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Newspaper
Kokomo Journal
Location
Kokomo, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1870
Page
2
The piece urges broad citizen action to demand honest capable leaders and warns reforms fail without justice. It condemns moral reform as slow and notes a church vandalism at the Methodist Church with organ damage. Suspects are discussed but unnamed, and calls for justice prevail.
The United Mechanics Council No. 1 of Indiana marked its first anniversary at Warsaw with a modest procession and an address by Mr. Weckerly praising the organization’s aims. A thunder shower interrupted the festivities and briefly caused confusion among attendees.
The piece endorses reform and states a Democrat figure is following his own prescriptions with potential positive outcomes. It contrasts parties and agents as capable of corruption, though not more so than the Democrat subject. The text shifts to unrelated directions about beans and splinters.
Lawmakers close sessions amid claims the adjournment cedes vast public lands to corporations. Critics decry the Marapoess swindle as an outrage while supporters praise the outcomes of the closing cession.
In Ervin the farming country shows strong yields with corn oats flax and promising wheat while fruit is uneven except peaches. Politics lean Republican with a held majority. A school incident near Esq Butcher’s drew a jury. the teacher was upheld to maintain order. John Nasby reports.
The Democrat mocks a Sunday night service noting Mont. of the Journal sat in front of them and snored like a donkey. The editor, claiming long tradition, defends the remark as a brotherly jab within his group.
Tipton county officials are asked to appropriate funds from the county treasury to buy a new shutter for George Faulkner. A shutter from the Sherman house has worn out from use to transport Brady, the Times man, to the Depot, reportedly used at least fifteen times over the last thirty nights.
A July 7 incident in a neighboring county seat town saw an eight-year-old boy, with two companions, enter a fashionable saloon and order three glasses of ale and three cigars. The bartender served the items and the boy urged the proprietor to charge the “Old Man” with the articles. The tale hints at consequences for the adult parties involved as moral judgment is implied.
Two youths 17 to 20 years old raided several houses east of the city, stealing jewelry watches and revolvers. They were pursued by citizens and captured near Dr. Stover’s home, then brought to town by Officer Moon and jailed. They gave names Holmes and Kioss and are known locally as New York boys.
The town of Cassville in Howard County shows a white population around 200 with no recorded Black residents. Located five miles north of Kokomo along the Peru and Indianapolis Railway, Cassville was among early Howard County towns and features shops, churches, a school, a saw mill, and a grain depot. It formerly housed several stores and crafts but now has limited commerce and growth potential with plans for new dwellings and a grain depot expansion.
Members of the Evangelical Association will hold a camp meeting starting August 5 at Leantimus grove on Gabriel Lochstedler's land, six miles northeast of Kokomo. All well disposed persons are invited to attend.
The Democrat cites a boast that Kokomo has a higher share of smoking chewing swearing and rough behavior among boys than any city of similar size. It warns the assertion must be proven or rejected by examining the editor in chief of the Democrat leader.
In a dialogue between Louie and a Democrat the discussion covers progress on the Court project and critiques public improvements as tied to party politics, referencing Modern Reform and Specific Salaries as focal topics.
A fragmented satirical note contrasts John W. Kern’s fondness for baseball with a Democrat editor’s odd obsessions. It pairs two men with quirky traits a sore shin player and a man who carries a brick in his hat, linked to their idols and roles on the field.
In discussing the Lightning Express era on the LP Ft C Railway the writers corrected a misstatement from thirty six hours to twenty six hours for the Chicago to New York run.
The Jerome Lodge No 203 F and A M appoints a committee to honor the death of Bro Jacob B Kepler who died July 6 and was killed in a horse accident at the Wildcat bridge. The lodge drapes in mourning for 30 days and sends copies to the family and city papers.
Monday session disposed of many matters including a divorce case Stapleton versus Stapleton and remarks on Jim's method of divorces. Notable attorneys and officers present. Other cases include Berry Toward not tried this term and a State vs highwaymen case next week. Also coverage of Brainard's Musical World July with new songs and pieces. Gen Kimball travels to New York to pay state debt, noting over 10 million paid since Republicans took power.
A Methodist church sermon last Sunday night urged stopping outward missions to Mexico and criticized foreign fundraising. The writer argues for more local evangelism to reduce crime and convert residents, calling for internal missions over sending money abroad.
Early Friday a boiler explosion at the Steam Flouring Mill of David Thomas and Rollin Tucker near Galveston killed Rollin Tucker and seriously injured David Thomas. Several others were thrown but unhurt. Loss estimated at ten thousand dollars.
The author argues literature is neglected in the city and urges energetic moral young men to form a Literary or Debating Society. They propose weekly sessions to argue questions and deliver addresses to cultivate public speaking, hoping to prepare members to speak confidently when called upon.
A plea from Protestant Christians urges leading church members to attract boys who roam Sundays to Sabbath School. They cite jail-linked plunder cases, warn of ruin without better time use, and stress active parental involvement and teacher presence in lessons. The text also notes Indiana Masons since 1809 have grown to about 425 lodges with ~22,000 affiliated members and ~2,000 non-affiliating.
Thirteen counties in the State do not pay liquor license tax into the school fund. They are Benton Blackford Lagrange Grant Hamilton Hancock Hendricks Henry Jay Newton Steuben Parke and Union.
The article argues weeds can be controlled with timely summer work and mulching around trees. It notes that careful tillage and cutting weeds before seeding reduces future weed growth and praises mulch, especially coarse manure, to protect roots and promote fruit growth in orchards.
The insect world gains a remarkable Kern form recently uncovered around Kokomo as researchers report the discovery of a new and wonderful specimen. The finding highlights ongoing explorations into regional entomology.
The article urges money and a hundred farmers and mechanics to join a laudable project at once. It notes Ko komo's beauty of Colorado potato bugs seen by a visitor from Anderson, then warns of disease from dirty water in stock and praises David Smith of Howard Township for building a fine farm house costing about five thousand dollars.
A brief lament by Isaac Ticks of Old Westbury New York. He notes frequent regret at traveling through burned fields that send smoke and annoyance to travelers and residents. He describes the scene as a heap of rubbish and waste.
The Ohio Farmer reports Col Harriss in Atlanta claiming Southern farms lag fifty years behind and calls for a new breed of men to revitalize Southern industries. The Carolina Farmer mocks the idea while urging Northerners to move South to profit from cheap land and cotton, sugar, and cotton crop prospects. A separate note suggests feeding hogs shelled corn with lime to cure hog cholera, a daily treatment until improvement.
An American visitor recalls Earl Vernon and the duke of Wellington working with laborers, Gladstone at Hawarden cutting a 14 foot circumference beach, and the belief that physical labor fosters vigor and sound mind.
The Indiana Editorial Association has completed arrangements for a July 29 departure from Indianapolis to New York via Cleveland and the rail routes Leo Line Atlantic and Great Western. Members should notify D. M. Caldwell, Lebanon, Indiana, to join the trip. The rest is commentary on European newspaper diffusion and a local dog anecdote.
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