Republican Platform Of Illinois 1874 Emancipation And Banking
The Freeport Journal notes the Republican platform adopted by Illinois delegates. Key planks urge enforcement of civil rights post Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, oppose immediate cancellation of Treasury notes, support universal access to national banking, favor gradual retirement of legal tender notes, back cheap interstate railways and Mississippi navigation improvements, seek direct presidential voting, protect rights irrespective of nativity or creed, ensure fair railroad charges, and trust the ballot box to reflect public will. The resolutions were read with applause and adopted seriatim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Palmer
Cook
Committee On Resolutions
Reublican Party
Illinois
United States
Regia of
Congress
Mississippi River
Republican Party
Notable 19th Century Headlines Across Regions
A composite report lists events from Harrisburg Pa to Illinois and New Jersey. It notes hangings of Louis Rosenstine and John Moody in Harrisburg, rumors on Vice President Henry Wilson, Beecher probes in Brooklyn, a Hampshire county mill-dam disaster, mass immigration shifts, Virginius incident reparations, Streator fire losses, Weehawken oil warehouse blaze, and a Will County grand jury indicting accused riot participants at Braidwood mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampshire County
Mass
Chester
Will County
Ill
Braidwood
Post Card Redesign Considered by Post Office Leader
Third Assistant Postmaster General Barber contemplates issuing a neater, better finished, more tasteful postal card for summer. The plan aims to improve appearance without altering the current contract price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber
District west of Tennessee sees another mysterious murder
Several weeks ago deputy lildreth of the Tullahoma District Tennessee was murdered by unknown assailants. Now Everett the appointed successor has met the same fate with the assassin unknown. The text hints at a need for reconstruction in the Tule Jahoma District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lildreth
United States
Tullahoma
Tennessee
Boe
Everret
Tule Jahoma
Illinois and St Louis bridge noted with measurements
The Chicago Journal relays a memorial from St Louis on the Illinois and St Louis bridge showing officers, the structure across the Mississippi, and detailed metrics. It lists lengths, widths, heights, and costs for the bridge and tunnel, plus the route and rail reach from St Louis to East St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Dickes
St. Louis
Illinois and St. Louis
Waters
City Cuipocetium
Satangners
Third St
Dyke Avenue
Doug
Poplar Street
East St. Lows
Piercing Praise For Hall County Newspapers In Grand Island Speech
State's Attorney Cochran praised Hall county newspapers during a July 4 oration in Grand Island Nebraska. He cited the Clarendon hotel gathering of Georgians and urged readers to support local papers as mirrors of thrift energy and prosperity reflecting the county's farms education and social life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochran
Grand Island
Nebraska
Jas
Alda
Hall County
Clarendon Hotel
Werthen
Return of Mr. Burchard Praised by Forrenton Journal
The Forrenton Ogle County Journal lauds Mr Burchard for his first session in Congress. It commends his support of anti franking privilege repeal investigations opposition to the salary boost and pledge fulfillment as a working representative. The paper asserts constituents want a diligent member rather than a mere figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burchard
Washington
E. B. Washburn
Republican Party
Forrenton
Ogle County
Journal
France and Cuba Flux in World News Roundup
Paris reports a parliamentary split over McMahon powers as government holds a narrow majority while Bonapartists waver. Havana notes social decay amid St John’s Day celebrations, smallpox and yellow fever outbreaks, and a sugar trade slowdown as prices fall. London dispatches include a Berne Postal Congress, unrest in Prussia, and Bismarck’s near miss with an assassin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Loxpon
The
Times
Paris
McMahon
Cuba
New York
St. John's Day
Patero Principe
Havana
Frontier Marauders Vow Universal War Against Bandits
The Chicago Journal decries a widespread band of raiders from coast to coast and border areas as a perpetual threat to frontier settlements. It warns that only a death edict could curb these natural-born marauders who ravage unprotected towns each summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Alaak
