26 Feb 1875
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Newspaper
Linneus Weekly Bulletin
Location
Linneus, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1875
Page
1
The issue reports far flung headlines from the era including smallpox deaths among foreigners in China, Andy Johnson becoming the first ex president to be elected Senator, and Senator Carpenter blaming a defeat on railroad influence. It also notes crime, taxation debates, and international visits as part of a broad miscellany.
Meeting of Masters and Past Masters of Granges in Linn County was held February 16 in Linneus to organize a County Grange. Officers elected include Master M Herriman and Secretary J P Withrow, with meetings alternating Linneus and Brookfield and next session set for March 2, 1875 in Brookfield.
In North Salem Missouri 1875, locals describe a dwindling town with a store run by J B Lakins a blacksmith wagon and cabinet shop two churches a school and three doctors led by Van Wye The piece also critiques Harper's Weekly and Harper's Magazine accusing them of political bias and stoking sectional hatred through cartoons and essays about the South and national conflicts.
Linnevus Missouri city council met in the council room to adopt a preamble and resolution. The council authorized city collector J B Moore to accept a duplicate receipt from Wm P Menefee for a delinquent railroad tax paid by C Boardman in 1874. The body adjourned to March 1 1875 to receive the collector s delinquent list. Mayor W S McClunan signed. Arrest note lists B J Northcott city clerk. Mayor Daniel Ashby of Chariton County denies death claim and aims to aid 1876 Democratic presidential election efforts.
Multiple Missouri items report public health notes in Liberty and Perry county, property values in St. Charles, tax assessments under new township rules, and local business activity in Lexington with tobacco shipping. Other notes include Pinkerton detectives in Centralia, zinc finds in Dallas and Polk counties, frozen wells in Centralia, and dramatic local incidents from crime to births and agricultural yields.
The committee chair investigating Mallett’s contract is Pratt of Virginia, who owned the quarry supplying most of the stone. The connection links the inquiry to the quarry proprietor who sold the bulk material.
The Grange movement shows broad reach in Tennessee Indiana Illinois Kentucky and Missouri with 1 041 Granges and about 30 000 members. News notes include co operative purchasing in Macon County Illinois a 300 cow cheese factory in St Clair county Illinois and plans for a hotel for Patrons of Husbandry in Philadelphia.
After his election Andrew Johnson spoke to a Nashville Banner reporter. He urged unification of patriotic elements from all parties and adherence to constitutional principles, seeking harmony across Tennessee and the Union, with life devoted to the country’s welfare.
A traveler praises the scenery to a farmer in the White Mountain region. The farmer jokes that if he owned the hills he would make them a bit peakier. A second line about forty girls chasing a man with a gold headed cane and one girl approaching a man with good horse sense appears garbled.
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