Akins & NewLode Take Over Freevom Republican
On August 1, 188%, the undivided one half interest in the Freevom Republican newspaper and job printing office was sold to Joseph Ft. Keon, an experienced printer. Akins & NewLode will run the business with Keon as foreman and local editor while the paper maintains Republican support and editorial control. Congress is in session and expected to adjourn soon.
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Freevom Repurtican
Josep Ft. Keon
Ring of Akins & NewLode 3
Kencone
Stephenson County
Freeworr Republican
Ssira D. Arwins
Congress Shifts Hawk Widow Salary Amid Debt Remarks
Postwar discourse deals with Sundry Civil Appropriation items. A remark on national debt cites 7825 per person as a proposed capstone to clear the public debt. Prohibitionists critique Congress and state politicking as unwise, with party jockeying affecting leadership and potential renomination dynamics.
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Congress
Hawk
Rank Confusion on the Retired List
The speaker laments uncertainty about his rank, insisting rank matters little as he contends he cannot discern whether he is a major general, brevet, or general. He argues rank is for younger men and that the distinction holds little personal significance.
Orrant’s anantha and Logan’s mantle in war praise
Newspapers remark that Orrant’s anantha has fallen upon Tegan. General Logan’s own mantle fits him best, and he cannot be improved by wearing another. He was the most brilliant volunteer General of the war and ranks today as a statesman with the ablest in the land, needing no mantle but his own.
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Sone
Freyther Phatsitiyes
Tawa
Duimberuy
Lawa
Turing
Towa
Toware
Frome
Cats on Post Office payroll amuse public and aid mail
The Post Office Department reportedly employs 1000 cats nationwide. They are fed and housed in exchange for controlling rats and mice in mail matter. Each cat is accounted for, and when a cat earns a dividend its payout is recorded and new arrivals financed.
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Post Office Department
Old Friend for Superintendent Candidate
Bloomington Deity Pantograph calls attention to Charles E. Muke a Rock City teacher of three years as a candidate for County Superintendent. The notice praises his background at Normal University and college record while noting his local roots and family ties. The Pantagraph offers to chronicle his animation and election recognizing his merit for the office.
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Bloomington
Pantograph
Charles E. Muke
Rock City
Stephenson County
Blake
Normal University
Atlantic contributor notes faster education for negroes than poor whites in the South
A Southern States tourled writer for the Atlantic Monthly argues that educated negroes rise faster than poor whites. He says negroes attract more interest and support due to being in the world's eye, historic framing, and powerful friends, while poor whites lack conspicuous representation or allies. The piece contrasts visibility and advocacy between the groups.
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Atlantic Monthly
South
Sheridan meets hotel keeper in Kansas tale of bourbon
In Kansas a hotel landlord mistook a stranger for General Sheridan. The visitor claimed the name Sheridan and offered a drink from a bottle of bourbon kept for illness. The exchange turned humorous as the landlord doubted the caller could be the famed general due to height and a lack of his portrait.
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Sheridan
Kansas
General Sheridan
No Man's Aggressive Attack on Robeson on the Floor
The New York Tribune reports that Robeson faced repeated vilification during a session by Numeroid lawmakers who called him a liar perjurer and thief while he remained silent, contrasting with the attackers who degraded themselves in public.
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New York
Prihune
Mr. Robeson
Ma. Robeson
Western Republican Sees Hinvis Fair in Office Distribution
A Western Republican discussed the nomination of Hon. Mewitt Lodosh of Waois for Assistant Secretary of the Interior, noting Hinvis appeared to fare reasonably well in the allocation of more injurious offices within the Executive Department.
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Mewitt Lodosh
Waois
Interior Department
Hinvis
Notable Officials Named in Prairie State Appointment List
The text names several high ranking officials including Robert J. Lincoln Secretary of War Merritt T Joslyn Assistant Secretary of the Interior Ton AC Burchard Director of the United States Mint J Ck Pbunilain Surgeon General Mow Green Bo Raum Commissioner of Internal Revenue B D Rouonds Public Printer and James Deline Deputy Second Controller of the Treasury along with residents of and appointed from the Prairie State.
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Robert J. Lincoln
Merritt T. Joslyn
Interior
Ton
AC. Burchard
United States Mint
J Ck Pbunilain
United States Marine Hospital Service
Mow
Green Bo Raum
B.D. Rouods
Tion, James, &. Deline
Treasury Mall
Tprairie
Internal Revenue Commissioner Raum Reports Taxes Accounted For
Raum announces full collection of internal revenue taxes last fiscal year totaling 146,520,273 turned into the Treasury. Over six years, 745,831,071 collected and paid with no loss. Last year’s collection expenses reach 5,108,000, about 33 percent of receipts. six-year expenses about 27,087,300 or 36.1 percent. Government suffers no loss. Stainibone illicit whisky and tobacco production has been broken up in certain districts.
