Freeport Journal announces sale and new firm leadership
The May 26 1875 issue states Cuames R Haws sells his interest in the Freeport Journal to Gen S D Arkins and dissolves Thomas Breed and Haws firm. It lists new firm Akins Breed and W B Thomas as successors for publication printing and binding. Also included is extensive exposition on the Illinois International Exposition program and state centennial board notices.
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Frearort Journal
Gen. S. D. Arkins
Thomas, Breed & Haws
8. D. Atkins & Co
S. D. Atkins
D. B. Breed
W. B. Thomas
Thomas, Breed & Hawa
Joural
Frespont Journal
Springfield coal shaft under way to start by July
A new coal shaft is being sunk at Springfield with mining operations expected to begin by July. General Alfred Redington, longtime Sacramento Navigation Co. executive, died in San Francisco on Saturday morning the 22d. In Brooklyn, Jacob Young murdered his second wife then killed himself at his first wife’s grave. In St Louis a disease nearly like cerebrospinal meningitis hit a street car stable, killing four horses and leaving twelve sick. Veterinarians fear an epidemic spread as cases appeared citywide.
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Springfield
Alfred Redington
Sacramento (Cal.) Navigation Co
San Francisco
Jacob Young
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bellefontaine
Herbert and
Tenth Sts
St. Louis
Imm
Osceola Democrat
Arkansas
Washington Territory
Destructive Fires Ravage Osceola Pa and Surroundings
The Osceola area in Clearfield county experienced a major blaze last Thursday destroying about 200 buildings and much lumber with losses estimated at 2 million dollars. Nearby communities Hentzdale Snow Shoe and Pottsville mining woods were also afire, and Slab Town mining town was entirely consumed.
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Osceola
Clearfield County
Hentzdale
Snow Shoe
Pottsville
Slabtown
Boston scandal reveals forgery and missing funds linked to Abraham Jackson
An esteemed Boston lawyer Abraham Jackson disappears leaving forged documents and fiduciary breaches amounting to $160,000. Widows and orphans face hardship as investigators probe the mystery of his vanishing and where the money went, highlighting temptation and the risk of misdeeds even among respected figures.
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Boston
Abraham Jackson
Illinois urged to exhibit at Philadelphia exposition
The State Board of Centennial Managers appeals to Illinois agriculturists manufacturers and scientists to prepare a notable exhibit for the International Exposition and Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia. They describe Fairmount Park land of 3700 acres near the old State House and detail the grand buildings including the main iron and glass structure, art gallery, and a large machinery building with vast floor spaces and high interior ceilings.
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United States
Army
Navy
Mint
Patent Office
Treasury
Postal Departments
Smithsonian Institute
Illinois
State Board of Centennial Managers
Philadelphia
Fair Mount Park
Old State House
Illinois Levy of 1874 criticized for loose legislation
From the Springfield Journal an 1874 Illinois revenue act is denounced as impractical and risky. House bill 213 aimed to legalize extended taxes across municipalities but late certification led to invalid levies and tax collection being enjoined in a northern city. The Supreme Court upheld the restraint and blocked collection for good cause.
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Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Springfield
Ill
General Assembly
Illinois
German embassy seeks ban on Belgian processions
A Daily Telegraph report says Germany's Brussels ambassador was told to ask Belgium to prohibit religious processions as a tactic to topple the Belgian cabinet. A Russian dispatch notes General Kaufmann returns to Turkestan and resumes governorship. An Austrian report describes a ferry disaster near Judenburg on the River Mur with 59 saved and 76 missing, believed drowned.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Brussels
Lonvox
The
Morning Post
Kaufmann
Turkestan
Austria
Lonpox
Times
Vienna
Mur
Judenburg
Tyrol
Forest Fires Renewed in Pennsylvania Forested Regions
Rain failed to curb fires across Pike Wayne Sullivan and Monroe counties as hundreds of miles of forest burned. Wildlife fled toward enclosures while towns reported widespread damage and uncertain destruction levels. In nearby Phillipsburg a rain eased fear and Osceola issued 1000 rations to the destitute as trains resumed coal shipments.
