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Newspaper
Monmouth Review
Location
Monmouth, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1875
Page
1
A letter from TRA TINKHAM details a grasshopper swarm moving south across fields near Lincoln. The writer reports hail of hoppers covering roads, hundreds killed with a hatchet, and widespread crop damage while urging quick action to protect corn and a garden. He notes farmers leaving the state and store closures as the pest overwhelms the community.
A Monmouth letter criticizes a Cameron correspondent Reformer for crediting Grange and Farmers' Club progress. It argues for cheap money and open markets, urges home mill economy and local merchants, and notes a 34 percent wealth growth aim. Comments on a Philadelphia primer typo and Midland line expansion rumors in Decatur Tribune.
The June 12 1875 Monmouth council meeting adopted a resolution praising the Champion Fire Extinguisher Engine after testing and rejected payment commitments until patent rights with Babcock Extinguisher Company are settled. Marshal O D Wilcox received 11 for services. Mayor Holt and City Clerk Grane presided.
A Monmouth Sabbath School Convention discussion cites lack of Holy Spirit power and ardent Christian zeal as core causes. It urges more prayer, faith, and consecration, with emphasis on God deliverance through His Spirit and Word to boost effectiveness. The second item relates a Washington anecdote about Mrs. Ben Gordon and Mrs. Eaton reacting to Fred Douglass in the Senate gallery.
The Columbia Herald publishes paired extracts matching passages from Ecclesiastes and a Bible reference about doors and a sea transgressor. It notes Wyandotte Kansas on Thursday when a great crowd occurred and many stores closed to keep out pests, per Exchange.
Reverdy Johnson critiques the Presidents third term notion as idle vanity with only egregious self-importance behind it. He notes the President would not seek nomination unless duty compelled him, while Gen Butler avoids public discussion on politics and the Essex statesman proclaims renouncing the devil and his works.
The interview with T. B. Buchanan, editor of the Indianapolis Sun, details the rise of the Independent Greenback Party, its aims to fund national bonds into legal tender, curb interest rates, and replace the current currency system. Buchanan cites state support in Illinois and Indiana, discusses Grangers and other groups, and contrasts Greenback goals with Pendleton’s program and specie-based plans.
The piece opens with a humorous dentist scene as a patient endures severe toothache and hops to ease pain. It then shifts to notices about avoiding patent-right scams and unsafe deals, followed by the Swatara steamship voyage returning from observing Venus with stops in Hobart Town and Melbourne and bringing back Australian fauna and botanical specimens.
A Portland boy lights firecrackers in the street to see them go off. Ike Bateman’s mule swallows them and walks about three miles smoking. A negro met the animal half a mile beyond the almshouse, smoke pouring from nostrils and ears. Ike hauled the mule home and plans to move the house back. His family will be baptized when water warms.
In a domestic farce by Max Adeler a Boston couple quarrels over a letter about jewelry sold to a man in Augusta Maine. Emeline accuses William of duplicity involving Augusta and bursts into tears, then repairs his shirts as the row ends.
Advocates urge expanding female roles in printing. The piece notes training successes with girls but cites long apprentice periods and social barriers. It compares male apprentice norms, discusses education and willingness, and questions trade suitability for women.
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