Stephenson County Republican Convention Details 1870
Stephenson County Republicans plan a county convention in Freeport on August 23 1870 to elect delegates for the Third Congressional District and State conventions. Delegates allocated by town ward and Grant vote counts with primary meetings urged for August 20. Rock Run caucus August 20 to choose six delegates.
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Tlinois
Freeport
Ilinoia
General Grant
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Lee
Fang
Ogle
Stephenson
Whiteside
Stephenson County
Springfield
President Grant
Tatleigatg
Lancaster
Loran
Oneeo
Ridott
Rock Ran
Rock Grove
Silver Creek
Wadd
Rock Run
Iin
Rock City
Robert T. Cooper
Committvaman
Turner delegates chosen for Judicial Convention
At a mass meeting in this city on Monday delegates were balloted for to attend the Judicial Convention. The Turner delegates were chosen and instructed to cast their votes for Iron I. J. Turner, the oldest and one of the ablest members of Stephenson County Bar. The speech invoked Liberty and condemned intervention in Mexico and Prussia.
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Turner
I. J. Turner
Stephenson County
Wheat market outlook foretells strong prices
The piece predicts a good price and active market for wheat despite a shortened crop caused by the long breath. It cites a European war and the eastern wheat district as factors likely to raise breadfruit's price, with expectations of fair prices for farmers and profits for dealers.
Fiscal year 1570 shows receipts exceed expenditures
The first year under Republican administration since the War reports larger receipts than outlays. Taxes were cut before Grant, further reductions follow, bringing debt down and easing tax burdens. The administration, honest and economical, aims to end the public debt and reduce taxation as creditors groan.
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Grant
Cronkers
Speech of Hon. IL. C. Burchary on currency reform
The paper prints Hon. I L C Burchary s June 8 1870 House of Representatives speech urging dispassionate inquiry into monetary policy. It tackles whether coin can be dropped, sufficiency of current circulation, and how to fix unequal distribution. Also notes Springfield Register on Radical politicians in Chicago and Richmond Whig on Democratic alliances, plus Congress bills failed and Motley's recall over Alabama claims.
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Burchard
IL. C. Burchary
House of Representatives
Bunowarp
Mn. Burcyamp
Motley
Fish
Alabama
Wheat Prices Shifts and Ocean Freight Impact
Analysis notes wheat has risen 49 cents per bushel in Liverpool and 20 cents in New York, a 29 cent spread offset by higher ocean freights due to wartime shipping disruption. It argues abundant American shipping would raise freight efficiency and suggests high tariffs on iron and shipbuilding dampen U.S. vessel building, harming farmers who lose 29 cents per bushel to freight.
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New York
Liverpool
America
West
Secret 1866 Treaty Fueled War News Rumors
A sensational report claims Louis Napoleon proposed a 1866 treaty to Bismarck offering to recognize Prussian gains in Germany and unite North and South Germany under Prussia while Austria is excluded. In return France would gain Luxemburg and Belgium. Publication in the London Times and parliamentary discussion are noted. The piece casts Napoleon as pursuing conquest by force.
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Louis Napoleon
Bismarck
France
Germany
Austria
Prussia
Luxemburg
Belgium
London Times
Bismark
Napoleon
Stephen
Dekalb
America
la Fay‘ette
Steuben
de Kalb
Baron Steuben
Frederick the Great
Congress
Andre
Virginia
Benedict Arnold
Ile
Yorktown
Cornwallis
Baron DeKalb
Gates
Camden
Delaware
Maryland
Carolina
Carleton
la Fayette
Chicago Tribune
Democrats Struggle To Find Maine Governor Candidate
The Maine Democrat party faces a disorganized state with its convention failing to nominate and adjournment set for August 16. Efforts to recruit Governor Chamberlain or other figures have failed, and a call for a People’s Convention gathers little support as Republicans led by Sidney Perham look to a sweeping victory in September.
