Bankrupts, layoffs, and Cuban war footing across 1873 items
Jay Cooke & Co declared bankrupt. Mills near Troy NY rehired 5,000 workers. Trenton Enterprise suspends until spring. Tobacco receipts at Paducah reach 15 000 hogsheads. Belknap oversees arson arsenals and ships ready for Cuban waters with 3 000 000 dollars spent. First National Bank Kansas City enters voluntary liquidation. Massachusetts governor race results announced. Jefferson City counties face promised reorganization. Thurman daughter marries Me Cormick. Hampshire farmer converts 18 000 bushels of potatoes to starch. Ingersoll sentenced to five years, Parrington eighteen months. Henry Alexander pleads guilty to horse stealing. Lincoln assassination deed recorded in Washington. Cuban cultivated lands total 1 730 000 acres with sugar and coffee estates and 647 000 laborers. Chief Justice question leans toward Conkling. Iron and Steel Assoc notes 3 000 miles rail in 1873, down from 7 770 in 1870.
Court Upholds County Bond Responsibility In Jefferson City
In Jefferson City on the 21st alt Judge Dillon affirmed Judge Napton in the county bond question. Bonds issued by counties or municipalities by proper officials, even without a popular vote, must be paid. The November Department of Agriculture report shows corn output deficits across multiple states with Illinois and Missouri among the largest declines. A Columbia Herald note describes William H. Dennis of Pennington’s Ford presenting an extraordinary single ear with eleven surrounding ears, all well ripened and sound.
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County Bonds Points Decided by Missouri and U S Courts
The Missouri Supreme Court and the U S Circuit Court decisions clarify how counties may issue railroad bonds. They cover charter rights before 1865, consolidation effects on subscriptions, estoppel in mislisted town incorporation, and protections for innocent bondholders amid fraud or irregularities. The piece urges legislative fixes to limit county railroad aid.
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Bates County
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Open Book of Honesty Inspires Borrowing Interest
The Peoria Review muses on a man whose face shows honesty and noble soul, inviting admiration and a playful notion of borrowing money. The remark appears in a brisk, ironic tone about social virtues in everyday life.
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Jimmy the New York Rogue Executed by Wolves
A Buffalo hunters party in Bent county Colorado executed Jimmy a cook for their party after finding he had poisoned their coffee with arsenic. Lacking experts they used powder and lead to punish him, then left his remains to the wolves.
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Clay Township Teachers Institute Adjourns After Evening Program
The Clay Township Teachers Institute met at Strawberry Seminary with a dense night crowd for a first of its kind program. Teachers presented music essays orations and readings while planning for the next session on December 13 1873 with a full morning afternoon and night schedule and a request for patron cooperation.
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Linneas Bulletin
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Common Schools and National Unity in Education
In this Linneus Bulletin piece from November 2, 1873, the author argues that education forms the foundation of morality and civilization. He urges expanding a universal public school system to unify diverse nationalities, elevate the poor, and keep pace with America’s growing wealth and opportunities.
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America
Taauswai
Reform Promise and Civil Service Vision in Wisconsin
The Madiapn Democrat lauds the new party’s platform promising reform and faithful redemption of votes. It urges bold action to curb costs, reduce the legislative clerical staff, and shrink state Capitol employment, hoping Civil Service Reform will guide the next session.
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Wis
Immigrant Arrivals Reach 460000 in Year End June
Four hundred sixty thousand immigrants arrived in the United States for the year ending June last, a gain of sixty thousand over the previous year. Of these, seventy seven thousand came from Ireland, twenty five thousand from England, and fifty thousand from Germany. Gov Osborn of Kansas appointed Robert Crozier of Leavenworth as Senator pro tem to fill the vacancy caused by Calwell’s forced resignation.
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