Fleeting Kansas Territory Election Sparks Border Tensions
Reports claim widespread illegal voting across the border as Missourians cross into Kansas to influence the election. Observers note meager turnout at Lecompton and Tecumseh while fears mount of further incursions and political pressure from Missouri.
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Oxford
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Fort Scott
Bates County
Doniphan
Aéchinon County
Platte County
Interior Counties
Lecompton
Topeka
Emporia
Ossawattomie
Tecumseh
A Large Senatorial District Size and News Journal Praise
A description of a vast senatorial district centered on Council Bluffs notes its extent, counties, and land area larger than several states. It also reviews Pho Momo Journal 1858, praising its editors and promising literary letters from four “brilliant stars” to boost interest.
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Council Bluffs
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
Delaware
Rhode Island
Pho Momo
Geo
P. Monnis
N. P. Wits
Jome
Read of the county stock purchase in railroads
The Linn County Register reports on a proposed $75,000 increase in railroad stock for the county. It also notes a relocation of the paper’s offices and provides commentary on the Kansas War, the Douglas programme, and upcoming legislative events in Demoinia City. The piece ends with a call to keep readers informed of state affairs.
Notorious Cattocs and Kansas figures loom in Lecompton history
In Lecompton Calhoun and nearby figures are profiled as notorious or notable in a sketch of local history. Cattocs, leader of the Leecompton Convention, slow in villainy and virtue, and JJG, born in Boston and linked to Springfield and Illinois, are described with past roles from mayor to presidential elector. The piece notes M Mouray opening a depot shop for eastern papers and magazines, promising steady access for citizens.
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Jjg Dem
Boston
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Springfield
Mass
Iinois
Springfeld
Hoe
Prince Berryyor
Kansas
Nebraska
M. Mouray
Dances
Philadelphia Saturday Post Returns With Fresh Appeal
The Philadelphia Saturday Post reappears after an intermission of about a year and is praised as a strong family paper. The note thanks the publishers for a copy and invites continued subscriptions for news, agriculture, stories, and varied topics.
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Philadelphia Saturday Post
Post
New Years Eve Cotillion Hosted By Messrs Stoxy
New Years Eve party at the Cotillion hosted by the Messrs. Stoxy was the town’s grandest affair. The event drew many old friends together and featured lively social mingling and renewed ties as guests enjoyed a very pleasant evening.
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Stoxy
Steve
J.s.d
Towns City Reporter Suspension Over Financial Embarrassments
The Towns City Reporter is suspended amid financial embarrassments. The note laments the pause, citing signs of repentance and a claim that Kansas citizens were denied political rights under bogus territorial laws.
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Towns
Kansas
Market sales rise with heavy demand at Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Commercial reports a large morning demand with heavier sales than any day of the week. Prices rise but market closes less buoyant as twenty lots averaging 230 to 180 lbs bring 0.80 to 4.55 per weight unit.
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Mega
Cincinnati Comercial
Pleasant weather season boosts town activity
The past three weeks have been delightful with fall-like warmth, the best since last winter. Farmers make the most of the sunshine hauling produce to market and gathering wood for the year as townsfolk enjoy Indian Summer like conditions.
Market Reports Corrected After Outsourced Review
The editors admit numerous complaints about market reports and say they mis trusted a firm for corrections. They will handle corrections internally from now on to ensure accuracy.
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Thhem
Auction Notice of Discounted Goods From Sheriff Sale
Goods once owned by R. Honses and bought by TH. Ristima at sheriff sale are offered at prices far below cost for cash. Mr. D. Awristas has a large stock now saleable by auction on Mondays Wednesdays and Saturdays and by private sale in between. Call to view the goods.
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R. Honses
TH. Ristima
D. Awristas
Insurance Agents and Local Notices In Doon
A fragmentary column mentions Enaure ensuring Nom D. Lorian as agent for several unions, plus a clothing cutter on Main Street opposite the American House in Doon. It also notes thanks for public documents and quotes a New York Tribune remark on democracy and banking, ending with a joke about a youth and a governor.
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Enaure
D. Lorian
Ruxcon
Main Street
County tax protest on railroad bonds and funding limits
A local letter argues against Linn County bonds for railroad stock, noting high interest rates have crippled borrowing. It dismisses the Dubuque and Western scheme, cites Iowa Central failures, warns against county liability, and urges voters to reject the proposition or face debt and lost dividends.
Governor Cumming urges land grant for Pacific Railroad route
Acting Governor Cumming urges Congress to grant land to aid railroads, favoring a Pacific route through the Platte Valley as the most feasible national path. He discusses banking reforms, bank inspections, note restrictions, and opposed relief laws, and notes wagon road progress from the Platte to Running Water and Fort Kearney with acres pre-empted and sold in 1857.
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Nebraska
Cumming
Congress
Valley of the Platte
United States
Platte River
Omaha Reserve
Liexuquicourt
Col. Geo
Pillisey
Fort Kearney
Territory
Kron bets editor on Chinese Sugar Cane claims
Mr Kron of Wabash county Illinois offers to bet the Charleston Courier editor 3500 that one acre planted with the Chinese weed will yield 600 gallons of molasses and a useful article at 76 cents per gallon, or sold by Coles County merchants in 1657, and that the cost will be ten dollars per gallon.
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Charleston Courier
Kron
Wabash County
Coles County
D.C
Fusion scheme exposed for Judge Douglas in Illinois
The Chicago Democrat outlines a proposed fusion plan between the Douglas followers and Republicans to maneuver control of Illinois politics. It describes a staged sequence: Lincoln as Senator, Douglas elected to Congress, Douglas nominated for President, and delegates sent to a national convention to sway public opinion, all while keeping current officeholders out of the process.
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Free Soil
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Defection from the Administration Sparks Southern Outcry
The Charleston Mercury denounces the Kansas Nebraska act as a failed, deceitful policy. It accuses Northern leaders of betraying Southern interests and urges the Democratic party to face a funeral-like reckoning for governors and policy shifts in light of Kansas issues and the Black Republican alignment.
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The
Charleston Mercury
Democratic Party
Kansas
Reeder
Shannon
Geary
Walker
Clevelan Ierjald
Proposals For Railroad Stock In Linn County
A proclamation from Linn County Iowa calls a special election on February 3 1888 to decide stock subscriptions for the Chicago Iowa and Nebraska Railroad and the Dubuque Western Railroad. Voters will approve bonds up to fifty thousand dollars for the first railroad and twenty five thousand for the second, with interest at ten percent and taxes limited to half a percent. Ballot forms specify in favor or against each railroad. Proclamation also requires publication in local newspapers and posting of notices four weeks prior.
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Linn
Chicago
Towa and Nebraska
Clinton
Clinton County
Towa
O Linn
Cedar Rapidy
of Linn
Tobugque Western Railroad
Dubuque
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Cedar Rapids
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Linn County
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Nebraska
Binns
Dubuque Western
Sail
County Court of Linn
Portha Dahugiy Western Railroad
Western Railroad
Senator Jones Endorses Buchanan Policy in New York Letter
A 1867 Washington letter from Ciro. W. Johns to New York Democrats praises Buchanan measures and pledges support for the Democratic administration. Johns declines personal attendance but expresses strong approval of the proposed mass meeting and the administration’s aims for national peace and prosperity. Public officials Purdy and the invitation committee sign the note.
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Ciro. W. Johns
F. Purdy
Married on the Ditch of December 1637 in Cedar Baptita
The ceremony took place at the American Mange church with Rev. A. Keady officiating. Married couple Joan A. Parrasais and Siva Maas Tropenta reside in Cedar Bapita.
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