as Paris Green, costs less, and is not poisonous.
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Paris Green
Mischief and manners in a quiet Sunday scene
A family moment unfolds as Mamma teases quiet children and Ethel whispers about Tommy and flies. An unrelated aside notes cross use by English ladies in public spaces and a humorous Episcopal-Unitarian clash about zeal and insult, in a reflective column tone.
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Mamma
Ethel
Tommy
Rain making by explosions proposed by Gen Ruggles of Virginia
The St Louis Republican reports a plan by Gen Ruggles to use dynamite balloons released into upper air currents to induce rain. It notes theoretical reasoning, practical difficulties, and the need for trained meteorologists and Signal Service observers if experiments proceed.
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Rugerles
Virginia
Ruggles
Espy
Chicago
St. Louis Republican
Instincts and Emotions of Fishes at Linnwan Society
Dr Francis Day opens the Linnwan Society session with a paper arguing fishes possess emotion and intelligence. He cites nest care by males, schooling behavior, parental devotion, and coordinated hunting as evidence, noting prayerful attention to young and reactions to rivals in aquaria.
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Linnwan Society of London
Francis Day
Cuvier
The Boers and their immense land runs in historic boundaries
The text explains vast Boer land holdings measured by primitive beacon runs creating rectangular plots. It notes holdings of six thousand acres with minimal cultivation and a method where the fleetest horse won larger tracts. Modern theodolite surveying now reveals overlaps and disputes nationwide.
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van Wert, Ohio
Charles Townsend
Supreme Court
George W. McIlvaine
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Board of Public Works
S. R. Hosmer
D. F. Dewolf
Republican Platform
Warren H. Williams
Alphonso Hart
James A. Garfield
Ropney M. Stimson
The
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Ada
Delphos
John Meyer
Sandusky
Pittsfield
Lorain County
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Jonah Huffman
Troy
Miami County
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Tilden Bureau
Athens County
Auglaize
Ahenton
James Stout
Carrtown
Butler County
Stout
Allen County
Melissa C. Shaver
James H. Shaver
Co. F. 55Th
F. A. Wheeler
Dayton
Cincinnati Gazelle
Samuel Aker
Lima
Girard
James Wilson
Upper Sandusky
Washington Hite
Houston
Wilson
Melinda Foster
St. Marys
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William T. Marvin
Toledo
Fifth Ward
Belmore
Putnam County
Deshler
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Butler
Warren
George Mease
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Montgomery County
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Sandusky Union
Donald Cameron
National Republican Committee
Cameron
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Chandler
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Owen Lovejoy
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Salmon P. Chase
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Oliver P. Morton
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Wm. H. Seward
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Keogh
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Texas
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Ill
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Roll OF States
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Hendricks
Pennsylvania
Logan
Veteran Association of Soldiers
Gen. Kilpatrick
Garden City
Assembly
Oliver Hughes
Superior Township
J. W. Long
Oscar .Dale
Bryan Press
Clinton Street
Boston
Aenut
Shiloh
L. F. Gackenheimer
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France
Eagle Stave Company
Geo
Hi. Marsh
Backlen
Hirtit & Wilson
Ly. van Wert
S. B. Austin
Thomas Redrup
Board of Education
Union Township
van Wert County
Isso
R. V. Meely
Neau
Jennings Township
John Masters
A. J. Porter
Tienry Robinson
South Street
Webster & Wise
Oslo
Lown
John J. Kear
A. J. Pirter
Henry Robinson
Western and Imperial Cultivators, LLC
Gakroweki Plows
Galena
DUN Khir
Buckeye
Champion Reapers
J. I. Case
Clark & Bouton
South Washington Street
Robt
Stickney
Menagerie
Robert Stickney
H. V. Olney
H.C. McGavren
Michael Pfienger, Pi’'i T. Vs
John Lutz
W. H. Beall
J. P
Wiltshire Township
A. D
Jusetice
Michael Stlenger
Martin Skinner
Martin Shinner
Leibig
Messrs. Evans & Evans
W. H. Pennell
Hill & Wilson
Eee
Rede
J.p.malick, van Wert, O
Rout & Comenn
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EAL
Conyoy
JU Hoaglin Township
Tully Township
Benton Township
Paulding County
Latty Township
Jackson Town
EA Wis
Root & Company
Calhoun Street
Fort Wayne
Robert Luck
Lizzie Keys
Emma Stickney
Ida Stickney
Viola Fredericks
Lottie Satsuma
Ida Showers
le Petite Marie
John Barry
John Saunders
C. Fredericks
Goss Brothers
Satsuma
Professor Long
Ruel Muer
Andrew SE
Samuel E. Stickney, Chas. Reynolds
Fred. Aymar, Fred. Worrel
Menagerie Department
Samuel Stickney
Mrs. Violetta Carriata
Doora
Gen. A. Jacobs
Court House
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