Political murmurs and party shifts in 1874 press
The Warren Ledger reports on cabinet resignations in Grant’s administration, appointments including Eugene Hale to Postmaster General, and rising Democratic sentiment. It notes Republican fractures in Louisville and Wisconsin Catholic alignments, critiques the Allegheny gerrymander, and lists Congressional candidates Curtis Watson and Mitchell with Curtis favored in Erie County.
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Grant
Cresswell
Eugene Hale
Maine
Hale
Congress
Louisville
WU. B. Curtis
Erie
L. F. Watson
Warren
7. W. Mitchell
Venango
Curtis
Tle
Erie County
Colonel Watson
Eric
Mitchell
Watson
McCreary
Ring Circle Skeptics Warn of Unharmonious Nominations
A county political scene description depicts a smooth yet questioned party meeting. Delegates reportedly endorsed Watson for Congress and Stone for the Senate with leaders orchestrating the results. Critics call the process a put up job and warn of doom for the party amid apparent fraud. George Allen accepted his nomination quietly. H Baxter, Esq., voiced resignation after being counted out.
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Watson
C. W. Stone
Congress
Stone
Senate
George Allen
H. Baxter
Allen
Grant and Shepherd in scandal tainting U S politics
A critical view questions General Grant for appointing Alexander R Shepherd to head a temporary government after Washingtons frauds. The piece accuses Grant of personal interest and attacks his integrity, linking Shepherd to corruption and comparing him to Tweed. It condemns Grantism and calls for stern public reproof.
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General Grant
Washington City
Alexander R. Shepherd
Congress
Shepherd
Senate
Fayer
Grant
Girant
Tweed
Blackwell's Island
Boss Shepherd
Vang
Washington
Cincinnati Enquirer
Frank Blair
The Fish Law Digest of Fishing Restrictions
The digest outlines seasons and methods for fishing in the state. It bans shad catching in the Susquehanna and tributaries June through August, bans nets under three inches in many streams, allows trout only by hook and line except for propagation or science, restricts salmon and lake trout from October to March, and limits bass pike and pickerel gear to hook and line or scroll with some stocking exceptions.
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Ibis
Lawfoul
Mrs Sartoris in Her English Home
Mrs Sartoris, sister of Mr Sartoris, visited London with her husband and the couple's country estate cottage. The New York Graphic notes their stay amid family grief after the eldest son's death and the later death of his closest friend, Algernon Sartoris, in accidents. The Grants plan no visit until their tenure in office ends.
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New York Graphic
Grant
Algernon Sartoris
Washington
Somnambulism on a Night Train Ends in Injury
Francis Ilermann a ship rigger from Philadelphia fell asleep aboard a New York Mail train after midnight on a Sunday. He awoke while the car was near Trenton and walked onto the platform, fell between the tracks and sustained a head injury and a broken leg. He remained unconscious until six, then regained some awareness and was later taken to Jersey City Hospital for treatment.
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New York Mail
Francis Ilermann
Philadelphia
Ife
Trenton
Nlermann
Jersey City Hospital
Change of Base Horror or Levern
Warren readers see business changes as Tom Struthers buys G R Wetmore’s sash door and blind factory on the Island for 18000, with legal notes about a prior 10000 judgment. The column pivots to political commentary on Grant, then advertises Dr Fowler’s Headase Pills and a pun about hardening hearts.
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Horror
Levern
Warren
Tom, Struthers
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Brown & Struthers’ Iron Works
G. R. Wetmore
L. D. Wetmore
Tom
Beecher Preaches Last Sermon Before Summer Vacation
New York June 23 Beecher delivers final Plymouth church sermon before break. He reads Isaiah 54 5th verse emphasizes not reopening Tilton dispute while signaling possible exoneration. If church pushes to reopen Beecher may resign.
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New York
Plymouth Church
Beecher
Theodore Tilton
Mr. Beecher
The Tyranny of Compulsion and the Editor’s Judgment
A writer argues that men lacking self discipline resist work unless pressured. The piece lampoons poetic submissions and explains editors favor concrete, efficient effort. A second item cites David A. Wells on the US tax burden, stating annual totals of six to seven hundred million and noting waste by inefficiency and corruption.
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Grace
Ciatron
Tennessee
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