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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1875
Page
2
A Sunday blaze in Springfield Massachusetts destroyed forty buildings with total losses estimated at five hundred thousand dollars. Meanwhile Chicago hosted the eighth annual National Temperance Convention with many noted agitators in attendance led by Freeport's William T Giles and others.
Captain Paul Boynton, inventor of a life preserving rubber suit, swam the English Channel in about thirty miles in 23 hours and 35 minutes, wearing his rubber dress and completing the crossing.
The excerpt from the Mother Goose collection presents a crooked man who travels a crooked mile finds a crooked sixpence and buys a crooked cat that catches a crooked mouse all living together in a crooked house. The verse is cited for consolation of the crooked whiskying members.
President Grant sent a letter last Saturday to the President of the Pennsylvania Republican Convention stating he would not accept a nomination if offered. The move settles the heated third term controversy and quiets Democratic press claims.
The speaker criticizes Secretary Bristow for drinking and believes he has seized millions of dollars worth of crooked whisky. A suggestion is made to fund a collection to purchase and destroy all such illicit spirits so the Treasury Secretary can leave the whisky business.
A bursting carbonic acid gas cylinder in the cellar of a Boston drug store last week toppled the building, burying nearly a hundred occupants in the ruins. The incident underscores the danger of soda fountain gas usage and the need for life insurance.
Report on the May 22 sale at Dexter Park Chicago shows Mr J R Shelly selling cows and heifers for an average of 375 dollars per head. The full report appears in the Farmer's Column.
The Republican State Convention of Pennsylvania met in Lancaster on Wednesday and re-nominated General Hartrauff for governor and Mr. Rawle for state treasurer. A resolution opposed third term presidential nomination was adopted, and the convention expressed confidence that the GOP ticket will win in the fall.
The London Times editorial, May 20, 1875, lauds the United States for its rapid public debt reduction, noting a high national spirit and a destiny conscious of restraint. It offers comfort that outsiders praise honest debt payment amid domestic complaints and political grumbling.
The Grain Inspector office in Chicago was created to shield honest grain dealers from high costs. Inspectors are paid by the grain producers, and fees are set by the Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners. Despite a former inspector's attempt to withhold thousands, about 12,000 remains beyond his office’s expenses, prompting a plea to lower inspection fees for grain producers.
The Supreme Court of New York placed the Erie Railroad, of New York, in the hands of a receiver amid financial woes blamed on the reckless management of Jim Fisk and Jay Gould. The Baltimore and Ohio has maintained a policy of price warfare, benefiting Baltimore by attracting western freight and boosting city business through intensified rail competition.
The piece notes mockery of Senator Dicki Oglesby for doubting political economy knowledge in his Connecticut lecture. It cites Daniel Webster agreeing with Oglesby, arguing there is no fixed science of political economy and referencing Webster’s 1880 letter to Mr. Dutton about the limits of the field and the abundance of trivial truisms versus doubtful propositions.
The World's Congress of Good Templars met in Bloomington last week with 121 delegates from 32 states and countries plus 15 temperance and religious newspaper representatives. Grand Secretary Hyckman reports new lodges in Africa New South Wales Tasmania Quebec Wales New Zealand Mississippi and Arkansas. 725000 names on the roll. receipts of 19868.55 with 14208.77 disbursed and 5659.78 balance. The order, older than the Ohio Crusade, aims to extend its influence globally.
Johnathan Hay’s imitator in New York state prompts Skaneateles National Bank to reveal a major note discounting scam. Hi Cornell Jr, a life insured agent, forged signatures of insured clients and discounted notes, amassing about twenty thousand dollars in forged papers. The bank faces losses as the forger is allegedly worthless.
A large convention of colored people met in Nashville last week to organize emigration from Tennessee. Seven emigration commissioners were appointed as pledges indicate many or all Black residents may leave. Resolutions condemn postwar conditions as worse than then, citing exposure to outrage, insult, murder, denial of court justice, and coerced voting by force.
The piece argues that blacks lack schooling, cites convict labor depressing wages, and contends Tennessee whites in power harmed free schools after the Civil Rights Bill. It warns that blacks face relocation while whites suffer as the state’s labor force hinges on black workers who may depart.
The Stephenson County Patrons of Husbandry launch a Farmers Institute in Freeport to promote thinking over labor, education for farmers and social unity. Speakers urge independent thought, dairy economics, and expanded rural libraries, with Alonzo Golder stressing farmer education and civic vigilance.
In a county gathering, speakers push dairy industry growth through cheese and butter factories, arguing science improves milk quality and profits. Estimates show dairy could outpace cotton, with potential for multiple cheese plants, butter factories, and sugar beet synergy. Aiming for higher prices, farmers urged collaboration to deliver clean, well-made products and better soil benefits.
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