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Newspaper

Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1866

Page

7

Civil Rights Bill Faces Second Senate Passage

Telegraphed dispatch describes a six hour Senate session on the Presidents veto of the Civil Rights Bill with intense public interest in the chamber and galleries. The vote to override the veto passes two thirds as Morgan and Edmunds cast pivotal roles amid cheers and adjournment.

Senate Washington House Dodge Brooks Lane Kansas Wade Mr. Doolittle Wright Dixon Garrett Davis Yates Republican Union Senator Morgan Morgan New-York Foster Vermont Mr. Edmunds Edmunds New York Senate Chamber Capitol Trumbull House of Representatives

President to issue general amnesty pledge in near term

Report from Washington notes the president plans a proclamation granting broad amnesty. The Shenandoah cruiser was sold at Liverpool for 315150. A National Woman's Rights Convention is called for New York May 10 to consider suffrage. Stephens met the president but was not admitted. March coinage at Philadelphia mint totaled over 1.5 million in gold and 33 thousand in silver. House Commerce Committee approves funds for Chicago harbor, Mississippi rapids, and Rock River survey.

Washington New York Philadelphia House Committee On Commerce Chicago Harbor Mississippi Rapids Rock River

Misleading ads and odd law school quiz echo in Freeport notices

An OCR fragment shows an advertisement urging readers to visit Smythes for hats coats pants and photography, followed by a misrepresented law school recitation about punishment for suicide. It also mentions Patterson Adamson Co stock and a land rental agent C H Rosenauel, with D A Knowlton signature.

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