Relief Demand in Donegal and Beer Crisis in Texas
A Scottish report notes 73,000 in Donegal seek aid while Ireland faces relief needs. It cites Tom Ewina profiting from speculation and losing faith in greenbacks. Texas cities face beer shortages as a freight run from St Louis to Texas sets a record. a train carried twenty cars and a thousand kegs of lager. A Mississippi witness in Washington links the Negro exodus to insecurity from immoral importunities. The piece also profiles Samuel L. J. Trapen and Rickett as political figures tied to Coshocton and nearby counties and discusses a Democratic convention.
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St. Louis
Texas
Galveston
Coshocton
Samuell J. Trapen
Ricketts
Ohio Republican State Convention Set for Columbus
The April 28 meeting in Columbus will convene 670 delegates with Van Wert county contributing five. A 336 vote majority is required to choose a nominee.
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van Wert
Backlen
HiLti & Wilson
Ly. van Wert
Ohio
C. H. Hill
Marchand Croninger
Samuel J. Rowland
Levi Rowland
Albert J. Roller
Alexander Williams
George A. Kienzle
Rosina Kienzle
William Foster
Joan A. Estill
In Common Pleas Court
van Wert County
Ohn Bateman
Jane Bateman
David Studabaker
Samuel Acker
Adams
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Taylor McClure
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Isaac N. Alexander
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William Swartz
T. Illiam Swartz
Adams County
Gaylord M. Saltzaber
John Darnell
Adams Circuit Court
Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit
Temperance Leader Candidate Declined by William Mungen
Hon William Mungen writes to the Cleveland Leader that though he is a temperance man and opposes liquor traffic he cannot be a candidate. He thanks supporters, states the nomination was unsolicited, and requests his name be removed from the ticket.
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William Mungen
Cleveland Leader
Britt Hit of the Defiance District lambasted in Washington
The Kenton Democrat pays respects to Congressman Britt Hitt of the Defiance District for a speech in Washington on the night of the 23d alt. The paper rebukes him, says the Democrats are law abiding and liberty loving, oppose fraud, and will not inaugurate a president without election.
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Kenton
Maumee
Britt Hit
Defiance
Washington
Buut Hitt
Findlay
van Wert
Bellefontaine
William Ackerman
Aultman & Taylor
Mansfield
John A. Porter
Huron County
Burket
Board of Education
Criss
Canton
Napoleon
Charles Polka
Polka
Carey
Wyandot County
Isaiah Summers
Piqua
William Proctor
Bluffton
Bucyrus
Michael Reedy
Reedy
Jacob Dressler
Dressler
Auglaize Democrat
Sebastian Dickel
St. Mary’s
Lima
Phillips
Cook
Bradley
Dickel
Curious Deliberations and Salvation Army Arrival Noted
The piece lists county delegate counts for a 1879 gubernatorial race in Charles Foster's district and mentions varying vote totals. A segment reports a group calling themselves the Salvation Army arriving in New York from England, describing their uniformed members and street preaching to reach city crowds.
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Charles Foster
Praia Ion Ens Es Snes Va
Salvation Army
New York
England
Historic Party Delegate Conventions Schedule by State
The list details Republican and Democratic conventions across states with dates from March to June for last years. It notes Greenback link Michigan and Pennsylvania dates and mentions several states that already chose delegates.
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Greenback
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Vermont
North Carolina
Maine
Indiana
Ohio limited liability bill could attract Ohio investments
The Ohio Senate passed a limited liability bill enabling partnership associations with liability limited to subscribed amounts. It would place the word limited on all writings to advertise this, an English system praised for drawing capital. The measure could bring millions of dollars to Ohio and spur state development.
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House
England
Ohio
Supreme Court
South
Union
Boston Herald
Ind
Legislature in dull session faces reforms and scandals
Special Correspondence from Columbus reports a lethargic Legislature with lobbyists active on the Wilkins School Bill and a contentious Meily-Ross bounty case. A proposed board of state directors would control institutions with hefty salaries. The Columbus convention date and the July 28 prospect, plus a Columbus districting dispute, are noted along with a large wooden-dishes factory profile. A soldier reunion details follow.
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Assembly
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Ross
Adjutant General of
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Adjutant General
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Indianapolis
United States
Franklin County
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