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Freeport Republican

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1881

Page

2

New Advertisements Rent Musical Treasures

Advertisement fragment lists various items for Rentien and Musical Tartlements with references to locations and a monthly schedule. It mentions Holiday Road and Cent Storrs Conden's Lally's Deak but readability is limited. The readable items imply a catalog of rentals or listings without clear outcomes or dates.

Far Mongh Holiday Road Rentien Conden Lally's Deak Memoreste Monthly

Freeport Republican Subscription Offer Through 1982

The Freeport Republican announces special terms for subscriptions starting January 1, 1882. Subscribers paying arrears and one year in advance receive a free paper from now until January 1, 1882. New subscribers on the same terms will get one year from January 1, 1982 to January 1, 1883.

Freeport Republican Ieha Pry Vance

Freeport Republican Clubbing Rates with Periodicals

A list details clubbing rates for the Freeport Republican with various publications including Chicago Weekly Herald Weekly Liter Ocean Western Farmer and Chicago Weekly Journal among others. Prices vary by publication, with several marked at 2.00 to 4.60 in the listing.

Freeport Freeport Republican Chicago Weekly Herald Farher Waco Chicago Weekly Journal Scientific Americatt Cocci Detroit Free Press New York Weekly Per Tfarper's Harper's Buneasy Ereuport Repubican Harper's The Chicgo Weekly Tribune Tincsteensin New Yorker Freeport Republica Godey Chicago Farmers Review

Special Premium to Advance Subscribers Offer

An early payment incentive for farmer subscribers includes free issues of the Western Farmer and Fremant Re-Publicacy, with options to receive Kendall's Treatise on the Horse or Kendall's Norge Book. Advance payments of 1.40 to 1.50 entitle subscribers to bundled publications and free items as described.

Western Farmer West Gratiscaly Kendall Port

Senate Adjourns Awaiting Cabinet Appointments Next Week

The Senate adjourned until next Monday with expectations that the President will submit his Cabinet appointments. The move sets the stage for Senate confirmation hearings and potential political reshaping of the administration.

Lincoln Denies Transfer to Foreign Mission as War Secretary

The report that Robert T. Lincoln would move from the War Department to a foreign mission is denied. It is announced that he will retain his cabinet post as Secretary of War.

Robert T. Lincoln War Department

Secretary of State to Step Down Next Wednesday

Mr. Blaine plans to vacate the Secretary of State post next Wednesday and ex-Senator Froliighuysen of New Jersey is expected to be nominated to the Senate and confirmed next Monday. Last Thursday a Viceporters visit to Senator Logan in Washington featured Senator Logan and his entertaining lady.

Blaine Froliighuysen New Jersey Senate

Mrs Abraham Tincoln Receives Government Pension and Bonds

Following the death of her husband, Mrs Abraham Lincoln is described as an invalid who fears poverty. Her finances are secure with an annual government pension of 3000 dollars and roughly 660000 dollars in government bonds, totaling about 8000 dollars per year.

Abraham Tincoln

Porters Invited by Colonel Burnside for Rifle Club

At the invitation of Colonel Burnside, President of the National Rifle Club in Washington City, the following Wrep porters were named: Dr B t Buckley, A 2 Green.

Burnside National Rifle Club Washington City Buckley Green

Remarkable rifle range shots at Creedmoor weekend

Anson Babcock and 8. D. Atkins joined a party to a rifle range near Washington where Charles J. Caird hit the bull's eye 16 times in 17 shots at 800 yards. The report notes Creedmoor style shooting with the rifle rested on the toe while lying on the back. Governor Blackburn of Kentucky recently pardoned fifty eight defendants in lottery cases. Advancing gambling profits are criticized as a southern and northern phenomenon with Beauregard and Early tied to New Orleans lotteries.

Anson Babcock D. Atkins Washington Charles J. Caird Creedmore Blackburn Kentucky P. T. G. Beauregaard Jubal Early New Orleans Louisiana South

Logan as Presidential Hope of Illinois Senator Hero

A newspaper notes that past great Senators after the Revolution failed to reach the presidency and cites Webster Clay Chase Douglas Sumner Seward Morton Sherman and Blaine as examples. It suggests that the future may bring a soldier statesman who could win, praising Illinois Senator John A. Logan as a strong presidential candidate due to his record as a soldier and statesman.

Webster Clay Chase Douglas Sumner Seward Morton Sherman Blaine Senate John A. Logan Illinois

Freeport Residents Visit Hon R M A Hawk in Washington

Saturday evening a group of Freeport residents and friends of Hon R M A Hawk called at his 14th Street rooms in Washington City. The visitors included Col James O P Burnside Disbursing Officer for the Post Office Department Abraham T Green J W Tandy Hon E P Barton Hon James S Cochran Hon George W Oyler Hon D H Sunderland Rev Robert J Proctor Captain William Polk Anson Babcock and S D Atkins. Hawk entertained them for hours sharing travel recollections army life and views on national politics. The party praised Hawk as cordial and entertaining.

