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Newspaper
Joliet Daily Sun
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1875
Page
1
The Daily Sun and The Record exchange sharp rhetoric amid party frictions. The Record denounces Republican attacks on Governor Beveridge and accuses the leading Republican paper of aiding corrupt critiques against honest party officials.
In Homer, Will county, Henry Jacobs, a widowed farmer with a family, is the central figure in a shocking murder case. Jacobs had recently married a respectable widow. rumors of a troubled home and alleged poisoning surfaced after the wife vanished. Neighbors prompted an investigation, leading to Jacobs’s arrest and a detailed inquiry reported elsewhere.
The piece questions what issue can unite the divided opposition beyond defeating Grant. It predicts no shared platform on finance tariffs temperance or other causes, only loud blame of “blood-suckers” and corruption. It mocks the opposition’s gloomy talk as baseless chatter.
The Deacon returns from a trip to find old line agents opposing the Protection and decides to lay off a few days from the tobacco business to “go for ’em.” He’ll make a move aimed at countering the challenge.
The Homer inquest into Mrs. Henry Jacobs’s death found her suffocated and buried four feet down in clay near her home. Her husband Henry Jacobs was named as the killer, with the three Jacobs sons implicated. the verdict blamed the husband and noted domestic trouble as motive.
Will county will hold its annual Teacher's Institute in Joliet starting July 19 1875 for at least two weeks. Honorable H M Etter State Superintendent may attend part of the session and other leading educators are expected to join. All prospective county teachers are urged to be present. Joliet June 11 1875.
A man jokes about a four month run of nat faking medicine with a drug clerk failing to make a fatal error. The exchange hints at health strain and humor in a casual meeting.
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