Republican caucus notices and candidacy bids in Freeport area
Republican voters in Freeport city and townships meet in caucus on March 27 and 28 to elect six delegates for a city township convention at Wilcoxon Opera House to nominate candidates for spring elections. Similar caucuses are planned in Buckeye Silver Creek Florence Harlem and other towns with dates from March 31 to April 4. Local citizens announce candidacy for Street Commissioner and City Clerk subject to convention. Also brief notes on Sioux troubles with Wyoming and currency vote plus a Kentucky farmer joke about sewing machine and threshing.
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Freeport
Bergman & Haas
Pennsylvania House
Fry's Hall
Wilcoxon Opera House
C. E. Stearns
E. P. Barton
C. M. Shaffer
Buckeye
Thos, B. Jones
Silver Creek
Barry School House
Arias I. Eaton
Florence
May
J. M. Brohtel
Harlem
First National Bank
John A. Wright
Republican party aids agriculture against monopolists
In confirmation that Republicans favor farmers, the action notes that every legislature taking steps for the agricultural class against monopolists has been under Republican control according to Action Tele-graph.
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Republican Party
Liberal party flags change as Democrats prepare for new campaign
The Liberal flag is replaced by old colors as the Central Committee reorganizes and sets a July 15 state meeting. Every Liberal and elder member are moved aside to make way for faithful Democrats, with James Buchanan directing the campaign from the rear and in spiritual guidance.
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Central Committee
State Committee
James Buchanan
German editor rails at temperance mockery and urges tolerance
The late Emil Rothe of The Cincinnati Vollks freund praised the temperance movement as serious, born from religious convictions. He urged abstinence with tolerance and dignified resistance, noting it cannot be ridiculed away and is a matter for an intelligent nation.
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Cincinnati Vollksfreund
Emil Rothe
Northern Carolina's Volcano Warning Sparks Revival
The untutored North Carolinian hears underground volcanic rumble as a warning voice. Since Bald Mountain's eruption a religious revival has surged locally with at least a hundred sinners converted. Each Southern church should pray for a nearby volcano.
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Bald Mountain
Women’s prayer against vice alarms Cincinnati
The article notes women pressing against liquor and other social evils in Cincinnati. It describes mayoral prayers as subjects of discussion, with a social evil ordinance likely to pass. It cites the Cincinnati Enquirer doubting excessive prayer and mentions Democratic papers’ uneasy reactions.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer
Democratic party to contest national control in 1876
The Rock Island Union notes that the Democratic party remains stubbornly active in today’s politics and will challenge Republican control of the National Government in 1876. The remark underscores the persistent party dynamic shaping future political calculations.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
Rock Island (Ill
Debt payment suspended and future recovery hoped
The Pantagraph notes temporary suspension of debt payments due to rapid tax cuts and the financial panic. It argues that policy and expenditures will be adjusted to resume debt reduction at fifty to one hundred million yearly until the entire principal is paid. It also reports the death of Dr Forbes Winslow, a leading physician in mental and nervous diseases, whose works shaped insanity research and medical jurisprudence.
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Bloomington
Ill
Pantagraph
Forbes Winslow
England
Winslow
Europe
Seed relief urged for Iowa grasshopper victims by State Grange
President Golder of the State Grange of Illinois appeals to Illinois farmers to send seed wheat and oats to the Spencer Relief Committee in Storm Lake Ta for redistribution. The storm devastated Northwestern Iowa, leaving families destitute with nothing to sow.
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Golder
State Grange
Illinois
Iowa
Spencer Relief Committee
Storm Lake
Ravages of fires hit several cities this week
The Chicago Evening Journal reports recent major fires with substantial losses: Elgin Indiana lost ten stores valued at around $125,000. Indianapolis suffered about $300,000 to $400,000 in damage to the business district. Massachusetts State Prison properties burned on Saturday for about $200,000. Montreal saw Queen's Hall and other property destroyed for about $60,000. Wooster Ohio reported property damage around $75,000 this morning.
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Chicago Evening Journal
Elgin
Indianapolis
Massachusetts State Prison
Montreal
Queen’s Hall
Kentucky Legislator Defends Democratic Fidelity Amid Desertion Charge
A Kentucky Legislator with Confederate service faced a desertion charge in the legislature. He rose to respond, declaring four years on the field of blood and carnage proved his Democracy, prompting the accusation to be withdrawn as his fidelity was affirmed.
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Kentucky
Speaker
Inquest Fails to Solve Centerville German Family Murders
Coroner's inquest into the Centerville Illinois murders of a German family leaves the case unresolved. The entire family including two children, father, mother, and grandfather were found killed in their home. Two relatives are under arrest as suspects. A $1000 reward is offered for the killers' discovery, arrest, and conviction.
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Centerville
St. Clair Co
Virginia Legislature Refuses Condolence Resolutions on Sumner
The Virginia Legislature declines to pass condolence motions on Charles Sumner death, accusing the legislature of bigotry. The Virgi nia Democrat charges the abolitionist opponent with hatred and notes no formal mourning is expressed.
