October Elections Show Republican Gain Across States
The October elections in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa and Nebraska delivered broad Republican victories. Governor Geary in Pennsylvania and Governor Hays in Ohio won, while Nebraska and Iowa trended strongly Republican. The piece argues Democrats failed to capitalize on missteps and urges Stephenson County voters to back the GOP ticket, praising Grant administration and condemning copperheads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
General Rosecrans
Pendleton
Democratic State Central Committee
Temperance Third Party
General Grant
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Kansas
Massachusetts
Republican Party
Stephenson County
Belknap Chosen Secretary of War by Grant Cabinet
General W. W. Belknap of Keokuk Iowa receives the War Secretaryship, with Sherman recommending and praising his sound timber. The article contrasts Belknap with Cameron and lauds Sherman’s judgment, noting Belknap’s rise from captain to division commander and his fit for the cabinet role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Belknap
Keokuk
Iowa
Sherman
Atlanta
Grant
Billy
Pennsylvania
Don Cameron
Don
Simon Cameron
Lincoln
Benton Barracks
St. Louis
Louisville
Gulf of Mexico
A Cameron
Belknap
President Grant
Jo Daviss County Teachers Institute Opens in Nora
The twelfth annual session of Jo Daviss County Teachers Institute will start in Nora on Tuesday morning November 9 1869 at 9 o clock A M and end Friday evening of the same week. Capt J M Schermhorns named Postmaster at Lena replacing Mrs Md Dudas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Daviss County Tracers
Jo Daviss County Teachers Institute
Nora
J. M. Schermhorns
Lena
MD. Dudas
Temperance Debate Reflects Law Versus Moral Reform
The piece argues that while temperance aims are shared, relying on legal measures alone is futile without moral suasion and individual reform. It cites Neal Dow, the Maine law, and past reform efforts, warning that laws without community backing fail, and urges voters to support temperance candidates without aiding the opposing Copperhead efforts.
Temperance Reformers Debate The Path Forward
The article cites Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler urging against forming a temperance political party. He argues for direct moral reform and conversion to total abstinence over third party tactics, preferring steady education and a solid financial base to support lasting laws against liquor. He stresses digging into public conscience to build enduring prohibition through home conversion and civic education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore L. Cuyler
Maine
Goten Jain
Johnson's Tennessee Senate bid stirs 1864 echoes
The article argues Andrew Johnson seeks the U S Senate as a Republican, likely defeating Governor Senter or a compromise candidate. It praises Johnson as an experienced pollster and political insider, predicts clashes with Grant era figures, and envisions lively Senate debates when he returns to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Andrew Johnson
Moses
St. Cloud Hotel
Nashville
Lincey
United States
Senter
Tennesse
United States Senate
Parson Brownlow
Inlaw
Johnson
Judge Patterson
Senate
Washington
Grant
Morton
Indiana
Sumner
Massachusetts
Hamlin
Baltimore
Senator Fessenden
Andy
Fifteenth Amendment Almost Set as States Back It
The Chicago Tribune notes eight more states must ratify to reach the required number for the Fifteenth Amendment. Iowa Minnesota Vermont Rhode Island Texas Mississippi are seen as certain to approve this winter, leaving Alabama Ohio and Georgia as pivotal swing states. Ohio Republicans hold a Senate majority and favorable House votes, with a 10,000 margin in public support. Georgia is expected to reconsider expulsions of colored legislators. If passed, the amendment would remove the Negro from American politics by March next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
The
Chicago Tribune
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
California
Delaware
Georgia
Iowa
Kentucky
Maryland
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Jersey
Ohio
Oregon
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Vermont
Supreme Court
Senate
House
Buckeye
Morse's Pills Proclaimed Cure and Preserver of Health
An advertisement claims Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills contain the health principle and have restored the sick. It urges use for biliousness, headaches, liver issues, and female irregularities, states the formula is not secret, and directs readers to ask for the Omera Almanac. Sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parvo
Dr. Morse
