Prepay Postage Policy For Freeport Subscriptions
Freeport Journal announces a new postage rule effective January 1 1875 requiring prepaid postage for papers sent outside Stephenson County. The paper will prepaid only if subscribers pay in advance, or risk cut off. Also contains a brief personal note denouncing libel and bribery accusations against Mr Cochran and States Attorney.
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Potter
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Cochran
Beenuilty
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C. Shuler
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James S. Cochran
Freeport Jurkwat
Circuit Court
Rumor of Tweed’s Escape to Europe Proven False
A circulating report claimed William M. Tweed had escaped his current residence and sailed for Europe, but investigators found the tale untrue and no relocation occurred.
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Tweed
Europe
Illinois Legislature Opens January Sixth 1875 Session
A special correspondent will cover the Illinois Legislature as it convenes in Springfield on January 6 1875 for the new session.
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Illinois
Springfield
Wisconsin Methodist Conference Defends Clergy Marriage Rule
The Wisconsin Methodist Conference affirms that ministers shall not marry parties divorced for non scriptural reasons. The piece notes a pervasive scriptural search in the state for valid grounds and comments on the Quakers in Philadelphia raising funds for a William Penn monument, with a quip about pace of progress.
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Wisconsin
Philadelphia
William Penn
Grant's annual message to Congress praised by columnist
Col Geo Hicks notes in Kansas City Journal of Commerce that President Grant’s annual message to Congress is favorable. He highlights calls for peace with foreign powers, thorough financial discussion, early resumption, and civil service reform, urging readers to study and accept the president’s positions.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
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Venezuela
Cuba
Qouba
Spain
Faith as victor over worldliness in sermon and dispute
The piece recounts a retraction by C. Shuler regarding a Cochran bribery charge and summarizes a sermon by F. P. Cleveland on Christian faith overcoming worldly诱 temptation. It details the preacher's points on prosperity adversity honor avarice ambition pleasure and fashion, urging faith as the sole anchor amid trials.
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F. P. Cleveland
God
Christ
Hsis
Return to Specie Payments and Currency Reform
President urges Congress to restore gold and silver specie as the basis of U S currency. He links revival of industry to a sound currency, criticizes legal tender, calls for freeing the Treasury to acquire gold, and promotes free banking with careful regulation to prevent overissuance and bolster national credit. He also outlines foreign relations and expatriation concerns.
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United States
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United State
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