Horace Greeley Calls for Greater Severity of the Klux Laws
Horace Greeley, Democratic candidate for President, denounces the Democratic Party as inherently debauched and corrupt, urges strict enforcement of Klux laws, and attacks the party's influence on temperance and morality. He claims the South relies on grog shops and prostitution rings, and predicts Democratic success tied to such districts.
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Democratic’ Party
Jiorace Greeley
South
Horace Ley
Mey
Hhen
Democratic Party
Horace Greens
Letter From the Far West Brightens Northwest View
From Portiano Oregon August 1 1879 a correspondent reports Oregon crops strong California thriving Portland and Salem growing blocks and new Willamette bridges. He notes rail traffic eastward on the O&C and mild climate aided by a Pacific ocean river and pine forests. He critiques Chinese immigrants harshly yet acknowledges carpentry rail work and eventual Christian influence while also reflecting on indigenous people before sharing a New York Central railroad danger signal at crossings with bells and automated warnings.
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Portiano
Ornaon
Freeforr Jovgnar
Northwest
California
Oregon
Portland
Salem
Willamette
O.&c. RR
Oakland
Pacific
Atlantic
Josh
Jaan C
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Through Routes of East West Comforts Rated Best
Travelers learn the Michigan Central and Great Western Railways offer the finest ordinary passenger coaches with spacious interiors, ventilation, warm stoves, Miller Couplings, and safe tracks. London’s G W provides 20 minute dining stops with lavish meals on express trains. Tickets advised via Niagara and Suspension Bridge.
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Michigan Central
Great Western
London
Greeleyism in Carroll County and surrounding tales
A Carroll County Gazette critique notes William Shannon as the most active proponent of Greeley in the district and mocks his sensational stories. It cites local pockets like Forreston Rochelle and Freeport where Greeley supporters exist, while editors from Rochelle and Ogle County discuss GOP and Democrat shifts toward Grant after forthcoming state returns.
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Carroll County
William Shannon
Greeley
Ogle County
Forreston
Rochelle
Whiteside
Exre
Freeport
Carroll
Ogie
Rock River
Grant
Stephenson
Democratic Party
Traveler praises inland Japan lake over famed North American waters
An American traveler in Japan extolls an inland lake for its scenery, claiming it surpasses Lake Champlain, Lake Ontario, the Thousand Islands, the Columbia River region, Puget Sound, and other well known landscapes. He compares the lake to Loch Lomond, Loch Katrine, Geneva Lake, Westmoreland, and Killarney. The article notes artful hill views and forests tended by foresters since sapling days, with trees trained to interlock their branches for miles.
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Japan
Ile
Lake Champlain
Lake Georgia
Thousand Islands
iRiver S
Lawrence
Rocky Mountain Gorges
Columbia River
Oregon
Puget’s Sound
Washington Territory
Loch Lomond
Loch Katrine
Geneva Lake
Quieting Babies by Treacle and Feathers Method
An old farmer describes a troubling method to hush crying infants. He claims to prop the asleep baby, smear its fingers with treacle, and place feathers in its hands. The child supposedly calms as it picks feathers, then sleeps, with renewed treacle and feathers used at each waking.
Faith Within and Works Beyond Perception
A reflective meditation on how character is judged by visible deeds rather than inner beliefs, asserting that actions reveal identity to others while faith remains a private inner measure. The piece contrasts internal faith with external demonstration.
Greeleyites and the NC fund scandal charges debunked
Washington July 14.Greeleyites are accused of forging a $200,000 public fund misuse to influence North Carolina elections. The correspondent asserts the slander is baseless, noting delays in the Deficiency bill, marshal funding procedures, and strict auditing.
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Washington
Greeleyites
North Carolina
Beck
Congress
North
South Carolina
Attorney-General
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Ife
Greeley
Treasury
Mir
Hon. H C Burchard Re-nominated by Republican Convention
The Fadeton Journal reports Hon. Isolation C. Burchard unanimously renominated for Congress by the Pole Republican Convention on July 26. It lauds his service on the Ways and Means Committee, notes his early anonymity but rising stature, and underlines party confidence with Grant Wilson and Oglesby leading the ticket. A Baltimore convention quip about Creeley closes the piece.
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Fadéton Journal
Congress
iZolatio C. Burchard
Pole
Burchard
Third
Committee of Ways and Means
Blaine
Dutter
House
Grant
Wilson
Oglesby
Horatio O. Burchard
Corn and Pork Outlook in Western Markets
The West anticipates a record corn crop boosting hog fattening and pork output. Higher hog prices may occur as supply grows, with bulk meats and bacon leading the market gains. Lard and mess pork dynamics, exports to Europe, and Western packing scale influence domestic demand.
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Liverpool
South
Chicago
West
Indianapolis
Stamp agency plan halted as tax tag expires
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue announced no new stamp agencies will be opened. With the exception of stamps on bank checks, the stamp tag expires on October 1.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Dr Page Delivers Grant Meeting Speech in Racine
Dr Page, a lifelong Democrat from Racine, spoke at a Grant meeting declaring a preference to endure known ills rather than flee to unknown ones. The quotation reflects a cautious stance amid uncertain times.
Farmers Call for Local Farming Pages in County Paper
The department invites farmers of Stephenson County to contribute articles on any farming topic. Writers are urged to submit plainly, on one side of the paper, for modification and publication in the county farming section.
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Stephenson County
How to Raise Turkeys
A farmer's wife shares practical turkey raising steps from selecting a good tom to winter care. She advises nest placement, egg handling between cool layers, daily egg collection, and hatchling feeding with warm bread, milk, eggs, or cooked corn meal. She notes rising poultry appeal versus dairy work and cites her own experience with hatching rates.
Horse thieves linked to Greeley men, says reader
A quip suggesting not all Cireeley men steal horses, but all horse thieves are Greeley men, framed as Horase Cirecley's language rather than ours, with a note to the reader.
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Cireeley
Greeley
Horase
Cirecley
Vinegar Bitters praised for medicinal breadth and health protection
Dr Walker's Vinegar Bitters advertised as aperient laxative diaphoretic carminative and other virtues. The text extols sedative anti bilious and irritant effects, claiming protection against fever and epidemics. Directions advise nightly use with nourishing foods and outdoor activity. Manufactured by McDonald Co and sold by druggists and dealers in San Francisco and New York.
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Waumans
R. H. McDonald & CQ
Agts
San Francisco
Cal, & Cor
Washington
Charlton Sts
Swartz Estate Sale Petition in Stephenson County
In the County Court of Stephenson County July Term George F Swarts administrator of Jacob Swartz deceased petitions to sell the east half of the northwest quarter of section 33 township 8 north of range east of the ith P M containing 40 acres more or less in Stephenson County Illinois to pay debts. A summons issued for defendants returnable August 3 1872 at Freeport.
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Jacob Swartz
Ranges
Stephenson County
Ilinois
County Court Room
Freeport
GEG
Thompson
Clark
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