Shall the Republican Party be Abandoned
A historical opinion piece defends the Republican Party against calls to dissolve. It argues the party's enduring popularity stems from its role in emancipation and reform, and it criticizes opponents for demagoguery. It claims the party purges unworthy members and remains aligned with public principles while condemning rival reform and third parties as full of self-serving leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Reform
People’s Party
Debates on Article Revisions Question Elective Suffrage Limits
A Philadelphia convention debate condemns proposed one third or half elect quota for judges and overseers of election. Critics warn such minority representation harms the people’s right to vote and threaten equal protections under the Bill of Rights. They urge preserving full popular choice for all offices.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court
The
United States
minister Gar diner Spring dies after sixty three years at Brick Church
The Rev. Gar diner Spring D. D. died at his New York residence on Monday aged eighty nine. He served as pastor of the Brick Church in New York City for sixty three years, a tenure possibly unequaled among living or dead clergy in the nation. The Boston Post notes Philadelphia seeks a centennial song and suggests Old Hundred.
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Gardiner Spring
New York
Death of Hon. Wm. M. Meredith and Pennsylvania’s loss
In the death of Hon. Wm. M. Mere dith Pennsylvania loses a leading lawyer famed for vast memory and eloquence. He was esteemed for legal learning and judgment, rarely engaged in politics, yet served in several public roles from Secretary of the Treasury onward. He died at 74.
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Wm. M. Meredith
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Broad glance at diverse events from 1873 era
A mosaic of 1870s items from the United States and abroad notes droughts, finance, railroads, population, trade, and local incidents. It mentions farmers, reservoirs, a Paris cancer treatment, a Wisconsin birth with two front teeth, a boy swimming a mile and a quarter, school reforms, ocean travel, a New Orleans rescue, timber and metal trades, and various political and social updates from cities like Philadelphia, Chicago, Harrisburg, and Pittsburg.
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Philadelphia
Josephine Mansfield
Paris
Madison
Wisconsin
Harrisburg
Chicago
Europe
New Orleans
Texas
St. Louis
Fatal Lemont rail crash on the Chicago and Alton line
A freight coal train on a curve near Lemont collided with a southbound passenger train at 10 30 P M killing six and injuring about thirty seven many severely with cars set on fire and scalding water. The disaster led to arrests of the coal train crew and an inquest that began in Chicago with the death toll rising to eighteen. Coroner Stephens opened the inquiry and witnesses described disobedience of rail rules as a probable cause.
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Curcaco
Lemont
Chicago and Alton
Chicago
J. W. Smith
Illinois State Penitentiary
St. Louis
Joliet
Edward Bean
Centenary Stock Subscriptions Open in Pennsylvania
Citizens are urged to subscribe to Centennial Board of Finance capital stock to fund the International Exhibition buildings and related costs. Shares cost $10, with six percent interest from payment date to 1876. Treasurer Fredr. Fraley invites remittances by bank or post office order, noting patriotic national memorial aims. The piece also covers the new trade dollar issued by the U.S. Mint, describing its design depicting Commerce, Liberty, and symbols of peace and prosperity.
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Pennsylvania
Centennial Board of Finance
Keystone
Fredr. Fraley
Walnut St
Philadelphia
United States
Judge Denies New Trial In Fatal Street Accident Case
San Francisco judge upholds ruling denying a motion for a new trial after a father won 400 damages from a driver who ran over and seriously injured a child in the street. The judge declares drivers must exercise utmost care where children abound and cannot blame a child’s negligence for harm. The ruling clarifies fault rests with the driver and the driver should suffer for injuries caused.
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San Francisco
Writ summons Brady & Logan vs Whedon McKay etc in Warren County
The Commonwealth directs the sheriff to compel appearance of Whedon and McKay and others over a $112 claim for work, labor, and materials on a Triumph Oil Company leasehold in Deerfield Township Warren County. The court order requires show cause why the leasehold should not be levied to Brady & Logan. The writ is dated July 25 1873 and issued by Prothonotary S W Waters with Sheriff S W Davis’s certification.
