Political Power At Saloon Keepers Meeting
A Chicago Saloon Keepers meeting features a member noting politicians frequenting drinking places as their political power. Wilkie Collins departs Boston for England after a six month visit. State Legislature revises Divorce law with potential further changes. Frank privilege may return to Public Documents. Snow storms in the Sierra cause persistent train delays and bank breaks, described as the severest storm in the region.
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Chicago
Great Western Snow Storm Detains Central Pacific Trains
A major snow storm halts trains on the Central Pacific Road, described as the greatest in years. Summit Valley reports twenty five feet of snow on the level, while a smaller Sunday night storm adds three inches, dwarfed by the western tempest.
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Summit Valley
United States and Switzerland Postage Accord Set
The U S and Switzerland sign articles of agreement for an interchange of postal cards at two cents for U S and ten centimes for Switzerland with pre paid postage. The arrangement takes effect on May 18.
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United States
Switzerland
Prohibitionists of Ohio Nominate State Ticket and Platform
The Prohibitionists of Ohio have nominated a state ticket and adopted a platform demanding direct legislation against the liquor traffic calling for a distinct Prohibition Party necessity urging national officers and Senators elected directly by the people and opposing class legislation.
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Ohio
Tragic Interment Leads to Maniacal Grief in Chapmanville
Anthony Coggs of Chapmanville Pa returns to bury his wife, but finds the coffin disturbed and the body mislaid. The discovery that she was in a trance at burial drives Coggs into madness, leaving him a maniac.
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Anthony Coggswell
Chapmanville
Senate battles illness and liquor reform bill noted
The Tennessee senator Mr Brownlow is too ill to attend the Senate while Representative Alex Stephens of Georgia remains bedbound. The Senate passed a liquor control bill proposing five commissioners to study the trade and abuses for future legislation. Reports say Fiji slanders seek annexation by a major power, and a Azores committee visits Washington seeking an American protectorate, unlikely to be granted.
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Tennessee
Mr. Brownlow
Senate
Alex H. Stephens
Georgia
United States Senate
Fiji
England
Azores
Washington
Absentee Speaker Halts Local Farmer Meeting
The Bulletin noted S. M. Smith was slated to attend a farmer meeting last Saturday but the event was canceled as Smith failed to arrive. Managers avoided Journal advertising, leaving no meeting and prompting questions about the rescheduled timing and reasons for Smith’s absence.
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S. M. Smith
Smith
Palmer Grange ranks by trades in unusual mix
The Palmer Grange in Alaska features a master who is a lawyer, an assortment of officers from carpet retail to dentistry, a dry goods merchant chaplain, and a hardware dealer secretary, with the gate-keeper and his mother the only truly original members amid mock anger at new-mown odors. A California Senate bill empowers juries to fix punishment in murder trials, potentially targeting capital punishment, while Illinois figures like Mr Boyce push to abolish hangings, hoping public sentiment guides legislators.
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Palmer
Chicago Journal
California Senate
Hether
Boyce
Springfield
Ilinois
Moltke warns Reichstag on defense of gains
The article notes Von Moltke warning the Prussian Reichstag that holding their positions won in six months of war with France requires force of arms and that Europe’s peace rests on a volatile outcome. In New York and Brooklyn, women’ s temperance activism grows with mass meetings, pledges, and plans to target landlords and saloons to curb liquor trade.
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von Moltke
Reichstag
France
Europe
New York
Lewis
Brooklyn
Notable 19th Century Figures In Swinging News
Woodhull and Claflin jailed again. Don Rico to clown next summer. Boston Courier marks golden wedding. Edwin Booth to perform four weeks at McVicker's Chicago. Washington clerks face longer hours. Dr. Congdon treats drunkenness as disease. Jay Cooke & Co furniture house in Nas sau Street, NY, sold at auction. Eli Perkins tours west but fails. eyeing skating rink subdivision. Ong—adult Iowa dwarf—tall tales of Nutt. Dr Kenealy to seek new trial over jury misdirection. Judge Brown’s death by suicide near Edwardsville. Gen Sherman praised for genius and dancing. Mrs Dahlgreen on women’s crusade against whiskey. J A Nan Pelt, Chicago ex-saloon keeper, noted speaker failure.
Letters oppose Illinois tax assessment bill in Freeport letter
A Freeport reader to Hon. B L Cronkite argues against a proposed amendment to Illinois tax assessment. The letter asserts the 1872 system fairly values property, objects to deductions under a new law, and warns that notes and imports used as credit would boost assessed values, impacting merchants, farmers and railroads. The piece targets misaligned deductions and urges against shifting to foreign credit for tax relief.
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Eviron Frescont Journal
Freeport
B.L. Cronkrite
House
Illinois
New York
John Bull & Co
Victoria Street
London
England
United States
Jones, Jenkins & Co
Mr. O
Death of Ex President Millard Fillmore
Ex President Millard Fillmore dies at his Buffalo home aged 74 after a stroke. Washington issues mourning orders and honors. funeral set for Thursday. Buffalo and national obsequies prompt draped buildings, suspended business, and extended tributes. Andrew Johnson remains the sole living former President.