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Maine
Chamberlain
Lisuffectud Republicana
Sidney Perham
Cost of Expelling Democrats for Congress
A Democratic paper cites two hundred thousand dollars as the price to expel regular Democrats from Congress. Even if true the figure is trifling next to the nine thousand millions spent by the people on the voluntary withdrawal of certain regulars to wage war on the nation.
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Congress
German American Exemption Under New United Prussia Pact
The treaty between the United States and Prussia secures exemption from military service for naturalized Germans. Many German American citizens abroad would have faced Prussian military liability without this treaty. German Americans in Prussia retain the same rights as native-born Americans, negotiated at an opportune time.
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United States
Prussia
Germany
The Mormons and politics in Utah Territory 1870
A Utah letter from July 26 1870 lampoons Mormon society and Brigham Young, attacks Gentiles, praises the Liberal Party and discusses Fourth of July celebrations. The writer flatly blames Mormons as robbers and lunatics, notes mining prospects near Salt Lake City, and invokes Steuben and De Kalb to illustrate German military aid in the American Revolution.
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New Jersey
Califorbia
Salt Lake
Brigham
Tabernacle
Hooper
Congress
Liberal Party
Puritan surname list yields curious Sussex jury例
A 1658 Sussex County jury list appears in a study of English surnames with humorous Puritan given names such as Faint-not Hewett Seek-wisdom Wood Redeemed Compton Accepted Trevor God-reward Smart Make peace Heaton and others like Repentance Airs Return Spelman and Stand-fast-on-high Stringer.
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England
Sussex
Hewett
Wisdom Wood
Redeemed
Compton
Trevor
Billings
Mitchell
Moreton
Mrs Partington Weighs Caterpillar Versus Capillary Attraction
Mrs Partington debates whether the matter is a caterpillar or capillary at traction. Young Mr Jones speaks well on the topic and Walker is consulted. She concludes the distinction matters little since one pillary suggests hairlike strands and caterpillars are hairy, drawing them to leaves.
Journalists shaping power across nations and eras
Beranger foresaw journalists becoming France’s great men and the trend has expanded to England and America. The Vice President, several senators, and representatives have used journalism to mold public opinion. France lists Ollivier and Rochefort’s influence, while English leaders like Gladstone and Disraeli wrote for the press and held offices.
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Beranger
France
England
America
United States
Ollivier
Herne
Journal de Paris
M. About
Rochefort
Glad‘stone
Disraeli
Derby
Mill
The
London Times
Rothschilds Gift Purchase of Painting Reveals Generous Motive
An anecdote from Margohouth recounts how Herman the London art dealer sought a line of recommendation from Dr Herschel the chief rabbi to approach Rothschild. Rothschild initially balked at £300 for a painting, claiming funds for ponies, then agreed to buy any painting chosen from Herman’s collection for £130 as a charitable gift.
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Rothschin
Rothschild
Margohouth
Herman
London
Manchester
Herman G
Herschell
Judge Cony and the Irishman's Tail of Honor
In Augusta Maine a prominent judge Samuel Cony known for dignified old time conduct and scriptural honor finds humor in a rural ride to Wiscasset. An Irish companion jokes aloud as Cony enters town, shouting that the judge is far behind and ridiculed gently for riding with an Irishman to share the journey.
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Augusta
Maine
Samuel Cony
Wiscasset
Judge Cony
Whasset
Joodge Cony
Death by Self Action in Paris Pertains to Dr Pope
Dr Pope of St Louis died by his own hand in Paris after fearing loss of his ailing wife. The incident notes 80 as a factor and references a heroic remedy whose success is unknown.
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Dr. Pope
St. Louis
Paris
Tornado damages church and property in Piqua area
A tornado swept over Piqua causing damage to the Brent property and the Methodist Church valued at 15.0, demolishing structures. The jumble of anecdotes includes a sheriff of humor and various reflections, ending with a note on contemporary politics and a Will case.
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Piqua
Wen
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