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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1871
Page
2
A garbled column notes political rifts around Grant copied critics from Virginia and elsewhere. It mentions Jett Davis in Memphis paid by the South Carolina Insurance Co for name usage as President, and Ben Butler defending leniency toward West Point cadets amid past discipline issues.
The House on Friday passed a bill already cleared by the Senate to create a Territorial Government for the District of Columbia. If signed by the President, the Territory of Columbia would gain a congressional delegate and pursue eventual statehood like other territories.
In Washington, a grand carnival is planned to celebrate Nicolson pavement on Pennsylvania Avenue. The public is invited to participate en masse and bring bricks in hats to mock the slush. The event signals support for continuing the Capitol removal agitation amid muddy conditions.
Arkansas politics turn venomous as Governor Clayton defies impeachment moves by the House. He vows to stay in office with militia talk and Senate backing, insisting he be notified of Senate acceptance of articles before leaving. Democratic strategy across the South targets Republicans.
The piece argues Vallandigham cannot win as voters will seek a candidate who helped save the Ship of State in danger. It claims many Democrats will not support him, and the broader electorate will not back a nominee who did not aid in saving the nation. The editor concludes there is no hope for Vallandigham or the party.
The French National Assembly assigns executive power to Adolphe Thiers, a veteran Orleanist ally, signaling an end to Napoleonic hopes and a tilt toward a constitutional monarchy. The piece criticizes Western underrepresentation in Congress and predicts shifting political alignments amid apportionment debates.
A Wisconsin town wedding featured the bridal party entering the church to a live rendition of a tune described as Pot Me in My Lite Bed. The event centers on the couple and the ceremony ambiance within the local community.
A long editorial discusses Senate Bill introduced by Sherman to grant Kentucky railroad right of way to Cincinnati to build toward Chattanooga. It argues Congress cannot override state sovereignty and warns against abolishing state government powers, urging careful consideration of constitutional limits. Includes opinions on stock farming, wool duties, and a reader submission by L Tempeston, secretary.
At Cedarville Farmers' Club meetings on January 30 and February 5, members debated ground preparation with deep plowing favored over shallow and fall plowing preferred. Reuben Seigfreid cited sand plaster raising corn yields by five bushels per acre at under fifty cents per acre. Other talks covered stock-raising profitability, feeding, and methods, with comments on planting with two-horse planters and the impracticality of pastureless stock.
The Missing Vessel The Tennessee sailed from New York on January 17 bound for San Domingo with an expeditionary party including Commissioner Wade and Dr Howe. The ship carried a large press corps and officials. concern grew over potential disaster until later reports showed the Tennessee reached Samana safely.
The Senate debated a special oath form for Mr. Miller of Georgia and adopted it 28 to 20 amid clashes over his amnesty status. Reports suggest a possible veto foreshadowing on the Gulf Steamship subsidy bill while the House blocks Air Line and Ohio River bridge bills.
Feb 10 to 15 reports from the Illinois Senate and House detail debates on the State Reform School in Pontiac, female board roles, and constitutional objections. Sessions consider salaries for supreme judges, river improvements, and Wayne county relief, with interference over seating, printing rules, and tax limits for parks.
A Hungarian Countess wears a brooch crafted of four crooked brass pins set among twenty diamonds on lapis lazuli, protected by glass. Her husband, condemned for a political misdemeanor, hid the pins in his cell and scattered them to ward off torment, later finding and reusing them as cherished jewels.
A fragment from a late 19th century column recalls a Duke at his parish church rebuking a whisper that a lesser man must move aside before him. The piece weaves anecdotes on editors, politicians, and the patent medicine trade, then shifts to global misery from French and American wars, ending with a Fort Wallace suicide tied to gambling debts.
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