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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1879

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Massachusetts and Nebraska Conventions Called for September and October

The Massachusetts Republican State Convention is set for Worcester on September 18 and a Nebraska Republican State Convention is called for Omaha on October 1. Other items note a Rome report of German Vatican talks, Thiers statue unveiling in Nancy, and various financial and legal updates.

Massachusetts Worcester Thiers Nancy France

Yellow Fever Measures and Reports Across Cities

The National Board of Health issued a disinfection circular on the 20th urging thorough scrubbing and moist cleansing followed by sulfur fumes. Quarantines were set at Montgomery and Vicksburg against New Orleans. Memphis reported twelve new cases and one death. a survivor named Hatcher had prior yellow fever. A Havana steamer fireman died in New York quarantine. New Orleans and Louisville saw limited cases while Italy and Portugal ports quarantined U.S. shipping over yellow fever concerns.

National Board of Health Montgomery Ala Vicksburg Miss New Orleans Memphis Hatcher Havana New York Choppin New York Quarantine Hospital Committee of Safety National Boards of Health Mississippi City Louisvile United States

Yellow fever updates from Memphis Havana and Chicago

Memphis reports eighty two fewer cases in the week ending July 3 with total 216 and sixty five deaths two new cases and two deaths on the 8th. Havana records 187 yellow fever deaths for the week ending July 2 up twenty from prior week. A Memphis colored citizens relief appeal seeks aid arguing against camp life and starvation risk. A refugee death in Chicago on July 4 noted amid yellow fever concerns and exposure.

Memphis Sabrig Havana New York Quarantine Cuba Chicago Tribune Sth United States Memphis “Colored Citizens’ Relief Association Ife Miesiasippi J. P. Day T. J. Morgan

Political shifts and disasters echo across continents

The Porte grants the new Khedive Egyptian privileges but demands treaty submissions. A Bosphorus town burns after a terrifically raging fire. In Wisconsin a wagon crash drowns a man and five children. A State Department circular opens U S representation for Sydney and Melbourne expos. The National Educational Association meets in Philadelphia, calling for women’s higher education endowment. News covers riots in Bulgaria, British prorogation, Sioux battles, and bank failures in Canada. Cholera hits troops returning to India. Hamilton fire devastates Mullenis block.

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Stormy South England, Bank Counterfeits, and Vast Fire Devastations

Reports say a harsh south England storm caused widespread damage with crops ruined and livestock killed. Concurrently counterfeit five dollar notes surfaced in San Francisco tied to Boston and Dadham banks. A Volvano West Virginia fire leveled the town destroying oil barrels stores post office depot and hotel.

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Birth of the Republican Party in Loyal Lines

A historical ode praising the birth of the Republican Party and its founders. It honors Lincoln, Seward, Chase, and other statesmen, naming Garfield, Conkling, Blaine, and others as champions of liberty and republican ideals, framed as steadfast leaders on a platform.

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Slavery and Secession Examined by Chicago Tribune

The Tribune argues secession failed because slavery lost political power, detailing how Fugitive Slave laws were enforced, and that northern states did not cooperate. It contends independence would threaten slave property and that war ended slavery, not union, concluding freedom prevents reenslavement.

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Iowa State News Highlights A Patchwork Of Tragedy And Turmoil

Reports from Council Bluffs to Davenport recount a pork-packer's death from suspected virus exposure after a finger scratch, a fatal train accident near Des Moines, a daring railroad burglary at Town City, tax disputes, and a wave of civil unrest. The Iowa State Convention on prohibition, a major lumber raft bound for Louisiana, and local crimes round out the turbulent summary.

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