Sterling Jockey Club meets near the city in October
The notice previews an inaugural meeting of the Sterling Jockey Club to be held near the city on October 7, 9, with an interesting program. It mentions political alignments and names local officials, including Robert Frfid as County Treasurer and William G. Morris as County Coroner, Daniel Gordon as County Surveyor, amid broader state and national issues of the day.
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Robert Frfid
Rocks
William G. Morris
Daniel Gordon
Tig
Sterling Jockey Club
Robert Krause
Genfeal G Ant Delays Arrival for Soldier Reunion
Genfeal G Ant will not reach Chicago until about November 15 to attend the reunion of soldiers and sisters there. In the meantime he plans to visit Oregon Nevada and other Western states and territories.
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Genfeal G&ant
Chicago
Rant
Oregon
Nevada
Carlisle barracks to become school for Indians
The Carlisle Pennsylvania cavalry barracks and officers quarters are to be repurposed by the government as a school for educating young Indians. The recollection of Carlisle stirs nostalgia and a wish to be a young Modoc.
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Carlisle Pennsylvania
Carlisle
Bicycle riding praised as healthy exercise with caution
An eminent health lecturer declares cycling a very healthy activity, noting it leaves no sting when the body part in contact with the bike is not blistered. The remark underscores care to avoid skin damage while enjoying the exercise.
Methodist Call Likely for Chicago Universalist Vacancy
Dr Thomas of Centennary Methodist church in Chicago is expected to receive a call for the post left by the resignation of Rev Robt Collyer at the Universalist church. Comment questions the Methodist community’s direction and hints at a loss of John Wesley's Book of Discipline among Chicago brethren.
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Thomas
Centennary Methodist Church of
Chicago
Unitarian Church
Robt. Collyer
John Wesley
Ex-resident Grant honored. Kearney's hanging demand sparks uproar
The Pacific slope bestows honors on ex-resident Grant while Kearney's outburst proposing to hang him roils the community. The workingmen's party is urged to purge such figures to gain broader respect.
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Pacific Slope
Grant
Kearney
General Grant
Workingmen's Party
Harper’s Okalona lecture provokes mixed reception
Harper, editor of the Slats, travels to Du buque to lecture for Baptist brethren who hoped for support. The Okalona States reports a sparse audience last night at the Baptist church, with only twenty five to thirty attendees mostly disinterested. The piece ridicules him as lunatic and out of touch with southern sentiment.
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Harper
Okulona
Mississippi
Baptist Brethren of
Dubuque
Pubiune Herald
Okalona
Baptist Church
South
North
House votes and states seize control of electors in tie scenario
The document discusses a potential presidential election deadlock. If no candidate wins the popular vote via the electoral college, the House will decide with one vote per state. Republicans hold nineteen delegations, Democrats eighteen, Indiana six six and one Greenbacker. The vote could yield a 19 to 19 tie and no choice.
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House of Representatives
House
Indiana
Deus Matyr
de la Matyr
Gates
Ninetesa
C Hoice
De La Matyr Could Decide 1830 31 Presidential Outcome
The piece argues De La Matyr may cast a pivotal vote in the Indiana delegation, potentially deciding a Republican or Democratic split. It notes Thurman as Senate leader and warns one man could become master of national politics in the winter of 1830 31.
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Senate
Thurman
Ohio
United States
de la Matyr
Indiana
President Hayes Attends Kansas State Fair Visit
President Hayes travels west to the Kansas State Fair with Generals Sherman and Sheridan. The party, including their wives, is greeted by large crowds at Aurora and other points. Hayes gives a brief speech as Sherman and Sheridan trade light remarks. They plan to attend the Springfield Illinois State Fair next week.
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Hayes
Horace Greeley
Sherman
Sheridan
Chicago
Burlington Road
Aurora
Galesburg
Springfield
Illinois
West and East Trade Statistics Compared by Porter
Robert Porter of the Chicago Inter Ocean presented a Saratoga Social Science Association talk comparing nine Western states Michigan Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri Kansas and Nebraska with nine Eastern states Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He details earnings cost of living factory counts employments farmers taxation debts and agricultural output, arguing the West shows higher production, lower per capita debt and greater fruitfulness. He notes improvements in machinery and rail access shift manufacturing advantage toward broader markets and away from location.
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Robert Lt. Porter
Chicago
Porter
Republican momentum in Ohio New York and Iowa eyed for 1880
The article predicts emphatic Republican majorities in Ohio, Iowa, and New York, arguing such wins would shape the 1880 presidential race with Roscoe Conkling a strong potential candidate. It notes Liberal leaders in New York aligning with the current ticket and estimates a sizable cross-state impact on Republican strength. It also reports Chicago area lumber shipments of black walnut logs bound for Europe, noting large annual trade through railroads and destinations in Germany.
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Iowa
New York
Issa
South
Rosese Conkling
Sherman
Greeley
Ruseos Conkling
Chicago
Rock Island
Burlington and
N. W
Western plows lead in improvement through science
The author notes hundreds of workers and western manufacturers supplying plows for eastern use. He cites a western inventor who created a century's key improvement, with labs and chemists in Western iron works. Firms in the West have invested substantial sums in mold-board experiments, often proven right despite eastern skepticism.
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Indiana
West
Sheffield
Pittsburg
Grant Reception in San Francisco Hailed as Grand Welcome
Gen Grant and family arrived on the City of Tokio to a grand reception in San Francisco. Gov. and mayor welcomed him as crowds cheered. Grant remained modest and avoided speeches while Dennis Kearney’s faction stayed quiet. The ex-President plans to visit Rock Island soon, urged by locals who would like to greet him.
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Gen. Grant
San Francisco
Tokio
General McDowell
Grant
Tie
Dennis Kearney
Sand Lot
Dennis
Rock Island
Two Degrees Below Freezing at Pembina Territory
A report notes two degrees below freezing at Pembina in Dakota territory. The New York City House of Refuge operates as a shelter for the Superintendent and his family. A Havre France vessel delivered 4 million dollars in gold to the United States. The dark Columbia near Newfoundland was struck and sunk, with the crew saved by passing vessels.
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Pembina
Dakota Territory
New York City House
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