Eight Hour Law Sparks Statewide Debate in 1867
On May 1 1867 eight hours of labor became a legal workday for mechanical trades and day labor, excluding farm work. The paper cautions workers to proceed calmly, notes law fixes neither wage nor contract terms, and stresses that overtime remains by agreement. It emphasizes freedom for employers and workers to set mutually agreed time and price.
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Chicago
Tain
Manuufacturers
Illinois
Colt’s Armory
Hartford
United States
Utah
A. Ward
Springfield Armory
Col. Benton
Porter
Armory
B. P
The Peach Crop Near Centralia in April 1867
J P Byerly reports from Centralia that a bumper peach crop is anticipated this season with frosts not yet harming fruit. Travel across Washington, Clinton, Perry, Jackson counties suggests a larger yield than the past three years, plus abundant pears cherries and strawberries on nearby farms. Look out for good things to come.
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Centralia
Washington
Clinton
Perry
Jackson
J.P. Byerly
Timekeeping by stone counts in Dahomey watches
The text explains Dahomey night timekeeping with sentries at stockaded town gates. Each gate holds a fixed pile of stones. The night has four watches and during each watch the sentry moves stones between gates, removing them one by one and calling out every tenth removal, after which the watch is relieved.
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Dahomey
European Correspondence From Paris and Home News
A Freeport journalist reports travel from London to Paris by the South Eastern Railway describing Channel crossing, Paris sights, and early impressions. He updates Washburne’s health, details planned Berlin travel, and critiques Illinois politics and rail monopolies while noting the Exposition opening. Military industry notes from Colt’s Armory and Springfield Armory reflect peace over war. B. P.
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Paris
South Eastern Railway
London
English Channel
Dover
Calais
Wenally
France
Mr. Washburne
Ducham
Washington
Berlin
Southern Penitentiary
J. A.M
Bad Manuscripts and the Kettle of Boiling Water
An exchange notes editors and compositors battle unreadable manuscripts written in pencil with erasures. A neighbor suggests using a magnifying glass, breathing on the page, or even a kettle of boiling water to reveal or fix pencil marks, though the last method is chiefly joking.
California man shoots conductor on night train
Henry Casid of California, visiting sister in Xenia Ohio, acted drunkenly at Falls and boarded the Eastbound night train. He refused to leave, pulled a revolver and shot conductor John Barker in the abdomen. Barker survives. Casid was promptly arrested.
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Heniy Casid
California
Xenia
John Barker
Parepa's New Haven Depot Encounter Sparked Quiet Joke
In New Haven last week Parepa met her husband at the depot as darkness fell. The driver brought him to her carriage unseen and Rosa chose the opposite seat. The husband missed the sly foot touches until her light laugh revealed the playful ruse. Also notes advertise De Land Co. Best Chemical Saleratus and Phalon's Night-Blooming Cereus as purporting healthful, lasting scents.
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Parepa
New Haven
Rosa
de Land & Co
Freeport Market Prices May 5 Wheat and Corn Rates
Market listing shows Wheat Winter and Spring with bids from 2.00 to 2.70 per unit, No 2 Winter and No 2 Spring variety figures, Oats at 55 cents, Corn shelled 95 cents and in ear given, Barley 60 cents, Rye 1.35, Flour 13 16 per barrel, eggs 10 cents a dozen, lard 10 cents, rag prices 24 6e at office.
Chicago Market Chronology May 6 Prices Steady
Chicago markets show flour firm with sales modest at 10.00 to 11.00 for good spring superfines and 12.75 to 13.50 for fair to good spring supers. Wheat prostrate with No 2 spring steady near 2.69 to 2.70. Corn weak and irregular around 1.06 to 1.08, oats 60 to 67, rye 1.41 to 1.50, barley firmer. Provisions nominal with pork 22.50 to 22.75, prime steam lard 12.40 to 12.34, shoulders 7.4 to 7.34.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Chicago Live Stock Market Receipts and Prices
Chicago live stock market reports receipts for cattle hogs and sheep with price ranges. Cattle show choice to prime 8.50 to 9.00, fair to good 8.00 to 8.45, common to medium 7.30 to 8.00. Hogs range from 6.00 to 8.00 for choice to prime, 6.10 to 6.55 for fair to good, 4.86 to 5.05 for common to medium. Sheep offer good to prime 7.20 to 8.40, common to fair 5.20 to 7.15.
