Missouri's immigrants rear vexing old pro slavery politics
The piece argues Missouri must shed anti immigrant and pro slavery factions to achieve growth and progress. It cites Missouri's wealth, favorable climate, and strategic location but condemns the lingering social and political obstacles from southern emigration and old guard attitudes. It urges liberal immigration, open elections, and free speech to prosper.
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Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Union
Raum Flags Tax Cuts Then Calls for Stamp Tax Removal
Green B Raum, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, reports $123,981,916 in collections for the year, up over $10 million from the prior year despite tobacco tax cuts. He urges elimination of stamp taxes on checks and various goods totaling about $10 million, while projecting $120,900,000 annual Internal Revenue. He criticizes a Treasury Department letter stripping his authority to hire from the stamp roll and insists the action was erroneous, urging revocation.
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Green B Raum
Internal Revenue
Raum
Sherman
Secretary of the Treasury
Speculation Compared to Sheep in a Stock Market Storm
The New York Herald warns that speculative zeal resembles sheep chasing alarm and may lead to losses for many. It argues market swings are temporary, profits come from caution, and wreckers profit while seas calm after the storm.
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New York Herald
Wall Street
Free men value honest integrity and unbribable conduct
The remark attributed to Henry Ward Beecher notes that few men reach their true potential due to lacking high moral integrity. It laments the scarcity of truly unbribable, untemptable men in the world today.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Garfield cabinet discussed by ephors and statesmen
Republicans press to assemble a seven member cabinet for Mr. Garfield. Gen. Logan is repeatedly urged as Secretary of War for his recognized ability and status as a leader of the volunteer soldiers from the recent war.
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Ephors
Garfield
Gen. Logan
Money in circulation and treasury totals reported
The report lists actual circulation by currency types including gold, silver, greenbacks, and national bank notes totaling 1 082 543 818 dollars as of November 1. The national treasury holds about 30 090 000 dollars.
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Agen
Thileo
Ieople
National Treasury
BOF ArtKn
Chicago
Comptroller of
Cook County National Bank
John B Cran
Congress
St Po
Miao Distrito
Hlon
Nicholas Ford
Erie canal frozen with 700 boats trapped between Rochester and New York
Wide range of items include canal traffic halted by ice with 700 vessels stuck from Rochester to New York, plus reports on a proposed $50,000 electric light test, a new China immigration treaty, and various political and crime notes across cities and industries.
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Erie Canal
Rochester
Utica
New York
National Lighthouse Board
Educational reform on natural history and early math training
A lengthy letter promotes new educational ideals from 1850, arguing for natural history in all schools and improved teaching methods. It urges botany and zoology in curricula and criticizes rote text methods, advocating early number concept teaching and attentive classrooms.
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Ile
Doctors Listed for State Health Board Certificates
The state Board of Health has requested certificates from licensed physicians across counties including Rock Island, Maine, Port Byron, Reynold, Hampton, Davenport, Muscatine, Cordova, Milan, Coal Valley, Cordova, Rapids City, and Osborn. Names span Geo E Bernhardt to Edgington including J W Cowden and S C Plumngr, with many others noted in the roster.
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State Board of Health
Rock Island
C Bernhardt
Geo E Barth
W Cowden
G Crag
Cart R
L.byster
G French
John W. H. Baker
W.F Baker
M Abbie Cleaves
Alonza
W Carswell
Lucius French
E Ht Hazen
J He Kulp
A TO Maxwell
A Reid
Joseph Huyett
J S Matthews
L Melton Drury
Hawthorne Rapids
Parker Osborn
J Reiter
Edgington
E. R Smith
Garfield Leads National Popular Vote in 1880 Election
The official or semi official tallies place James A. Garfield at 4,439,719 votes and Benjamin F. Hancock at 4,436,000 with Weaver and Dow far behind. Garfield’s popular lead over Hancock is 3,459, signaling a Republican decline since 1876 and suggesting future party gains if managed prudently.
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Colorado
Garfield
Pitkin
Hancock
Weaver
Dow
Tilden
Hawes
Indian Outlaw Victoria Bandit of Mexican Frontier
Victoria the bandit, born Indian, was educated in Europe after being noticed by a Texas planter. Returned to Mexico with polished manners and fluency in German and French, then embraced a life of adventure that led to depredations and his death.
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Victoria
Europe
Mexico
Hyde to Receive State Appointment Says Local Voice
Local report asserts J. N. Hyde, a one legged former Lee county Circuit Clerk, will gain a state appointment under Captain Dement the incoming Secretary of State. The piece praises Hyde as a worthy man and hints at strong community petition backing.
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J. N. Hyde
Lee County
Capt. Dement
Hyde
Wences Mere
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