Election results show Republicans sweep across states
The paper reports on election returns from eleven states with Republicans winning in Illinois Kansas Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Mississippi New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Virginia Wisconsin and more. It notes notable defeats of Tammany Hall in New York City and the Brooklyn Democratic Ring. A fire at a Good Templars hall in Elk Hart caused damage with Bucklen aiding firemen and Bucklen’s son credited with early flame discovery.
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Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Supreme Court
Tammany Hall
New York City
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania
Hartranft
Virginia
Good Templars
Herb
Bucklen
Democratic Union
Templare
Elkhart
Isaac Bucklen
Union
Bro. Sweet
What the Fall Elections Teach
The piece argues voters have emancipated themselves from party control. National issues spurred independent action across states and party organizations seem unable to inspire confidence. It questions the viability of third parties and predicts a need for major party reconstruction beyond two old factions.
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New York
Ohio
Virginia
Mississippi
Proper conduct on chivalry and polite offers in courtship
A young man asks if offering his arm to a lady is improper and learns it is not, but offering a foot chew sobacer rum punch dried cod fish a baby's cradle or another girl's likeness would be rude. The notice warns against such actions to avoid offense.
Seventeen Drown Crossing St Lawrence in Gale
Seventeen persons are reported drowned while crossing the St Lawrence in a flat-boat near Quebec during a gale. The accident occurred Tuesday as the vessel was attempting passage. Authorities and local救 aid units investigated the incident.
Autumn musings and storms spark rural comedy and tempests
A rural scholar Mr Spriggins recites Bryant amid autumn leaves while a Teutonic friend misreads nature and jokes about hunting. A Goshen storm devastates Josiah Snyder’s farm wrecking a two story house, barn, and orchard. Other items note Beecher scandal chatter, Moody and Sankey debates, a fatal Middlebury township brawl, and treasury bond redemption questions.
A Faint War Cloud Over Cuba Crisis
President Grant sends a terse note to Spain demanding Cuban independence and abolition of slavery in all Caribbean territories. The navy is placed on a war footing, though war is unlikely as Spain is deemed too weak and distracted to fight.
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Grant
Spain
Cuba
Antilles
United States
Silver coinage totals 1873 to 1875 differ from 1798 era
The Low trade dollar coinage in silver from July 1873 to June 1875 amounted to 9,286,400 dollars while the entire coinage of the old silver dollar from the mint’s organization in 1798 until its successor appeared was 8,045,838 dollars.
Tragic murder suicide near Jackson Station shocks town
A man identified as Robinson killed his wife and all five of his children after expressing intent to harm them. He shot two sons, wounded a third, slit his daughter's throat, then rode away and died by suicide near Jackson Station, on the Indianapolis Peoria and Chicago line. Authorities deem the death self-inflicted.
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Goshen
Ind
Middlebury Township
Kokosid
David
Ribinson
Robinson
Jackson Station
Indianapolis, Peoria
Chicago
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London
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Boot and Shoe Store
Flag Store
J. L. Wolf & Steiner
Elkhart, Ind
Isaac Bucklen and Son
N. E. Cor
Main & Jackson Sts
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