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Prrns Bourban
Iealis
Michael Makin
Nicholas Makin
Philip Makin
Triumph
Warren
Pennsylvania
U. S. Marshall’s Office
Perna
Prorsburgh
H. J. Taylor
Fagundus
Revere House
S. E. Woodruff, Esq
Lo’clock
John Hall
U.S. Marshall
A. S. Marshall
W. D
Penna
Prrrspuran
George H. Williams
Sheffield
Warren County
S. J. Woodruff, Esq
U.S
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Brady & Logan
Court of Common Pleas
Whedon
Robt
McKay
McGinnis & Donnelly
George Elliott
Nathaniel Lavery
John W. Higgins
Chas. Heath
Benj. H. Lewis
Hudren
Towit
Deerfield Township
Warren Co
Triumph Oil Company
Sid Brady& Logan
Whedon & McKay Et
L. D. Wetmore
S. W. Waters
Ss. W. Davis
Wheretts
F. Fisher
J. J
Fisher
H. Fisher
G. J. Luce
Papas
Luce
Titusville Hood
G.J. Luce
Fisher Bros
Fisher Brothers
D. Wetmore
Heriff
Borough of
Tidioute
County of
State of
E. T. Woodrich
Tidioute ‘Associates
Tidioute Associates
N. M. Barney
Kinnear Street
John Fletcher
E. T. Goodrich
H. G. Ironbridge
E. C. Beardsley
Warren Pa
Court House
Pittsfield Township
Holland Land Company
Emily Page
H. J. Huidekoper
C. BE. Chubb
Cornelia EB. Chubb
John M. Page
Court of Common
Henry Heath
Peter McDonald
George Tucker
H. Heath
Wm. H. Johnson
Burgess
Water Street
Michael Wakerman
Charles Randall
Amanda M. Follett
Wilbur & Allen
A. W. Markham
Spring Creek
R. C. Hathaway
W. W. Wilbur
S. W. Davis
J. W
J. C. Bonner
Holland Land Co
Brokenstraw
John Long
Candler Pearsons
Wm. C. White
Sheritt
J. W. Bonner
Garland
John McKinney
E. Wes Ross
Davis
Sheriff's Office
SN Heebipp
E. Sedorus
Crawford
Titusvile
Enterprise
John Henry Smith
Henry A. Dunham
ONICE
Ispine Grove Cemetery Association
Ss. W. Waters
Prothonotary
Prothonotary’s Office
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Warren Mail
Isaac G. Gordon
Jefferson County
Robert W. Mackey
Allegheny County
George W. Allen
J. J. Shearman
Kinzua
Epparling W. Waters
Wheelock
Sugar Grove
D. B. Peck
Farmington
E. W. Mudge
Theodore Chase
Pine Grove
Summerfield Warner
Freehold
Warren Academy
Daniel Gross
Conewango
Wm Trushel
W. C. Arp
Youngsville Boroug
W. J. Alexander
N. Pp. Belnap
G. A. Jackson
Columbus
Wm. B. Howard
Wm. B. Sutliff
Geo. Allen
Ridhoute
E. M. Curtis
J. R. Coon
Jos. Weible
David Ss. Thompson
A. Minor
Geo. Bates
Oo. C. Babcock
Cyrus Arters
John Jones
Martin Ammond
F. Mead
Lucius White
E. A. Spencer
Henry Raymond
Cherry Grove
Asa Plumb
D. Aber
Corydon
Morrison Flatt
Chas. Morrison
Fred. Byer
Deerfield
F. C. Flanegan
W.S. Raydure
H. McAuley
B. B. Siggins
D. Laughlin
Elk—Jacob J. Mack
Payid Dinsmoor
IH. C. Holman
Eldred—Beach Sherman
Joel Sandford
John MclIntyre
C. H. Whaley
T. J. Baker
Webster Abbott
Joel Carr
O. P. Tuttle
Peter Sampson
S. W. Brown
J. A. Marsh
Aaron Scranton
Glade
Wm. J. Thomas
Geo. Cc. Hinkle
Jno
M. Davidson
Kinzur
G. W. Cooper
Roy Strong
Louis
M. Lindsey
A. P. Everett
Limestone
C. 8. Richardson, P. S. Buck, Henry Baxter. Mead—B. W. Rogers
E. M. Clapp
W. W. Marsh
A. Elsworth
H. W.W. Lane
Pleasant
Nathaniel Sill