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Virginia
Charles Sumner
Democrats exploiting farmers movement to form anti monopoly party
The piece accuses leading Democrats of colluding with Liberal forces to steer the farmers' movement, organizing an anti monopoly party for their own gain. It claims meetings in Congressional districts prepare Congress candidates while the genuine farmers and Grangers will respond at the polls with a decisive counter move.
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Chicago ‘Limes
Tribune
Congress
Chicago Journal
Democrats vote against cheap transportation in historic Congress tally
Illinois Democrats in Congress are recorded as voting against a resolution to regulate interstate commerce and promote cheap transportation, with several from Illinois abstaining or dodging the vote. The piece calls for explanations of Democratic unanimity against cheap transport and notes Republicans and some Illinois Moderates supporting the measure. It also recounts a separate Iowa mail pouch theft in Cixton.
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Congress
Démocrata
Congressional Record
United States
Union
House of Representatives
House
Yeas
Messrs
Albright
Adkins
Averill
Banning
Barber
Barrere
Bogole
Biery
Bland
Bradley
Buffington
Bundy
Burchard
Burleigh
Burrows
Benjamin I
Butler
Cannon
Cason
Cessna
Amos Clark, Jr
Clayton
Clements
Stephen
Cobb
Coburn
Conger
Corwin
Cotton
Crounse
Crutchfield
Curtis
Danford
Darrell
Dana
Dobbins
Donnan
Duell
Dunnell
Eames
Farwell
Field
Fort
Foster
Freeman
Frye
Garfield
Gooch Gunckie
Hagans
Eogene Hale
Roberts Hale
Harmer
Benjamin W Harris
Harrison
Hatcher
Hawthorn
Havens
John
B Hawley
Joseph R Hawley
Hayes
Gerry
W. Hazelton
Hendee
George Hoar
Holman
Hoskins
Houghton
Howe
Hubbell
Hunter
Hurlbut
Hyde
Hines
Kasson
Kedall
Killinger
Knapp
Lamport
Lawrence
Lawson
Leach
Lewis
Louridge
Lowe
Lowndes
Luttrell
Lynch
Martin
McCreary
Alexander
McDill
James W. McDill
McDougall
McJunkin
McLain
McNulta
Mellish
Merriam
Monroe
Morey
Nunn
Orr
Packer
Packard
Page
Hosea W Parker
Isaac C Parker
Parsons
Pendleton
Phillips
Pike
James H Pratt
Thomas C Pratt
Poland
Pratt
Bansier
Rapier
Ray
Rice
Richmond
Robbins
Ellis Roberta
James W Robinson
Ross
Rusk
Sawyer
Henry B
Sayler
Scofield
Sewer
Sessions
Shanks
Sheatz
Sheldon
Sherwood
Lazarus
Sheemaker
Small
A ‘Herr Smith
George 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
Tyner
Vance
Wallace
Walls
Joseph D Ward
Marcus L Ward
Wheeler
White
Whiteley
Wilber
George Willard
Chas G Williams
John MS Williams
William Williams
William B Williams
James Wilson
Jeremiah M Wilson
Wolfe
Woodford
Woodworth
Nays
Adams
Alvert Arthur
Ashe
Barnum
Beck
Bell
Blount
Boden
Bromberg
Brown
Buckner
Cadwell
John B. Clark
Domingo
Coax
Crittenden
Crossland
Alexander AL
Davis
Dewitt
Durham
Iden
Lldridge
Glover
Namilton
Hancock
Stenry R. Harris
Hereford
Herndon
Rockwood Hoar
Hooper
Aunton
Lamar
Loftand
Magee
Milliken
Mills
Neal
Niblack
O'Brien
Perry
Phelps
Pierce
Randall
William J. Roberts
James C. Robinson
John Gcg
Schoemaker
Henry J. Scudder
Schloss
Smart
William A. Smith
Southard
Standeford
Ladd
Waddell
Wells
Whitehead
Whitehouse
Whitthorne
Charles W. Willard
Willie
Ephraim A. Wilson
John D. Young
Pierce AL. B. Young
Illinois
Towit
C. B. Farwell
Stephen A. Hurlbut
Horatio C. Burchard
John B. Hawley
Granville Barrere
Joseph G. Cannon
Isaac Clements
Franklin Corwin
G. L. Fort
James S. Martin
John McNulta
William H. Ray
John B. Rice
Jasper D. Ward
James O. Robinson
John R. Eden
Samuel T. Marshall
William R. Morrison
Cixton
Iowa
Dubuque
San Francisco
Chicago
Tierney
van Leven
Emerson Quotes Spark Henry Dana Speech at Fangui Hall
In Fangui Hall last Saturday Hon R Hf Dana heard fourteen words mostly single syllable. quoted from Emerson and never printed before. Dana presented the lines as a test of free expression, asking what use freedom has if words fall silent again.
