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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1872
Page
2
Stephenson County Republicans Carry Vote for Grant and Local Races
Stephenson county results show a strong GOP win with Grant leading by over 700. Jones and Taggart elected to the Legislature by sizable majorities, Green also chosen as Senator. County and state tickets lean heavily GOP with 600 to 700 margins in many races and notable figures such as Piersol, Cochran, Preeport districts, and several county offices listed with final tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson County
Grant
Jones and
Taggart
Green
Lippincott
O'Hara
Trustace
Rutz
Lanphier
Congress
Burchard
Dinsmore
Ith Dist
Warner
Goddard
Supreme Court
Northern Grand Division
Trimble
Smith
Naramore
Jones
Cronkrite
Ian Stahl
Cochran
Goodhue
Aspinwall
Plersol
Reel
Dean
Rogers
Oglesby
Koernar
Black
Harlow
Rummel
Eustace
Gal
Sth Dist Warner
Stahl
USA
Piersol
Park Ag
Dal Green
Hall Seer
Wright
Concord
N. H
Indianapolis
Ind
Columbus
Nashua
Providence
R. J
Washington
Blaine
Maine
New Hampshire
Raleigh
N. C
Salisbury
Detroit
Mich
Clayton
Arkansas
Chicago
Greeley
New York
White House
Louisiana
Mississippi
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
St. Louis
Missouri
Lena
Polo
East
Galena
A. M. Jones
James S. Taggart
Philadelphia
Boston
Binks
Kernan
Red Oak
Lanark
Rec
Dubuque Lumber Yard Fire Threatens City Mills
A spark from a passing engine started a blaze at the Dubuque Lumber Company yard, destroying over three million feet of lumber and damaging mills. Insurance totals range from 75,000 to 80,000 across several companies. A gale aided the fire, houses along the bluff burned, 150 workers lost jobs, and one man named Burns was wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusugue
Iowa
Dubuque Lumber Company
Illinois Central Railway
Franklin
Hartford
Liverpool
London
Globe
Insurance Company of North America
North British
Citizens and Fire Department
Mt Wells
Warren
Burns
Inundations Displace Forty Thousand in Vo and Rail Enjoinment
The piece notes severe flooding in the Vo region displacing about forty thousand people and causing widespread crop and property damage. It mentions four thousand workers kept busy to manage overflow, plus codified concerns about disease spread and economic disruption affecting travel and cattle. It also references legal action by Judge Ingraham in New York restraining the Cawayo & Northwestern Railway from issuing stock beyond two thirds approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cawayo & Northwestern Railway
Tremendous Republican Victory in 30 States and 300 Electoral Votes
A dramatic post election notice proclaims Grant winning 30 states and 300 electoral votes with a 350000 popular margin. It claims Lieman Trumbull ousted and Dix ahead by 25000, declares the secession crushed and liberalism defunct. The note hails Horace and reports New England elects a Republican majority in Congress, praising Banks over Littlejohn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Horace Greeley
Lyman ‘Trumbull
Carl Schurz
America
New York
the Herald
Grant
The
Times
New Jersey
Chicago
Trumbull
Dix
Congress
Havemeyer
Illinois
Tremendous Gains of Congressmen headline claims
Postwar dispatches report a sweeping Republican victory across multiple states with large majorities for Grant and gains in Congress. Minnesota, Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania are cited as delivering substantial Republican wins, while Greeley trails in many regions.
Public Scandal Suppressed The Obscene Bail Denied
New York on November 2 Mesdames Woodhall and Claflin were arrested by the U S Marshal for sending obscene publications through the mails while in a carriage preparing to flee with copies of their work. Assistant DA accuses libeling maneuvers nationwide. Commissioner approves $8000 bail each but none posted, sent to Ludlow Street Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodhall
New York
Mesdames Woodhall
Claflin
United States Marshal
United States
Ludlow Street
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Delaware
Anmomvieesn
Eevenen
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Tulemlons
Esseassecusesees
Trrant
Greeley High
Lieman Trumbull
Liberalism
Horace
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Banks
Littlejohn
Ditto
Freeport
I Freeport Journal
St. Paul
Minnesota
Rockford
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Charleston
South Carolina
Utica
Ellis J. Roberts
Republian
Koerner
Des Moines—Dispatch
Orton
Republican Majority 3,900. Gov
Hawley
Conn
Assembly
Oswego
Pittsburg
Allegheny County
Newark
N. J
Cincinnati
Creeley
New Orleans
Republican State Committee
Gen
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Syracuse
N.Y
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Perry
Hildrup
Cross
Stewart
Murren
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Democratic State Committee
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