JUDICIAL ELECTION UPDATE PROMPTS FEDERAL ELECTION LAW DEFENSE
The piece discusses Republican Circuit Judges candidates George W. Pleasants Joan J. Glenn and Arthur A. Smith from Rock Island Warren and Knox. It argues for enforcing federal election laws to protect voting rights and prevent intimidation by mobs and non residents, citing presidential power to deploy troops to ensure free ballots.
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Solid Truth Speech Advocates Northern Progress Over Slavery
Hon J E Bryant president of the Union League of Georgia addresses Atlanta claiming Northern civilization rests on free education and labor while the South built on slavery He cites 1870 population and wealth gaps and urges improving literacy to strengthen the South with emphasis on self improvement and end of boastful anti North rhetoric.
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Preston
Iowas Republicans Back Gear Renomination Rally at Convention
A strong current supports renominating Governor Gear at the Iowa GOP state convention with organizers framing the move as a party unity effort and a test of leadership ahead of the next election.
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Gear
Jute Cultivation Experiments in South Carolina
Succession experiments in the cultivation of jute have been conducted in South Carolina. The passage suggests that increased use of jute could significantly boost the state’s prosperity.
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South Carolina
Admiral Porter and the Upper Mississippi Squadron
In the voyage from New Orleans to Pensacola the narrator notes smooth seas, cargoes under Treasury permits watched by Farragut, and a Meriwether-like mission ending with return aboard the Rhode Island. Porter’s promotion and staff changes are described, along with his Civil War actions and a personal tribute to a fallen relative. The account recalls Porter's early naval career, a ride home with the Rhode Island, and an encounter near Charleston with HMS Orlando, a British frigate.
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Illinois State Press Association Annual Meeting Excursion
The Illinois State Press Association plans a Chicago gathering on June 16 at Tremont House with rooms at 1.50 per day. On June 18 a Pullman train via Northwestern Road will carry members to Lake Kampeska Dakotah then to Mankota before a Sunday return through Sioux City and Council Bluffs. The seven day trip is described as inexpensive and highly enjoyable.
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Sioux City
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Pork Packing in the West and Its Global Trade Flows
The thirtieth annual report shows hogs packed rising despite hard times, led by Chicago and Indianapolis with substantial growth in interior packing. U S and Canada totals reach 14,868,411 hogs. average weight 217 lbs. price 3.56 per 100 lbs net. Exports of Hog Product in 1877-8 reach 1,007,469,860 pounds with England and France as major buyers. other nations receive smaller shares.
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Conrad Grantz
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Indianapolis
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Louisville
Milwaukee
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Canada
England
France
Germany
Belgium
Scotland
Cuba
Italy
American Hog Product Exports Rise Sharply This Year
The report notes Spain and other markets receiving large hog product shipments from the United States. It cites policy shifts and declining prejudice abroad, while projecting current year exports near 1.2 billion pounds, about a 20 percent rise from last year and 56 percent above 1875-0, equal to meat and lard from about 6.5 million hogs.
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United States
Hall's Hair Renewer Promises Color and Vitality
A Daily Monitor notice claims Hall's Hair Renewer renews, cleanses, brightens, and restores color to faded or discolored hair cheaply and quickly. It asserts the product also erases scalp diseases causing color loss, and notes even the poor prefer its use to public claims of aging.
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Hall
Ort Scott
Kuan
Daily Monitor
Silver Anniversary of Mason Hamlin Organ Company
The Mason Hamlin Organ Company marks its silver anniversary on the sixteenth alt, noting twenty fifth year since founding. The president cites growth from two or three melodeons weekly worth under one hundred dollars to over two hundred cabinet organs weekly, mainly priced one hundred twenty five to five hundred, with many one thousand dollars. success credited to producing only the best organs. London Stone has taken one thousand of them in a single year.
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Mason Hamlin Organ Company
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London Stone
Enviable Book Sale From American Book Exchange
The American Book Exchange at 55 Beekman Street New York touts six new standard editions discounted. Rollin's Ancient History Josephus Complete Works Arabian Nights Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Robinson Crusoe Baron Munchausen offered in cloth or sheep with large type. 10 percent off for orders before June 1 and an extra 10 percent for clubs of five or more or purchases of ten dollars or more. Circulars and samples available free. Sold only direct to buyers, no dealers or agents.
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Beekman Street
New York
Chamber
Rollin
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