Brokenstan and surrounding towns list of committee members
Street and town names with multiple residents listed for a county committee. By order of Count, Rufus P. King, chairman. Names include Brokenstan Conewango Columbus Township Columbus Borough Corydon Farmington Glade Pine Grove Pleasant Spring Creek Sugar Grove Warren Borough and others with residents like Mike Schwing Fred Monhart Geo Smith J. Dutton J. Willan A. Bowers L. Swan M. Farnaworth Jabez Bindley M. Ir vine G. H.ramer and more. The fragment shows an official county committee roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brokenstan
Mike Schwing
A. C. McKinney
Colender Arthurs
Conewango
Fred Monhart
J. M. Jackson
Philip Leenhart
Columbus Township
Geo. Smith
Wilbur Lyons
John Dutton
Columbus Borough
Jones
J. Connelly
Corydon
Sanderlin
John Willan
J. White
Cherry Grove
M. Farnaworth
A. J. Bowers
L. B. Swan
Deerfield
D. IL
McKean
J. B. Price
Dayaid Rightlinger
Fidred
K. McIntyre
Leonard Proper
John Green
Henry Newbury
A. ¥. Kilburn
A. M. Loungsbury
Farmington
Robert Jackson
Morgan Loucks
G. H.ramer
Freehord
M. Smith
Jabez Bindley
M. A. Irvine
Glade
K. Currie
J. D. Thompson
Pfidioute
Important to Voters In Pennsylvania Election Facts
The next election in Pennsylvania will be held on Tuesday, November 4. If an elector has paid a state or county tax in the two years before the election, or is aged twenty one or twenty two, he may vote with proper proofs from the election board and an affidavit from a qualified voter of his precinct, even if unregistered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Warren
Alaska
Draft and election talk swirl in late 19th century press
In winter a draft law may reach Congress. Alexander Blumenstill is drafting it, merchants push for a compulsory debt payment share before discharge. Political notes cover Harrison Allen in Farmington, General Butler on the solid South, and party tensions in Warren and New York, with factions Kelley Cornell Robinson and Tammany Hall shaping upcoming votes.
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Congress
Alexander Blumenstill
New York State
Cornell
Robinson
Kelley
Tammany Hall
Corrup
Democratic House
Tammany
Jamestown
Cuba
Rabel
Looge
Republicans Alarmed Over Gen Allen Ticket Prospects
The piece notes increased activity by Gen Allen supporters and Greenback backers, with talk of election majorities shrinking from six to seven hundred toward hundreds. Solon Chase speeches have damaged Chase and Weible, making their election highly doubtful.
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Gen. Allen
Solon Chase
Chase
Weible
How it Stands Prophecy for Electoral College Split
The St Paul Globe predicts a divided Electoral College after the November 1580 election. It lists Democratic and Republican state alignments, notes Ohio’s official vote with Foster 3,853 and Ewing 17,192, and reports Republicans 69 House members to Democrats 45, with 22 Republican and 15 Democratic Senators. It also states the English Crown lands yield £410,000 about $2,050,000 in the previous year.
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St. Pau
Alabama
Delawar
Florida
Ocaliforns
Kentucky
Maryland
Musstissip
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
North
Carolus
South Caroline
Ohio
Foster
Ewing
Corrupted City and Fraud Claims in Voter Registration
The Pittsburgh Post cites New York and Philadelphia registration figures to allege Republican fraud in Philadelphia, claiming 40 50 thousand fictitious names added to the voter rolls to offset New York’s larger population. It contrasts Philadelphia’s quiet campaign with New York’s heated scene and notes historic registration versus turnout.
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New York City
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Post
New York
Philadelphi
Grant and the Temperance Cause
A San Francisco Cliff House reception for Grant showed him rejecting native wine, sparking Temperance resolutions praising his abstinence. Report notes he later breakfasted with Gen Miller, featuring terrapins frogs and wine, described as a public stumble for the temperance movement and likened to a prior White House fruit scandal.
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Grant
San Francisco
Cliff House
California
Sons of Temperance
Gen. Grant
A. Swift
GC. M. Arnold
C. B. Williams
Siloams
Gen. Miller
Alaska Ring
Mrs
R. B. Hayes
Pennsylvania Elects State Treasurer The Barr Advantage
Harrisburg Patriot argues the November election hinges on the state treasurer race. It praises Daniel O. Barr as upright and independent, free of cliques, contrasting him with Republican candidate Buller tied to the Kemble Quay syndicate. The piece frames Barr as defender of fair elections, workers, and transportation, urging Barr’s victory.
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Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Buller
Kemble Quay
Barr
Butler
Je Wen
Dremocracy
Daniel O. Barr
Harrisburg
Palace Hotel Visit Prompts Talk of Life Tenures
A well-known young aristocrat at the Palace Hotel advocates life tenure for Grant and for Senators, and suggests succession by sons of Presidents and Senators to gain recognized status in Europe. His father is said to be worth around a million. The remarks reflect a bold push for lasting prominence.
