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Newspaper
Wakarusa Weekly Sun
Location
Wakarusa, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1876
Page
2
The Sun of Wakarusa Indiana reports new management backing and strong patronage but limited size. Subscriptions before enlargement earn one year for one dollar cash, offering home and foreign news in a expanded edition.
The Republicans of the Thfteenth Congressional District will hold a convention in Goshen on Wednesday June 28 at 1 p m to nominate candidates for Congress. Delegates by county include Elkhart 27 Marshall 17 Kosciusko 24 Lagrange 17 Noble 2 Steuben 15 DeKalb 20. By order of Central Committee HH G Thayer, Chairman K W H Exuts, Secretary.
Acknowledging readers and supporters, the Wakarusa Law expresses gratitude for encouraging letters and subscriptions. The founders report weekly issues have begun successfully, publish 700 copies, and request readers to send $1 for a year’s home-delivered Sun copies to J. H. Brubaker, Wakarusa, Ind.
Democrats realized before nominating Thurman that he may not meet expectations. They warned that if they back Uncle William Allen, they could discover too late that he does not match their view. At the Centennial Exposition opening, sixty thousand newspapers were on hand at the Newspaper Pavilion.
A Goshen correspondent questions editorials in the Sun, defends Republicans, and accuses Democrats of corruption and Southern sympathy. The piece defends revealing authorship details for column insertion, while outlining party platforms and calls for readers to choose side.
The piece reviews a New Orleans corruption probe and a House hearing with Colonel Price’s whisky loss under a bonded Collector, hinting at GOP connections. It also covers Hendricks saying the Democratic West has weakened since Congress failed to repeal the resumption act, and Banks criticizing retrenchment while railing at antebellum ideas.
A May 21 1876 letter from Kansas reports strong wheat growth and a thriving home market as immigration increases land prices. It notes Illinois party seeking farms for fifty to sixty families, and visitors Jerome Martin and Samuel Wire scouting Kansas land. Father Kilmer plans renewed effort.
A Cambridge youth received an eight year sentence in a reform school for stealing four pigeons. The case notes he stole two pigeons per year, reflecting a small but serious property crime.
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