Reform movement targets boards of commissioners in Illinois
From the Chicago Journal this week a reform note argues to abolish all boards of commissioners in Illinois state government. It cites a winter lull in lobbying, then a resurgent lobby activity, with the proposal to place public institutions under three district elected commissioners. It estimates 113 state officers could be removed, warning of pensioner and patronage loss, and calls for a thorough General Assembly overhaul driven by public interest, not politics.
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Chicago Journal
Boards of Commissioners
General Assembly
Illinois
Committee On
Springfield
Mme Lucca Divorce Battle Sparks Public Interest
Mme Pauline Lucca, famed singer, faces a high profile New York divorce from Baron Adolph von Rhoden begun in 1865 and finalized in June. She remarried Emil von Wallhof fen, who seeks to overturn the decree. arguments hinge on separate living since 1870 and alleged spousal dissipation. The General Term steers on appeal as both sides offer contrasting accounts of marriage and conduct.
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Mme
Pauline Lucca
New York
Berlin
Adolph von Rhoden
Fancher
Emil von Wallhoffen
Baron von Rhode
Lucca
Wallhoffen
von Rhoden
Prima Connas
Tribulations of a Local Editor in a Dream
A Danbury News piece recalls a local editor dreaming he was dead and in another world. Gatekeepers demand his unfinished pieces and misnamed words as they torment him until he wakes, resigns, and the paper must hire a replacement editor.
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The
Danbury News
Ny ‘En Gate
Small-Pok M Toita, A Dubugne dispatch notes outbreak
A Dubugne dispatch reports smallpox spreading fearfully from Cascade, Iowa, to Farley and Worthington amid lax precautions. Ninety percent of cases stem from the initial burial mishandling, with 40 cases in Cascade and vaccination efforts claiming 800 people around the area. The disease worsens as precautions fail and residents attend to daily business with infected households nearby.
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Toita
Cascades
Towa
Duque
Farley
Worthington
Cascade
John Smith Across Languages as Names Change Over Space
A humorous catalog traces how the name John Smith mutates worldwide. It lists variants from Johan nes Smithus in Latin to Giovanni Smithi in Italy, Juan Smithus in Spain, Hans Schmidt in Dutch, and others across languages and regions, highlighting linguistic adaptation.
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John Smith
Johannes Smithus
Giovanni Smithi
Juan Smithus
Hans Schmidt
Jean Smeet
Jonoifi Smittowoski
Canton
Jovan Shimmit
Johne Smithson
Ton Qua Smittia
Poland
Ivan Schmitiweski
Jihon Schmidt
Mexico
Joni Smitt
Jon Smitton
Turkey
Yoe
Judge Berates Brumley in L gauzy Sentence Card
A Kansas paper reports a judge delivering a scathing sentence to Brumley. The judge calls him an infamous scoundrel and unredeemed villain, warns of prison and a swift return to jail if he appears again, and uses harsh terms directed at Brumley and his family.
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Kansas
Brumley
Grand
Jeffersonville
Caleb Cush ing on Incendiary Publications in the Mall
Cincinnati Gazette reports a Pierce era opinion by Caleb Cushing allowing a Mississippi postmaster to refuse delivery of the Gazette as incendiary. A reader paid for the paper. delivery was blocked, appeals failed, and a fiery exchange led to the paper’s suspension after a death.
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Caleb Cushing
Cincinnati Gazette
Washington
Commercial
Pierce
Mississippi
Cushing
Mr. P
Abraham
Industrial Publication Company January 1874 journal review
The January issue from Industrial Publication Company milwaukee? lists nearly fifty articles with seven or eight columns and nineteen illustrations including two full color engravings. It praises clear machine descriptions, editorials, and news items and recommends readers examine the periodical, cost is $1.50 yearly or 15 cents a issue for a 38 page magazine.
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Inpustaian Monn. LY
Industrial Publication Company
Broadway New York
Public sentiment on Dickens Trollope nicknames
Bradlaugh laments Americans who casually call Dickens Charley and claim they know old Troll by just a book. He critiques conversational shorthand that strips authors to familiar labels, urging fuller respect for literary figures and their work.
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Bradlaugh
Dickens
Trollope
Marriage ties blur family lines in Kalamazoo gala
In Kalamazoo a November 17 marriage unites Mrs Woodhams aged 74 and Mrs Lydia Gilkey aged 53. Both Plainwell residents, the couple shares complex kinship links: one of Woodhams's sons married Gilkey's daughter, another son wed Gilkey's sister. The unions make Woodhams and Gilkey related as step and mother in law across generations, with a tangle of aunt, grandmother, and uncle roles among their families.
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Kalamazoo
the Gazette
Woodhams
Lydia Gilkey
Plainwell
Mr. Woodhams
Danbury Man Declares Bailey Kinship Rumor Denied
A Danbury News reply from December 8, 1878, humorously denies any Bailey kinship with a student at the State University of Iowa City. The letter jokes about Mayflower ancestry, hidden sorrows, and the difficulty of taking on relatives in a cold winter.