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San Francisco
Palace Hotel
Grant
Europe
Check the Ring Rule in Pennsylvania Politics
In a Norristown Register opinion, Daniel O. Barr is urged as State Treasurer to counter the ring rule at Harrisburg. The piece argues a Democratic watchdog at the Treasury would safeguard public funds from being diverted as “divgs” among party roosters, contrasting with long Republican control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown Register
Pennsylvania
Daniel O. Barr
Harrisburg
Treasury
Fatal Torpedo Explosion Injures Worker in Well
Aixrorp Oct 27 About 5 pm William Holt was lowering a light torpedo in Cavenaughs water well when an obstruction blocked its descent He bent over to push it past the impediment and the explosive detonated fracturing his skull and blowing out an eye He is not expected to recover Dr Le Moyne weighed about two hundred pounds in life in ash only seven Remains from the burning have been removed from the crematory at Washington Pa The tale that all Holt family members oppose incineration is without foundation
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Aixrorp
William Holt
Dr. le Moyne
Washington
Crime From a Geographical Standpoint essay excerpt
The editorial argues southern crime rates are lower per capita than the North and condemns slander that inflates southern criminality. It cites murders and robberies as rarities south of the frontier while northern crimes are more sensational, urging immigration agents and facts to correct public perception.
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New Orleans Times
South
Northfield
Minnesota
Northwest
Temperance Protestors Gut Frederickton Saloon in Vandal Act
In Mount Vernon Ohio on October 26 temperance women at a bell rang forcibly entered Randall's saloon, smashed doors and demijohns, poured out liquor, and gutted the place. They then attacked Conner's Hotel saloon and were blocked by the proprietor who moved the liquor out of town. Several drug stores were shuttered as owners barred entry. Hazeltine & Co advertises White Lead in Oil at prior prices after stock purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Frederickton
Randall’s Saloon
Conner’s Hotel
Hazeltine & Co
Farties out of Employment Urges Securing Agency Sales
An advertisement urges readers to obtain an agency for the Universal Family Platform Scale, a brass or nickel plated household scale patented in 1878. It claims strong demand, high daily earnings for agents, exclusive territories, and rapid fulfillment with improved production. Ohio Scale Works advertises descriptive circulars and terms, mentioning the newspaper. Also promotes Lindsey's Blood Searcher and Sellers' Liver Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Central Avenue
Cincinnati
Denial of Sheriff Brace Beer Rumor in Warren County
W D Whitney of Lorrainte writes from October 1879 denying a report that Sheriff Brace refused his support due to drinking a beer. Whitney defends Brace as a Good Templar and asserts that even occasional drinking would violate temperance promises, urging respect from temperance supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Sheriff Brace
Sherif Brace
The
Good Templars
Youngsville
W.D. Whitney
Lorrainte
Oct
A Letter to My Friends on Greenback and Jeffersonian Principles
A lengthy progressive manifesto railing against centralized power and the Bank. It argues for a Greenback party aligning Jefferson and Jackson, attacks Hamiltonian finance, cites 1791 and 1832 Bank conflicts, and lists historic votes on bonds and national banks to claim Democratic betrayal and call for reform.
Remedy tohen they got the power in Con gress
A sprawling 1879 letter outlines political fights over bond taxes and national banks. It cites 1869 and 1870 House votes on tax bonds, remonetization efforts, and the 1875 resumption act. The author denounces Republicans as tools of bondholders, urges voters to join the National Greenback ticket, and touts a new party uniting North and South under anti-bank, anti-debt principles.
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House
National Bank Act
Senate
Committee On Ways and Means
Jackson
Shylock
Congress
John Sherman
Morton
Wade
Sprague
Bayard
Buckalew
Hendricks
Democratic Party
Jon Sherman
National Bank
Ihouse
Jefferson
Reublicans
Secretary of the Treasury
Republican Party
Europe
America
Abraham Lincoln
Thaddeus Stevens
Ben Wade
Charles Sumner
Ohio
Republic
National Party
Statea
Texas
Maine
J. B. White
Youngsville
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Warren Ledger
Daniel QO. Barr
Allegheny
Democratic
Sheri, Joseph S Clinton
George Blair
Columbus
Reuben P. Davis
Youngaville
John P. Houser
Limestone
Democratic Vigilance Committee
Warren Co
Messrs
Joser Cuinrox
George Bian
Clinton
Memphis
Ingersoll
Pittsburgh
Greenbackers
Mites
Allan
Sugar, Grove
Mr. Barr
Patriot
Cou. Rovenr Incersol
Opera House
Brother Haskell
Pender
Harrison Allen
Solon
Harry
General Butler
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Richmond
Temperance Cause
Lindsey
Friends of Liberty
National
Greenback and Labor Party
Greenback Party
Union
Alexander Hamilton
Federal Party
Thomas Jefferson
England
Hamilton
First National Bank
Randolph
Mr. Epps
Christ
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
Clay
East
A. A. Davis
C O
A. A. Davis & CO
Sal
People's
Parmsbee & Tevry
Lun
Meen
Oeememnes Ff Ff
Brussels
Ingraina
Parmlee & Henry
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