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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1872
Page
5
Gen Crook presses the war in Arizona killing over 100 Apaches since the campaign began. A large fire destroyed property valued over 250000 with an insured amount of 150000. In Quincy Indiana Chief McGraw survived a shooting when a watch stopped a bullet.
New Orleans court convicts Pinchback of contempt for acting as Governor and imprisons him. Federal troops shield him while McEnery appeals to delay. Williams reports the President recognizes Pinchback and Kellogg faction as lawful authorities amid unrest.
Senator Ames resigns from the Military Committee amid reshuffled panels favoring Logan as future chairman. Select House committee probes the Credit Mobilier scandal admitting Ames and McComb counsel while restricting others. Senate confirms several presidential nominations including Orr and White. Interior Secretary travels to Cuba for health. Rumor of a $50,000 presidential salary bill advances. Over 500 letters seek the Marshalship, and Nicolay succeeds Parsona as Marshal of the Supreme Court. McComb testifies of stock payments to Brooks. Brooks calls it false. Vice President Colfax denies campaign charges. Nashville Book Concern seeks $400,000 for wartime building use. Various postmaster nominations issued. President to pardon Ku Klux offenses upon neighbor endorsement.
Garibaldi denounces French factionalism as Gamartra and 86 Radicals demand dissolution of the National Assembly and new elections. News from London reports the ship Franklin’s logs in the North Sea and a deadly Paris-Versailles gale. Thiers clashes with the Assembly while Bis marck may resign the Prussian Presidency.
Senate action includes bounty land parity for people of color and an Helena Montana assay office. House advances revenue office changes and more agents. Jul- Dec 11 1861 timeline notes, with debates on Boston relief, Oklahoma organization, immigration, and rail fare regulation.
Scattered along Green Bay Wisconsin shores are more than one hundred saw mills producing over five hundred million feet of lumber annually.
Eleven servant girls die in a disastrous fire at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. The blaze started in the twenty third street wing amid wooden staircases and a tarred cockloft, with $130,000 to $150,000 in losses. Thousands gathered at the morgue as victims were laid out in rough coffins.
New York Dispatch reports a Tribune leadership battle where Whitelaw Reid limits his influence after facing financier William Orton and Sinclair. Negotiations over stock shares and editorial control culminate with Reid losing influence and Sinclair asserting dominance in the Tribune association.
The South Bethlehem Pennsylvania facility nears completion described as the largest rolling mill in the civilized world. The main mill spans 936 feet by 111 feet with 314-foot wings, built of stone iron and slate. Boilers sit outside the main works with riveted iron stacks about 14 feet in diameter and 130 feet high.
A 700 figure is cited for women employed by the United States Postal Service, highlighting gender participation in federal employment.
The article presents Grant's popular vote lead over 750,000 and the national tally. It lists the popular vote by state with unofficials marked, cites estimates for ten states lacking full returns, and details the Electoral College results. It notes splits in seven states that backed Greeley and Brown and a Missouri elector who abstained from voting for Brown.
The London Times reports on an armless Antwerp artist painting with toes and notes a Livingstone expedition prep. Grand Duke Alexis is promoted to Major General in Russia. Baroness Burdett Coutts funds Columbia Market in London. English publisher J Campen Horren faces heavy damages for literary piracy. Thiers and Garibaldi discussed in harsh terms over French conflicts. An English funeral incident ends in a man’s death. Paris street corners redesigned to ease movement and avoid accidents. The Blue Book for 1871 72 lists Royal grants totaling £125,056 Ss 1d aside from civil list. Portugal adopts a fish preservation method using viscera removal and sugar, with one tablespoon sugar for a five-pound fish. France orders chemical analysis of patent medicines and cosmetics to ban harmful items. Americas suffer more from poisonous nostrums than Europe.
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