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Emerson
Hon. R
Dana
Fangui Hall
Freeport City Finances With Tax Collectibles Questioned
The Freeport Journal faces criticism for misstating city indebtedness after tax warrants, suggesting the official report shows 60 800 86 dollars owed while deductions for taxes collected and city assets reduce net indebtedness to 18 678 42 dollars. The Freeport Bulletin mocks this as flawed logic and argues the city remains solvent and owes creditors.
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Freeport Journal
Freeport
Wm. Trembor
Freeport Bulletin
Jeffersonian Democrat boasts revolutionary lineage in Bulletin
In aWaddams township note, a Democrat heir proclaims descent from a 1778 Illinois campaign hero under Col George Rogers Clark. The tale retells a Kentucky race where a Whig boasted battlefield service, while a Democratic rival claimed sacrifice by hire of a substitute who died, sectarian quips and election satire aimed at patriotism.
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Waddams Township
Levi Roby
George Rogers Clark
Illinois
Washington
Levi
Kentucky
Republic
Congressional proceedings March 14 to 21 overview
The record notes Senate and House actions from March 14 to 21. Debates on legislative appropriation, transportation, inflation petitions, currency distribution and inter state commerce. Bills passed include coal and iron mine preemption in Kansas and Missouri, mining development, and District education funding. Adjournments follow daily sessions.
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Congressional
Senate
House
Logan
Illinois
Secretary of the Treasury
Kansas
Missouri
Finance Committee
Alaska
Secretary of the Interior
Monay
District of Columbia
Potomac River
Georgia
Dapper Balmforth Man Tries Boiling Lid-Lifter Stunt
A well dressed Balmforth avenue man collapsed onto a stove after a hurried scene with his wife. He leaped onto the forty eight dollar stove in a moment of panic and then did not boast about the incident.
Illinois Legislature Aims High In March Session
A lengthy report from the Illinois Capitol notes Senate bills passed and House actions as of March 26. Gov signed measures on lost property and militia, and nominees were named for state boards including Public Charities and Feeble-Minded Institute. Debates centered on Compulsory Education, while the House limited new business and set five minute speeches by a two-thirds vote. The Geographical report binding cost was set for first reading, and a $45,000 asylum appropriation was defeated then reconsidered and approved.
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Senate
Edttaya
Norwood Park
Jefferson
George S. Robinson
de Kalb
House
General Assembly
A. Paine
Indian Threats and Prison Break at Laramie
Cheyenne report from Fort Laramie says General Smith with eight cavalry companies and four infantry started for Spotted Tail's agency as Brules and Minneconjous mass near the agency amid threats. Red Cloud's people are dissatisfied and there is much bad talk about soldiers. Nine convicts escaped from Laramie City penitentiary Monday evening and remain at large as authorities pursue them.
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Cheyenng
W.T
Fort Laramie
Red Cloud
Laramie City
Statistical Bureau to be established by the Grangers
The National Grange plans a Statistical Bureau in Washington DC to collect and share crop information. D W Aiken of South Carolina will head the bureau. State Granges report data by telegraph. monthly crop summaries will reach all subordinate granges for members only.
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Telegraph
Statistical Bureau of
Order
Washington
Law of Homestead Bill Opens Lands to Settlers
The House passed a bill to abolish pre-emption on government lands and reserve it for actual settlers. It preserves presidential sale power, likely seldom used, and forfeits railroad grants for noncompliance, placing millions of acres within reach of settlers including Southern wartime veterans. The measure, favoring settlers, awaits Senate action.
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United States House of Representatives
Senate
Disgraceful Chicago City Council Mob Spectacle
The Springfield Journal denounces the mob insult to lady petitioners returning from the Chicago Common Council chamber. It condemns the reform administration for lacking decency, social order, and civilization, calling the scene a disgrace to the city.
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Springfield Journal
Chicago Common Council Chamber
Chicago
Temperance Protests in Danville and Springfield Amid Saloons
Reported violence as women advocates in Danville and Springfield confront saloon crowds. Ladies faced threats and blows while pleading for abstinence. police injured, revelers dispersed, and crowds thinned by temperance pledges and churchlike prayers. Local merchants refused to sign temperance pledges, while meetings planned with Senator Steele to press the cause.
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Danville
Ill
Hanford
C. Winslow
Springfield
Representative Hall
Steele
A Little Child to Lead Them at Xenia
A seven year old boy in Xenia joins local ladies in urging a saloon to close. He asks his parents to quit selling liquor, signs a pledge when asked, and assists in pouring out remaining drinks. The scene sparks prayers for the precocious child and calls for better parenting.
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Xenia
James P. Foley
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William Rt. Pattison
Wyoming Territory
Henry and
Baldwin
Messrs. Starne
Lee and Casey
THE
Indians
Spotted Tali Agency
Grangers
Newing
Ind
Democrat and Chronicle
St. August
Bec
Pliny
Baltimore
America
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