Army bill vote, Porter exoneration, and 1879 politics
The Warren Ledger reports the upcoming Friday army bill vote in Congress, Porter exoneration, and local results with Harrison Mayor by 4,006. It notes Watson as a congressional candidate, Republican Grant talk, and debates on headstones for Union graves. It comments on Reconstruction figures Stephens and Davis and Garfield's case, urging calm over revolutionary talk.
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Congress
United States
War Department
Washington
House of Representatives
Stephens
Georgia
National Portrait Gallery
Jeff. Davis
Alexander H. Stephens
Joe Johnston
Springer
Garfield
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Times
Army bill section mirrors current law on troops at polls
The House debates an army bill provision aligning with present law and omitting polling place coercion. The author argues the president can use soldiers lawfully while accusing Republicans of fearing popular will when troops threaten election freedom.
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House of Congress
Polis
England
Garfielhe
The Railroad to Bradford Aims for Rapid Construction
The piece argues capital is ready to fund the Bradford railroad but delays persist in forming a proper organization. It urges bidding on contracts to the cheapest bidder and bans officer or director conflicts, insisting that decisive, united action by a few energetic leaders could complete the road within months.
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Bradford
Charges Against Insaney Asylum Superintendent Are Investigated
Reports say Miles pressed charges against Superintendent John Sunderland over a past business deal connected to the asylum building. A committee will visit Warren soon to hear evidence, and Sunderland is expected to return from his European tour to cooperate and clear his name. Delays may hinder the requested appropriation.
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Miles
Sanderland
Insaney Asylum
John Sunderland
Warren
Sunderland
Garfield speech amid partisan clash over wartime voting law
Congress debates an appropriation bill as General Garfield’s Saturday speech critiques Democratic votes on a wartime polling law and warns against bayonet voting. The piece notes Republican coercion, calls Garfield’s stance demagogic, and cites regional wheat reports while criticizing Communist arming and U S government security.
Massachusetts Show Unemployment Falls in Latest Bureau Report
The tenth annual Massachusetts Labor Bureau report shows only 23,000 unemployed in November, down from 8,500 seeking work previously. Wages rose widely since 1860 across trades, costs of living rose 145 percent by 1878, and the overall workingman’s condition appears better than in 1860, suggesting national improvement if trends hold.
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Massachusetts Labor Bureau
Massachusetts
United States
Goid
Commonwealth
Scientific American
Prairie fires devastate big Sioux valley and Dakota towns
March reports from Sioux City Iowa detail widespread prairie fires across southern Dakota. Telegraph lines burned cutting reports, with Eden and Portlandville areas suffering extensive losses of homes, barns, grain, and seed. A Norwegian church burned near Eden and several people were badly burned or killed while trying to save others. Across Elk Point and Yankton Agency regions, schools and telegraph offices burned, stock saved, and overall damage described as immense and hardship severe for settlers after a dry spell.
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Sioux City
Big Sioux Valley
Dakota
Pembina
Eden
Helaika
Nicholson
Portlandville
Atda
Elkpoint
Eli Richardson
Ab Whiteswan
Fort Randall
Yankton
Familiarity Will Breed Contempt in Baltimore Ballet
The article argues that bringing "the General" home in September will allow a year for the public to reacquaint themselves, likely harming his chances. It suggests keeping him in Asia until just before the nominating convention to preserve support and avoid voter fatigue.
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Dent
Asia
Madame Bonaparte Sinking Near Baltimore
A garbled telegram from Baltimore on April 1 reports Madame Bonaparte sinking rapidly in the afternoon but rallying later. Her physician says she has been in Thursday, though her indomitable spirit remains.
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Baltimore
Madame Bonaparte
Political Salons and Senate Echoes in Post-Correspondence
Special Pittsburgh dispatch covers congression al chatter on House membership and officer moves. Senator Bayard Thurman and Conkling dominate debate with vivid portraits. references to West Virginia, Indiana, and Pennsylvania politics mingle with roving remarks on pensions, stationery waste, and a 1877 Pittsburgh Leader push.
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Marth
Randall
Herron
Wallace
Cameron
Pension Office
Commissioner Johnson
Quartermaster’s
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Garrison Alley
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Burch
State Securities
Bright
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Thurman
Bayard
Churman
Herald
Pendleton
Republic
Daddy
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Voorhees
House of Representatives
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Blaine
Conkling
Roscoe
Terrier
Connecticut
Haton
Carner
Hich
New York
Hanse
Pennsylvania
W Ce
St. Cloud Hotel
Hancock
H. ¥ F. Peer
St. Aloud
Supreme Court
Ehursday
Sahat
Misi-Hewittt
Blair County
Alleghen County
Roth
Atvikers
Peole
Rise of a new moneyed class after the revolution
The article traces the collapse of specie funding after the revolution, noting expatriated wealth, pressed debt, and a shift to depreciated Treasury orders and interest certificates as the circulating medium. It describes the poverty of early national finances, the delay in government organization, and the move to fund public credit through new duties and a rebuilt Federal Hall in New York.
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Treasury
United States
Congress
Senate
Mt. Vernon
Washington
New York
Boston
John Adams
City Hall
Custom House
Continental ‘Treasury
Désirdis
Federal’ Hall
House of Representatives
Virginia
Special Offer and Miscellaneous News Items Title
A miscellaneous fragment discusses a dictionary offer for 63 cents, 30 000 words, 200 engravings, plus a note on a Jefferson County court case where M.V. Ragsdale paid about $900 damages, with earlier remarks about public affairs and a lime water anecdote.
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Onde National
Mtv Ragsdale
Jefferson
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