The Warren Mail Opposes Oregon Elector Fraud Claim
The Warren Mail argues there was no Democratic elector in Oregon and Hayes Wheeler votes were fair. It condemns the effort to count a Democratic Oregon vote as a dangerous minority-rule edge and cites U.S. cases to support that a majority determines electors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Hayes & Wheeler
Pennsylvania
Tilden
Florida
South Carolina
Louisiana
South
Hayes
New Jersey
England
Congress
Brown
Bartlett
New York
Wisconsin
California
Maine
Indiana
McCrary
Joseph C. Abbott
North Carolina
United States Senate
Abbott
Footpad
Tilden and Reform in Electoral Row Across States
The piece cites electors in Louisiana and South Carolina claiming payoffs to vote for Samuel J. Tilden. It condemns such bribery as evidence of Democratic corruption and defends Oregon’s electoral process while arguing that Tilden’s nomination and tactics threaten constitutional norms.
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Louisiana
Aaron B. Levisse
Samuel J. Tilden
South Carolina
Cincinnati Enquirer
Democratic Party
Tilden
Chicago Times
Steubenville
Ohio
National Democratic Convention
William Allen
the Enquirer
White House
Washington
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Elmira Advertiser proposes new state centered on Elmira
The Elmira Advertiser suggests forming a new state from parts of New York and Pennsylvania with Elmira as capital. It lists numerous counties from both states and argues natural division would reduce cross state travel to the capital. The piece ends by noting a preference for the Keystone State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira
Chautauqua
Cattaraugus
Allegheny
Steuben
Chemung
Schuyler
Thompkins
Tioga
Broome
Wayne
Wyoming
Susquehanna
Columbia
Montour
Northumberland
Union
Lycoming
Sullivan
Bradford
Clinton
Cameron
Potter
Elk
McKean
Forest
Warren
Venango
Crawford
Erie
Pennsylvania
New York
Political row over 22d joint rule on electoral vote
Congress faces a rift as the 22d rule, allowing rejection of a state's electoral vote, is challenged. The Senate chair ruled the rule not in force. an appeal failed with almost unanimous support. Republicans and several Democrats backed the presiding officers, rebuffing House factionists led by Sam Randall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Senate
Sam Randall
Messrs
Bayard
Cockrell
Cooper
Dennis
Kernan
Eaton
McCreery
McDonald
Price
Randolph
Wallace
Georgia Democrat claims 1875 election used bribery and intimidation
2opert Toss of Georgia admits involvement in electoral corruption by intimidating black voters at the 1875 Georgia election. He asserts Democrats bought votes and supported by bribery, criticizing Tilden reforms in the solid South.
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Georgia
Bunker Hill Monument
Tilden
Solid South
Swift quote on pity and charity for cold days
The excerpt recalls Dean Swift urging pity for the poor as a form of lending to the Lord and equating sympathy with practical aid during harsh weather. It frames charity as timeless and essential in winter.
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Dean Swift
Tax election of Hayes brings peace and orderly rule
Gold prices have fallen to a postwar low since December 6, a sign of stability. The commentator contrasts this with overwrought political rhetoric from rivals seeking spoils.
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Hayes
Oil regions smile as gold drops after Hayes election
Ox at four dollars and up makes producers happy in oil regions. You see how things flourish under the election of Hayes gold goes down and greenbacks go up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes
Hayes Inauguration Hurdles Narrowed By New York Politicians
Washington correspondents say a small knot of New York politicians strives to control federal patronage, delaying Hayes inauguration. North leaders oppose Tilden while Southern figures distrust him but favor Hayes, with Ben Hill claiming Hayes will have the greatest opportunity of any President.
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Washington
N. Y. Times
New York
Hayes
North
Tilden
Ben Hill
Brooklyn Fire Toll Reaches 300 Victims
The Brooklyn tragedy left about 300 dead with 101 unrecognizable bodies buried in a single grave. Across the city bells tolled flags flew at half mast public buildings wore black and a line of hearses carried the 101 corpses to Greenwood Cemetery for solemn rites.
