Our Candidates for County Office Nominations
The Republican County Convention in our city on Tuesday the 7th inst nominated General Benjamin Dornblaser for Delegate to the Constitutional Convention and Thomas J. Kauffman for County Judge. George Thompson was renominated for Clerk of the County Court, Capt. Robert T. Cooper for County Treasurer, and Isaac F. E. Kleckner for County Superintendent.
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Benjamin Dornblaser
Dornblaser
State Penitentiary
Mount Morris College
Thomas J. Kauffman
George Thompson
Robert T. Cooper
Rock Run
Ile
Rock City
Isaac FE. Kleckner
Linois
Soldiers Reunions Honor Veterans Across the State
The article praises statewide veterans reunions as a popular tradition, recounting marches bivouacs and battles. It notes planned gatherings by the Forty-Sixth Illinois and Forty-Fifth regiments in the city this week and urges citizens to host and honor these veterans and their fallen comrades.
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Gibbon
Itume
Rollin
Carlyle
Forty-Sixth Illinois Volunteers
Forty-Fifth
Republican Ticket Named For Fort County Election
The article praises the Republican ticket led by Fort County Surveyor C. T. Dunham and lists County Justices Geo W. Oyler and T. J. Prouty. It commends the soldiers Dornblaser Kauffmann Cooper Kleckner Dunham and Prouty, urges party unity, and calls on Republicans to work for victory and elect the entire ticket.
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Fort
C. T. Dunham
Geo. W. Oyler
Freeport
T. J. Prouty
Winslow
Oyler
Mr. Prouty
Republican Party
Dornblaser
Kauffmann
Cooper
Kleckner
Dunham
Prouty
Freeport Rivalry Over Offices Aboard At County Convention
After the Republican County Convention. A Freeport resident notes no city country jealousy, yet observes the ticket shows three of eight offices held by Freeport residents Dornblaser Dunham and Oyler. Measles prove fatal to Mormon culigrants nearby.
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Freeport
Dornblaser
Dunham
Oyler
Humbolt Centennial Concert Promotes German Scientific Heritage
The Humboldt centennial is celebrated with a Fry's Hall concert organized by the Turnverein. A biographical sketch recalls Baron Frederic Henry Alexander von Humboldt born in Berlin in 1769, his travels with Bonpland, major works Cosmos and Le Basalt on the Rhine, and his rise to global scientific renown.
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Baron von Humbolt
Fry’s Hall
Turnverely Society
Turnverein
A. Bunsen
Songerband
Frederic Henry Alexander
Baron of Humbolt
Berlin
Gottingen
Frankfort
Oder
Commercial Academy
Hamburg
G. Foster
van Geuns
Rhine
Holland
England
Brunswick
Freidberg
Werner
Baireuth
Jena
Goethe
Schiller
Loder
Italy
Europe
Paris
Bonpland
America
Indian Ocean
Corunna
Teneriffe
Cumana
Venezuela
Granada
Ecuador
Peru
Mexico
Havana
Philadelphia
Bordeaux
Humbolt
Prince Wilhelm
Prussia
France
Ural
Altai Mountains
Caspian Sea
Hogland
Denmark
Teller at North National Bank of Boston linked to large cash gap
A teller at the North National Bank of Boston is alleged to be linked to a missing cash amount estimated between 90 000 and 130 000 dollars. Authorities review internal records and security footage to determine the scope of the discrepancy and any potential internal system weaknesses.
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North National Bank of Boston
Freeport Welcomes New Factory by Bardwell and McElwain
Citizens of Freeport celebrate the arrival of a new manufactory by Bardwell and McElwain. They will build a 40 by 60 foot shop with a five and a half foot turbine wheel near Goddard mill and Stiles Jenkin’s, employing 50 to 75 workers making chamber furniture and center tables. While the main building rises, 15 men will work in the upper story of Shaffer and Snyders pump factory. Rockford had sought the site, but Freeport offered better shipping, lumber access, and business prospects. The men come well recommended and are set to begin immediately.
