Shipwreck Toll and Notable City News From Freeport
Nineteen lives were lost in a Scotch coast shipwreck amid a recent gale. Advices from England report a million people in India starving. Lancashire boiler explosion kills twenty and injures many. Illinois river navigation resumes with steamers to St Louis. Government revenue rise signals recovery from the panic. Commentary from Sterling Gazette mocks Beveridge. Obituary notes: Hon. N. K. Hall, former Postmaster General, dies in Buffalo. President Fillmore said to be precarious. Public debt shows February declines across coin and currency categories. Local praise for St Joseph Morning Herald and its editor John L. Bittinger. H C Burchard praised for returning $6,000 from the Salary Grab.
Report on Massachusetts railway transportation by commissioners
Readers are invited to study an exhaustive report on railway transportation by the Massachusetts Railway Commissioners. It discusses Charles Francis Adams and his Illinois visit to examine the state railway law, presenting the report without endorsement and noting shifting Democratic and press positions toward the Patrons of Husbandry and the national convention’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Railway Commissioners
Charles Francis Adams
Ilinois
Sir Joseph
Clements Advocates Mississippi River Improvement Speech
Hon Isaac Clements a Cairo District congressman delivers a February 11 1874 house speech urging Mississippi River improvements to create a safe free outlet to the Gulf of Mexico aid river navigation and reduce freight costs noting lighthouses funding on Atlantic coast and urging western river navigation attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Clements
Congress
Cairo
Mississippi
House of Representatives
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Horatio Burchard of Illinois Endorsed for Fidelity
The New York Sun notes Horatio G. Burchard of Freeport, Illinois, a congressman who repaid back pay of 4209 and 1620 20 for increased pay, praising him as faithful and industrious. The New York Evening Mail concurs, stating no house member is more faithful or useful and endorsing him strongly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Congress
Illinois
Horatio G. Burchard
Freeport
Lincoln
Douglas
Dowglas
Isa
Burcuard
Bo Washtarne
Grant
France
Burchard
Horatio C. Burchard
New York Evening Mail
Free Banking Advocates Call for Broad Access to National Banks
In commentary amid political talk, the piece argues for universal access to free banking by allowing any person or corporation depositing U S bonds to issue national bank notes. It notes existing law already provides such a framework with gold bond securities and 80 percent backing, and urges easier entry for others to join the banking business while ensuring ample security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
National Banking Association
West
Lanark
Sterling
Rochelle
James Mitchell
Messry, Knowlton & Sons
The Railway Postoffice System described and praised
The article extols the Railway Postoffice system as it operates between Freeport and Chicago, noting rapid direct handoffs to depots and expedited mail routes. It details tagging to detect errors, cites staff such as Geo S Bangs and Capt James E White, and predicts a shift away from old routing toward faster service, including same day access to New York papers by afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Chicago
Michigan Central
Michigan Southern
Pittsburgh
Fort Wayne
Northwestern Railroad
Chicago & St. Louis
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Green Bay
Cedar Rapids
Bloomington
Decatur
St. Louis
Eleroy
Austin
Dubuque
Dixon West
Dixon East
Dixon
Geo. S. Bangs
P. M
Aurora
Railway Service
United States
Jas. E. White
Alleghanies
New York
Democracy and Cheap Transportation in a 1874 Debate
The piece argues Democratic motives behind Farmers Movement and notes Congress vote on a resolution to regulate interstate commerce to curb tolls by railroads. It highlights Democratic opposition and Republican support, listing names and party lines, and contends Stephenson county Democrats won’t win farmers’ support by railing against cheap transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freerom Jovanxat
Farmers’ Movement
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Patrons of Husbandry
St. Louis
Order
Chicago Times
Chicago Tribune
Stephenson County
S[fettinger Hall
Alanson Bacon
Board of Supervisors
Erin
Levi Robey
Waddams
Jere Pattison
Silver Creek
Andrew Hinds
Oneco
George Lamb
Freeport
James Darrah
George Wolf
Cyrus J. Roeitzell
Harlem
Edmund Hathaway
United States
Congress
House of Representatives
House
Yeas
Messrs
Albright
Atkins Averill
Banning
Barber
Barrere
Bogole
Biery
Bland
Bradley
Buffington
Bun
Burchard
Burleigh
Burrows
Benjamin F. Butler
Cannon
Cason
Cessna
Amos Clark, Jr
Clayton
Clements
Stephen A. Cobb
Coburn Conger
Corwin
Cotton
Crounse
Crutchfield Curtis
Dan
George F. Hoar
Holman
Hoskins
Houghton
Howe
Hubbell
Hunter
Hurlbut
Hyde
Hines
Kasson
Redall
Killinger
Anapp
Lampert
Lawrence
Lawson
Leach
Lewis
Louridge
Lowe
Lowndes
Luttrell
Lynch
Martin
McCreary
Alexander S. McDill
James W. McDill
McDougall
McJunkin
Arc
Scofield
Sewer
Sessions
Shanks
Sheatz
Sheldon
Sherwood
Lazarus D
Shoemaker
Small
A. Herr Smith
tGeorge L. Smith
H. Boardman Smith
J.ambler Smith
John Q. Smith
Snyder
Sprague
Stannard
Starkweather
St. John
Stone
Stowell
Straight
Strawbridge
Sypher
Thomas
Thornburgh
Tremain
Tyne
Illinois
O. B. Farwell
Stephen A. Hurlbut
Horatio QO. Burchard
John B. Hawley
Granville Barrera
Joseph G. Cannon
Isaac Clements
Franklin Corwin
G. L. Fort
James S. Martin
John McNulty
William H. Ray
John B. Rice
Jasper D. Ward
The Trumpet Sermons of Talmage and Spurgeon Praise
The Christian Intelligencer hailed Talmage as delivering a clear powerful gospel blast and noted his rising influence as editor of The Christian at Work. Spurgeon also contributes regularly, with sample copies offered free from the New York office at 102 Chambers Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. de Witt Talmage
Christian Intelligencer
Christ
Tabernacle
Salt and elements lesson at Freeport High School
Last Friday at Freeport High School a chemistry class entertaining program explored salt and its constituents. John Shaffer and George Hartman spoke on chlorine, its properties and uses, followed by William L. French on sodium and its extraction, with demonstrations including a river on fire. Lizzie McCoy introduced oxygen and its role in combustion, respiration, and oxidation, detailing its sources, properties, and impact on daily life.
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Exchange Street
John Shaffer
George W. Hartman
Spain
Ormus
Persian Gulf
Indus
New York
Poland
Scheele
William French
William L. French
Sir Humphrey
France
Paris
Lizzie M
Min
von Helmont
Priestly
England
Lavoirsie
Earth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Freeport Journal
India
Lancashire
Illinois River
S.M. Smith
Beveridge
N. K. Hall
United States District Court
President Fillmore
Buffalo
Fillmore
St. Joseph
Morning Herald
Wilkinson & Bittinger
John L. *Bittinger
Missouri
N. C. Burchard
H. C. Gann
Warren Sentinel
H.C. Burchard
Dveuws
Freeport High School
Geo. W. Hartman
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