Our State Senate Election Redraws Political Lines
Warren December 31 1870 report notes Col Dechert won the First district seat by 1343 votes giving the Senate to the Democrats and limiting House power to block measures. Buckalew and Wallace as Speakership contenders with rivalry hinted. Carrigan and Ziegler contest clerkship. Georgia went Democratic. ominous threats to colored and Republican voters echoed by a Tennessee to Chattahoochee call to arms.
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Col. Dechert
Watt
Senate
House
Harrisburg
Philadelphia Press
Harry White
George W. Hamersly
Charles R. Buckalew
William A. Wallace
Wallace
Buckalew
Charles W. Carrigan
Jacob Ziegler
Butler County
Carrigan
Dechert
Democratic Party
Butler
Giorcia
Georgia
Gas wells ignite Erie industry hope in 1860s expansion
Erie witnesses a booming gas program with wells across Water Works Tenth Street Canal Mills and bayfront sites producing steam heat and light. Major facilities and residents now rely on gas with many plans to drill more wells while pricing drops and distribution expands.
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Clark, Buseck & Co
Tenth Street
Oliver & Bacon's
Canal Mills
Crouch & Bro
Fairmount
Hopedale
Henry Gingrich
Mill Creek
City Gas Company
John H. Walker
Seventh Street
Elihu Marvin
Engineer Sherwin
E. H. Stearn
M. B. Lowry
Davenport, Fairburn & Co
W. W. Reed
Noble & Hall
Bay State Iron Works
Peach
Erie
Pittsburg
Scranton
Eric
Union
The Hidden Costs of Circus and Opera Billing
The article details printing and bill posting expenses for circuses and opera tours. It cites Berger Family advertising costs of 1000 dollars for engraving and 0.51 per three sheet picture, plus 8 to 12 stands and board rental reaching hundreds of dollars daily. It notes ordinary circus daily costs around 800 dollars, two day runs over 2500 dollars with limited receipts, and Parepa Rosa troupe daily costs over 1200 dollars plus 1400 dollars rail fare, with halls rarely exceeding 600 dollars in a single night.
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Berger
Philadelphia Ledger
Young Men’s Hall
Jackson
Parepa Rosa
Chicago
Boston
Opera
World and Local News Snippets from a 19th Century Ledger
A compilation of brief items includes Ole Bull to reside at the Hub, generals in Constantinople, asylum offers for the Pope, population figures for New England states, and local curiosities. Reports cover the capitol building age, prohibition effects in Iowa, mixed Masonic lodges in Boston, and a half gallon box size.
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Ole Bull
Sheridan
Burnside
Constantinople
Austria
Prussia
England
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Iowa
Boston
Lynn
Mass
I Acknowledge the Corn The Origin of a Protection Phrase
Hon Andrew Stewart recounts a 19th century protectionist anecdote about haystacks and cornfields sent to market. He cites Mr Wickliffe and explains how horses hogs and cattle illustrate the value of agricultural products as a defense of tariffs. Stewart urges farmers to study store goods for farm content.
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Andrew Stewart
Congress
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
New York
Philadelphia
Wickliffe
Speaker
Balloon and battle reports from Paris and Tours
London reports on December 25 1870 detailing ongoing Franco Prussian War activity with German forces around Paris about 600 000 troops 100 000 on sick list and 300 000 killed or disabled since start. Dispatches cite Bourbaki favorable to French army and Prussian withdrawals from Nogent le Rotrou.
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London
Paris
France
Prussia
Bourbiki
le Mans
Nogent-le- Rotron
Pagis
Brest
Borpraux
Tours
Department of the Interior
Department
Indre Et Loire
Blois
Trotting Horse Chase On Wallkill Valley Line
An ex citing chase occurred last Wednesday as a Gardiner bound train neared Lackey s Bridge two miles from Gardiner s Station. A trotter owned by John Titus blocked the track forcing the engineer to race the horse to the bridge at fifty miles an hour. The engine struck the animal s right hip and the horse was thrown clear of the stones below and lay unmoving after the impact.
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Pittsburg
Wallkill Valley
Gardiner
Lackey’s Bridge
Gardiner’s
John Titus
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W.iren, Pa
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