Freeport County Convention to Nominate Supreme Court Candidate
A county convention will meet in Freeport Stephenson county on June 18 at 2 oclock to select six delegates for a Judicial Convention in Dixon Lee county on June 23 to nominate a candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court Sixth District. The effort is led by Henry C HYD J C Kram and E P Barton.
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Freeport
Stephenson County
Dixon
Lee County
Supreme Court
Henry C, Hyd
J.C, Kram
E. P, Barton
John W. Scott
McKean County
Circuit Court
Champaign
Third Judicial District
Publication plan for old state Constitution text
Readers may inspect the old Constitution in local copies. It is printed in the front of the old Statutes of 1845 and in Purple's Statutes and Gross' edition, and available at every Justice of the Peace office in the county.
Government should move Indians to reservations for peace
The article attacks treaties with the Sivages as folly. Red Cloud and Deer in the Grass deny understanding, and urge disregard of the agreements. It argues the government must reclaim Indians to reservations and civilize them through stock raising to end wars on the border.
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Red Cloud
Whittemore Re-elected Despite Expulsion Threat
The late South Carolina congressman Whittemore, slated for expulsion over selling West Point dealerships, is re elected. The piece argues Congress should resume action where it paused, strip him of seat swiftly, and explore impeachment if he resigns again. It cites John Adams on impeachment power after term end and private citizenship.
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Whittemore
Congress
South Carolina
Tariff Bill Passes House and Michigan Railroad Bonds
Mr Schenck s tariff bill passed the House reducing about 20 million annually. Tea at 15 cents a pound and coffee 8 cents, pig iron seven a ton, scrap iron six, steel nails three. The House aims to place coal on the free list. Michigan towns issued railroad bonds after a state law. the Michigan Supreme Court voided the law as unconstitutional, harming bonds already issued and prompting a special legislative session and constitutional amendment. The minority may choose to relocate to avoid taxes for railroads.
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Michigan
Tiania
Supreme Court of Michigan
Death of Charles Dickens, eminent novelist dies at home
Charles Dickens died suddenly at his home near London on Thursday evening at age fifty eight. He spoke to guests earlier that he had a headache and then collapsed, never regaining consciousness. The obituary highlights his rise from parliamentary reporter to fame with Pickwick Papers and Sketches by Boz, notes his focus on the poor and moral impact of his writings, and ends with scattered crop reports from various counties dated June 10.
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Charles Dickens
Shakespeare
London
Mr. Dickens
Dickens
Boz
Pickwick
Seymour
Mr. Seymour
Crops Rally As Rain Improves Prospects Across State
Reports from Peptine Will County and Kankakee County on June 10 indicate corn and oats show promise after recent showers, though strawberries raspberries and late planted corn suffer. Wheat and barley expected light yields. meadow and grain prospects vary by region with drouth not widespread and overall hopes for a good berry yield later.
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Errinanam County
Paxton
Ford County
Drouth
Cnaubaigh County
Jie
VanpaLia
Fayette County
Puaget
Jane
Sanpovat
Marion
Clinton
Oconer
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Pana
Christian
Decatuk
Maton
Will
Kankakee
Giniman
Iroquuis
Western travel sketches from Rock Island to Omaha
A dated travel diary describes a westward journey from Freeport to Rock Island and Des Moines to Omaha in 1870. Observations include prairie and timber belts, Des Moines growth, Savery House lodging, mushroom cities near Atlantic City, Missouri River approaches at Council Bluffs, and Omaha arrival with river ferry transfer.
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Oxnara
Freeport
Rock Island
Chicago
Pacific
Davenport
Des Moines
iDes Moines
Savery House
de Moines
Salodh House
Town City
Omaha
Noah's Park
Atlantic City
Savanna
Council Bluffs
Missouri River
Missouri
Farming and Farmers of Stephenson Co
Letters from Freeport Journal recounts Yellow Creek area and shows Stephenson county farmers with strong roles. It highlights M Tn Quest blacksmith, Jacob Cook painter and glazier, Levi M Devore building near Yellow Creek, Rollin M Witt's 280 acre model farm with a grand barn, stock details, and a 1200 acre broader farming community including Sabin Lamb Shirely and J G Devore. The piece emphasizes farming progress, pioneer settlers, and local agricultural succession in Loran township with portraits of multiple families and enterprises.
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Yellow Creek
The
Freeport. Journal
Kleckner
M. Tn. Quest
Stephenson
Jacob Cook
Levi M. Devore
J. G. Devore
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Freeport Journal
Rollin M. Witt
Stephenson Co
R Sabin
Loran Township
John Lamb
Samuel H. High
Stephenson County
Sabin
Chicago
Loran ‘Township
S. H
Sligh
Barney
Jacob Hershey
Loran
J. F. Kroer
OC. R. Whitmore
Shannon
Samuel Shirely
John S. Boop
Timms
Shirely
A. M. Liebhardt
A. Kinley
Key Stone
Supke Folkests
Stephenson”county
Journal
Western prodigy shines at Omaha terminus
A traveler notes the terminus at Omaha and reflects on the ChRL and PLR lines. The letter hints at successes and drawbacks, with curiosity about mysteries of this western development. The register-like tone conveys measured observations of progress and place.
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Omaha
Ch.r.l& Plr
Wa. M
Indians and government clash over Fort Futterman and rail line
In Washington a final council with Secretary Cox and Commissioner Parker heard Red Cloud and Spotted Tail oppose remaining Fort Futterman and protest roads through Sioux lands. Cox cited 1867 treaty and proposed railroad, while promising rations and blankets and to keep whites and bad Indians from entering native territory. Red Cloud criticized government spending and liquor policy, warning of future trouble if demands are unmet.
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Red' Cloud
Congress
Red Cloud
Parker
New York
Fort Futterman
Therr
Great Father
Spotted Tail
Missouri River
Weather fear for wheat in East Tennessee rains may ruin crop
The Ist. Whig notes heavy rains endangering East Tennessee wheat with rust risk if heat follows. A Sioux chief calls himself Bill Goosequill. The Detroit Tribune mocks the effort as tribute to William Penn.
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Ist
East
Tennessee
Bill Goosequill
Detroit Tribune
William Penn
Norwegian Woman Delivers Child Two Feet High In Iowa
A Norwegian woman in Sioux City Iowa has given birth to a child two feet tall weighing twenty pounds She has filed for a divorce Lieutenant Stambaugh killed by Indians near South Pass City was a nephew of General Sherman.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Stambaugh
South Pass City
General Sherman
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