Canada for Congress A Liberal Pitch in Racist Era
A controversial pamphlet urges working white and Black voters to back William P. Canaday and other Liberal candidates in the 1880 campaign. It cites harbor improvements, river dredging, coast light houses, and tariff protections while accusing opponents of corruption and racial intimidation.
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William P. Canaday
Harbor Island
Cartéret County
Masonboro Inlet
New River
William P. Vanaday
Carteret County
Fort Macon
Newport
North Rivers
Hatteras Inlet
Oape Fear
White Oak
Beaufort
United States
Liberal ticket drive in Raleigh stirs voters and safety warnings
Fragmentary report details a Raleigh campaign urging Republicans and Liberals to unite against bourbon influence. It warns about counterfeit tickets and coercion at polls, calls for vigilant observers, and notes a recent All Saints Day event and the death of Mr. Bo Myers in New York with local funeral arrangements.
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Handel
Dockery
Pool
Canaday
Devereux
O'Hara
Winston
Johnatos
York
Cocke
House of Representatives
Republican Party
Bourbon
Peo
Rome
Merrie
Teachera
Bo. Myers
New York
Myers
Custom House
Ges
Bia Desth
Ureene
Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn
H. Y
Jonn's Lodge of ‘Masons
Order of Knights of Honor
Legion of Honor
Wilmington Post advertising rates and local election notices
The notice lists advertising rates at eight lines and payments, promotes subscriptions, and names local officials in New Hanover County. It urges voters to back Canaday for mayor and congress, questions Democratic officials, explains proper voting secrecy, and warns against intimidation at the polls, stressing election law enforcement.
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Taz Wizgates Post
Tam Wilmagtor Head Post
Wilmington
N. C
President Arthur Named to Tariff Commission
A fragment notes President Arthur appoints someone to the Tariff Commission. The report suggests the commission is being formed, with expectations that the tariff study will proceed in the near term.
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Liberal Party
Erie
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William P. Osunday
Newport River
Carteret
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Internal Revenue
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Senator Ransom
Swepeon
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New Hanover County
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Joseph E. Sampson
Owen Burney
David Jacobs
Lemuel D. Cherry
Henry E. Scott
House of Represenatives
William B. Waddell
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Oonstable
Wilmington Township
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