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Brooklyn
Greenwood Cemetery
New York Observer Prospectus For Fifty-Fifth Year
The New York Observer announces its fifty fifth year prospectus a large first class paper suitable for every family. Readers are urged to request a specimen or subscribe by sending 3 15 to S I Prime Co New York to receive the Observer postpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Observer
S. I. Prime & Co
Park Row
New York
Observer Post
Maine
California
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
Stephen H. Tyng
D. R. Locke
Petroleum V. Nasby
Elder Brewster, Jr
Brewaterville
Mass
Opinion by Judge Buack on Louisiana electors counting
The article summarizes Hon. JerryiaH Buack's lengthy opinion on the Louisiana Returning Board and Congress counting of the electoral vote. It claims Buack supports the rebels and opposes Union men, and recalls his past advice to Buchanan that the government lacks coercive power to protect itself. It ends by suggesting Buack favors Tilden and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerryiah Buack
Louisiana Returning Board
Congress
Buchanan
Oregon Electoral Vote Routed to Senate for Counting
The New York Times states the Oregon electoral vote will be forwarded to the President of the Senate by messenger, opened per the Constitution, and counted. This outlines a straightforward legal process for handling the state’s electoral ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
New York Times
Senate
Buffalo Treasurer Josefu Bork settles city debt
Josefu Bork the late Buffalo Treasurer has cleared the city's claim, settling all private indebtedness except 45000 dollars, which he expects to pay within thirty days. The total default was reported as four hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josefu Bork
Buffalo
Bourter Denounced as Candidate in Hamburg Massacre Race
The Democratic candidate for U S Senator from South Carolina is Bourter, tied to the Hamburg massacre. The remark was deemed appropriate by supporters of the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourter
Hamburg
U. S
South Carolina
Morrissey Ends Presidential Pool Bets to Aid Democrats
Joan Morrissey reversed course in a political betting pool and refunded all bets. He said dropping the bets was the simplest way to support his Democratic allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Morrissey
Gop Struggles After Hayes Victory Prompting Specie Talk
The party sank to seven seats last week as analysts say Hayes election reverberates through fiscal policy with resumption of specie payments seen as increasingly likely.
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Gop
Hayes
Re-enact Local Option Law Urged By State Convention
The Pennsylvania State Local Option Convention at Harrisburg calls for a legislative push to enact a Local Option law allowing voters to decide in their counties or districts whether to license sale of intoxicating drinks, arguing the repeal followed Prohibition candidates’ victory and now warrants restoration.
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Pennsylvania
Friends of Law
Harrisburg
Multiple Accusations Mark Randall Speakership Campaign
The New York Times calls Sam Randall a salary grabber a protectionist an inflationist and the lobby’s candidate. The piece urges consulting Democratic papers to gauge alleged infamy and frames Randall as a reform party leader in the legislature known for jobs for hire.
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New York Times
Sam Randall
Randall
Pennsylvania
Great Party of Reform
Ex Senator DoouirLe in New Orleans Backs Constitution
The ex senator defends the 1865 doctrine that after electoral votes are cast Congress cannot deem votes valid or invalid. He says Congress is not the tribunal. the President of the Senate presides the joint session and counts or declines to count votes. He upholds states and government rights against rebellion.
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Senate of the
United States
Loupon Snowpen Named Philadelphia Postmaster
Loupon Snowpen has been appointed Postmaster of Philadelphia replacing the former Postmaster Fairman whose term expired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Loupon Snowpen
Philadelphia
Mr. Fairman
Honest votes and fraud in early state elections
The piece argues that honest majorities prevailed despite irregular polls in New York and condemns fraudulent voting in various states. It cites Clinton and calls for suppression of unlawful votes as a government duty, contrasting pro slavery and free state outcomes and noting past disenfranchisement in Louisiana and Philadelphia.
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New York
John Jay
George Clinton
Lecomptonites
Kansas
Colorado
California
M’clure
Senate
Louisiana
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Odd Bits From A Bygone Era In Parliament And Pageantry
The column surveys scattered curiosities from history including Barbara Freitchie’s house succumbing to canes, a claim about public schools in Pennsylvania not reading the Bible, and a divorced governor’s wife filing. It notes a three headed owl sighting in Venango county, and ridicules Grover Cleveland’s political standing with references to the Tilden era. It also promotes Hall’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer and mocks election fraud claims tied to Tilden and the 1876 contest with statewide vote details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Freitchie
Pennsylvania
Hembold
Bucha
Oxford University Rowing Club
Yale
Cornell Glubs
Thames
Spurgeon
Allegheny County
Edward McPherson
Congress
House
Tribune Almanac
Thomas Ketchum
Venango County
Titusville
The Brooklyn Fire Report Summary
Fire Marshal Keady reports two prior fires at the Brooklyn Theatre before Dec 5 and criticizes lack of extinguishing preparedness. He states delayed notice allowed headway, audience warning could have saved lives, gallery exits inadequate, borders of scenery ignited by border lights, and calls for immediate overhaul of public buildings.
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New York
Keady
Brooklyn Theatre
Premium premiums offered by The Nursery magazine
The Nursery issues a list of premiums to obtain subscribers including books games knives skates and toys. The magazine enters its eleventh year in January 1877 published by John L Shorey at 36 Bromfield Street Boston offering a sample number for ten cents.
