Ninety Nine Counties and a Curious Bee Shipment
The Iowa State Register notes Iowa has ninety nine counties with over ninety Republicans. Bees bound for Ontario arrived in London from Cyprus and were re packed for the journey. It discusses politics around John W. Bookwalter and Garfield, religious questions, and a range of notes from journalistic items to a 171 year old sycamore tree in Greenwich Connecticut with a crawlable hollow used as a playhouse.
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Sankey
Iowa State Register
Iowa
Ontario
London
Cyprus
Canada
Washington
Medical Museum
New York
General Arthur
Martin van Buren
Millard Fillmore
Taylor
Col. Thomas Mead
Greenwich
Conn
Bookwalter
Garfield
Cleveland
Ohio
James A. Garfield
John W. Bookwalter
Springfield
Illinois
Jacksonville
Ludlow
Buckeye
Mr. Bookwalter
President Arthur Displays Cautious Leadership Qualities
The article praises President Arthur for keeping his own counsel and avoiding empty promises. It notes he acts after mature consideration and will seek endorsement based on his decisions. The piece commends his prudence and suggests his administration will be marked by wise judgment.
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Arthur
Terrelant
James A. Garfield
Brest
Garfield
Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
Fone
Ohio Republican Committee Urged to Rally Voters
The Chicago Inter Ocean attacks a Columbus dispatch that warns President Arthur of 30,000 Republicans staying home to influence Ohio and the nation. It urges the Ohio committee to discipline the issue etc.
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Chicago
Ohio
Buckeyes
Nincompoops
Come out of the dead camp and join the living camp of liberty
A speaker urges young men to reject both major parties and choose liberty, quoting memorials to past bad issues and praising the Union sacrifice. He contrasts graves of dead doctrines with a railing against squatter sovereignty and slavery, urging a pledge to keep slavery from spreading and to honor the Republican banner. He ends hopeful that the young men will switch camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Bookwalter
James A. Garfield
Ohio
Garfield
Dred Scott
Abraham Lincoln
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Republic
Confederacy
Thomas Ewing
George Pendleton
Samuel F. Cary
Liberty
Great West
Duel at Pine Creek ends with Chief and Colonel Price. Price slain
An Indian Agency quarrel leads to a pistol duel at Pine Creek. Colonel Price dies from a breast wound, while J T Carpenter the Choctaw chief is wounded but survives. The Mohawk clash draws a large crowd and ends in tragedy with public interest in Ohio politics next.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
J.T. Carpenter
Colonel Price
Pine Creek Indian Agency
Free Trader Label Sparks Working Class Dissatisfaction
Across the state miners and laborers react to John W. Bookwalter, Democratic nominee for Governor, as a free-trader. The finding has stirred broad discontent among workingmen, cutting across party lines and intensifying calls for protective tariffs.
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Buta Telegraph
John W. Bookwalter
I Was the Smartest Niggah in That Commons
The piece quotes a practical Negro recalling his role in state politics years ago. He says he served in the Senate during the Walker and Wells campaign, supported conservatives, drew eight dollars a day, and knew his place. He describes shoe shining for tips and accompanying white gentlemen into saloons, claiming cleverness and loyalty to his status.
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Redsville
Barksdil
Tergedder
Walker
Wells
Senate
Joe
Marster
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Bay Hert Bulletin, Usfos, Intersad Proprietor
South Washington
W. C. Hastings
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van Wert
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H. Christopher
A. N. Krowut
Mekim
Georgiana O. Glene
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J.K. Woods
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WM. Smith, JR
WM. M. Smith, JR
Smith & Sof
Union Block
Hill & Wilson's Drug Store
Main
Jackson Street
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Frank P. Edson
Kerper & Edson
Atorneys
Omee
Jacobs’ Clothing Store
D. M. Saltzgaber
J. C. Glenn
Saltzgaber & Glennn
van Werts
McCurdy's Block
J.B. Parker
Atorney
LAW
van Wert, O
Specialty
McKim's Block
G. B. Whlls
Clark
John Daenell
Clark & Daenell
Atoms Eys
AT Law
W.j. Beers
Wemon's
S. Swineford’s Sons
Grocers
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FT. W. & 6 Railway
Cale
East
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Lima
Ada
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Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Boston
Seem
Mark
Chig
Lim
Tenna
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Anton
Masailon Orrville
Novas
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Forest
Tas
Dunkirk
Wee
Wayne
Delphos
New Mammoth General
Great Trunk
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Pittsburg
D. W. Caldwell
E. A. Ford
Gen’! Pass & Ticket
A’t. Pittsburg
Cincinnati, van Wert & Michigan Common Carrier Company
W. W
M. RW
Lewellin
Cavette Allen
van Wert Stump
Parker's
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Shanes Crossing
Lewellin Cavette
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Parker’s . Enterprise
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ACC
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East Main Street
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Isaac N. Fine
Fourth Street
Fred Billman
van Wel Wert
South Washington St
O. P. Clark & Son
Ream
Doron
D. Newcomer
W.S. Doron
the City Bakery
Ream & Doron
South Avenue
G. Laukart
Willshire
Thomas Cally
Martin Conley
D. E. Davis
Paulding
N. Alexander
F. L. Hammer
W.S. Gause
W. S. Gause
R. B. Hhodes
van Wert County
W. H. Houck
J. W. Prichard
L. B. Gunckle
Susan H. Becker
John High
Thorugh
D. W. Riley
Joint Board of Commissioners
W. B. Jones
W. T. Exline
Dupli
Cate
W.H. Honck
L. B. Gunkle
Dallas
Texas
Blaine
Congress
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Germany
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Hays
Harrison
George Scoville
Guiteau
Emory A. Storrs
Storrs
San Francisco
Towa
Peter the Great
St. Lawrence
Bermuda
Deadwood
Vanity Fair
Los Angeles
Australia
Ben Hill
Kingston
N. Y
Freeman
Jacob Weidelich
Steinsville
Jacob
Camden
N. J
Knight Templar
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Senator Voorhees
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