Illinois State Temperance Union formed at Springfield
A Chicago and Carbondale Temperance Convention met January 19 1860 in Springfield at the Presbyterian church. Officers were chosen, a governing constitution drafted, a plan to organize a statewide temperance society proposed, and committees appointed to draft bylaws and a prohibitory liquor law. The convention urged pastors to promote temperance in churches and collections.
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Chicago and
Carbondale
Aétond
Springfield
Prea
Don
W. Brown
Galesburg
Lee's
Wilkins
Bloomington
J.P. Eberhart
Chicago
Jacksonville
J. W. Scroggs
Urbana
BP. A. Horning
Mattooh
J. B. Smith
Vienna
Wm. Wilson
Macomb
A. B. Morean
Jeslle
H. Couch
Peoria
D. Wilkins
J. B. Smitty
Thomas Harrison
Second Presbyterian Church
Holyoke
Polo
Illinois State Temperance Union
Legislative Doings and Senate Actions in Hingis
In Jan and Feb, Illinois Senate debates cover liquor licenses by petition of loyal voters, city charter remonstrances, and a Republican redrawing of state districts. Debates on slavery, territorial admission, Oregon statehood, and Kansas are noted, with votes on substitutions, amendments, and a bill mandating penitentiary terms for certain offenses. The Whiteside County seat renewal faces a third reading after a heated exchange.
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Richmond
Senate
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Hingis
Congress
Oregon
Union
Apportionment bill passes Senate in party line vote
The apportionment bill dominated the session and passed the Senate by a strict party vote on February 3. On February 4, a revenue line extension bill for township organization counties was debated. A Green amendment allowing collectors and county treasurers until August first to settle with the Auditor was adopted unanimously, and the bill then passed 58 to 1.
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Atrich
Senate
Davis
Stéphénson
Green
Freeport Sournal Largent Circulation in the County
Long column of political notices reports on Oregon admission, Hayti revolution, Morrill's Agricultural College bill, Lecompton charter defeat, tariff caucuses, Kansas constitutional moves, state fund fraud, and European news. Mentions Fontley salary bill, France Italy alliance hints, California mining, and Pike's Peak rumors. Includes Miramon and Juarez dictates and a homestead bill vote.
The Apportionment Bill Controversy in State Senate
The Apportionment Bill pushed through the House under party pressure faced questions after Senate journals showed fraud and mutilation. A three member special committee, Judd Marshall Kuykendall, was appointed to investigate and report findings.
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House
Senate
State Journal
Judd
Cook
Marshall
Messrs
Kuykendall
Prohibition Plan Sent to Counties for Vote
A legislative bill proposes a statewide method to suppress intoxicating liquor traffic by letting county courts or boards of supervisors order votes on prohibition. The measure allows counties to decide against or for prohibition, but restricts votes to the manufacture and sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, excluding malt beverages.
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Board of Supervisors
Cedar Valley Railroad grading contracts let through Waterloo
The Cedar Valley Railway grading contracts from Cedar Rapids to the Minnesota line were awarded with Waterloo expected to become a key hub. Cars currently run from the river to Town up to Lisbon and will reach Cedar Rapids in May, marking bright prospects for Waterloo and surrounding Cedar River towns.
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The
Blackhawk Courier
Laws
Cedar Valley Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Waterloo
Cedar River
Lisbon
Cedar Valley
Pennsylvania Democrats Split Over Protective Tariff Push
The Pennsylvania Legislature urges Senators and Representatives to back a 2 Protective Tariff. Democratic members in caucus oppose amending the revenue law, arguing the move will alienate voters and prove unwise.
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Pennsylvania
Congress
The Patent For McCormicks Reap Ax Expired
The patent for McCormicks reap ax has expired, a boon for parshesers of reapers. Local growers and manufacturers anticipate industry shift as generic versions enter the market and competition increases.