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Internal
Raum
Internal Revenue
Treasury
German Workmen Face High Food Costs and Low Wages
Consul Vogeler reports in Germany average weekly food costs for four people reach 9.50 dollars with wages varying by city. Frankfort on the Main shows highest pay for tradesmen, Darmstadt lowest field wages, Nuremberg the smallest overall scale. Migration of workers is suggested as the solution for Germany and other European nations.
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Germany
Vogeler
Frankfort-on the-Main
Prussia
Frankfort
Darmstadt
Nuremberg
Political district pact divides seats in three counties
Stephenson Carroll and Jo Daviess counties will share a ten year senatorial and legislative district. Each county will gain one Senator, likely Republican, and three Representatives with a minority plan granting one Democrat and two Republicans. Republicans agree Stephenson should supply the Senator and Daviess and Carroll split the two Representatives.
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Carroll
Stephenson
Jo Daviess
Jo Daviess County
Carroll County
Stephenson County
D. H W. Sunderland
Bne
di Daviess County
Carrol County
Exposure of a bank official sparks debate on piety and business
The article decries mingling church and commerce after a bank official described as an active church worker is exposed as a rascal. It recalls earlier New England cases where prominent churchmen and bank presidents faced similar revelations, highlighting the clash between religiosity and ethical conduct.
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Ingersoll School
New Mngland
Unibuian
Chuechiman
Mocking the President Over Religion and a Bank Defalcation
A sharp exchange unfolds as a devout cashier is implicated in a notable defalcation. A churchman confronts the president in the street, remarking that reading the morning report reminded him of his own bank deposit and the president’s lack of moral pretensions.
Maine Prohibitionists Split over Governor Candidacy
A Portland meeting of about thirty leading Prohibitionists failed to adopt a formal resolution. General Neal Dow urged support for Republican Governor candidate Colonel Robie, but the group adjourned without action after two hours. Dow reads this as a unity signal for no independent action.
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Maine
Colonel Robie
Friends of Temperance
Portland
Neal Dow
Friends of Prohibition
Rebie
Dow
River and harbor bill boosts dredging work debate
Congress passed a river and harbor bill funding about nineteen million dollars for navigable streams amid opposition that it favored only by party lines. President Arthur vetoed it, but the measure passed in both houses over the veto by a large margin. The editorial argues for internal improvements and urges Republicans to defend the policy and claim credit.
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Congress
Hudson
Mississippi
Arthur
House
Senate
A Succession of Able Congressmen in the Sixth District
The article surveys the Sixth District replacing Washburne with Burchard and Slank, noting minor territorial changes and Winnebago county joining the district. It praises a long, prudent record of able, respectable representatives and the district’s historical honor and stable leadership in the Northern states.
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Bodtuck Foe Gazette
Washburne
Congress
Burchard
Winnebago County
United States
District’s belief in strong reps guides renomination choice
The district’s praise of long term service and the value of able men shines through as it supports Robert Ro Witt’s nomination. Press and public view his education, national familiarity, and ties to leaders as likely to yield prominence and service to constituents and the nation.
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Tinois
Washburne
Burchard
Uis
Tin
Robert Ro Witt
Democrats and Republicans clash in early campaigns
An assembly of scattered opinions from various papers discusses Oregon Democratic stances on Chinese policy, Iowa Republican nominations, and a general call for unity. It critiques party lines, cites moral contrasts, and praises or questions state independence and political conduct amid election fervor.
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Lincoln Xebs Journal
Hep
Oregon
Democrats
Cleveland Leader
Iowa
Congress
Garfield
Lisle
Political Gridlock and Local Nomination Tale Revealed
A fragment recounts factional disputes over tariffs and Mississippi river funds, noting Southern protectionist sentiment and Republican opposition. It includes a Greenfield tale where a single scratched delegate shifted a county convention outcome, illustrating the power of every vote in party nominations.
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Cox
Deverats
Jim
Mississippi Rive
Unx
South
Vyron
Jude Leonard
Secvera
Greenfield
Seevers
Leonard
Seeves
Hardy
Biographical sketch of Robert R. Hitt from Oregon Independents
The Oregon Independents of March 1881 profiles Robert Roberts Hitt born 1837 in Urbana Ohio and outlining his rise from farm youth in Ole County Illinois to Lincoln era reporting and service as First Assistant Secretary of State. It notes his education at Rock River Seminary and Indiana Asbury University, work as a shorthand reporter in Chicago, and later roles including reporting for the U S Senate and as private secretary to Senator Morton, praising his fidelity and service.
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R. R. Hitt
Oregon, Ogle County
Hitt
Congress
Oxyle
Oregon Independent
Oura
Oregon Independents
Owle County
Fifth District
Robert Roberts Hitt
Urbana
Champaign County
Ohio
Ole County
Illinois
Thos Gays
Rock River Seminary
Mt. Morris
Lincoln
Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
1Key Hive
Ditsolu
Douglass Delutas
Chicago
Seibune
Frough
Linsoln
Capitol
Winvis State Senate
Hult Davis Commmisitae
St. Duis
Department of
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