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Newspaper
Kokomo Journal
Location
Kokomo, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1870
Page
2
The brief appears from Kokomo on a Friday edition dated September 2. It references Pershing and Montgomery editors and notes 23CP as part of the line. The readability is limited but indicates a local newspaper item with editorial attributions.
The editors and all staff are sick prompting a pause in normal coverage. Quinine is hoped to restore health and allow the paper to resume full attention to its readers.
The writer ridicules Democratic aspirants and their “key notes,” arguing the speakers’ discordant voices would clash. He cites historical cant and mocks leaders from Greenville and county figures, warning of another October note that will push them away.
The author critiques Democrat candidates in multiple counties for opposing high salaries only when out of power. They argue salary reductions require state legislation, oppose local canvassing, and urge state wide reforms as the true measure of sincerity and intent.
The Louisville Medical College trustees establish a Beneficiary Scholarship for each Congressional District in the Southern and surrounding states to aid poor but deserving youths. Applicants should contact their district representative or the state medical society president or Dr. E S Gaillard for details. names of beneficiaries remain confidential with the Dean.
A woman, far from Atchison, Missouri, described her husband’s Masonic burial with humor saying the funeral was a splendid time. The remark came as she told a friend about the obsequies.
In a Greenfield event on the 13th, Judge Wilson argued against protective tariffs. He urged revenue tariffs only and warned that taxing one citizen to aid another harms the public and the West’s interests.
A political piece rails at a Democratic reform supporter praised for labor sympathy while accusing him of using workers to seize power. It contrasts his public compassion with his private attacks on Reform candidate Mr. Ramsey and describes his rhetoric as hollow and self serving.
The Union Agricultural Society of Johnson County announces the Eleventh Annual Fair beginning at Edinburg on the 28th and ending October 1st. Premiums total $3,000 in cash and the event is open to the world. It invites farmers and mechanics to attend and view the exhibits in Johnson.
The state enforces a law limiting practice to MDs or county-licensed physicians. In political news Haanau trails in the tenth district race while David S. Gooding leads Judge Wilson in the fourth district. A tale links Dr Livingston to a South African princess, and tariff arguments shift Democrat stance to free trade. Bedford Court House corner stone to be laid on the 29th with Masonry noted.
A brief satirical couplet mocks transforming pork into pig iron and turning a shoemaker by drinking sherry cobblers, reflecting a humorous line about appetite and craft.
A statement asserts twelve people die each day in the United States from coal oil explosions. General Spinner is mockingly called the man who signs greenbacks as if they were a string of eels.
Beachgoers wear masks in the Newport surf to protect delicate ions believed to resist washing away.
Last week members of the African Methodist Episcopal Conference spanning Michigan Illinois Indiana and Iowa convened in Indianapolis for a pleasant session. Bishops Campbell Quinn and Payne presided and preached inspiring discourses. Also noted is the new Kokomo Medical Dispensary opened by Dr Hulbert for chronic diseases praised for its service and recommendations from medical leaders and patients.
John W. Kern candidate for Representative will speak at multiple Indiana venues from September 1 to October 8. Meetings include Russiaville New London Ervin Alto Tampico Center School House Casaville Sycamore Corners Jerome Greentown Prairie School House Fairfield Marshall's School House Albright's School House Wood Chopping KOKOMO. Central Committee in each township arranges the events. Ladies invited.
The Indiana State Normal School and Scientific College opens on September 5, 1870 with a full teaching staff. New entrants paying one year tuition in advance receive a catalogue rate deduction. Local residents may offer to board or rent rooms to students, submitting names and weekly prices to A. C. Hopkins or Cal. 8, Blackwell.
The second reunion of the gallant 75th Indiana Regiment of Volunteers will be held in Noblesville on Tuesday October 4. The regiment was raised in this district and expected to be well attended by surviving members. It included Capt. Frank Bryant, a lamented comrade.
Judge Whiteside resigns after nearly five years of service with general satisfaction. Mr Baldwin is appointed to succeed him as the new judge.
Several fights runaways and projected marriages would have drawn notice this week if not for shake. The fragment hints at social upheaval or disruption affecting community announcements and personal plans.
Rural New Yorker summarizes a discussion on crop rotations and soil fertility. Emphasis on not growing wheat on the same land every year, benefits of drilling seed, subsoil plowing, mulching, and rolling wheat, plus seed varieties and manuring caveats.
All kinds of nursery stock are offered at Brown and Templin's. The sale highlights varied plants and greenery available for local gardeners and landscapers.
The Exponent of Constitutional Government and States Rights pledges to uphold true Democracy and fight against monetary and military despotism. The weekly will feature world news summaries and quality literary selections, including a novel or story, appealing to its large Democratic readership.
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