Our New Court House Plans Advertised for Eighty Thousand
The committee in charge has advertised in Chicago for plans and specifications for a court house costing eighty thousand dollars. The board of supervisors seems intent on progress as Wilcox’s marble-front block and the soldiers’ monument rise. The old Public Square should be ornamented with evergreens and an iron iron fence. The square, long an eye sore, may soon become the handsomest little Public Square in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Court House
Board of Supervisors
Drvenhead
Court House Square
Equalization of Assessments Cites Low County Land Values
The county’s average improved land value is $6.65 per acre, compared with Kane County at $1865, Calhoun at $18.83, and Winnebago at $9.04. The State Board of Equalization raised the local average to $7.95 to balance disparities, arguing Stephenson lands are as good as those counties and fairness requires adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane County
Calhoun County
Winnebago
Stephenson
Kane
State Board of Equalization
Winnebago County
Appointments of the Rock River Conference
The Rock River Conference ends its session in this city with lengthy lists of assigned presiding elders and pastors across districts. Notable appointments include W. C. Dandy at Chicago W District and Wabash Avenue C. H. Fowler at Grace Church, J. E. Strobridge at Waukegan, J. Linebarger at Batavia, and W. C. Willing presiding Freeport district with clergy in Freeport and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock River
Chicago
W. C. Dandy
Clark Street
Wm. N. Daniels
Wabash Avenue
C. H. Fowler
Grace Church
A. J. Jutkins
Centenary
R. M. Hatfield
Indiana Street
W. T. Stewart
Trinity
J. H. Bayliss
Indiana Avenue
H. Crews
St. John’s
Charles EF. Mandeville
St. Paul’s
William MH. Burns
Simpson Church
Waston Thatcher
Evanston
J. Baum
Waukegan
J. E. Strobridge
Benton
A. T. Needham
Libertyville
L. M
M. Raymond
Garrett Biblical Institute
Wm. Goodfellow
Buenos Ayres
South America
Rockford
W. C. Willing
J. Odzes
Court Street
T. C. Clendening
Third Street
Lewis Meridith
South Rockford
H. J. Martin
Winnebago
A. H. Schoemaker
Westfield
Melleury
Levi R. Davis
Dundee
Stuff
Lena
F. Curtis
Dakota
HW. Courtwright
Pecatonica
J.T. Cooper
Forreston
H. M. Reynolds
Baileyville
B. Elder
Durand
M. G. Sheldon
Warrison
Aaron Cross
Lanark
J. Cochran
Mt. Carroll
W. H W. Tibbles
Savannah
C. Underwood
Rush Creek
A. G. Smith
Thomson
Fragmented list traces district officials and places
Fragmentary OCR lists names and assignments across districts and towns including Mendota, Aurora, La Salle, Sterling, Dixon, Joliet, Ottawa, and several others. The scattered items mention presiding officers, teachers, pastors, and institutions like River Seminary, with many personal names and locations interwoven in a long, unreadable roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ware Mendota
W. Ton
Yates
Aurora
A. P.mead
Bae el Caldwell
Senden
Naval
Ington
Hyaight
Chipperfield
Norh
Lovey
la Salle
Ape Prairie Centre
I. H. Brown
Griffin
Laven ¥ Bona
Stoddard
Himebaugh
Melugin
Leland
H. J
Huston
Wy A. Cross
Berlin
Aebury
W. Suddoth
Osgard Davidson
Somonaul
Rh Sinclair
R. Wright
Baby Farmiloe
Little Rock
Walnut and
Freedom To
Geo
W. Quereau
Pri
Ing
Slder
Joliet
W. A. Kankakee
W.D. Atchison
N. H. Axtell
Morris
H. Plainfield
J. R. van Hom
Port
T. L. Hellwell
Wilmin Mardell
Elwood
M.C Channahan
G. L. Wiley
Li W. Phelps
Manteno
0. Minooka
J. W.hawks
P. J.S. Young
Frankfort
David
Morse
Chas
A. Rukmence
J. Bush
Twelvye Mile P. Gorton
Seneca
J. W
Goodings
Grove
Boutwell Speech Defends Debt Policy and Honest Governance
Reports from Philadelphia describe Boutwell's Saturday night address endorsing Grant and advocating repayment of the national debt in coin per contract. He argues the nation’s policy must honor obligations, compares current debt to 1801 levels, and asserts honest policy as the nation’s best course despite political shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boutwell
Philadel
Tion
Pennsylvania
Journal
Grant
Boutwall
Reub
Preside Ferson
Uaitel
Jolt
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Seeeport Journal
James S. McCall
Benjamin Dornblaser
County
Mudge
Thomas J. Kauffmann
George Thompson
Robert T. Cooper
Fort County
Isaac F. Kleckner
Christopher T. Dunham
George W. Oyler
T. J. Prouty
Dr. C. Hillebrand
Geary
Packer
Keystone
General Hays
Hayes
Judge Thurman
Ben Wade
Ajax
West
Pendileton
Buccuss
Temperance Party
Noah
Germany
China
America
Father Mathew
Ireland
England
Hawkins
Washingtonian Society
John B. Gough
Washingtonians
Neal Dow
Calvary
Chamberlain
Copperheads
Copperhead
Rock River Conference
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