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Newspaper
Joliet Daily Sun
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1875
Page
2
The text shows a Want Column notice with rates for four lines at five cents each additional line. It references printing details and a 1835 Chicago address. It includes political commentary about free trade and mentions a future congress and unnamed candidates.
The New York World and the New York Herald condemn the Ohio Democratic stance on a repea tion platform likened to rag money. The Cincinnati Commercial argues Gov Allow should not back a shinplaster platform. It calls Carey tied to liquor laws and attacks Allen and Carey on a rag and whisky platform as grotesque.
President signs Kinney commission as Collector for the Ninth Illinois District replacing Mathews. Kinney, long-time deputy, is elevated as Hon W S King notes. Trial of Bill King for perjury tied to the Pacific Mail probe may be delayed to October due to key witness Irwin’s absence. A dangerous counterfeit fifty cent script circulates in the West with altered date 1801. Farragut prize awards and Navy requisition for 860000 appear in brief notices.
Boss Tweed appears in the Court House in custody after the Court of Appeals orders his discharge from the Penitentiary. In Oyer and Terminer he is arraigned to plead to a November 1873 indictment. Legal sparring follows as counsel challenge readiness and special-favor claims.
The excerpt lists commodities including oats flour eggs butter potatoes hides lumber seeds and coal with various price markers. It reflects wholesale trading terms and rough figures such as 12 and 15 for butter and potatoes and mentions different wheat varieties and market items in a street market setting.
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