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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1864
Page
2
A discussion in the Legislature considers raising judge salaries after a prior cut to sixteen hundred dollars for Supreme Judges and thirteen hundred for District Judges. The constitution prohibits raises during the elected term, raising questions about whether current incumbents can seek an increase after their elections.
The Davenport Gazette urges building a canal from the Upper Mississippi to the Lakes and Hudson to reach Atlantic markets. It argues the South’s fall, Eastern capital dependence, and railroad monopolies will strip Western farmers of markets, leaving them to compete in seaport trade with monopolies controlling transportation and pricing. The piece questions the hoped West recovery under current administration policy.
The Burlington Shackeye argues corruption is widespread in all departments and urges strong, lawful punishment for dishonest officers. It cites past scandals involving Cameron Callicott Cook Barney and Stanton, and warns the administration must clean the Augean stables or risk voter action next fall.
The piece recalls a solemn procession of 31 500 000 deaths since January 1 1863. It muses on a vast parade of humanity moving to the grave as art and time influence our hearts and drumbeat toward mortality.
Croton water system reports 29,515 feet of water pipe laid last year and 296 miles of mains in use. A new reservoir holds 1.0 billion gallons, others 195 million. The city uses about 52.4 million gallons daily. Revenue from water rents and penalties reached $990,959.90, up $97,000 from the prior year.
From the Jersey City Standard via the Boston Traced er the article lists dividends of New England mills amid the war, highlighting staggering profits for cotton and woolen firms. It claims shoddy manufacturers and contractors oppose peace to keep harvests of wealth flowing, denouncing “nabobs” who suffer the people.
A bank defalcation scare erupts as Treadwell, cashier of the People's Bank of Hudson, absconds with an estimated sixty thousand dollars. The vault held about thirty thousand cash and Hudson records show nineteen thousand missing from the express office books. Police traced a Montreal-bound ticket, prompting city and provincial alerts and a public loss claim despite non issue status of the bank.
The New York World endorses Lincoln with seven reasons. It argues for his renomination, cites his view that majority rule governs, critiques his English, praises his strategic mind, and condemns constitutional violations while urging party fidelity.
The state and national bank conflict deepens as the American Exchange Bank of New York opens its bail and instructs tellers to refuse circulating notes from the first National Bank of Washington, appearing in small amounts.
A late tourist describes German peasant life noting self-sufficiency, careful use of every resource, fruit drying, and widespread work by women and children. The report also details an anti slavery tableau in Nashville mocked as ludicrous by a Cincinnati Commercial correspondent.
The passage notes a 1674 Puritan law allowing parents to bring a disobedient son before magistrates for probate, stating he shall be put to death. It then observes that such laws would need modification to fit Young America. The tone reflects historical legal strictness and social norms.
A Der oorat record notes a Black Sam leaving town after a string of violent and fraudulent acts. He wed two women, had children, dodged draft, and relocated with a gun in tow. A wary resident threatens retribution if Sam is found, amid town gossip and danger.
The article explains dried currants are grapes from the Isthmus of Corinth and Xanto, not stones. Zante furnishes the most, with Cephalonia and other Ionian islands contributing smaller amounts. harvests occur in August and the fruit is dried on the ground before being trodden.
Captain Potter requested boots for the colored regiment at Quincy. Sizes 10 through 20 were unavailable locally, prompting a telegraph to Washington to determine construction and measurement procedures. Report notes regimental feet must be measured and sent to Washington for boot fabrication.
A New York man, long city bound, fainted on country air and was revived only after a dead fish was held to his nose. He then exclaimed that it smelled like home, a remark reflecting his reluctance to leave urban scent.
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