Lesson of the Hour and War Dept Change Highlighted
The Wilmington Post surveys postwar party strategy from Pennsylvania to the South. It notes voter turnout drops due to corrupt officeholders and warns Republicans to guard against repeats in North Carolina and Virginia, while praising Belknap as the new War Secretary and discussing broader political and international issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Keystone
North Carolina
Virginia
Rawlins
War Department
War Office
William W. Belknap
Iowa
William G. Belknap
15Th
Iowa Volunteers
Army of the Tennessee
West
College of New Jersey
Princeton
Robeson
Gen. Sherman
Belknap
Georgetown
D. C
Tes Paris
le Temps
Hyacinthe
Times
le Siecle
Journal Des Delats
Russia
Father Hyacinthe
Universal Church
Demagogic Race Scene and Racial Slur Incident
A chaotic account describes a political meeting where Judge Dent and a Black candidate were spotlighted. crude taunts and threats by White attendees unfold, ending with threats and surprise hostility toward Black participants. A Paris correspondent weighs Napoleon’s maladies and a bladder disease prognosis as a digressive medical note.
Thanksgiving Proclamation and 1869 news digest mix
President Grant proclaims November 18 as a day of thanksgiving and praise. A Cincinnati Italian lady aged 101 leads a grand anniversary celebration, while other items report political tensions, frontier threats, and local incidents including lynching and election chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
Ulysses S. Grant
United States
A. D
U. S
America
Cincinnati
Ponce de Leon
Ohio Dispatches Note Grant Victory and Reform Support
Dispatches from Columbus report General Ulysses Grant’s victory by ten thousand votes and a Republican majority in the Legislature with reform legislators in Hamilton County aligning for the fifteenth amendment. The New York Sun critiques church music as self-display and features notes on Wagner defender Jerome Hopkings and poet Fatser Ryan, deriding critics and commentary.
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Ohio
Columsus
U.S. Grant
United States
Hayes
House
Senate
Kk. D. Harrison
Republican Committee
Reform
Hamilton County
R. D. Harrison
The
New York Sun
Burns And Byron Popularity In Affected Markets
A spox seller notes Burns outselling Byron two to one. Ten Burns editions from American publishers compete against six Byron, with Burns importations rising. Scott ranks worst after Wordsworth. Mrs. Stowe promotes a Byronic revival. A Charleston Republican whiter calls Hon. B. F. Perry “an original Union man” devoted to slavery. North Carolina shows many such original Union men among office holders.
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Burns
Byron
Scott
Wordsworth
Charleston Republican
Hon
B. F. Perry
North Carolina
Perry
State seeks bids for extensive office stationery and books
The Secretary of State Henry J. Meninger invites sealed proposals dated November 1 1869 for furnishing a long list of stationery and books including paper types ink blotting rulers and ledgers. Bids require samples and per pound or per ream pricing with delivery by January 15 at the Capitol.
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Ninake
Monay
Carter
Faber
Swartworth
New Zeland
McGill
Congress
Guardian
Secretary of State
Capitol
Henry J. Meninger
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the Wilmington Post
Wilmington
N. C
London Times
Ireland
Grand Jury
Washington
Smithville
Bureau of Statistics
Atlantic
Pacific
Dutiabe
Boston
San Franciso
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New Orleans
Ebeessees
Memphis
Boston Advertiser
Tur Dent
Naseby
Dent
Girillers
New York
Pennsylvany
Paris
Hamilton Fisi
Decatur
Ala
Demos
Halifax
Nova Scotis
Dominion
Nova Scotia
Confederation
British America
Pendleton
Gen
Grimes
Andy Johnson
Jerome Hopkings
Richard Wagner
Chorley
Wagner
Schubert
Schuman
Ryan
Helm Bowp
Wilson
Bloomingdale Asylum
Helmbold
H. T. Helmbold
Drug and Chemical Warehouse
Broadway
My Chemical Warehouse
H.tt. Helmbold
Howard Association
Box P
Runge
Lippitt's
Front Street
Mutter’s Alley
Dock
Orange Streets
House of Business
G. H. W. Runge
Market Street
Munson &Co
City Clothiers
P. Heinsberger
Board of Aldermen
George Myers’ Precy
Bakah Jackson
State OF North Carolina
Ovricz
Raleigh
Mr. van Orsden
M. M. Katz
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