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Millard Fillmore
Fillmore
Buffalo
N. Y
Andrew Johnson
Washington
Executive Mansion
United States
Executive
War and Navy Departments
U.S. Gray
Hamuron Fisu
Congress Debates Centennial Bill and Interstate Commerce
Washington reports March 2 to March 6 cover Senate and House actions. The Centennial bill dominates discussion as bills on pensions liquor and homestead issues move through committees. Adjournments mark daily business with pages of minor measures and a focus on banking and interstate regulation.
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Washmindton
Senate
Wisconsin Central Railway
House
New York
Carpenter
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Kousz
Committee On Elections
Thomas
Virginia
Ramsey
Committee On Appropriations
Secretary of the Treasury
Illinois Senate and House proceed with bills and revisions
Springfield March 5 to 9 features debates on personal property deductions, mortgage laws, and revisions of statutes. Senators consider bills on property listing under oath, court timing, and prohibition of railroad rate abuses while committees advance railroad finance and transportation ticket protections.
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Springfield
Ill
Senate
Brown
Revenue Committee
Warner
Sawyer
Hopkins
Board of Trade Memorial
Granger
Henry County
Hampton
Thompson
Shepard
Kelly
Philadelphia
Williamson
Lee
Chicago
Committee On Corporations
Hinchcliffe
Mason Brayman
Sildrup
Railway Committee
Hildrup
Committee On Railroads
Private bills and government ethics move in Congress
The House reports favorably a bill banning officers from accepting United States money or property for private use, allowing necessary travel expenses. March 7 notes debate on tax bills, a Senate prayer incident, and ongoing Ways and Means discussions on customs and currency. Senate and House adjourn for ex-President Fillmore's death. historic adjournment patterns noted.
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House
Civil Service Comittee
United States
Treasury
Wilson
Iowa
Wood
Senate
Detroit
Michigan
Messrs. Wood
N. Y
Burchard
Ill
Beck
Ways and Means Committee
Jackson S. Schultz
Banking and Currency Committee
West
Louisiana
Fillmore
Washington
Buchanan
Paris Photo Ban and Ashantee War Dispatches
A Paris dispatch reports a prohibition on sale of photographs of Count de Chambord. London dispatches on March 6 confirm the Sedra wreck with thirty dead and Gov India estimates for famine relief, plus Ashantee campaign updates. Wolseley reports peace efforts fail, palace untouched, and 84 officers reduced to 4 KIA, 3 fever deaths, 7 wounded as rains hinder retreat.
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Count de Chambord
London
Newcastle
Port Said
Ashantee
Wolseley
John Bull
Henry Chapman
House of Commons
St. Jean de Luz
Bayonne
Bilboa
Orton
Tichborne
Havana
Berlin
Daily News
Gladstone
War Office
Comassie
Crusade Crumbs Sweep Across Multiple States
The clipping lists temperance raids and anti-saloon activity across Ohio Indiana Wisconsin and beyond. It notes arrests resignations closures and pledges as communities respond to the movement. It mentions public prayers and store closures in Ohio Indiana and Wisconsin, plus parades bells and funeral air in Marietta and Dayton. It also references a critical article in the Christian Era about Mrs Ann Evita Young as a lecturer on Mormonism.
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Chicago Post and Mail
Ripley
Cardington
Indianapolis
Geneva
Delaware
Bluffton
Ind
Parsons
Kas
Madison
Belvidere
Shelby
Crestline
Ohio
Wis
Fond du Lac
Hartford City
Bellefontaine
Fostoria
van Pelt
Cincinnati
Union City
Mother Stewart
Marion
John King
Greenville
Perrysburg
Wood County
Dayton
Springfield
Richmond
Lockport
Philadelphia
Port Clinton
Ottawa County
Marietta
Boston
Mass
Ann Evita Younc
Brigham
Mrs. Young
Mormon Church
Indian War Tension in Nebraska Territory Dispersion
Fragmentary diary notes describe caution over private gathering of troops, concentration of two hundred Indians at a strategic post, and fear of a larger war. A trader at Red Cloud reports escape with help, while rumors of a sack at the Agency circulate and calls go to Governor for arms.
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Ord
Erie
Aries
Agency
Ang i
Plati
Tig
Indiana
Red Cloud
Fort Bi
Fox Creek
Cloud
Disraeli Secures Working Majority in Parliament
The report notes Disraeli taking a solid working majority with Liberal opposition weakened as Gladstone considers stepping down leadership. It recalls Disraeli's early challenges in the House of Commons and his remark about beginnings and eventual success.
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Disraeli
Gladstone
City Clerk Report of Freeport 1874 Warrants and Expenditures
City Clerk presents the annual receipt and expenditure statement for Freeport ending Feb 28 1874. Totals show warrants issued for general loan to D A Knowlton 23100.11 dollars. redemption of bounty orders 9000.00. city orders 0. interest on redeemed city orders 231.63. Outstanding city orders 3397.83. interest on other items 3300.43. items totaling 352/ or 200? 703.07 2081.35.
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Freeport
Warrbrants
D. A. Knowlton
Esseserssersee
DOTS
Siserseeresestensensee
Aneeses
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Eli Perkins
Ong
Com. Nutt
Dr. Kenealy
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Wm. T. Brown
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