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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1875
Page
3
A reverend visitor reports on dire famine affecting Kansas settlers. He has seen relief efforts and four categories of provisions distributed to survivors. Mothers and children are highlighted as suffering without adequate food or clothing amid widespread want.
A 1874 Inter Ocean letter from Monticarso Illinois reporter Villa r s urges rapid relief for Smith County Kansas settlers amid severe destitution. It details scarce food, freezing families, and delayed shipments while praising the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad for fast freight.
Citizens of southeastern Dakota form the Southern Dakota Relief Society to aid destitute settlers facing grasshopper devastation. Elk Point serves as headquarters for collection and disbursement, with the mayor leading. They seek worn clothing bedding boots and shoes bread grain seeds fuel medicines and small money to reach remote prairie homes.
A Buffalo Express report explains stamp production in New York under Continental Bank Note Company from 1861 to 1878 with a fireproof setup in the Equitable Life Building. It covers stamping, gum composition, sheet cutting, and safety measures, plus post office demand, annual usage, and Postmaster salaries including J I James at $6,000.
A reflective piece urges tender daily acts over grand deeds to bind families. It cautions that unguarded speech breeds bitterness in marriage, advises restrained, cheerful table conversation, and notes that educated, pleasant discourse educates the home and garners affection and cooperation.
The Dakota Relief Society proposes the freight bill read For the relief of grasshopper éufferea with a committee including W Baas pecan General J db Parten Oni tenon secretary Rev G Faetman How B W Latan Dra J G Conter General J B Parton and the Committee on Inquiry and Solicitation.
A reflective line asserts that steady, small efforts to do our best produce goodness over time. It suggests moral development comes from minute by minute actions rather than grand aims, likening virtue to fruit ripening naturally.
The State Auditor Gen Lippincotts biennial report for the two years ending Nov 30 1874 reviews Illinois finances. Receipts totaled 11 18805218 and disbursements 11 06181081, with state, county, city, and local taxes inflating figures. The bonded debt stood at 1 780973165 in 1874, but a treasury balance and railroad fund expectations suggest near debt elimination. Local debts across counties and towns total about 14 million to 31 million with substantial reductions noted. The canal and Illinois River funds show a favorable outlook. overall, Illinois’ finances are improving despite prior debt concerns.
General Sheridan's dispatch to the Secretary of War depicts Louisiana as anarchic with insecurity and no redress for crimes. He denounces White Leaguers as banditti and urges firm action, despite facing denunciation and danger as his telegrams circulate to New Orleans.
The Tribune argues that after ten years of emollients in Louisiana the insurgent threat requires strong action. It favors martial law and swift tribunals, saying the state government is a failure to protect life and property and that Congress or the President should take initiative. It condemns pardoned insurgents and warns White Leagues will face harsh justice.
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