Regulation of Rail Rates Sparks Debate in Legislature
Freseman Weaver introduces a House resolution urging national commerce regulation to curb unjust railroad discrimination. Supporters cite abuses in long haul rates hurting producers and shippers, while railways argue rate cuts mostly benefited through freight.
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Freseman Weaver
Tave
Chicago
Wankee
Omaha
Kansas City
Moline
Iowa
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Illinois
Rock Island
Mercer County
Oria
St Loui
Mreaver
Congress
Peorian Opposes Telegraph Tax Proposal
Emervils Peorian fights a plan to tax telegraph firms at two percent of gross earnings arguing the levy would be passed to customers and burden business men rather than the companies themselves. He warns this shift is not sensible given existing burdens on business.
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Emervils Peorian
Waiting
Mock, Cov. Mock Named Committee Chairs in Legislature
Cov. Mock, representative from the district, was made chairman of the Committee on State Institutions. Mr. Simonson was named chairman of the Committee on Fees and Salaries.
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Cov. Mock
Simonson
St Jacobs Ori Tops Tea Party Gossip Trend
Reported shift in social chatter as St Jacobs Ori becomes the new focal topic, replacing prior staples of gossip and circulating on the wire with heightened public interest and perceived benefits.
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Ndianapolia
Delly
St. Jacobs Ori
Nana
Col Meho Nominated for Speakership in Legislature
Col. Meho stood beside Gen. Thomas as the current Legislature organized and nominated the latter in a courteous gesture common to leading defeated candidates in friendly contests.
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Col
Me *Ho
Gen. Thomas
Cotton Exchange Protest Over Telegraph Consolidation
The Cotton Exchange of New York held a meeting to protest the telegraph consolidation and planned steps to become independent of the news company. A committee was appointed to cooperate with other exchanges.
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Cotton Exchange of
New York
Will
News Company
Ex Senator Thayer Urged for Interior Secretary Post
Ex senator Thayer of Nebraska and former Wyoming governor is urged for Garfield's Interior Secretary appointment. The wartime veteran and longtime regional official is praised for service to Nebraska and the far West and for solid public influence.
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Thayer
Nebraska
Wyoming
Interior
Garfield
Twaydy
Far West
Democrats vow to defeat Hauberg after Danforth threat
The piece recalls J B Danforth warning Democrats at the People’s Con vention in Rock Island and notes that the same Democrats plan to prove his threat true by voting against Hauberg.
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J B. Danforth
Rock Island
Danforth
Hauberg
Adversity and Reform Dominate a Mixed 19th Century Digest
The clipping cites varied items: Citas Frary of Adrian reports improved sleep after using an Only Lung Pad for asthma. It notes bills in Illinois and Illinois house debates against adulteration of food and medicine. It mentions Wall Street speculation tied to Jay Gould and Van derbilt, praise for St Jacobs Oil from John Stemn in Danville, with Boston Post Office budgets, and a White House dinner. It also covers the U.S. Treasury freeing bank note redemption charges, Senate attitudes toward Panama canal schemes, an Illinois telegraph tax bill, Milwaukee harbor breakwater efforts, and an Ohio law proposal against betting pools.
Famine Touches Iowa Towns As Fuel Runs Short
A telegram from the 16th reports a coast famine in several Iowa towns with supply exhausted and transport unavailable. Marshalltown schools close for lack of fuel while Hon M M Faro, state senator, serves on the special reapportionment committee under the new census.
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Iowa
Marshalltown
Hon M M Faro
Democrats Reject Hauberg Fusion Amid Nativist Pressure
In a blunt editorial, the Rock Island Argus condemns Democratic support for Hauberg, arguing fusion with a Nationals faction would corrupt party dignity and mislead voters. The piece warns that backing Hauberg would empower a small “Nationals” bloc, which cannot win on its own and would bully Democrats into believing they matter.
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Hauberg
Democratic Party
Rocksland Argus
A Plea for Township Libraries
An observing person notes the need for libraries to cultivate reading among youth in the county. He observes many young men and women in rural areas show more taste for reading and staying informed than city dwellers in the region.
Township libraries to reform school attendance
N Quad urges countywide action to curb truancy by forming township stock libraries. He calls for a central location with a capable librarian, quarterly officer elections, and group purchasing to provide affordable books and periodicals for country youths, fostering literacy and civic value.
Wide range of 1879 news items cross Atlantic and nation
A miscellaneous telegraph of 1879 items reports A Watson claiming publication in the Washington Star about a Panama Isthmus ship canal plan, indictments for embezzlement, agrarian outrages in Ireland, bridge collapse in Massachusetts, Langston urged for Garfield cabinet, Grant’s reception and World’s Fair role, weather and crop damages in South Carolina, fires and deaths, and various political and industrial developments across the United States and Britain.
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Washington Star
Isthmus
Panama
Eads Frederick Wirtz
New Orleans City Railroad Company
Ireland
South
John M. Langston
Garfield
Anti Liquor Alliance
Ohio
Grant
13Th Regiment National Guards
Brooklyn
N.Y
New York World's Fair Commission
South Carolina
Turbulent Times and Turbulent Waters Across England and Elsewhere
The report notes a Thames flood causing extensive damage with barges sunk in Lambeth and Southwark and losses near £1,000,000. It mentions the Haslington Holdendale mill fire with losses over £155,000 and political events including Home Rule defeat in Parliament. Also cited are royal marriage notes in London, railway capital rise proposals, port floods around Portland Oregon, a gruesome murder in Newberry County, factory fire in Lynn Massachusetts, and various military and civic incidents across the United States and Ireland.
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Holdendale
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England
House of Commons
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Perugit
Trieste
London
Bartlett Coutts
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the &. P. Railroad Company
Portlad
Oregon
Hive
Bessie Wertz
Newberry County
North Carolina
A. B Martin
Lynn
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