Editorial Convention in Ligonier April Eleventh 1873
The next regular meeting of Northern Indiana editors and publishers will be held at Ligonier on Friday April 11 1873. All newspapers within the association are urged to be represented as business of importance will be submitted. Also noted are multiple political notes from Goshen Jackson Indianapolis and Warsaw with commentary on party dynamics temperance enforcement and local press opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ligonier
C. G. Powett
Priarr McDonalro
Prest. Sec’s
Hendricks Opens New Party Amid GOP Rivalry
The Chicago Tribune notes Tom Hendricks launches a fresh political effort in a tale likened to love's labor lost. The new party is portrayed as a target for Republicans to defeat, a line echoed in the column about party antics and political games.
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Chicago
Tom Hendricks
California tourists arrive in Omaha from Elkhart and others
A short communication to the Review notes that California tourists including Elkhart Morehouse Cook McNaughton and others have arrived in Omaha safely. The writer asks the Union editor to indicate which issue of the Review contains the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Davenport
California
Elkhart
Morehouse
Cook
McNaughton
Et. al
Omaha
Democratic Union
Reformist Republicans Stand Out In Times of Change
The writer argues that party reform is essential for power and credits Republicans as the only party showing capacity to reform. The piece links Credit Mobilier to national issues and asserts reform leads to political fitness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Republican Party
Postmaster Brush Joins Observer as Proprietor Editor
A Democratic Union notice records Postmaster Brush joining the OBSERVER as owner and associate editor. It recalls a past moment when the Union editor, then prominent, would have preferred to avoid becoming the “observed of observers.” The oddly phrased reminiscence ends with a dark rhetorical allusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brush
Observer
Concern
Democratic Union
Union
Bishop
No Change in Policy Stance by Observer as Reform Debate Rages
The Observer reaffirms Republican policy as central to governance and endorses the party’s reforms. It notes Colfax’s Senate retirement without thanks, disputes Democratic claims, and cites a March debt reduction of 1,644,058 while criticizing McClure and Jeff Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Observer
Republican Party
Oustover
Colfax
Senate
Lyman Trumbull
Aleck McClure
Jeff Davis
Westward Journey Through Utah to Salt Lake City
A letter from Omaha to Brig Brusu recounts a long rail voyage to Salt Lake City aboard a palace car with Mr. P. Morehouse arranging top accommodations at the Walker House. The writer describes prairie scenery from Cheyenne, passages through Echo and Weber canyons, and a 38 mile irrigation‑fed Salt Lake Valley. He notes Salt Lake’s growth, Gentile ownership, the Mormon tabernacle and its organ, Brigham Young’s presence, and anticipates further touring of Brigham’s properties with Gov. Wood and Geo. C. Bates.
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Walker House
Salt Lake City
Brusu
Omaha
Brighham
P. Morehouse
Chicago
San Francisco
Ogden
Salt Lake
Wadker
St. Nicholas
New York
Continental
Philadelphia
Cheyenne
Ilinois
Iowa
France
Germany
Switzerland
Illinois
Greeley
Chevenpe
Ft. Laramie
Sherman i
Laramie
Greenriver
Evenston
Utah
Echo and
Weber Canons
Devil’s Gate
Sam
America
Plymouth Church
Gov. Wood
Geo. C
Ren. P.S
John McNaughton
Township and County Tuition Fund Sum Notation
Fragmentary ledger entry shows amounts paid and received for common school funds. Mentions year totals 8 357 42 and receipts from County Treasurer and Town Tuition. Data is partial with unclear dates and names, indicating a municipal school fund accounting snippet.
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School Board
Elkhart
Common School Fund
Albert Ees Common School Fund
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Elkhart Observer
Ed. Wood
Goshen
the Hibbard
House
Jackson
Michigan
B. F. Laura
Sen. Caldwell
Kansas
Senator Morton
Democratic Party
Reud, Williams
Indianapolis Journal
E. S. Alvord
Democratic State Central Committee
Hendricks
Elkhart Paper Company
South Bend Register
Rendallville Standard
Brigham Young
Trans‘continental
Wabash Avenues
1St National’ Bank of
Strong
C. P. Fish
O Oy
Sherwood
Treas
H. €. Wright & Co
Stuu
Harrison & 6Th Bta
P. O. Bow
Beardsley
Main Street
Main St
J. F. Curtiss & CO
C.T. Greene & Co
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