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Newspaper
Daily Logansport Pharos
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1875
Page
1
The article surveys a controversial era with talks of humane execution methods and electric beheadings cited by Mr. Pratt, notes shifting political appointments in Indiana, discusses Lincoln widow’s mental state, Chicago’s sensational crimes, a large wartime fund misappropriation, and looming reform of Washington’s financial and civic systems.
The Common Council set salaries for city appointees with a top rate of one thousand dollars and minimal extras. Critics say the panel offers little improvement over prior councils and question several appointments as inefficient or inexperienced. The note urges overhaul including better fire protection and retirement of inactive firefighters.
A collage of disparate items notes bylines and snippets from various regions. Mentions include Boston aldermen abolishing large sign boards and a 87 year old woman newspaper carrier in Boston.
Readable portions recount Bowen’s alleged spat with Beecher at a Brooklyn prayer gathering and a dispute over Mrs. Beecher’s teeth, with gossip about Bowen’s influence, a Sun editorial fragment, and unrelated items about a woodshed threat, a turtle sighting, and coffins auctioned in Philadelphia.
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