Homesteads for Soldiers and a Political Plea
A reader requests a clear statement of current homestead laws for veterans. The reply outlines eligibility, residency, and occupancy rules under the 1872 act, including six months to commence settlement, dedication of time served, and the possibility of entry by agent. It notes Senate resistance to outright land grants and references official rules from the Land Office. The column also discusses corruption concerns in the press and politics, urging reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patavra
Ill
Joe Srr
Inter-Ocean
Army
Navy
Marine
Land Office
Senate
the Land Office
Times
Mr. Beecher
Congress
United States
Ohio
Washington
Credit Mobilier
United States Senate
Republican
Indianapolis Journal
Drunken rants and a grim hanging beam tale mix
The fragment blends a drunken vent with a grim note on a gallows beam found cracked after an execution. It recalls how the beam could have broken the outcome if the fall had been worse and notes the same beam’s prior use in other executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Jeremiah
Dan
Gaffney
Kierchner
Carrington
Morrissey
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Inter Ocean
Ulysses S. Grant
Illinois
Thomas Aa. Hendricks
Indiana
A. B. Gratz Brown
Missouri
Charles J. Jenkins
Georgia
Ewer Tee
David Davis
Ilinois
Alexander H. Cliquot
John M. Palmer
Thomas E. Bramiette
Kentuck
P. Banka
Massachusetts
Renee Wm
Groesbeck
Peeves Esesee
Willis B. Machen
Kentucky
Arkansas
Louisiana
Bay Et Zalek Ale Shale
Serene
Grant
Wilson
Greeley and
Brown
Pases
Whittlesey
DR. Pierce
Douche
Sage
Pierce
BR. Y. Pierce
Buffalo
Elkhart and Vicinity
Miss Prather
Main Street
Walley
Elkhart
Ind
R.E Brush
London
Liverpool
Edinburgh
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Liverpool & Great Western Steamship Company
New York
Queenstown
Algo, Selle
Royal Bank of Ireland
State of Indiana
Elkhart County
Court of Common Pleas
Goshen
LA Porte Heefner
Common Pleas Court
Suusr & van Fleet
Plut
The
Revigora
Tor
Isaac Bucklen
R. L. Wolcott
Hamilton
C. W. Chamelton & CO
Cincinnati
O. Raw
BE. B. Smith & Co
Liberty
N.Y
Stafford Mg Co
Fulton St
Washington Sewing Machine
A. Coulter & Con
Charlotte, Mich
Henry Warp Bercner
William Cullen Bayant
Harngter Beecher Stowe
J. B. Ford & CO
Aston
Chicago
San Francisco
Young &C
Courtlandtst
New-York
Fowler
National Publishing CO
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Peete E
America
Continental Publishing CO
Fie
John Q. Kellogg
Platt St
Stock and Farm Journal, O
Parkesburg
N.P. Boyer S&c
F. A. Hutchinson & CO
Bartlet
A. Bartlett & Co
Front St
Phil
Chamberst
N. Y
Broadst
Boston
Billings, Clapp & CO
Jas. R. Nichols & Co
Mass
S. H. Austin
John F. ‘Henry's
College Place
Joe the
Sjaves Vice
Rochester, N. X
Julia McNair Wright
Jones Brothers & CO
Corinthian Hall
Rochester
TREGO
Thorwoldsen
P. O
P.O. County
Tate
Russell & Smith
Europe
ALWAY
Hans
Mason & Hamlin Organ Co
Tremont St
Union Square
Adams St
E. H. Kellogg
Kellogg
KE. I. Kellogg
Jurubeba
Paris
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