Coming Congress Will Shift Power To Southern States
Political commentary notes power transfer from New England to Georgia Alabama Florida Tennessee South Carolina Missouri and Virginia. It cites protectionist debates and criticizes special privileges linked to poverty disease and crime. Illinois politics are described as Chicago-centric with Taft and GOP losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
New England
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
South Carolina
Missouri
Virginia
Ways and Means
Paxton
Peoria Daily Journal
Deneen
Illinois
Livingston
Mon
Three Forks
MI Hols
Chicago
Politics Js
Cook
Taft
wight-Stay-Herald
Indiana
John’ W. Kern
Ten Ton Freight Boats Sail Past Late 1810s Portage Claims
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled unanimously last year that the Desplaines river was not navigable or used for commerce. testimony cites a 1819 fleet of ten ton boats from St Louis to Lake Michigan via Chicago Desplaines portage, with historians noting extensive traffic and a 1787 commerce. The government fights a dam project while scholars present old trade routes and immigrant aids guiding movement through the Great Lakes region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Illinois
Desplaines
Chicago Tribune
Joseph Phillips
Northwest Territory
Clarence W. Alvord
University of Illinois
Economy Light and Power Co
Secretary of War
Testionny
St Louis
Lake Michigan
Gazeteer
Illinois
Lewis C. Beck
New York Historical Society
Mackinac Island
St. Louis
George W. Ogden
New* Bedford
Conn
Great Lakes
Ebenezer Childs
Lake“ Michigan
Lake “Michigan
Chicago
Hartley’s Albany Trip Notes Worldly Views and Railride
A travel diary recounts Hartley’s November city to Albany journey on the Central line. Stops include Sing Sing Ossing Yonkers Iona Island West Point Newburgh Poughkeepsie and Palmyra. The narrator notes scenery and local sights, mentions weather, and ends with a cough remedy endorsement by Mrs Turpin of Junction City Ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartley
New York City
Albany
Central
Ossing
Sing Sing
Hudson
Yonkers
Iona Island
Larry Cliff
Newburgh
Washington
Poughkeepales Vassar
Francis Turpin
Junction
City
Ore
A. J. Ironmonger
T. J. Segraves
Rural Free Delivery’s Growth in the Sixteenth District
Rural free delivery, ten years old, is now an established institution. In Dunlap, Peoria County, the first rural route was established, with Jopposed to contracts, favoring civil service for carriers. The piece underscores political support, legislative views, and anticipated expansion in the next Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap
Peoria County
Postoffice Department
Congress
Postoffice Départment
Athat
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Cie Republica
Jitinots General Assembly
Democrata
the Hudson
Palmyra
Father Hartley
Chamberlain's
Neustadts Golden Eagle
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