Freeport R. M. A. Hawk 14Th Street Washington City James O. P. Burnside Post Office Department Abraham T. Green J. W. Tandy E. P. Barton James 8

South embraces new trade stance and northern enterprise

The South shifts from solid Bourbon Democrat support as tariff debates grow, Virginia’s late election hints at change. Cotton mills and tobacco manufacture expand, notably in Durham NC, where a brick-built city of three thousand thrives after Johnson’s army surrender. Younger Southerners welcome northern thrift and enterprise.

Virginia South Durham North Carolina Jo Johnson

Railway Mail Clerks Urged Pension Support in Report

The railway mail clerks hold demanding posts with high labor, responsibility, and risk. Postmaster General James, in his annual report, urges pensions for postal workers.

James

Postmaster General urged aid for railway mail workers families

The speaker notes 62 railway accidents in the past year with seven deaths among railway mail service employees. He criticizes lack of pensions for widows and orphans and for disabled workers. He proposes authorizing payments to widows or guardians for up to two years and full pay for disabled workers up to one year until recovery.

Congress

Judge Mackey's Gambit in South Carolina Bourbon Speech

A lively disturbance surrounds Judge T. J. Mackey in South Carolina as he signals a plan to become a Mahone figure for the state. He urges whites and blacks to collaborate, seeks fair Black representation, and calls for ending fear in expressing political views to attract Northern capital and progress, followed by Democratic approval amid a looming Bourbon shakeup.

South Carolina T. J. Mackey

Responsibility over insanity in Guiteau case

Expert testimony on insanity has limited value. focus on mental responsibility. Guiteau acted with deliberate grievance, aware of assassination, indicating clear accountability for murder despite grandiose beliefs or claims of divine commissioning.

Guiteau Paris

Judge Porter Strikes Down Assassin Quiteau as Fraud

During cross examination Judge Porter exposes Quiteau as a literary pirate and fraud. He punctures the suspect's claimed inspirations and cites the prisoner's answers as evidence of bald blasphemy and selfish schemes. The testimony grows heated as the defense and prosecution clash.

The Theocratic Daily Paper Scheme and Congressional Plans

A long extract recounts Guiteau’s claim of inspiration and his failed theocratic paper scheme. It covers his cross examination, Garfield assassination implications, and the Garfield era vote for House leadership including Warren Keifer, Edward McPherson, George W Hooker, W B Brownlow, Henry Sherwood. The piece notes shifts in Congress, Postal Savings Banks advocacy by Mr Burchard, and Postmaster General James supporting a government savings deposit idea as beneficial to workers and migratory populations. It ends with endorsement of the plan as a major public-works measure.

Guiteat Tam Jesus Christ & Co Porter Ife Oneida Guiteau Garfield Congress Warren Keifer Ohio House Edward McPherson Pennsylvania Blaine George W. Hooker Vermont W. 2. Brownlow Tennessee Pargon Brownlow Jonesboro Henry Sherwood Washington Senate Burchard England James United States

Democracy in decline cites party off year woes and New York defeat

The article argues that the Democracy faces a nationwide slump as off year elections sap morale. It notes defections to the opposition, especially in New York and Virginia, and doubts a national ticket can succeed without New York. It calls Solid South abandonments and stale doctrines reasons for long-term weakness.

New York Virginia Mahone New York City

United States Mint Director Burhcard's 1881 annual report

The annual report by Hon. H. C. Burchard details mint and assay operations for the year ended June 30 1881 and analyzes world gold and silver production coinage usage in the United States and abroad currency circulation and price trends over fifty six years. It notes a record bullion intake of 226 225 522 dollars with gold 193 371 101 and silver 33 854 421 and discusses silver coinage policy amid international monetary considerations.

H. C. Burchard United States Treasury International Monetary Conference Europe Ameria Burchard Treasuries New York

Courtroom mockery in Garfield assassin trial faced

Opinion writers deplore Guiteau's courtroom jokes and insults during the Garfield assassination trial. The Richmond Bourbon paper warns of political maneuvers by Bourbon Democrats as factions grow. Observers cite press hostility to the South and mockery in court, suggesting drastic measures. A Mobile Register note hints Washington aims at new prosecutions against Brady.

James A. Garfield Cincinnati Guitvau Des Moines Congress Richmond South Carolina Virginia North South New York Zibune North Carolina Mississippi Garfield Guiteau Washington Brady

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Senator Logan Son. II Barton B. d. Muckley J. W, Tandy Fon. James
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