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McCormick
Reapers
Billions Passed and Global Events Echo 19th Century News
About fifty bills passed the Assembly last Saturday. The next Indiana State Fair is planned for New Albany. The Rockford Register launched a new column. Prof Jones reads poems on Illini fate. News quotes a Boston fire, a Jackson bank murder, Chester Cup horses, swindler arrests, and a Finlandesque political climate with Serbia unrest and European tensions.
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Indiana
New Albany
Rockford Register
Do Santy
Boston
Ifo
Jones
Bruce
Canada
Jackson
Tenneshee
Phelan
New York
Jno
Detroit
Prioress
England
Lewis G. Hine
Chicago
Coles County
Douglas
S. S. Ways of
Ilo
Springfield
Lecompton
Forney
Buchanan
Rockford
Standard
Ihe Register
Eau Claire
Wis
Duntieth
Advertiser
Henry Jumpertz
Sophia Werner
Erin
Washington Co
Wisconsin
O. G. Elliot
Lynnsville
Ozle Co
Serbia
Russia
France
Austria
Europe
Apportionment Feud Questioned in Illinois Vote
In Illinois the last election shows Republicans outnumbering Douglas Democrats by 4 685. Democrats threaten to force an apportionment bill that gives them 47 seats to Republicans 33, a clearly unfair minority advantage. Republicans refuse to submit to such fraud if preventable.
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Mexico
Mirimon
Zuloaga
Junrek
U. States
Juarez
Constitutionalista
Ziego
Vera Cruz
Congress
People’s Party
Illinois
Grow
Waukegan
D. Kellogg
Cory
The
Gazette
Kellogg
Fey
Mlinois
Tax collection bill postponed to June by legislature
The bill delaying state and county tax collection to June first passed the Senate earlier and was brought up in the House on the second. It was amended in several particulars and passed 58 to 11. It was returned to the Senate, with no current word on the Senate's action on House amendments.
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Senate
House
Mark Nopich
Freeport
Heprue
Thmala
Knowlton
Addiion
Addiion Port, Ineald
Breen Taare
Lonisaid
Chines Potts
North Range
Fan
Jogepn Bausiner
Lave &Nechra
Tite A.D
Freuport
Mes
Senate passes bill on petty theft penalties
The Senate approved a humane amendment proposing that no person be sent to the Penitentiary for stealing under $25 unless it is a second offense, when $6 may be sufficient. The bill aims to ease penalties and await passage by the house.
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Senate
Senate delays tax suspension seek on constitutional basis
The bill to suspend the collection of the two till constitutional tax has been laid on the Senate table, a move that appears to reflect the chamber’s sentiment and signals a practical defeat for the measure.
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Senate
Wisconsin Legislature Moves Toward Constitutional Convention
The joint resolution to submit the Constitutional Convention question to voters at the next general election passed both Houses. A repeal of last year's Mortgage Stay Law is pending, with calls for repeal or amendment. Only twenty bills had become law by last Thursday, and optimism grew for wiser final actions. Mr. Washburne gave notice to address the river and harbor bill next Monday.
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Higbee
Schuyler
Richmond
Lyman ‘Trumbull
Cook
Kansas
Parks
Oregon
Congress
Aera
Lytian ‘Trunbull
Yeas
Nays
Yoas
Messrs
Brooks
Buckmaster
Coffey
Knapp
O'Kean
Post
Adams
Lee
Addams
Stephenson
Applington
Bestor
Blodgett
Goudy
Henderson
Judd
Kuykendell
Marshall
Martin
Parke
Underwood
Vanderen
Bryan
Kuykendall
Jooke
Vandereun
Wisconsin
Washburne
Wr&itern Law
Clava- Jond
Ohio
Hayden, King & Elwell
Presilent Hayden
Ohio State and Union Law College
June Tea Ranney
The
Law Monthly
Passenger lists and rails spark a withering column
A Elmira note reports the New York and Fire Railroad orders conductors to record passenger names, prompting questions about demand and salaries. The piece also praises female railway clerks, laments extreme Puritanism, and discusses patent values, a divorce reversal case, and freight tariffs shaping regional rail lines including Warren and Monroe links.
