04 May 1866
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Newspaper
Jefferson Era
Location
Jefferson, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1866
Page
1
The column urges unity and prompt action for the June 28 Republican National Convention at the capital. It calls for careful selection of leaders to uphold justice and liberty and to advance the state and nation’s interests.
The piece warns of a likely, bloody war between Austria and Prussia with about seventy five million people. Both powers threaten to escalate to battle, threatening Central and Southern Europe and drawing in other great powers. The outlook is highly threatening regardless of outcome.
The London Herald reports summer plans to lay the Atlantic Telegraph Cable with the Great Hastorn and two companions using grappling gear. Separate commentary notes Senator Davin of Kentucky urged rebels to form a competing Congress in Washington and President should recognize it. Chicago Republic and Europe news discuss rising westward travel and emigration figures for January to April.
A historical list records veto counts by early presidents from Washington to Johnson, noting two vetoes blocked by two thirds in Congress. It recounts a March bombardment of a port city, with 16 to 20 million in property destroyed and British residents condemning the conduct while praising Commodore Rodgers and Consul Kilpatrick.
A compilation of scattered items including North Western Wisconsin floods, life insurance on Daniel Dickinson, Atlantic Telegraph cable storage, a Pennsylvania father of 31 children, snow in the Green Mountains, a Czar assassination tale, Carlyle’s LL D denial, a New York Tribune writer, party alignments in California papers, Detroit-Chicago navigation, Southerners migrating North, the death of Willard of Troy, a U.S.-British fishery clash possibility, Jeff Davis health, a New Orleans crevasse, Detroit fire losses, ministerial passport talks, Meigs burial progress, Virginia Unionist moves, a hanging sentence for Antoine Probst, Fenian leadership rumors, cholera reports, Savannah lighthouse work, Grant aide Babcock’s California inspection tour, and other late 19th century items.
The House passed a Niagara Falls ship canal bill and a $10 million appropriation for clothing, feeding, and educating freedmen. Colorado is admitted as a state. Seward faces the Mexican question with war chances looming, while Santee Sioux targets remain under presidential clemency. Union dead lie at Arlington and Bull Run, and Kearsarge crew suffer yellow fever.
The 8th Iowa Cavalry and 8th Iowa Infantry are to be mustered out. The State Temperance Convention will meet in Des Moines on June 15. In Buchanan county, over half a million dollars in real estate changed hands in the year ending March 31. Hon. J. A. Harvey will go to Washington to adjust Iowa land relations with the General Government. Horse thefts threaten livestock. secure horses. C K Peck M P G M of the Grand Council organized in Oskaloosa. Magenry flourishes, promoting friendship and good works. Suspected organized band of thieves in Monroe, Jasper county. Adjutant General Baker warns soldiers to keep discharge papers.
In Scotland a 1706 fir commemorating the Union blew down in a recent gale, its root eighteen feet in circumference. Brussels reports Madame Desmoulin, aged 108, in robust health. New York forms a $2,500,000 company to lend for cotton plantations secured by mortgages and crop pledges. Slavery grows in Egypt to satisfy cotton demand with slave lifespans short and deaths common. Washington’s tomb relics found at Alexandra, Virginia, disappeared in war but are now restored, kept secret from authorities.
Reader notes two folk remedies for breakfast cakes and neuralgia relief. A Vermillion Falls report touts mining activity with a store and saw mill already built. A Kentucky widow marries an orphan raised by her, then later marries the same girl’s son years after. Senator Foot of Vermont dies after a solemn moment. A Wisconsin youth rides a train free, praising the ride as hot iron. Cuban sugar plantations suffer fires, sugar shortages and high prices amid October gales.
Harper's Magazine subscription details including annual rates and club offers. Outlines extra copies for clubs, back numbers, complete sets, binding options, and delivery via office mail with postage specifics. Advertising praises from contemporary sources emphasize literary quality and wide readership.
A clipped line shows durations with one yen price for six months and three months, and a single month option. The fragment implies pricing or subscription terms, but lacks clear context or parties involved.
Partial map shows improved and wild lands offered for sale. Attention urged to buyers seeking Stanford and Howard parcels.
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