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Newspaper

Versailles Dispatch

Location

Versailles, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1866

Page

2

Loyd controversy over Auditor candidates and Union ticket stance

The piece defends Auditor candidates from misconstrued opinions and debunks claims about their support. It notes bounties for volunteers, praises Union soldiers and home support, criticizes Loyd as opposing the Union ticket, and warns against Copperhead influence while urging continued campaign work for Freedom, Justice, and the Country.

R. W. Loyd Fleming Harper Mr. Loyd Union Etu Loyd Copperheads Copperhead Union Party Free Union Copperhead Party Benedict Arnold

Union Party Delegates and Copperhead Warning

In the gaming Convention context Efe vows to bolt if nominees fail his taste. J e Center notes this. The piece urges townships to send honest delegates who back Union men and shun copperheads. The journalist pledges to push Union party success at the polls and reject disorganizers reviving the defunct Demo…

Efe J.e. Center Copperheads Union Party

Demand for Delaware post office and vile ad in 1866 paper

The passage calls for a postal service in Dover and notes a 1866 Delawarean ad selling a Black child. It mocks abolitionists and Confederates, urging Lincoln loyalists to emigrate and condemning slavery while highlighting racist language and political tension of the period. The quotation critiques democracy, ballots, and Confederate figures embedded in the era's discourse.

Delaware Delawarean Dover George Moore Fredrica Penaixs Davis Lee Ind. Journal

Voters ask Auditor candidates about tax on widows and orphans

A letter to the editor questions which Auditor candidates favored taxing disabled veterans or widows and orphans to fund a $36 00 draft tax in Johnson Township. It asks which candidate voted against Samuel Harper for Township Trustee over the issue and requests public answers for voters. In a separate anecdote, General Fisk recalls a Tennessee lady who challenged a clerk’s literacy after the clerk helped her sign papers.

Bprron Disratca Johnson Township W. Coleman Flemming Enquirer Samuel Harper Fisk Freedman’s Bureau Tennessee Wasurxetos City J.R. McCant W. C. Kain Reuben Reddig Gov. Baonsvow BE. M. Stanton J. J. McCann W.C. Kain John M. Fleming Washington Mr. Fleming Nashville Kain Reddig Ler East Tennessee Knoxville Connecticut W. G. Baowsiow

Election cheer and treason fears in Shelby Union note

The Shelby Unionайте comments on Mr. Johnson's loyalty to friends and claims his ascent to the Vice Presidency and Presidency may provoke rebels. The piece hints at sing or fear of another man's rise and treason odiousness, reflecting local political wit.

Cumbach Shelby Union Johnson Union Mex Connecticut Congress Jeff Davie Senate Abraham Lincoln Edwin M. Stanton Seward Johanson Trimble

A Senate as well as a President

Washington buzzes with new office seekers after the Freedmen's Bureau veto. The piece argues confirmation must go through the Senate and White House, plus outlines how Johnsons policies affect Maryland and postwar court handling. It notes the Semmes release and a Democratic meeting, with quoted remarks and internal disputes over appointments and loyalty.

W. L U Cincinnati Gazette Wasmxorox Senate Washington Congress White House Andrew Johnson Maryland Copperhead Frehmen's Bureau Baltimore Baltimore American Stonewall Jackson Mosebey National/ Democratic Committee Salsbury Delaware Trimble Kentucky Gen. Trimble Thos Florence Louis Schade Wirz Saulsbury Semmes Navy Wells Speed Jeff Davis Wilson House Lincoln Johnson John Gipson Chillicothe Missouri Blair Noel Dennison

Marriage and Celibacy Essay Warning Instruction

An 1886 pamphlet from Dr. J S Killin Hough of the Howard Association in Philadelphia outlines warnings and instructions about marriage celibacy and reproductive health. It promotes free distribution of the sealed letter and addresses diseases and prevention in a public health context.

Train Schedule Fragments Indicate Daily Westbound Trips

The readable OCR lists several westbound services with times for Mail Train, Accommodation Train, and Night Express. Entries show departures at evening and early morning windows, including 6.16 P.M. and 10.13 A.M. schedules, indicating a typical daily transit pattern.

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F. Conner le VersaiLles Sundiatens Union State Ticket Attomley Genenal Delano E. Williamson Secretary OF State Col. N. Trusler Auditor OF State Thomas B. McCarty Rom Gen Nathan Kimball George W. Hoss Democratic Party Stanton Gov. Brownlow Versailles W. K. Stewart Geo, Shook Age America Joseph T.inman Bible House New York City Brown United States J.F. Stewart Surcegn Renee Hoor Matil Merl Robert Pendergast Ripley County James Curfen Dickerson M. Folsom Joseph Wingate Justice Center Township Otter Illage Otter Village G. W. Murphy Adm Leander Clark Board of Commissioners Indiana Agapes Adem Ns Ripley Mount Vernon
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