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State University At
Iowa City
Bailey
Danbury
Seward Monument Statue Progress Report in Rome
Advices from Rome via Richard Schell report rapid progress on Randolph Rogers’s Seward statue, a seated figure to 16.5 feet tall costing $25,000 with nearly all funds subscribed. The statue to arrive from Rome in spring 1875 and be placed in Central Park pending lot negotiations with the Park Commissioners.
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H. Seward
Auburn, N. Y
Rome
Richard Schell
Seward
Randolph Rogers
Central Park
Proposition to submit woman suffrage to Ohio women
The Ohio House considers a plan to put woman suffrage to a vote of Ohio women. If approved, a constitutional clause granting voting rights would be added. Critics warn that supporters would likely vote while opponents may abstain, effectively letting a minority decide. Chicago Journal reports this stance.
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Ohio
Prospect of peaceful Winnebago surrender in Wisconsin
The La Crosse Republican reports a strong chance for a peaceable surrender of nearly all Winnebagoes. Local collector Mr. Broakway of Black Falls has gathered a stock nearby, with some Indians urging surrender to avoid further trouble, signaling a quick removal from the state.
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Broakway
Black Falls
la Crosse
Overland Monthly January issue with new dress
The January Overland Monthly arrives with Stony Bar and its Customers by Prentice Mulford as opening piece. Contents include Poetical Self Mutilation, Papita, Judas from the Italian, California Indians article, A Japanese Merchant at Home, North-Western Coast abrasions, Seeking the Golden Fleece No 3, It Happened in Fifty-Six, War Department of the Union Army, A Daring Game, Summerings in the Sierra, New Year thoughts in a poem, and various notes and current literature.
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Overland Monthly
Stony Bar
Prentice Mulford
S. M. Quincy
F. P. Widney
Papita
G. C. Hurlburt
Judas
Monti
Stephen Powers
Wm. E. Griffers
Daniel Cconnell
Indebtedness of Cities Table From a Century Ago
The table shows city debt levels and populations for Milwaukee Louisville Worcester Chicago Springfield Portland Cincinnati Providence Boston Baltimore St Louis Hartford Philadelphia New York Cleveland Pittsburgh Indianapolis Detroit and others. It notes debts are from reports a year prior and suggests little drop in totals due to a hard year for debt payment.
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Milwaukee
Louisville
Kyser
Providence
Boston
Baltimore
St. Louis
Hareford
Philadelphia
New York
Cleveland
Toledo
Columbus
Detroit
Lippincott's February issue features Malcolm and varied fiction
Lippincott's Magazine for February highlights George MacDonald's Malcolm as a stirring serial, with The New Hyperion continuing its appeal. It includes illustrations by Doré and Malmaison life sketches, a Will Harney piece on second sight, and stories by Wynford and Clarke. Also in: Kismet poem, Modern French Fiction critique, and Our Monthly Gossip. Subscription offers and club rates are listed.
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Lippincott
Mapazité
George MacDonald
Seriis
Malcolm
Hyperion
Dore
Josephine
Malmaison
Napoleon
Marie Howland
Will’ Wallace Harney
Reginald Wynford
Marquis of Hertford
Thackeray
Marquis of Steyne
George H. Baker
Florida
8. C. Clarke
Louis A. Roberts
Francis Asheton
R. Davey
East
Fanny R. Feudge
N. B
Lippincott’s
Chamber’s Encyclopaedia
Autobiography and poetry in The Atlantic February issue
The Atlantic's February number showcases Autobiography by Robert Dale Owen Naples Under the Old Regime, Lucy Larcom verse on tea on the housetop, and pieces by T. B. Aldrich H. James Jr. Whittier Thaxter Harney Walmer Trowbridge Holmes Lyman, plus notes on Recent Literature and Art. It also promotes subscriptions and features Gardener's Monthly and anecdotes from clergy and a tooth-drawing joke.
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Atlantics
Robert Dale Owen
Naples
Lucy Larcom
Dame Andrey
T. B. Aldrich
Prudence Palfrey
H. James Jr
Florida
Will Wallace Harney
John G
Wm. M. Baker
Mon Evans
Olive Wendall Holmes
Theodore Lyman
Agassiz
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Pompey
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Macmillane
Bengal
Saturday Review
Weather Wisdom
Archibald Constable
Atheneum
London
Amber
Chambers’ Journal
Robert Holt
Anthony Trollope
Littell & Gay
Gardener’s Monthly
Santanas &c
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Massa
Centaur Liniment
J. B. Rose & Co
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Hamilton
Snarts & Stocking
Curtis & Perkins
All Medicine
BROWN
Curtis & Brown
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Laga
Dennison
SIS
Sparks Randal
Freeport
Stephenson St
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Silver Creek
Stephenson County
Apa
Elisha Freeman
A. B
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S. F. Taylor
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