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New York
Lackawana
Pike
Wayne
Sullivan
Monroe
Taylor’s Creek
Horace Greeley
Pocono Range
Phillipsburg
Osceola
Mashannan Brancn
Woman Suffrage Convention Organizes in St Louis
The Woman's State Temperance Mass Convention met in St Louis and elected Miss Ida Buckingham as President with a full officer slate. A night session featured Mrs Mary M Cleary praising last year's crusade for temperance results, while prominent local women debated adding a constitutional ballot for women.
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St. Louis
Woman’s State Temperance Mass
Ida Buckingham
Mary M. Cleary
Ohio
John Bennett Anderson
Bristol
England
A. Francis Minor
Phabe W. Cousins
Jefferson City
Committee On Election and Electors
The
Constitutional Convention
Minor
Prbe Cousins
Alexander
Washington Monument completion urged by association
A Chicago Journal summary notes the Washington National Monument Association urges finishing the obelisk in honor of George Washington. Since 1799 Congress planned a marble monument. corner stone laid in 1848, but funds ran out at 174 feet. A new effort now seeks subscriptions to fully complete it, aiming for a 485 foot marble obelisk on the Potomac near the White House.
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National Capital
George Washington
Monument Association
Washington Monument
Continental Congress
General Washington
Washington
Congress
Washington National Monument
Egypt
Bank of the Potomac
Chicago Journal
Davis Speech in Texas at Houston State Fair
Jefferson Davis visited Texas to deliver an address at the State Fair in Houston on the 11th. The Galveston News reports his remarks emphasize his rebellion ties but avoid politics. He joked about Yankee goods and urged self sufficiency from broom corn to wagons and cloth, reflecting secession era themes.
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Jefferson Davis
Texas
Houston
Galveston
Davis
Otisville Mastodon Unearthed In Orange County Swamps
Andrew Mitchell of Otisville unearthed a large mastodon skull and bones during a January 1872 excavation. Yale’s Prof. Marsh secured the find for science, with the Indian molar sized jaws and tusks described as powerful. The Otisville specimen, likely female, stands to be set up in New Haven, potentially twelve feet tall and seventeen feet long, among the notable mastodons in American collections.
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Andrew Mitchell
Otisville, Orange Co
N. Y
Marsh
Yale College
New Haven
Heigth
Otisville
Koch
Missouri
British Museum
Warren
Boston
Cohoes
State Geological Cabinet
Albany
Indiana
Chicago
Warren Co
Orange County
Horrible Mining Accident at Stanton Shaft
A deadly collapse at the Leigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company shaft in Wixespaske Pennsylvania kills three workers and injures others. Richard Greenough contractor dies when a wire rope tears through the engine room. Benjamin Curtis carpenter dies from head injuries while Stephen Matthews sustains a broken back. The shaft is 1000 feet deep and the incident follows a premature hoist after a brake failure. Richard Greenough leaves a wife and two English children awaiting a visit next month.
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Wixespaske
Stanton
Leigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Richard Greenough
England
Benjamin Curtis
Stephen Matthews
Administration to prosecute whiskey frauds
At a Cabinet meeting the focus was on operations against the whiskey ring. It was agreed that all proven fraudsters would be prosecuted fully with top counsel. The Attorney General will supervise and take over suits, with evidence turned over to Justice. Solicitor Wilson will travel to Evanaville St Louis Chicago and Milwaukee to aid prosecutions.
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Bristow
Pierrepont
Department of Justice
Wilson
Evanaville
St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Strike Flares in Cement Region Amid Tense Standby
Kinaston May 21 The cement strike escalates as rumors spread of an attack on mills. Only T C Morton’s Binnewater mill runs. sheriff Saxton orders guard duty by three companies of the Twentieth Battalion. Guards protect the mill and Rosendale village tonight while forty muskets seized and shipped to Kingston amid bitter striker sentiment.
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Kinaston
T. C. Morton
Binnewater
Saxton
Rosendale
Kingston
LIFE IN ARKANSAS A TRAVELER DESCRIBES OUTRAGE AND HOPE
An Osceola Democrat account follows a caravan through Arkansas and Washington Territory, detailing racial violence by white mobs called devils, hangings, theft, and abuses of households while a leader laments looting and terror. The piece contrasts misery with escape plans toward Washington Territory, amid reports of starvation in Cooper County Missouri and relief efforts.
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National Commission
Prairie State
J. O. Surrn
State Centennial Board
Washington Street
Foreign News
Belgium
Russia
Pennsylvania
South
Jeff Davis
Washington Dispatch
Boston Globe
Corp
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