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Newspaper
Joliet Daily Sun
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1875
Page
3
An irregular notice promotes subscription savings across leading papers and magazines. It highlights reduced rates for Sun subscribers and mentions a limited time period for the offer with various pricing figures.
Vineland New Jersey editor Carruth writes in the Independent that two months with a bullet in his brain give him less capacity to run a paper and he will likely stay near the hospital. He thanks subscribers and editorial colleagues while joking about mortality and the editor's graveyard humor.
A failed summer uprising at the Nebraska State Prison was thwarted by severe winter conditions. Deputy warden Nobes, who had learned prison work at Joliet, went to Joliet to marry, and a city conspiracy surfaced during that visit, prompting his swift telegraphed return to Nebraska.
A damaged clippings passage describes revolt and a shooting amid prison conditions in Nebraska. It notes a violent inmate killed, condemns the prison as insecure, and mentions doleful scenes with prisoners gathered at night. The Aurora Beacon is cited as a source.
The line runs from Hannibal to Houston via St Louis and Junction City, Kansas, with Pullman cars and Westinghouse brakes. It offers over one million acres of lands along the Neosho Valley for settlement with ten years credit and special travel rates for 1875. General information and maps available from the Sedalia Missouri passenger department.
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