Mixed News Roundup From The Dixon Sun Week Review
Martina Heron is demented and treated in a New York hospital. The New York Typographical Society backs a Horace Greeley monument and asks printers to donate 1,000 cms on February 3. Harlem railroad conductors resign over ticket coupons. Big New York underground railroad project and a bank robbery in Lancaster. Various trials, storms, and political intrigue across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martina Heron
New York
New York Typographical Society
Horace Greeley
Harlem Railroad
New York Underground Railroad
B. C. Galvin
Mr. Boutwell
Secretary of the Treasury
Tax Mechanics’ Bank
Lancaster
Amorose E. Lynex
Pittsburgh
William Hatfield
Hudson
Mohawk
Susquehanna
Alleghany
Sherman
Daily Illustrated
Goodsell Bros
Chicago
The
Graphic
Sun
W. H. Bumstead
Boss Tweed
Jersey City
Marshall McGruder
Clarence Lockwood
Toston
Foster
Congress in Brief January 14 1874 legislative actions
A dense summary of Senate and House activity from January 14 to 21 detailing bills passed and introduced on currency banking land grants railroads and pensions. Notable items include amendments to the National Currency act, the Agricultural College bill, the Porto Rico Lake and Lake Superior Ship canal timeline, Post Office appropriations, the Bankrupt act repeal, Colorado state admission, and the Vienna Exposition appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s
Louisiana
Gen. W. McMaullin
United States
Kellogg
P. B
Arkansas
Louis V. Bogg
St. Louis
Frank P. Blair
Senate
Missouri
S. W. Dorsey
Rice
Dorsey
Tresday
Agricultural and Industrial Arts College
Bil
Judiciary Caromittee
Congress
Portege Lake
Lake O Superior Ship Canal
House
Randall
Secretary of the Treasury
Pacific Railroads
Secretary of War
Houst
Post Office
Postmaster General
Credit Mobilier
Union Pacific
Tuvurs Bay
Logan
Salisbury
N. C
Sherman
Buckingham
Loomis Aerial Telegraph Company
Morton
Committee On Elections
Hovnset
Colorado
Oklahoma
Agricultural College
Mississippi
Chicago
Rock Island
Pacific
Iowa
Hooke
Judiciary Committee
Bille
Supreme Court
Carpenter
Boston
Edmunds
Billz
Southern States
P. B.S. Pinchback
Committee On Appropriations
Early Austrian Promise to Aid France Amid War Split
A London letter from the Franco-German war era claims Austria, after declaring war, promised France material support and only needed time to arm and find a pretext for conflict with Prussia. It notes Bismarck’s retirement stems from Church policy clashes with Emperor William. The Shah of Persia plans a European tour next April visiting St Petersburg Berlin Vienna London Paris and Constantinople. The Napoleon funeral at Chiselhurst featured 800 mourners including the Prince Imperial and empress, with unique rites and soil taken from the Tuileries garden. The Colorado arrives from Hong Kong bringing news including Japan allowing certain entertainers to work three years longer.
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Livingstone
Africa
Napoleon
Prince Imperial
France
London
Paris
Rome
Philip
James
Church of the Apostles
Ohe
Duke de Grammont
Count von Beust
Austria
Prussia
Bismarck
William
Shah of
Persia
Teheran
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Vienna
Constantinople
Chiselhurst
England
Jerome Napoleon
Prince Joachim
Achille
Rouher
Eugenie
Southwark
Father Goddard
Tuileries
Sotcristy
Prince Napoleon
Chinelhurst
Colorado
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Large regional fire losses across multiple cities
Jan 19 reports show Gloversville New York Toledo Ohio Parker's Landing Pennsylvania and Morning Sun Iowa suffering major property damage with total losses ranging from 21000 to 750000 plus insurance gaps. Jan 20 Ottumwa Iowa damage valued at 150000 while Montreal Canada reports 35000 loss. Cobb's warehouse on Dey Street New York incurs 100000 loss.
