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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1875
Page
1
A garbled 19th century style screed laments party loyalties and calls for office, noting Mosby, Grant, and Papal policy as imagined tests. References to Whisky fraud cases in Illinois and a rhetoric of office versus death appear amid scandalous, noisy asides.
The text mingles verse on Bullock Woolman and other figures with editorial asides on weather, heraldry of grammar, and political probes. It notes reactions to Beecher trials, federal office resignations, and European power shifts, hinting at wartime alignments and Russian help in Burma, all in a garbled 19th century newspaper style.
The article notes a split in the Republican ranks as leaders seek a safe guide for the coming canvass. It discusses Democratic gains and shifts in public sentiment, with a growing independent class widening the Republican vote and influencing outcomes.
The article criticizes Republican officials and party discipline, praising Secretary Barstow for exposing whisky frauds and pushing reform. It portrays voters as independent and honest, rejects corruption tied to Tom Murphy and the Custom House rings, and lauds Bristow for ending profligate practices.
A jumble of disparate notes mentions Boslen’s 2,000 music teachers Hingiga’s Swedish-American college Unjaidl Taylor’s Colorado tip Stanford’s wealth Gowles and Vinnie Ream in New York A Chicago prophet predicts the word won’t last two years A Rosebud Club forms in Louisville The piece cites a Massachusetts reporter on Nebbue Kaddessa and marriage notices in a Cleveland youth’s scrapbook It notes railroad groundbreakings and stockholder breaches with humor and local political quips about organizing the Republican Party in a state.
The Chicago and North Western Railway touts its status as the oldest and shortest Omaha to Chicago route. It highlights an enhanced track, central Chicago depot, earlier arrivals, and superior Pullman sleepers daily coaches and second class cars. Through tickets available via Cedar Rapids Clinton Fulton and Chicago offices with J W Martars and Will Stecker as agents.
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