P Johnson for President Judge in 6th District
A profile extols P Johnson Esq Republican nominee for President Judge in Erie Crawford and Warren counties. It praises his legal career across multiple counties, disciplined preparation, and forceful advocacy while noting his blunt, uncompromising temperament and strong personal integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Johnson
Erie
Crawford
Warren
Ano
Her
Arren
J, McKean
Potter
Venango
Jefferson
Marion Counties
Supreme Court
Bether
Warren and Erie counties back the candidate for judge
The piece endorses a candidate for the judiciary, praising his temperance, education, and fairness. It notes three previous county presentations, cross-party support, and calls for Erie and Crawford voters to approve him. The text also reviews a political textbook and local social notices.
Railroad Bridge Gaining Ground Amid Tight Space
Several mac are unavoidably crowded out this week for want of room. We shall try to catch up next week. Two spans of the Railroad Bridge are up. One more only remains to raise.
Curtin Rally in Warren Advocates Free Labor Prosperity
Colonel Curtin drew a representative Warren County audience praising the Republican platform and free labor. George A. Coffey and L. D. Wetmore spoke on the Constitutionality of Republican doctrine while Curtis, Curtin, and others defended protection and against Douglas’s Popular Sovereignty. The meeting closed with a late serenade by the Warren German Band and Young Men’s Club.
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Col. Curtin
Pennsylvania
Warren
Foster
Broad West
Douglas
Geo. A. Coffey
Warren German
Young Men’s Club
Virginia Tax Burden Debate Over John Brown War Costs
The piece rails against Virginia’s $1.5 million bill to defend slave property after John Brown’s raid. It argues taxation should fall on slaveholders, notes western non slaveholding sentiment, and describes political shifting in the state. It also reports local townsfolk in Youngsville discussing oil, a new Union Artillery company, and a Democratic caucus incident.
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John Brown
Old Dominion
Virginia
Senate
Youngsyville
Borror
Union Artillery
Union
Breckenridge
Kent
Noember One
Siggins House
Baltimore
Warren Wide-Awake Club formed in Repub lican meeting
A Warren Borough gathering at Johnsons Hall created the Warren Wide-Awake Club with a five member committee to draft a constitution. The group aims to promote Republican principles and mobilize young voters for the President Vice President and Governor races. Also noted are local political remarks and a follow up meeting scheduled for Friday at 8.
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Johnson’s Hall
Hl. A. Jameison
A. D. Wood
Wuernas
United States
Commonwealth
Warren Wide-Awake Club
Republican Party
Chicago
Messrs
IL. Macneil
Clark
C. Twining
H. A. Jameison
Association
J.B. Clark
J. T. A. Jewett
Hl. Macneil
R. J. Curtis
A. G. Curtin
Johnsons Hall
Foster for Breckinridge and Curtin Support Rally Report
A Philadelphia Breckinridge meeting shows strong backing for Henry D Foster as the Democratic governor candidate while urging Curtis Curtin’s election. Lincoln anecdotes and Erie Railroad travel notes add political and regional color to the campaign climate of the era.
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Crawford
Llenry D. Foster
Breckinridge
Mr. Foster
Cresson
Breckenridge
Philadelphia
Henry D Foster
Congress
United Democracy
Foster
Curtin
Harrisburg
Lincoln era briefed items span politics and society
A mix of early 1860s items notes pew rents at Beecher’s church, Lincoln debates, Iowa state election timing with presidential vote, Illinois Central Railway rumor, Virginia militia figures, and a family tragedy in Indiana with four brothers jailed together.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Lincoln
Hamlin
Philadelphia
Missouri
Breckinridge
Constitutional Union
Douglas
Arkansas
Rector
Johson
Lewistown
Gov. Banks
Illinois Central Railroad
Massachusetts
Iowa
Kansas
Burdell Cunningham
San Francisco
Louisville Journal
The
Home Journal
Fredonia
County Fair Premiums For Livestock And Baked Goods
Judges name prizes for wool sheep swine fowls bread sugar honey butter and cheese. Awards list best buck ewes lambs coarse wool and grade sheep with cash prizes from 1 to 5 dollars. Poultry prizes cover bread varieties and fowls turkeys geese ducks with varied payouts. Butter and cheese prizes cap the showcase with multiple placing awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Gross
James Woodside
John Mahan
S. P. Johnson
G. W. Scofield
C. B. Curtis
I. H. Hiller
Quartes Wright
G. V. N. Yates
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Warren Mail
Girard
Braitam Lincoln
Illinois
Hannibal Hamlin
Hon. Hoy
Lal
Homas M Hower
Jams Poollock
Francis B. Penniman
Ulysses Mercur
George Brissler
A. B. Sharpe
Daniel O. Gahr
Samuel Calvin
Eigar Cowan
William M’kerman
John M. Kirkpatrick
James Kerr
Richard P. Roberts
Henry Souther
A Greer
Andrew G. Curtin
Centre County
John Patton
Clearfield CounTy
Warren CounTy
Assembly
George H. Ames
Arthur McGill
Deerfield
Nelson Preston
Farmington
Warren Academy
Alonzo Crandall
Pleasant
Bell
Cass
Seward
Everett
H. W. Johnson
Horace Greeley
John F. Cleveland
Tribune Association
Prince of Wales
Canada
Quebec
Montreal
Lord Renfrew
Falls
New York
Tidioute
Titusville
Tur
Baker
Hey
Sae Godey
Godey
Mai
Arthur's
Price
Arthur & Co
Chautauque County Homoceopathic Medical Association
Court House
A. E. Keyes
Jamestown
A. L. Morrison
Bestor
Old Virginia
Youngsville Teas
Young Mens Republican Club
Anon. A
Wee the
Venango Spectator
Rouse, Mitchell & Brown
Oil Creek
Buchanan Farm
Edward McPherson
Franklin
Sunbury and Erie
Zrie Gazette
Great Eastern
Halifax
Buff. Com
Abraham Lincoln
St. Louis
Carl Shurz
Portsmouth
N. H
Caleb Cushing
Caleb
New York Herald
Messrs. Sickles
Williamson
Sickles
John Hutchins
Ashtabula
Giddings
Washington
Trenton
Senator Chestnut
South Carolina
Sarah Hand
Cape May County
New Jersey
Adjutant General’s Office
Agricultural
Curtis
F. R. Willer
Mark Wilson
Aeres
Alfred Willoughby
Geo. Cady
H. . Wait
Marsh
Wm. Cummings
David Dalrymple
W.r.thompson
Timaun Dalryme Ple
Moses Ricker
S. B. Ricker
R. E. Cook
Robert Allen
Durham
L. P. Dennison
Oliver Spencer
Thomas Phillips
John McKinney
Arthur Magill
Secont
Hery Stuart
Jefferson McKinney
John Dallas
Jas. Dennison
Chancy Smith
Dr. A. Blodget
James Younie
Wm. M. Cumming
Jason Andrus
W. B. Acocks
Hulett Lott
Daniel Chipman
J. Page
O. L. Munroe
Bess
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