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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1875
Page
2
A state legislature resolution sets next Thursday April 15 as the day of adjournment. The Brooklyn scandal may extend longer. Ex Senator Foster was defeated in Connecticut as a Democratic candidate for congress after switching from the Republican Party.
State troops ordered from Philadelphia to Luzerne county to suppress violent miner actions as strikes escalate. The district remains in a warlike state amid ongoing disruptions in the coal region.
Don Carlo orders all men eighteen and over to join his service under penalty of death while Alfonso decrees death for those who obey. The Navarrese fear the crackdown and consider fleeing to the woods as a survival option.
The passage questions if reading sensational crime tales could spark interest in poisoning, referencing Mrs Malinski the Chicago toxicologist and Mrs Sherman called a Lucrezia Borgia of Connecticut. It weighs public fascination with Beecher Tilton trial coverage and its influence on women readers in Chicago.
The piece questions those blaming the GOP crisis on the third term idea and argues Hawley’s loss should not be seen as a rebuke of opposition to the third term. It notes Hawley was an early GOP opponent and asks readers to avoid this simplistic link.
In a Monday morning session in Springfield the House refused to advance a bill forcing an Illinois insurer on other states. The Speaker then ordered the bill entered into the journal as forwarded, marking an unusual procedural move and hinting at a new way to make laws.
Mr. Bers testified last Thursday forming a narrative of his life. The defendant’s ongoing testimony could influence public opinion about guilt or innocence. Recent days’ testimony has shifted public perception more favorably toward Mr. Beecher than expected.
Reports of yellow fever rapidly progressing toward the United States lack authentication and may be dismissed unless quickly confirmed. They allegedly aimed to scare Mexican excursionists who secured a U S war vessel for pleasure. The excursion party split up with members returning home and others choosing private citizen travel.
The French government shows lively interest in the Centennial exposition and aims to have the French nation well represented. The memory of a prior service tendered to the U S remains a lasting bond of friendship, and the centennial spirit should feature prominently with French expertise in these arrangements.
Reports from Texan border residents recount raids from the Mexican bank of the Rio Grande. An official claims a postmaster at Nueces reported brigands surrounding a large house, killing a companion, stealing property, and freeing a captive, fueling skepticism about such tales.
The text argues a Mexican government must face strict accountability for harboring an organization of bandits tied to plans affecting American settlements, signaling diplomatic strain and potential action.
In Bloomington a case arises over a Minnesota farmer named Griffith who, after a fortune built on cattle and hogs, vowed to devote his income to religion if he survived ruin. He prospered for 30 years, giving a million dollars to religious causes and leaving remaining assets to churches. Relatives challenge the will alleging insanity, but records do not clarify their reasoning.
A scattered report from across the deep blue sea notes the pope contemplating asylum in the United States if expelled from Rome. The item follows other brief notices about rail fares, prohibition acts in Massachusetts, and various political and legal snippets from multiple locales.
In Monong March 31 1875 a letter to the editor explains the 1872 revenue law and the 1873 board of equalization method that added debts to capital stock to fix taxable value. Nine Moline manufacturing firms reported 1 253 872 debt and 847 100 stock. the board then valued stock plus debt at 2 100 072, drawing strong local critique and a federal court rebuke prohibiting stock-only taxation.
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