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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1872
Page
2
A satirical collection notes Greeley supporters and opponents, with mentions of Tarr Trumbull and Kentucky orators, plus critique of election rhetoric. It references the Boston Herald and Frence affairs, plus criticism of church festival pricing and local cons.
A Waxzasx critic claims Hendricks will win the state by 24008. Tre Khodive of Egypt campaigns to seize Magdala and extend rule from Abyssinia to the Nile. Reports of Hobbs murder by Ku Klux, Nijul Novgood fire disaster, and West Virginia politics mix with sensational society notes and religious reflections in this varied issue.
A reader letter-style critique argues against Grealey’s nomination and mocks party factions. It cites the Chicago Tribune’s views on Southern states’ postwar return to stability, blaming slavery’s legacy and Republican rule for ongoing economic strain in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri.
A Louisville based Democratic committee circular condemns the Greeley coalition as fraud and calls for a five member county committee and full district delegations by September. It denounces liberal papers and notes past presidential absences as evidence against Republican and liberal moves.
A Indianapolis Journal opinion rails at Democratic state governance, alleging fourteen years of debt growth and waste, contrasted with Republican rule that reduced taxes and funded schools and public works. The piece cites county treasurer figures from 1967 to argue Democrats raised local levies while Republicans cut them and paid debt. It names party leaders and specific alleged misdeeds to warn readers about the stakes in state and county administration.
A dated political polemic attacks a party for fourteen years of increased debt and higher taxes. The piece declares the party's governance would worsen fiscal conditions and chastises it for enabling waste and courtly excess. It presents a stark partisan view of the party as fiscally damaging.
A courtroom scene shows Judge Ferguson rebuking repeated juror excusal on trivial pleas. Mike Hogarty pleads with the court about being excused for his mother’s death and liquor jokes fly as the judge grants Hogarty relief, while the Bucolic editor notes Irish dialect humor in the court’s proceedings.
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