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Elmira
New York & Fire Railroad
Theodore Parker
West Indies
Con
Scientific American
Melwigg
Indiana
McTwige
Chis
Edinburg
Chicago Journal
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
Indianapolis
Warren Independent
Warren
Monroe
Milwaukee
Freeport
Wisconsin
Independent
Racine
Legislature Passes Bill Extending Property Exemption
A bill cleared one legislative chamber and expands the amount of property exempt from sale under execution. The measure increases shelter and asset protections for debtors, shaping how executions may proceed under state law.
Mt Vesuvius eruption anticipated amid alarms
A fretting public awaits an hourly eruption of Mt Vesuvius while warnings intensify. The note also announces a new illustrated weekly titled Stars and Stripes from Frank Leslie of New York City, described as a complete family paper with original content and illustrations.
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Mt. Vesuvius
Stansaxp Srrives
Stars and Stripes
Franses Lestiz
New York City
Leslie
Frank Leslie
Frankfort St
NEW Family
Agear
New York
America
Local druggists seek traveling sales support for medicines
McDill and Maury druggists of Porurarn request a traveling agent to visit at least quarterly. They have bought medicines via Sloan and will act as agents or pay at former rates. They praise the medicines popularity and urge a prompt response. The note promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure and health booster with testimonials.
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Porurarn
Oquaka
W. B. Sloan
McDill & Maury
Sloan
Hostetter
America
Law Monthly and Mercantile Magazine Notes
Publication details for Hayden King Elwell's Law Monthly with editor Ranney, plus notices for The Merchant's Magazine and Ladies Repository. Mentions contents like metallic currency, commercial comparisons, banking, mining and religious family reading, with pricing and sample engravings.
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Gea
Woodoo
A. Wood
Fulton
Greet
N.Y
Ofty
Lord Overstone
United States
Great Britain
France
Mobile
Alabama
Commercial Chronicle
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Hindi State Temperance Union
Lion
Joan E. McCureny
H. J. Eddy
Bloomingen
John Magoon
J. C. Stoughton
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A. S. Joslyn
C. @. Hammond
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Morrill
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Victor Baenuel II
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Journal OF Tiealtie
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de. J. Noyes
John A. Cray
Jovnxal
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Paterson
O. J. Peterson
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Philadelphia
Cleara
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Carlton & Porter
Clackunnti
Longley Brthers
Merry's Museums
JOM, Stearog & Co
Anetreet
Stone & Tto
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Partor
Jacob
Lautes' Wieath
Mary A Dennison
John BP
Bellville
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Duponce
Moore & Dakun
Drageiste
Preeport
Stephenson County
Kreeport
J. Duppenca
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Charles A
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Z. J. Staines
Clancey
Frhhport
Chisago Board of Trade
Burley
Wark
Ngtich
Court House Square
Qn D. Shookley
Stephe
Pre Ruary
John Waa
Preeti Celtya
Tande
Alyphennon
A. D. Tar Mate
McCall
Tn K
Itimay Concern
Honea
Fn Coleman
Anie
Stephengan County
Minola
James Mitchell
Holden Put
Vam
Roderick Richardson
Joh A. Pageand
Ant John A. McDowell
A. Cameron Hunt
Uhayely
Ledan
Vorges
Wagon
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G. M
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Sheri
Douglass
Hig Firat Hector Wi Ba
Afeu
Adaission
City Crockery Store
Brown
Ray Stond
G& Lass
Crockery
Snyder & Wels
Queenswahe and Glass
Beyer
HAT and Cap Department
Utwmb Am AB
Stephens St
Hauser
I. D
H. A. Browbr
Sifett
D. O. Williams
TPM
Williamavan
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