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Chicago
Deaney
Illinois Central
North-Western Rail Road
Galena Division
Freeport
Western Union Railroad Company
Jim Mail Passoneer
New York Market Reports May 6 Flour and Grain Prices
New York May 6 market report shows flour values mixed with state and western grades, California flour active. Wheat futures for No 2 Milwaukee at 2.83, white California at 8.55, white Canada at 3.75. Rye firmer, corn mixed, oats mixed with western gains. Pork and beef markets steady to firmer, cash and futures quotes listed. money, sterling, and gold prices edge higher.
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New York
California
Milwaukee
Amber State
Canada
Michigan
New Lake Lower
Cuba
Administrator's Notice and Bondholders Meeting Notices
The notice records the appointment of L. J. Smith as administrator of the Gerhard Lubbing estate in Stephenson County Illinois with a July term court hearing for claims and debt settlement. It also announces the Chicago and North Western Railway Company bondholders and stockholders annual meeting in Chicago on June 6 1867 at 1 PM. A long list of unclaimed post office letters in Freeport Illinois is included, with names and the office hours of the Freeport post office.
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Gerhard Lubbing
Stephenson
Illinois
Stephenson County
Freeport
L. J. Smith
Freeport State of Illinois
Hargess
Jas Hiteman
Katie Hays
Edmund Isbell
H Smith King
King Catharine Kneller
Philip ‘Kerr
William Lanzer
Daniel Lander
J F McCoy
Thomas Murphey
James Morner Michael Mayor Christinyer
Christian Noble
W H Price
GW Patterson
G Ritzman
Malyinn Rourk
Maggie Robinson
Charles Rank Charles Richard Laura Sallaby
William Snow
A Starr
Thomas W Starr
Willian S Smart
Spangler
JW Smith
Jennie Stoll
Rev John Stearns
Sai Salor
Frank Smieter
Caroline Vurgeson
Elizabeth Winslow
Windecker
Lucinda Warren G W. Willmarth
Winterfield
John Waterman
Young Martha
New York Dry Goods Market Report Prices
Market dull in New York with varied cotton price notes. Listings show prices for brown sheetings and numerous cotton fabrics from mills such as Everett Dwight Lawrence Arkwright Masonville Appleton and Col lingwoods with values around 1 to 3 dollars per yard and several reductions noted on select items.
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Auland
Farriers
Everett
Dwight
Lawrence
Uxbridge
Arkwright
Masonville
Bartlett
Great Falls
Appleton
Collingwoods
Beverly
Farmers Union A
Whittenden
Warren
New York Mills Plain Cottonades
New York Live Stock Market Report May 6
New York live stock market details receipts for beef cattle sheep and hogs. Beef prices ranged from first quality at 174 to 184 and middling values for other grades. Sheep and lambs show active demand with firmer prices as offerings improve and quality rises. Hogs sold around 8 to 8.25 for heavy corn fed and 7.5 for light to medium.
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New York
Lee
Ogs
New York Stock Market May 6 Government coupon notes list
Government bonds and coupons show firm activity in New York trading on May 6. Entries include coupons of '81 and '64 5-20 notes, '65 issues, and a Loree designation with various register numbers. Stock listings reference NY CG and miscellaneous identifiers such as Eric Gants Reading and Toledo, with multiple numeric codes and a Fort Wayne designation noted.
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New York
Eric Gants
Wayne Tant
Mail Register Train Schedules for Illinois Routes
The register lists train and mail schedules with departs and arrivals for routes including Chicago, Eastern, Southern, Western from Dubuque Galena Mt Carroll Savana Sabula Dakota Davis Haecine Milwaukee Cedarville Orangeville Oneco Monroe and Elizabeth Town. It notes arrivals on Tuesday Thursday Saturday and departures on Monday Wednesday Friday with office hours 7.00 am to 7.30 pm and mails at 8.00 to 9.00 am.
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Chicago & Through
Eastern Way
Southern
Dubuqui
Galena
Mt. Carroll
Savana
Sabula
Dakota
Davis
Hacine
Milwaukee
Cedarville
Orangeville
Oneco
Monroe
Elizabeth
Waterman's Mills
Monnday
Damascus
Buena Vista
McConnells Grove
Surray
Smith Db
Atkins
Gearrut
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Reeport Journal
Freeport Journal
European Correspondence
Enirvor
New England
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Phalon
Freeport Market
Chicago Market
New York Market
Georgan
Gilbert Frederick Goodwin
Chase Green
Charles Hardy
Nellie Hanifan
Timothy Holman
Ty Heron
L. D, Atkins
New York Stock Market
Mail Register
Illinois Central Rail Road
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