America
Chicago Journal
Renomination Likely for H C Burchard in District
The district favors nominating H C Burchard for Congress citing five years of usefulness and fidelity to constituents. Though not an orator, he is a thinker and worker who defends rights and fights salary increases. The Warren Sentinel letter is seen as mere political capital. If renominated, he is expected to win in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
H. C. Burchard
Burchard
Warren Sentinel
Ogle County Press
District cites Burchard's experience for Congress
The district cannot afford to dispense with Mr. Burchard's services in Congress due to his experience ability integrity and Washington familiarity. The Galena Gazette notes that his place cannot be filled by a new man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thie
McGrath says Tom Bowling broke down on tenth
Report states owner McGrath claims the horse ruptured a tendon in the left leg while the horse broke down on the tenth of the month. The item mentions other various notes on politics, a Treasury clerk, a golden wedding gift, and papal freemasonry disputes abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGrath
Tom Bowling
Michigan
Treasury Department
Fred Douglass
F. E. Spinner
Amsterdam
Montgomery County
N. Y
Spinner
Roma
Brotherhood
Palermo
Italy
Pension act expands allowances for totally disabled soldiers
The 1874 and 1878 pension acts are amended to pay fifty dollars monthly to veterans who are permanently totally disabled and need regular aid. Eligibility requires a formal declaration with two witnesses, or a guardian declaration for insane claimants, plus medical evidence and the claimant's certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Seventh Annual Report of Freeport School District Board
The Freeport School District presents its seventh annual report for the year ending July 13, 1874, detailing twenty-one active schools, staff counts, and expenditures. It lists school locations, principal teachers, grades taught, and monthly salaries, plus total running expenses and board members led by President O. B. Bidwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education of
Freeport
First Ward
Lincoln Avenue
Third Ward
Justa A. Judson
Grammar School
Agnes Abell
Hannah Lease
Ei. M. Russell
Mary Pattison
Kate F. Howard
Howard
Fanny G. Alvord
O. B. Bidwell
M. Barnum
Wm. C, Wright
Tr Ofurer
A. P, Goddard
O. B. Biowsk
O. B. Stearns
J. Fry
Board of Education
Faessrost
Iun
C. D. Snyder
Sup't
Joseph Rick
F BE Weed
Mary Hartman
Uopfra Osebrugh
JA Ay
Tidson Tidson
Abe
Awger
F Sumner
Lucy Jones
Hyose Alloway
Kate Elliott
Pai
M A Martin
AS Brigham
EV Keever
Il Darling
Fits
H Risley
UN Teams
OA Darlin
ME Pattison
Kate Howard
FG Alvord
Anna Moulton
Lida Moulton
IC Porter
Emacs Ee
Asrell
Dist
C Snyder
Su Joseph Frick Berontenten
Rosebrugh
Mary Hudson
J A Judson
E M Sawyer
Louise Sumner
Belle Galloway
Rank Sumner
Brigham
E L Darling
V Keever
SH Risley
Bellae
Stearns
Darlin
EM Russe
Kate F Howard
Alvord
C Porter
Misa ET Aldrich
Ios
Ludwig Kercher
Wm. Lut
Christopher Trepus Fransahler
M_V Brown
Witte
Snyder
Cnentley
Thomas
Breed & Haws
Shuler & Potter
Lawyer & Burchard
Adamson
Emmert & Burrell
É&C
Wm. Walton
Pelton & Pomeroy
Monteling
Sherwood & Co
Ong
Sanford,dwell & Co
Keller & Shue
Dader & Upp
McMillan
Lumbe
J P Spiller
Amson
Miss T Aldrich
Green
O'r Green
W O Wright
Barnum
National Bank
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Tiidels
Louis Rosenstine
John Moody
Harrisburg
Henry Wilson
Beveridge
B. L. Higgins
Creneral
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
England
Virginius
Great Britain
Streator
la Salle County
Weehawken
N. J
Erie
Egypt
Minnesota
Iowa
Cairo
Kansas
Ohio
Arkansas
Louisiana
South Carolina
Moses
Havemeyer
Massachusetts
Butler
Foreign News
Switzerland
London
Berne
Denmark
Spain
Santiago de Uba
Assembly
Pall Mail Gazette
Gambetta
Z’union
jThe
Daily News
Prussia
Loxpoy
John Mitchell
Ireland
Mitchell
London Times
Mapnip
Bilbao
Kissenaen
Prince Bismarck
Saline Springs
Bismarck
Kissengen
Forpaugh
Chicago
Chicago Times
Forepaugh
Romeo
Chicago Medical College Museum
Boyd
Chicago Medical College
Withers
Juliet
Romeo, Jr
California
Katie King
Crookes
Tyndall
Bell Alp
Oustar
Black Hill
C. O. Snyder
Flora E. Weed
Joseph Frick
Frank A. Rosebrugh
Mary E. Hudson
Ellen M. Sawyer
Louise S. Sumner
Frank Sumner
Maggie A. Martin
A. L. Brigham
K. L. Darling
E. V. Keever
S. H. Risley
Mary §. Stearns
0. A. Darling
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