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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1873
Page
3
The article notes a national debt reduction of 3,525,282 during May and comments on George Francis Train. It quotes the Pittsburgh Commercial doubting his insanity but affirming his foolhardiness, highlighting his knack for trouble and dramatic exits.
Meacham admits loss of faith in Modoc policy after Sconchin John’s revolver bullets convince him. He writes to the Interior Department urging complete subjugation of the Modocs by the military as the only effective method.
The Iowa Democrats require the Liberal faction to take the lead this year, noting last year’s arrangement placed Liberals in front as Democrats took back seats. The order of the two fragments is unimportant except for their relative ranking among themselves.
A Brooklyn paper reports Prof Wise and W H Donaldson, noted aeronauts, plan a balloon voyage on July 4. Boston City Council has granted 8,000 to support the launch from the common. Wise favors the air current theory and expects to reach England within two days after departure.
Omaha will host the Union Pacific Railroad depots and general offices, settling the eastern terminus dispute with Council Bluffs. The move boosts local fortunes tied to Omaha real estate of George Francis Train. Also, New York Seward supporters plan a bronze statue in Central Park by Randolph Rogers, funded by 250 donors. Philo J. Hewitt narrowly escaped a fatal sulky accident, suffering minor injuries but miraculously surviving. A traveling pack peddler scam warns against buying from itinerant sellers in favor of supporting local merchants who pay taxes and invest in the town.
The last session changed the School law to allow any unmarried woman aged 21 or older meeting the men’s qualifications to hold school offices. It replaces the two-built state school tax with a direct annual appropriation of one million dollars from state funds for school purposes, funded by a general tax and other revenues.
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A 1878 Illinois Missouri excursion party of 152 Senators and Congressmen travels by Atlantic and Pacific Railway through Missouri to Springfield, Vinita, and Dennison into Texas and Louisiana. The piece narrates Indian Territory conditions, land systems, proposed settlement plans, northern Texas agriculture, and Gulf coast impressions in Galveston and New Orleans including Fort St Philip Canal and cereal transport debates.
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