New Advertisements and Local Notices Compiled
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W. Poy
Ashlee Knapp
Stephen Co
Farmers Cooperative Ausociation
Spectal Meeting Board of Supervisors
FY. Jones
Lillie Diffenbaugh
O. C. DD. Bore
John Schmid
I. F. Bleckner
Aaron Borer
Offer Provides Free Access to Two Newspapers for One Year
A special arrangement offers a year of free access to the Freeport Republican and the Chicago Weekly Herald. The deal grants readers an all access period without cost, spanning twelve months.
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Freeport Republicgan
Chicago Weekly Herald
Subscribe Offer for Chicago Wheely Her Ald and Freeport Republican
Two papers offered for 2.00. CHICAGO WHEELY HER ALD edited by Hon. Frank W. Palmer, now Postmaster in Chicago, claims reliability and responsibility. FREEPORT REPUBLICAN touts youth and freshness with ample reading material. Advance yearly payment includes Dr Kendall's horse book.
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Chicago
Kendall
Clubbing rates offer from Chicago Evening Journal promotion
The Chicago Evening Journal advertises a clubbing rate with the Freeport Republican and Chicago Journal at one year for $2.25. The notice touts the paper as reliable and free of scandalous content under editor Hon. Andrew Shuman.
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Chicago Journal
Andrew Shuman
Freeport Republican
The
Tennessee Congressman Warns of Partisan Tide in 1884
Congressman Houk of Tennessee says the liberal movement has vitality and that if all offices are not filled by Democrats the state leans Republican, potentially more than New York or Indiana. He predicts most of the Solid South will drift to the doubtful column by 1884 at the current rate of dissolution.
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Houk
Tennessee
New York
Indiana
Braunton Valley Virginian
Hep
Boston Advertiser
South
Detroit Post and Tribune
Hancock
Congress
Philadelphia Telegraph
New York Tribune
Rep
Fitz John Porter
Washington
Providence Journal
Logan
Grant
Lynchburg
Charleston News. and Courier
Uem
National Banka
San Francisco
New London Telegram
Republican Party
Pr. Blaine
Blaine
Arthur
General Grant
De la Salle celebration in New Orleans address plan
In New Orleans next April the Honorable Francis Parkman will address Le Salle and his companions. The Honorable Er B Washburne will speak on the Valley of the Mississippi. The Honorable G H Pendleton will compare the America of 1682 with 1882. The Honorable Charles Gayarre will preside.
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de la Salle
New Orleans
Francis Parkman
le Salle
Er. B. Washburne
Mississippi
G. H. Pendleton
America
Charles Gayarre
Appointment of United States Marshal in Carthage district praised
The Carthage journal lauds the reappointment of Marshal Atlon to the office he has held for four years. He is described as a thorough businessman, attentive to duties, and widely approved by Carthage, Jasper County, and the Western District of Missouri. The Journal notes broad support for his retention and attributes it to the administration of President Arthur.
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United States Marshal
Carthage
Jasper County
Missouri
Mayrshal Atlon
Arthur
Allen
Kania Chiy Journal
Miorg Universal
Illinois apportionment bill stalls Congress doubts
Congress shows muddle on the apportionment bill as shaped. passage in the House seems doomed and likely to fail in the Senate. Governor Cullom waits for the bill to pass before calling a special Illinois Legislature session, possibly delaying until next July. Mon Joseph Moore of Jo Daviess County dies after a lingering illness. burial held yesterday. he was about fifty, a farmer and cattle dealer, a leading local figure. A special election to fill Moore’s county seat in the Legislature may be ordered.
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Congress
House
Senate
Cullom
Ilinois
Joseph Moore
Jo Daviess County
Illinois
Stephenson
Davicas
Moore
Postal Savings Bank Bill Clears House Committee
A Postal Savings Bank bill has been freed to full consideration in the House, as the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads signals readiness to advance the measure. Supporters call it a judicious step toward expanding postal financial services.
