Stephenson County Board Adopts Appeals and Printing Plan
Adjourned January 1870 session of Stephenson County Board of Supervisors in Freeport resolves to appeal Circuit Court decision in Manny vs Board case. Also votes to designate Gen D Atkins as county printer and directs officials to source printing from Freeport Journal.
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Toaxspay
Board of Supervisors
Stephenson County
Tllinois
Freeport
George Osterhout
Abram Wingat
Jefferson
Ralph Sabin
Loran
Anson A. Babcock
Florence
Charles H. Rosenstiel
Silver Creek
John M. Williams
Ridott
Rock Run
James A. Grimes
Lancaster
John Burrell
Fr. Mayer
de Henry H. Becker
Harlem
Francis Boeke
Erin
H. Gillett
Kent
James Mckatrick
West Point
Samuel K. Fisher
Waddams
Peter Marlin
Buckeye
James A. Templeton
Dakota
H. O. Frankeberger
Rock Grove
Andrew Hinds
Oneco
Samuel Wilbur
Winslow
James MacFatrich
K. Fisher
Abram Reber
Daniel Machamer
B. H. Gillett
Circuit Court
Pells Manny
McFatrich
A. Hinds
J.D. Fowler
Lena
Myers
Court House
C. H. Rosenstiel
I. F. Kleckner
A. A. Babcock
Committee On
Illinois
Ald
Committee On County Accounts
Pd Sndebrennerstas
S. Kk. Fisner
Ralph Sabln
Jas. MelaTrich
Stotsberk
James Melatrich
Santy Printing
Melatrich
Mr. Babcock
D. Atkins
Freeport Journal
Abram Wingart
Francis Bocke
Gillett
Smith D. Atkins
Jan'y
Toderdwell Committee On
Abram Kebur
Reber
Machamer
Leonard Stoskopf
Samme
Fowler
Jas. McFarley
Jas
A. Grimes
Fisher
Bald
Tate
Stud
Trojan
Saint Wilbur
Tha
Pele Marit
Brevport Journal
Dolfetun
Auleeger
Jota Bhurreli
Do Houk P
Springfield Debating Club and County Agricultural Meeting
Readable excerpts discuss the Illinois Constitutional Convention, vacancies in government, and party fortunes. Debate notes cover Mississippi politics, St Domingo territorial speculation, and a Stevenson County Agricultural Society meeting with a proposed stock-based constitution amendment. The piece ends with a critique of Democrats calling for power changes.
Ohio ratifies Fifteenth Amendment amid constitutional limits
The Ohio Legislature has now ratified the Fifteenth Amendment and will notify the Secretary of State in Washington. Once enough states officially ratify to reach two thirds, the amendment becomes part of the Constitution. States cannot withdraw consent once given, and this process elevates the issue beyond individual state control.
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Secretary of State
Washington
United States
Union
The
New York
South Carolina
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Song of the Chinese in a Texas paper lyric fragment
A Texas paper prints a fragmentary song titled about the Chinese, featuring lines about a hundred million strong, rice, gongs, and driving out opponents. The text includes garbled phrases and unclear references, with misrendered words and possible oblique political or xenophobic sentiment.
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Texas
Father Koopimaanseelap
Virginia’s Readmission Under Reconstruction Conditions
The piece notes Virginia’s recent admission to participate in government after meeting reconstruction requirements. It criticizes harsh treatment of former enemies while praising the federal government’s patient, good faith approach and urges a fair second chance for the Old Dominion before further punitive actions.
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Virginia
Old Dominion
Samuel
Foreston Journal Defends Income Tax Critique
The Foreston Journal rebuts last week’s remarks on the income tax arguing the tax is paid by the right class of law payers. It concedes honest wealth pays large sums while dishonest underreporting and underselling allow evasion.
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Foreston Journal
Horticultural Society Meeting Calls Stephenson Event
Stephenson County calls readers to a Northern Illinois Horticultural Society gathering in Dixon on the 25th to 27th of this month. The piece urges Stephenson to send a delegation, promote local horticulture, and consider forming a rural art association with a lending library and mutual exchanges to boost local industry.
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Epicor Freeport Journal
Northern Illinois Horticultural Society
Dixon
West
Stephenson
Horticultural Society
Stephenson County
Ti. M
Pioneer Life in Stephenson County 1835 Memoir Fragment
The author recalls traveling from Brewster's Ferry to settle in Stephenson County on December 24 1835. He describes building a shared log cabin with Levi Lucas, losing provisions to Indians, pursuing a warlike offender, and sharing tobacco with the camp in a tense wigwam night surrounded by about thirty Indigenous people.
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Old Settlers’ Society
Stephenson County
Brewster's Ferry
Levi Lucas
Lucas
Squaw Courtship and Night Visit on a Far Off Trail
The writer notes sharing a pipe and smoke with a group of six young squaws around a fire, staying about half an hour, and promising to visit again. Afterward the party travels to Benj Goddard's by midnight, learning another tribe held their belongings. all items were recovered except the edible provisions which had been consumed.
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Benj. Goddard’s
Plagiarism dispute and city council minutes from 1870s
Fragmented OCR notes recount remarks on political plagiarism in New York and Indiana while detailing Freeport Illinois city council actions in December 1869 and January 1870 including licenses, payrolls, road and crossing orders, and a night police appointment, with later 1870 obituaries and miscellaneous notices.
New York Legislature Votes to Repeal Fifteenth Amendment
On the 5th instant the Senate and Assembly passed a resolution rescinding the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment by party lines. Indications show strong Democratic effort to defeat the amendment in Ohio and Indiana, with platform and nominations signaling a united push if Indiana can be carried.
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Ioffman
New York
Senator Morton
Indiana
Hoffman
Brick Pomeroy
Mungen
Ohio
Senate
Assembly
Tite Shaster and Cow Manure Values Highlighted
A Hindu text forbids a wife from various acts during her husband’s absence and allows divorce for sonless issues or property harm. Separately, Col Mulett of the University of Virginia notes cow droppings in a year equal to about $30 in guano value, while a Connecticut dairyman estimates stable manure worth 20 per animal.
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Colonel Mulett
University of Virginia
Connecticut
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