Illinois Farmers Institute Opens Series of Meetings
The State Board of Agriculture launches a series of Farmers Institute meetings across Illinois to boost crop and livestock practices. The Belleville academy hosts May 17 and 18 with talks on agriculture statistics, fruit handling, horticulture, drainage, and agricultural education by state and local leaders.
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State Board of Agriculture
Farmers’ Institute
Academy of Music
Belleville
D. B. Gillham
State Board
Illinois Agriculture
Springfield
D. Fisher
E. M. West
James E. Miller
George E. Morrow
Ilinois Agricultural College
Champaign
Adolph Doetaliats
Shiloh
E. Hollister
Alton Horticultural Society
John H. Pearson
State Horticultural Society
J. B. Turner
Jacksonville
Illinois News Roundup of Accidents and Developments
Illinois records note 2200 post offices and a Perry County wheat crop of 189 acres ready in May. A Bloomington man dies after being struck at Union depot as he attempted to ride a Chicago & Alton freight. West Belleville annexation expands population by about 3000 to over 15000. A Chicago shooting, a State insane hospital case, forgeries in Grundy County, and a Baltimore & Ohio engineer’s death in South Chicago are among scattered items. The McLean County agricultural society declines fair funding. a new Republican paper for Cairo’s colored community begins.
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Illnois
Perry County
Maggie Murray
Lincoln
Rockford
James Banfield
Chicago
Union Depot
Bloomington
Chicago & Alton Road
Illinois Midland Railway
Terre Haute
Ind
Decatur
George W. Biffle
Middletown
Logan County
Morris
Grundy County
William Richardson
Morgan County
William Callahan
Central Hospital For the Insane
Jacksonville
Lannon
Buf-falo
Sangamon County
Union
West Belleville
Belleville
John A. Will
Shelby, C
Thomas Kelly
Will
Cook County
Wabash River
Robert Kane
Charleston
William Anderson
South Chicago
Louis Reeves
Illinois City
Rock Island County
Togo
Illinois Senate and House proceed with apportionment debates
The Illinois Legislature reports on quorum gaps and procedural shifts. The Senate and House push canal, apportionment, and university bills, with readings, amendments, and adjournments through January 26 to 28 as sessions adjourn without full business. The record notes specific votes on canal cession, waterway extension, and district realignments involving DuPage, Cass, Christian, Moultrie, and other districts.
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Senate
House
Lake Michigan
Mississippi
Lake Front
Ireland
Republican Caucus
DuPage
Cass
Christian
Moultrie
Hornset
Normal University
Illinois & Michigan Canal
Bureau
Woodford
Tazewell
Judiciary Committee
Miss Pi
Readjusters called Administration party by Richmond press
The Richmond press declares Readjusters are now Administration men and reports Mahone approving the shift. A letter from October 28, 1880 warns of selling 30,000 Hancock voters and 84,000 Virginia Republicans to the Administration, tying the move to redistricting efforts and Congress elections. The N Y World notes the Democratic party congratulates the Administration.
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Senator Mahone
Richmond
Washington
Virginia
Richmond Whig
Mahone
Readjuster Organization
Cameron
Riddiberger
Hancock
William Mahonre
Senate
Ginia
Wickham
Jorgensen
Parson Massey
Congress
Georgia
North Carolina
Democratic Party
N. Y
Desert of Sahara canal cost estimate and assorted items
The piece lists 65,000,000 frames as the cost of a Sahara canal proposed by M. de Lesseps. It also notes a Washington jail interview with Guiteau, poverty of a train conductor's widow, Senate humor over the Japanese Indemnity Fund, a Liverpool arrest for theft and buccaneering prep, a Bangor poisoning error by an experienced pharmacist, and a state exam proposal for pharmacists.
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M. de Lesseps
Sahara
Seoville
Guiteau
Washington
Chicago Journal
Westfall
Jesse James
Plattsburg
N. Y
Davis
United States Senate
Senate
The New Virginia Movement and the Arthur Party Idea
The Richmond Readjuster paper argues for reshaping Virginia districts to back President Arthur and form an Arthur party. It notes Stalwarts and Half-breeds exist, Garfield Republicans oppose a Virginia Arthur faction, and wonders about loyalty to the Readjuster cause and federal policy.
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Virginia
Reno
Arthur
Richmond Iiieg
Fannceshire
Washington
Republican Party
Garfield
Mahone
North
Mr. Arthur
St. Louis
Mahone's Weakening Power in Virginia Politics
Washington correspondent reports Mahone's Readjusters coalition fracturing as postwar debt repudiation, patronage, and office battles split the group. Discontent grows after Massey purge and gubernatorial influence clashes. five Senate votes hold power, while offers of patronage and brinkmanship fail to break deadlock.
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Mahone
Virginia
Washington
John KE. Massey
Massey
Senate
Congress
Jay A. Hubbell
Congressional Republican Committee
Garfield
Richmond
Wickham
United States Court
Hubbell
Washington Cor. N. Y. Sun
New York Bachelor Dies. Surprise Widow Emerges Claim
Jacob Badger of New York dies at seventy six leaving a $180 estate. Immediately a wife, long unsuspected by friends, appears to claim her dower rights in the estate, as reported by the St. Louis Globe.
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Jacob Badger
New York
St. Louis Globe
Unclear historical trade names and firms listed
The fragment lists various names and companies such as Shark & Oy, Morelia H. A. Getation, McManus, Seyfort, EK. V. White & Co, Cramp & Sona, Harlan & Hollingsworth, American Dube Companys Nat McKay, Dell Noblitt, Lubbock & Co, EK. H. Ashcroft, and Roach, without context or dates.
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Wiifa Metliena
Laaiah T
Eae Bala
Shark
Morelia
H. A. Getation
McManus & Seyfort
Cramp & Sona
Harlan & Hollingsworth
American Dube
Careful estimates fix female medical graduates’ incomes
Careful estimates place the annual income of female graduates of the Pennsylvania Medical College at nearly 3000 dollars a year as they pursue the medical profession.
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Pennsylvania Medical College
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Sheridan
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Iowa
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Couurn
Newman Pub. CO
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