Vision of Iowa’s Early Pioneers and Monroe Settlement
The article recalls Iowa’s early settlement near Monroe and the pioneer era. It honors community effort, pioneer courage, and the memory of settlers, including a story of a couple and a grave maker, tying past hardship to present progress. Congressman Loughridge is noted as newly elected and ready to serve Iowa. Snow depth and seasonal greetings close the piece.
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Yorney Otry
loWa
Treway
Monroe
Sulbee
Amile
S.C. Arden
Resson
Towa
Loughridge
Washington
Amendment for Constitutional Suffrage in States
Four authors present a proposed amendment to the U S Constitution to regulate suffrage by state legislatures with provisos, aiming to curb discriminatory qualifications, bar aliens without character, and keep Congress out of a national uniform law. They warn against federal control, argue for state power, and call for universal male suffrage with limited state options. The piece notes political consequences and broader debates.
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Congress
United States
T.e States
Madison
Democratic Party
Washington
Georgia
Iowa
Massachusetts
Maryland
Kentucky
Louisiana
Virginia
Arkansas
Texas
N. Y. Tribune
Rushville
Indiana Central
Whitewater Valley
Indianapolis
Cincinnati Junction
Cambridge City
Spencer County
Crawfordsville Journal
H. S. Lane
United States Senate
Indiana
Knowles
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Dryden
Kokomo
Missouri Senatorship Contention Feeds Party Pressure
The Missouri fight for the U S Senate seat to replace Hexper son centers on Carl Scharz of St Louis. Twenty leading state papers back him as the Republican choice, while Wenprrson languishes with weak support due to impeachment vote and perceived insincerity.
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Missouri
U.S
Hexperson
Carl Scharz
St. Lewis
Wenprrson
Indiana Methodist membership rises across conferences in 1868
The Methodist Episcopal Church reports 1868 gains across North, Southern, and Northwest Indiana conferences totaling about 104000 members in the state. It notes boundary changes reducing Indiana Conference numbers and highlights a large year for church property, new churches, Sunday Schools, and benevolent gifts. The piece also mentions philanthropy by Masons to Knightstown Soldiers Home and U.S. Congress docs, plus foreign policy notes.
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Indiana
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
North Indiana
Southern Indiana
Northwest Indiana
Indiana Conference
Masonic Fraternity
Knightstown
Congress
Morton
Coburn
Dayton
Special Notices and Local Advertisements
Special notices urge timely debt payment to H. Paramore and promote Frank Henry's sale of goods at unusually cheap cash prices through Christmas. Entries list real estate for sale, a residence of the late Justice M. Core, a soap iron purchase, piano lessons, and various shop ads for jewelry, dyspepsia cure, fresh meats, wallpapers, sheet music, and coal stoves.
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Frank Henry
Frank Tlenry
Greensburg and Sandecreek Turnpike stockholders meet
A meeting of the Greensburg and Sandecreek Turnpike Company stockholders will be held at the Toll Gate on the road Thursday December 17 1868 at 7 PM to elect officers. WM SPEER, Sec.
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Greensburg and Sandecreek Turnpike Company
WM. Speer
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Greensburg
Standard
Zelrigs
England
Europe
Gee Storm
Democratic
Republican Party
Ciribune
Garibaldi
Mount Aetna
Berener
Boston
Summer
New Albany
Lafayette
Sulivan
Great Bridge
Ohio
Louisville
Sullivan County
Evansville and
Crawfordsville
M. E. Church
Paraguay
Lopez
H. Paramore
New Orleans
Gillespie & Thomson
Mclaughlin’s
McLaughlins
McLaughlin
Justice M. Core
Taylor Street
Dr. Coox
W. A. Moore
Admi
W. 4. Donnell, & Co
S. Mr. Parker
Wilder
National Bank
Par! Reitier
W. H. Hazelrigg & Co
Coe
W. H. Hazelrice & Co
Gilman
Bracken
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