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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1878
Page
4
For sheriff J. L. Perkins of Rock Island and for coroner J. Frank Ankrum are listed as candidates in the latest city post slate. The brief notice names Perkins and Ankrum with no further qualifications provided.
A fervent call urges Republicans to heal internal rifts and mobilize for victory in the upcoming elections. It argues loyalty, blockading the South, and defending wartime gains against a rising Democratic tide, warning of loss of power if party unity fails.
The column jests about Jenks and Jenks like characters in a traveling show. It notes President Harrison speaking in Wilkes-Barre and Thurman pushing for the Democratic nomination. It mentions Butler’s supporters, temperance flair in Texas, and a Doorkeeper Polk certificate amid congressional adjournment.
Eliza Pinkston testifies before the Returning Board that her husband was not killed for political reasons. The text notes a nonempty bail and references a December 5 1863 incident on the steamer Chesapeake in which Henry A Parr and others seized the vessel for the Confederate States, killing the second engineer. Parr faces murder charges.
The letter from Jeff Davis criticizes secession and asserts pride in withdrawal. Stanley Matthews is pressed to testify about alleged plots involving Nicholls and Hampton and Republican U.S. Senators. City conflict pits Mayor Reeves against City Material Powers over jail control, Powers restored by residents, Reeves arrested. Washington committee probes Sherman and Ney, while Butler shifts toward opposing Hayes.
A sweeping batch of notes covers crops in the south, Brigham Young heirs' potential shares, a grand Omaha festival, and bank openings. Other items mention population moves to Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska, a Paris Shah entourage, and local politics in Illinois and South Carolina.
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