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Newspaper
Linneus Weekly Bulletin
Location
Linneus, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1874
Page
2
Ohio politicians retire poorer than before. St Joe reports hogs and a new bank. Memphis cities swing Republican. Navy yard layoffs and large grain shipments mark the year. Debts rise while revenues fall as court cases and political signals shape policy.
Jefferson City letter argues for bold legislative action at the January session to overhaul state offices reduce clerical waste curb perquisites and capture lost taxes from corporations and express lines. The writer urges productive industry over habit forming businesses and questions revenue laws while highlighting tax gaps and governance issues.
Crandall of the Gazette helped nominate McClarg and then supported Brown. Flowest Warren nominated Mullins for Treasurer and defeated him by printing bogus tickets with Clarkson's name. Pious Warren defeated Hardy by similar tactics. Little Warren boasts holy horror of defectors yet aids them after their default. Honest Pious Little Warren accused of keeping quiet on Clarkson securities fraud.
A Gazette fragment notes a colored individual among cord wood at the McClurg Convention. Warren attended with a large Brookfield delegation printing tickets in 1870. It hints at a missing $15,000 in township bonds for an Air Line Railroad and mentions a figure named Sambo in the surrounding context.
A Bucklin letter column reports on New Year excitement, a knife incident involving Charles Lockwood and Robert Buckner, and local shop chatter. It notes tobacco trade activity led by O M Towner and a growing brick schoolhouse, with student work and band improvements. Crime and theft loom as neighbors discuss vigilance and a proposed lodge sinking fund.
Local item notes a citizens meeting Thursday evening to discuss forming a separate Meadville School District and states the election to decide the measure will be held Saturday. Other items mention Spafford & Co. stock, illnesses among children from whooping cough, pneumonia in Mr Iglehart’s daughter, Dr. Thompson’s office, Leevy at Hy Black store, and Dr. Rogers’ bronchial illness.
A Brookfield Missouri correspondent lauds the Brookfield Gazette as superior to the weekly Gazette and notes rising local business and market activity. The letter mentions a Grange gathering on December 27 1873 with Mr Crandall of the Brookfield Gazette observed leaving through a back door.
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