30 Apr 1875
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Newspaper
Linneus Weekly Bulletin
Location
Linneus, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1875
Page
1
Friday morning April 30, 875 runs a mosaic of items. Ben Wade refuses Ohio governorship. trains cross St Louis bridge on May 9. Sioux-extracted gold touted. Sherman and wife attend Cincinnati wedding. Brockmeyer denies drafting new constitution. Charlie Ross spotted with a Nova Scotia fortuneteller. PLOS dept reveals pilfering scheme costing millions.
The 1838 Linn County vote split into Bowyer and Dennison factions led by Judge William Bowyer and K T Dennison. A notable fist fight at Webber’s Grocery sparked lasting party divisions influencing early county elections and local power, including the rise of Meredith Brown and Clark Barbee in the first general election.
In a Kansas column from Enniswoop, the writer reports on spring work, corn planting, oats and barley sowing, and fall wheat prospects in Linn. He jokes about hoppers, warns of political corruption and bond schemes, and mentions relief aid, seed oats donations, and praise for Mother Bickerdyke as a county savior.
Tilton describes Beecher as plausibly persuasive in all aspects from free love theories to orthodoxy and jokes. He hints at forthcoming rebuttal evidence and promises dramatic revelations from Martha Bradshaw Frank Carpenter and others to challenge Beecher and bolster Tilton’s consistency.
The article reflects on 1775 as the dawn of a remarkable era with figures like Paine Washington Hamilton Franklin and Voltaire shaping history. It contrasts then with 1875 expectations and notes Congressman Lawson of New York naming Roscoe Conkling as Republican presidential candidate in 1876.
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