Real Beiate Bales Feenort Line Orrios Friday Oct 2 1874
Real estate sale notices list through Freeport Lena West Point Erin Harlem and Oneco with buyers including M Becker J Milner J Nuss Richard Denman Peter Albertus Joseph Edwards Phil Schreider and others. Transactions cover dozens of lots acres and blocks with prices up to 10 900 and notes on abstracts deeds mortgages and land office services.
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Feenort
Orrios
Neeskern
Tod M Becker
Freeport
R Diemer
John Milner
Green
Michael Keplinger
J M Nuss
Betc
West Point
M Keplinger
J R Richard
JR Leigh Etal
Tod C Pickard
Pickard
Lena
W H Eaton
Peter Albertus
Silver Creek
P L Webster
Richard Denman
Jackson Kleckner
Joseph Edwards
Knowlton
Charles Mews
Phil Schreider
Campbell
H A Kinley
J W Fye
Loran
Geo Shoesmith
BJ Holly
Ernest Brackhohm
Henry Ludeka
Wright
Pells Manny
A R Diemer
John Hanman
Adam Geller
Oneco
John Burrell
Rose & Griffith
Rice’s
SS Wm Berends
M Carmody
Nwne
Erin
Wm Hankey
Henry Killer
Winnesheik
First National Bank
Guiteau
Chase Green
Geo P Rose
Jared Sheetz
Nancy M Smythe
Harlem
John F McKibben
Henry C Eastman
Conrad J Fry
Chase Shaffer Et al
W W Smith
O M Shaffer
August Bergman
John Mohlenhoff
River Seminary Notes and a Lecture by Dr Vincent
In Oct 1874 Rock River Seminary reports steady progress under a strong staff with good health and active literary societies. Sickness caused some students to go home briefly but no deaths noted. The term’s highlight was Dr Vincent’s chapel lecture That Boy, presided by Hon. Robert Hitt, with a duet by Misses Waggoner and Bardwell.
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Magnus
Epirons Journal
Philorhetorian
Amphicty
Vincent
M. E. Sunday-school Union
M. E. Church
Robert Hitt
Waggoner
Bardwell
Remarkable lecture on boy nature and maternal virtue
The prose recounts a lecture by Dr Vincent on boyhood and consecrated Christian culture, praising motherhood as the purest privilege. Dr Peck from Centenary adds a speech, jokes about Dr Vincent, then offers grand thoughts on character and its erection, leaving listeners inspired. The piece links war, motherhood, and social duty with reflections on former soldiers and a plea for charity and national virtue.
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Peck
Centenary
Chicago
Vincent
Morris
Dr. Vincent
Kent Township S. S. Convention Opens In 1874
The United Brethren Church hosts the Kent Township Sabbath School Convention with Rev. Johnson presiding, Daniel Mockamer as President, M. Eisley as Secretary, and reports from St. Paul Lutheran Union School and Kent Union School. Sessions include devotional exercises, lessons on study, and a children's meeting.
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United Brethren Church
Johnson
Eleroy
Daniel Mockamer
M. Eisley
Naramore
Messrs. Scott and Peck
Freeport
St. Paul Lutheran Union School
Wm. Finkenbinder
Kent Union School
D. Mockamer
Peck
B, EK
Wire
Scott
M. Eistey
Working Men and War
A sweeping critique argues that working men bear the burden of war while rulers reap the gains. It notes Berlin and Prussia as examples, asking if soldiers or their families gain from Alsace and Lorraine, or if taxes and conscription fall on the industrious class to rebuild what war destroys.
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Paris
Emory . Washburn
Harvard University
Europe
Alsace
Lorraine
Illinois congressional nominations face uncertain First District
Illinois nominations are settled except for Cook County three districts. Ward and Farwell likely renominated in Second and Third. First District in doubt. Candidates named by Independents and aligned with Democrats or Opposition across districts, with Republicans holding nine districts and Democrats or Opposition eight, plus multiple fusion efforts and varying majorities from 1872 results.
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Cook County
Messrs. Ward
Farwell
Messrs
Farnsworth
Pinckney
Elliott
Campbell
Bayne
Ross
Bagley
Stevenson
Pickrell
Independent
Reformers
Chicago
Peoples Opposition
People’s
Reform
Whiting
Ritchie
Martin
Clement
Illinois Revised Statutes of 1874 distributed from Rockford
The Secretary of State began distributing the 1874 Illinois Revised Statutes on October 1, sending copies to state officers and judicial offices. Books travel directly from the Rockford bindery to final destinations to save time, with 4,000 justices and police officers to receive distribution. County Clerks will later sell 5,000 copies at $2 each, while the Secretary has no sale authority until distribution ends. Grain Inspector Harper’s cash balance remains strong despite fee cuts, with August 31 balance of $26,195.53, September receipts of $7,257.17 and expenses of $5,488.80, leaving $27,963.90 on September 30, approved by the Board.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Supreme Court
Rockford
A. E. Smith
Secretary of State
Justice of the Peace
Justices of the Peace
Harper
Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Political prospects and party splits in state districts
The State Journal reports divided Democratic support across Eleventh and Twelfth districts over currency policy, boosting Republican Beaty in Eleventh while Springer Turner split opposition in Twelfth. Simultaneously Rinaker appears strong in Morrison, Baum’s prospects rise in Nineteenth, and overall GOP strength is favored for the next Congress despite some incumbents renominated or defeated.
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Wike
Richardson
Beaty
Knapp
Springer
Dem
Turner
Judge Simpson
Morrison
Rinaker
Marshall
Anderson
Gen. Baum
State Journal
Kalulu to Visit United States in War Steamer Senioia
King Kalulu of the Sandwich Islands sails to the U S aboard the war steamer Senioia Rear Admiral Army commands Our government readies measures for the potentate and presses Spain for Virginius indemnity German bankers report Bank of Prussia discount at 5 percent Garibaldi issues manifesto urging electors to vote for imprisoned political offenders in the upcoming Chamber of Deputies election
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Sandwich Islands
Kalulu
United States
Army
Spain
Virginius
Bank of Prussia
Garibaldi
Chamber of Deputies
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Dan J Pinckney
TI Henderson
Isaac H Elliott
Franklin Corwin
Alex Campbell
James G Bayne
RH Whiting
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Leonard F Ross
H Ritchie
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Scott Wike
David E Beaty
W A Richardson
Wm. M Springer
Andrew Simpson
J B Turner
A E Stevenson
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W'Minner
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Jas H Pickrell
Jacob W Wilkin
John R Eden
A. Sparks
RB Henry
Jas S Martin
DB Turney
John I Rinaker
R Morrison
Isaac Clements
Wm Hartzell
Sam
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WB Anderson
Ilinois
Ballance
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Petro
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P.O. Box
Brooklyn, N. Y
National Life Ins. Co
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