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Gloversville
N.Y
Toledo
Parker's Landing
Morning Sun
Iowa
Ottumwa
Montreal
Canada
Credit Mobilier Fallout At Washington Hearing
Washington dispatch reports a sensational session of the Wilson committee on the Credit Mobilier with Mr Durant facing questions about large Union Pacific expenses from 1864 to 1866 totaling 3435,000. Durant says these were preliminary expenses to settle claims for other roads and to fund attorneys Stewart and Hay, with funds advanced but no vouchers issued.
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College
Senate
Washington Telegram
Union Pacific Railroad
Wilson
Patterson
Bingham
Scofield
Kelley
Credit Mobilier
Ames
Congress
Pennsylvania
Pacific Railroad
United States
Senator Patterson
Washington Dispatch
Samana Bay
Naval
House Committee On Patents
Postoffice Committee
House Committee On Elections
Black
Florida
Walls
Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York
Chattanooga
Atlanta
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Friends of
Havana
Stewart
Hay
Durant
Harlan
Oakes Ames
Ue Credit Mobilier
Boyer
James I. Wilson
Town
Dillon
Brooks
Neilson
J.B. Stewart
New Hamphire
Mobilier
Uip
James Brooks
Washington
Alexander Hay
President Grant bans federal appointees from holding state offices
President Grant issues an executive order effective March 4 1873 prohibiting federal civil officeholders from holding state territorial or municipal offices. The order excludes notaries publics justices of the peace and certain deputy roles. Federal officers must resign any conflicting state duties or face vacation of their commissions.
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President Grant
Washington
United States
Justices of Peace
Hamilton Fisu
Agriculture Demands Capital Before Profit
The saying applies to farming: you must invest capital first to earn interest or profit. This capital can be labor money or even manure, highlighting the honesty of agricultural thrift.
Henry M. Stanley Denounces Unauthorized Livingstone Books
In a letter to Scribner Armstrong & Co Henry M. Stanley disclaims several published works claiming to be his. He asserts only How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa is genuine and warns the public against spurious books compiled from Livingstone and Anderson, with Stanley’s Herald letters used inaccurately. He asks publishers to warn readers and protect his rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Stanley
Messrs. Scribner, Armstrong & Co
New . . i . York Publishers
Chicago
Philadelphia
Livingstone
Anderson
New York Herald
Africa
Central
The
Herald
Senate panel rejects Babcock revival of Graham patent
The Senate Committee on Patents reported adversely to Babcock Extinguisher Company's revival bid on the Graham application filed in 1837. After hearing eighteen lawyers, the committee was unanimous in rejection, ending the Gardner versus Babcock fight and allowing the public to buy the Gardner extinguisher. Washington Letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Patents
Babcock
Graham
Gardner
Washington
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Dixon Sun
W. M. Kennedy
News OF the
West
Minnesota
Chicago Times
Hendricks
Indiana
Chcaco
First Congregational Church
Perfeet
Southern Minnesota Railroad
MeNtry
Chillicothe
Sparta
Wis
Milwaukee
California
Wheaton
J. K. Graves
Lowa Pacific
Lowwick
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
George Francis Train
Council Bluffs
Monte
Rosa Duance
Ida Majors
Cleveland
Kidder
Epworth
Uriah Howe
Manistee
Mich
J. J. Moonrox
Mobile
Little Neck
Ark
Henry Smith
Jackson Pike
Enoch Jackson
House Military Committee
Gen. Thomas
House Post Office Committee
Creswell
Warmoth
McEnery
Zere
Tur House Banking and Currency Committee
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Canton
Pekin
Brussels
Chillingham Castle
Shields
Malta
French Assembly
Switzerland
Samuel R. Graves
Liverpool
London Times
Edward Bulwer Lytton
Messrs
Onslow and Whaley
John Duke Coleridge
Baptiste Wriothesley Noel
Satory
Algiers
Palestro
Cuba
Tuscarora
Gibraltar
National Prison Reform Association
Baltimore
Horatio Seymour
Illinois
Richard J. Oglesby
Roscoe Conkling
Wisconsin
Timothy O. Howe
Simon Cameron
Cobb’s
Dey Street
the Civil Service
Central Africa
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