Savings Deposits Bill Promises Wide Benefit
The measure limits deposits to 10 cents through 100 dollars per person, with a maximum of 500 dollars at a time. Interest is capped at two percent. Advocates say it will encourage saving, especially in rural areas without banks, by offering the U S Government as a reliable custodian.
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Suma
United States
Bill Introduced For Protection Of The President
The Congressional Record for December 20 1881 notes Ilawe introduced a bill number 1972 by request for protecting the person of the President. It was read first and second times, referred to the Judiciary Committee, and ordered printed. Don Frazer misstates the bill as Hawk's, but it was introduced at a constituent's request and does not bind Hawk to support it.
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Congressional
Thesday
Ilawe
United States
Don Frazer
Mt. Carroll
Hawk
Committee On Judiciary
Don
Guiteau Trial and Banc Court Tease New Trial
The article notes Guiteau repeatedly claiming a new trial via the court in banc. It explains banc means all judges on the bench and lists the District of Columbia judges, led by Chief Justice D. K. Cartier and including Judge Cox who presided at the Guiteau trial, suggesting no new trial is likely.
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Guiteau
Banc
District of Columbia
D. K. Cartier
Andrew Wylie
Arthur McArthur
Alexander B. Hagner
Charles P. James
Walter 8. Cox
Cox
Old Mane Scoville
Guilean
Sermon reads collect for condemned Guiteau in Brooklyn church
In the Church of the Holy Trinity Brooklyn Rev Dr Hall before the sermon spoke on Guiteau s death sentence and said he would read the collect for those under sentence of death on Sundays He noted John Brown faced criticism for similar readings but the critics later changed their view The collect asks Jesus to accept repentance forgive sins and grant mercy and to be strengthened by the Spirit until death Amen.
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Church of the Holy Trinity
Brooklyn
Hall
Guiteau
John Brown
Washington
Jesus
National Banks Winding Up if Charter Expires
If Congress does not act, several hundred National Banks may be wound up in a year due to charter expirations. In Freeport, winding up would force deposits of legal tender notes locked in U S Treasury vaults. If banks continue, new notes will take months to issue. The pension fee debate defends Senator Logan’s bill aiding soldiers.
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Congress
Concerna
Freeport
United States Treasury
Logan
John A. Logan
Washington
Bank Charters Extension Sought to Avoid Panic
The text urges Congress to devise a plan to extend existing bank charters to prevent crippling the banking business. It warns that winding up banks at charter expirations could force loan calls, trigger monetary disruption, and risk a commercial panic.
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Congress
Unfavorable Frost Fears Rare Warm Winters Echoed in History
Historical records from French observatories note rare years of mild winters followed by normal or advancing springs. Examples include 1421 with early bloom and fruit ripening, 1572 corn in fear at Haster, and 1692 no fires lit in German homes. The accounts suggest such mild-to-warm sequences recur roughly once per century, warranting caution for future cycles.
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French Observatories
Haster
Germany
Law to curb pension claim agents praised by Gen Logan
Article lauds General Logan for proposing a reform to regulate pension claim agents and attorneys. It details eligibility criteria for practicing before the Pension Bureau, a mandatory $25 fee, and penalties including fines and imprisonment for overcharging. The measure aims to curb fraudulent agents who delay or destroy evidence to extract fees.
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Pension Office
Logan
Secretary of the Interior
Pension Bureau
NEW CITY CHARTER FOR FREEPORT PROMOTES GENERAL LAW
The Freeport boosters urge adopting the general incorporation act to replace the old special charter. They cite clearer powers, reduced litigation, and uniform rules as benefits, noting Ohio, Iowa, and Indiana precedents. They argue five wards will curb fraud and save election costs while maintaining strong fiscal controls.
Political Opinions From Early Newspaper Fragments
Various Republican and Democratic editorials criticize party discipline, banking policy, and presidential succession. The items reference Hancock, Porter, Blaine, Grant, Arthur, and national banks, with mixed views on reforms, power dynamics, and constitutional terms.
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Chicago Evening Journal
NEW City Charter
Supreme Court
Dillon
Court
Ohio
Iowa
Llineig
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