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John L. Shorey
Bromfield St
Boston
Lee & Shepard
Pomeet
Pickwick Papers
Our Mutual Friend
David Coppers
Nicholas Nickleby
Martin Chuzzlewit
Dombey and Son
Old Curiosity Shop
Little Dorrit
Bleak House
Barnaby Rudge
Oliver Twist
Italy
Boz
Edwin Drood
England
Humphrey
Dickens
Independent
Small State Hospital Figures Reveal Admission Ratios
In Harrisburg over 25 years only three editors gained admission to the State Lunatic Hospital while eighteen lawyers and twenty five physicians were among inmates, highlighting unusual occupational concentrations in the facility.
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State Lunatic Hospital
Harrisburg
T.S. Messner & Co
C. McDaniels
Victims Named In Petrolia Nitro Explosion
The Titusville Courier reports Clark Humphreys of Titusville, 27, and Dan Smith, an older operator from Canada, died in a December 9 Petrolia nitro glycerine blast after a wagon spill left two hundred pounds unspent in the magazine. The wreckage left a deep crater and scattered remains, while witnesses suggest a misstep caused a fatal concussion. Humphreys had just married on November 30.
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Clark Humphrey
Petrolia
Titusville
West Virginia
Humphreys
Dan Smith
Canada
Titusville Courier
Address by Mr. Chandler clarifies Hayes victory
Washington December 13 A Democratic Committee statement labels its late address a futile bid to sway voters and asserts Hayes won the electoral vote outright. Z Chandler Republican National Committee chairman defends the result and the will of the people.
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Chandler
Washington
Democratic Committee
Hayes
Wheeler
Z. Chandler
Republican National Committee
California Bartlett Pears and More Market List
California Bartlett Pears three pounds Apricots three pounds Egg Plums two pounds Ox heart Cherries two pounds Peaches yellow three pounds Peaches white three pounds Green Gages two pounds Apples three pounds Strawberries two pounds Raspberries glass quarts Currants glass quarts Pine Aggle glass quarts Succotash two pounds Green Peas two pounds Mountain Sugar Corn two pounds Oneida Sugar Corn three pounds Lima Beans two pounds Strawberry Pumpkin three pounds Quinton Tomatoes three pounds Mushrooms French two pounds Mary canned goods premium quality selected from top packing houses in the country packed in extra heavy white sugar syrup.
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California
Grocery List of Meats and Canned Goods
Corned beef two and four pounds ham two pounds beef tongue two pounds roast beef two pounds salmon one two and two pounds tripe twenty four pounds lobster one and two pounds sardines condensed milk
Local Produce Offers Mixed Jams and Preserves
Boxes of guava and pure red currant are on offer with tumblers. quart jars and assorted tumblers accompany Pure Jellies.
Variety List of Food Items and Ingredients
The note lists Premium Vanilla and French Vanilla chocolates Cracked Cocoa Dedicated Cocoanut Gelatine Atmore's Minced Meat Cranberries Lima Beans Dried Sweet Corn Macaroni Vermicilla Cracked Wheat Julienne Farina Nutrina as assorted pantry ingredients.
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Atmore
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The
Warren Mail
Tilden and Reform
Grover
Tule
Atlanta Constitution
R. P. Hall & Co
Nashau
N. H
Hall
Journal & Statesman
Wilmington
Del
Tamany
Smith
Prohibitionist
Alabama
Mississippi
Brooklyn Fire
Youngsville Savings Bank
John A. Jackson
Youngsville
A. D
F. H. Blodgett
Mary L. Blodgett
Scott & Osborne
J. H. Jack
A. Hertzel
Mead & Wheelock
Chiva Phelps Adm’r
Nelson Trisket
Warren Savings Bank
A. M. Johnson
E. B. Grandin
E. W. Parshall
W. Waters
John K. Ronne
Hazeltine & Davis
Warren, PA
Charles Dickens
P. O
G. L. Friday’s
Christmas
Fancy Coods
Ao., LC
J.f.wells & CO
Warren and Vicinity
J. C. Caspar
Water St
Miss Jagget
Paris
Michael M'Keney
Francis Henry
Clark & Noyes
Junius R. Clark
Grant Marsh
Pine Grove
Warren Co
James G. Marsh
Estern
Penn’a
Joshua H. Williams
State of
Clark Olds
Ware Works
Warren Wooden Ware Works
F. Henry
Drica
Young Hyson
Japan
Durham
Yacht Club
Lorillard
G. L. Friday
Red Front
Water St. Warren, Pa
Navy
G. Reiff
Merchant Tailor & Cutter
Aving
John Grindley
D. F. Anderson
Ludlow House
D. S. McNetTr
T. W. McNett
A.A. Davis & CO
Parmlee & Henry
TIES
Eile
Chas
Henry
Verback’s
Second Street
Java
Maracaibo
Rio
Imperial
Crosse & Blackwell
Greenland Brothers
Episcopal Church
Warren County
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