Local notices and political volleys from Libertyville era
A dense column reports on a half sheet sale items and political letters including Grimes and Mason letters with other letters and a second edition. It notes Lady’s Aid Society earnings at the county fair, the death of Adjutant Leavitt in a Missouri river battle, property sales in Jefferson and Fifth Streets, and a court adjournment until after the election. It mentions deaths, coroner inquest, and an Iowa commissioners’ shipboard escape from a burning steamer with lost baggage but survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Grimes
Libertyville
Tuttle
Mason
Adjutant Leavitt
6Th Iowa Cavalry
Missouri River
Leavitt
J.C. Hardy
Chariton
West Road
Mt. Pleasant
Weider
Iowa
Win
B. Fairfield
Charles City
J. B. Brady
Delhi
New Orleans
Robert Campbell
Milliken’s Bend
Fairfield
Brady
Will Proba- Eit
Tlt
Thats Saat
Morris Island
Charleston Harbor
Charleston
Ingraham
Navy
Secretary Chase heralded as master of national finances
The Independent extols Secretary Chase as the nation’s master of finance praising his coolness, dedication, and successful reforms. It lauds his currency plan, predicts a nationwide adoption of a uniform national bank system, and notes the potential benefits to commerce, government strength, and public confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase
Altho
Iberty
Thelief
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Congress
Much A
Ank
Atlantic
Pacific
Kansas
Proudhet
Newark
United States
Internal Revenue Law
Treasury
Independent
Abbe Casselli pantelegraph touted for law proposal
Paris correspondent notes government interest in Casselli’s pantelegraph to supersede Morse devices. The autographic system transmits dispatches and portraits with fidelity, using less electricity and less semaphore sensitivity. It even telegraphs a rose and a musical fragment from Rossini to Marseilles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
London Star
Casselli
Corps Legislatif
Marseiles
Erse
Observatory
Bureau of the Telegraphic Administration
Rossini
Marseilles
Young man seeks editor position at Republican newspaper
A young man of good morals and education desires a job as assistant or senior editor at a Republican newspaper. Salary is no object. Address at this Office L. MoD. d&wif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Mod. D&wif
Markets Rise As Wheat and Corn Hit New Highs
The Burlington market notes higher prices across grains with Chicago corn at about 9 to 9 1/4 cents and wheat rising to roughly 1.06–1.08 for No 1 and No 2. Oats and rye advance, flour dull due to freight limits, and whisky prices climb. Livestock demand falters with poorer cattle quality, while pack boats and river traffic face logistical strain. News includes detailed commodity quotes and shipping rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buntangton
Chicago
Jennie Whipple
Burlington
Lsc
Kye
Sh. Lake
Buffalo
Oswego
R. H
Rae Bushels
Rte
Erie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ladies Aid Society
M&y
Jefferson and
Fifth Streets
Gaz
Jaeks Teedrick
Fernando Wood
Stars and Stripes
Paradise
O'Conner
O’conner
Grimes’ Hall
Court of Appeals
Metropolitan Bank
H. H. van Dyck
Supreme Court of
Supreme Court of New York
Rosevelt
Davis, Wright, Balcom
Marvin
Rosekrans
Albany Evening Journal
National Banks
Pomppeii
Pompeii
Bacchus
Pember Beckwith
New London
Miss Beckwith
E. C. Andrus
Hayti
Martinsburg
N. Y
S.A. Allen
Greenwich St
New York
Déwlt
Mansfield
Ayer
Tropics
Banger
Mercury
D. B. DeLand & Co
Chica
Illinois
Ss Pit
Hembold
Helmbold’s
Howard Association
J. Skillin Houghton
Batchelor
William A. Batchelor
BaRcLaAy St. N. Y
Tracy & Hillhouse
Joshua Tracy
A. M. Hillhouse
Copp & Parsons
Tolle
Rally Rewa M
U. Loper
R. M. Washburn
Tolen
Fort Madison
Newton Harris
P. Brown
D&c
Pd. S. Sede
England
ATLE
Withich
Aia Tin Ui
Rob't Jennings
Y Hugo
Madame Hugo
Just Rooney At
Joon
Amber Gods
Harriet E Prescott
Nat 7 Corse
Varey
V.S
L Corse
Ife
Kit Carson
Chas. Burdett
Corse
Iss Gilberts
J G Holland
Yphinan
R. Bamelow
Ildreth
Henry H. Scott
Viiting
Eoreign
Manus 3
Fmporters
Main Street
FiscaPep
Guy Mannering
Saveepont
Queensware
China
Crockery
Tutlery
Nrawwaa
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