Terman Barber
Pittsfield
F. Terrell
D. R. Dalrymple
Jas. Hamilton
Benjamin Ellis
Wim. Cadman
Fr. R. Miller
A. H. Olmstead
Geo. Stearnson
N. Hemingway
T. E. Barns
Benj. Pickering
Walter Horton
South West
W. J. Booth
Herbert Morian
Ai. N. Hunter
I. S. Alden
Republican County Committee
Thomas A. Hendricks
Ohio
Boston Post
Beaver Falls
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
Erie
Williamsport
Bidwell
Bank of England
Boston
State Teachers Association
Pittsburg
Wickersham
Secretary of the Treasury
Daniel Agnew
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Reed
Toledo (Ohio
Maggie Elphich
Sims
Greenwich
Connecticut
Cincinnati
Greeley
Grant
Army of the Cumberland
Ah Sing
North Adams
Mass
Pan Carlos
Republic
France
Oil City
Hartford
Wawasset
John W. Boswell
Wood
Washington Savings Bank
Savane
George
L. T. Parinlee
Oliver Munson
Kathiren Bloom
Kane, McKean Co
Emlenton
Crawford House
Rev. J. Penny
J. J. Nesmith
Phebe A. Mead
Titusville
Sam
Una Virginia
W. 5
Frances C. McMullen
Marsha Livina Farnsworth
Montgomery Farnsworth
U.S. Marshal
S. E. Woodruf
North Park Row
City of
William M. Page
Harrison H
Colby
Excell- Ludlow L. West
Stars
John Hi. Hull
Rufus P. King
Secuson
M. C. Dalrymple
W. G. Dalrymple
Dalrymple
W.F. Dalrymple
Pittsfeld, Pa
Ss A. D
Joseph Green
John
Wilson
John Conklin
William Greenlee
Andrew Hertzel
Patrick Falconer
F.C. Parker
W. A. Green
George S. Lacy
Willian Ray
George W. Brown
Orris Hall
A. J. Davis
Page & Hutchinson
MaGee
Vredenburg
J. D. Leonard
C. B. Curtis
D. C. Phillips
H. B. Waite
H. H. Palmer
L. D. Clark
W. L. Thompson
Brown & Struthers’ Iron Works
Pierce & McCain
Thomas Gilmore
Miller & Lester
Porter & Idsall
Willard & Jones
L. P. Rogers & Bro
B. D. Benson & Co
W. Tuttle
W. E. Conroe
Adm’rs
Peter Holt
Z. Mickle
James Hamilton
W. J. Mathews
W. P. Sproule
I. Biddle
Orange Noble Et al
A. H. Weaver
Benj. Nesmith
Benj. Morris
Jacob Conarro
James Russell
Isaac A. Foreman
L. H. Fisher
D. Fr. Anderson
William Rinehart
P. Falconer
Wmn. Watson
John Hancock Life Insurance Co
Jason Andruss
Scire Facias
W. Davis
Register
Orphan's Court
Said County
Oebeck
Francis Clark
Yad Jack Tipton
James G, Marsh
Register, Register
Savings Bank
Carver
Water St
Warren, PA
A. Baldwin
Tidioute, PA
Geo. Reig, JR
Sbolia Golda Sete
Geo
Reig Bir
M. Waters
H. R. Crowell
Ss. P. Johnson
Ll.l. Lowry
F. Henry
H. A. Jamieson
J. A. Neill
D. McKelvy
J. R. Clark
E. B. Eldred
J. B. Eldred
J. B. Brown
J. R. O Clark
F. A. Randall
V. Davis
A. D. Wood
I B. Hoffman
Wm. Jagger
W. D. Brown
M.waters
J.roy
L. L. Lowry
A. ‘Hertzel
Dunham, Capron & CO
A. Ruhlman’s
News Depot
Scofield
Front Street
Episcopal Church
Methodist E
Conrad Lesser
Cor. Cortlandt
New Church Sts
Richard P. French
Richard French
French
Ladie’s & Gentleman's
P.& BE
Morning Herald
Associated Press, and
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J. W. Agrelius
Youngsville, Penna
District Court OF the United States
Wm. Watson
District Court
Ss. H. Evans
Variety Hall
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