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Freeport
Messrs. Bardwell and McElwain
Boston
Massachusetts
Goddard
Stiles & Jenkin
Shaffer and Snyders
Rockford
Messrs
Bardwell
McElwain
Calamity at Avondale Mines Leaves 202 Dead
A fire at Avondale coal mines in Plymouth Pennsylvania trapped 202 miners 827 feet below ground. Despite efforts to reach them through a secondary shaft, all perished as the flames and toxic gases spread. Over 100 bodies recovered, and more than 600 widows and orphans left destitute prompting nationwide fundraising.
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Avondale
Plymouth
Storm wrecks Boston Musical Coliseum and more
A severe Atlantic storm struck the New England coast last week. In Boston the Musical Coliseum collapsed destroying the jubilee organ and injuring several. Many buildings were unroofed and the Hanover Street Methodist church spire toppled. Harbor shipping suffered, trees were destroyed, and similar devastation occurred across Maine and Rhode Island as papers call it the worst storm on the Eastern coast.
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New England
Boston
Methodist Church
Hanover Street
Maine
Rhode Island
Frequency drives attention in San Francisco papers
A child’s case drew intense coverage across six weeks of Industrial School reportage. Two men were described as hacked with bowie knives, four lines per man, in six columns of the periodicals, illustrating how frequency shapes public emphasis.
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San Francisco
Snow sheds fail to shield railroad from Sierra avalanches
Competent judges say the snow sheds will not protect the Pacific Railroad from avalanches in the Sierra Nevada. Last week the sheds caught fire and more than two miles of the wooden tunnel burned. Over a dozen fires have occurred previously on these sheds.
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Pacific Railroad
Sierra Nevada
Cost of Galva to New Boston Branch Rail Line
The report details the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line from Galva to New Boston, 6.14 miles, with easy grades and minimal bridges except Edward’s river. Total cost $925,075.86 gives an average of $17,972 per mile, built with company funds and no contractors.
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Monroe
Galva and
New Boston
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Max Hjortsberg
American Central Railway
Galva
Henry County
Mercer County
Edward's River
Tool and Oi
New
Boston
The Fifteenth Amendment Ratification Status
The Fifteenth Amendment awaits full ratification after Congress proposed it in 1869. Sixteen states ratified including Arkansas Connecticut Florida Illinois Indiana Louisiana Maine Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New York North Carolina Pennsylvania South Carolina West Virginia Wisconsin. Missouri Kansas Nevada acted imperfectly and may complete later. Some states Ohio Georgia Rhode Island Vermont New Jersey Virginia Alabama Mississippi Texas Tennessee Kentucky Iowa Nebraska Minnesota California Maryland Oregon have not yet acted.
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Congress
United States
Arkansas
Connecticut
Florida
Illinois
Indiana
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
West Virinia
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kansas
Nevada
Rhode Island
Ohio
Delaware
Georgia
Vermont
New Jersey
Virginia
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
California
Maryland
Oregon
Paich
Rhode Talangowa
NWW
Hana
Lucky
Georgi
Kantafornia
Californ
Ator Casserly
Anti Party
Chicago Tribune
California and the Fourteenth Amendment Debate
The piece analyzes state ratification dynamics for a constitutional amendment, focusing on California. It argues California legislators oppose the amendment, fearing a shift in representation via the Fourteenth Amendment. It cites Chinese exclusion and the race-based impact on California’s voter representation, with broader notes on other states' positions and political maneuvering.
Tennessee reads new amendment on suffrage reach
The Nashville paper notes Tennessee ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment amid debate on state suffrage. It mentions Anna Dickinson, Stanton, Miss Anthony and others lobbying Horace Greeley, plus broader national events including the Humboldt centennial and scientific praise for Agassiz. Also reports on a London theater fire, a Pennsylvanian judge suing a railroad, and rail traffic notes.
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Ernadelphe
New York
Anna Dickinson
Stanton
Miss Anthony
Mr. Kour
Horace Greeley
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Stephenson County
Thomas J. Kauffmann
Isaac F. Kleckner
Christopher T. Dunham
George W. Oyler
Court House
R. VY. Ankeny
Nashville
Tima
Agassiz
Switzerland
Scheider
London
Black
Pennsy
Louisville and Ae Railroad Company
Eastern Railroads
Omaha
York
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