Beecher Tilton Wood scandal provokes mixed public reaction
An open letter from Tilton responding to Pastor Bacon sparks national discourse on Henry Ward Beecher. The piece questions Beecher’s alleged confession, condemns sensational Woodhull claims, and suggests a full inquiry could exonerate Beecher, while praising his moral stature and public service. A subsequent Kinsella Hall convention convened to elect delegates and organize party affairs.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Lincoln
Horace Greeley
Tilton
Leonard Bacon
Iate Brooklyn Council
Beecher
Plymouth Church
the Astor
Mr. Tilton
Mr. Beecher
Theodore Tilton
Heary Ward Beecher
God
Brotherhood of Man
Christendom
Victoria Woodhull
Nominations Named at the 21st Iowa Convention
The Des Moines meeting endorsed Josiah L. Young for Secretary of State and Wm Christy for Treasurer by acclamation. B R Sherman won Auditor on the first ballot. David Secor for Register of the State Land Office on the third ballot. M E Cutts for Attorney General. E J Holmes for Clerk of the Supreme Court. John S Nunnels for Reporter of the Supreme Court. George Heberling elected Chairman of the State Central Committee. The Convention promised to publish its platform next week, noting broad Republican endorsement. An offhand joke about a young woman picking lint from a coat collar is included.
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Kinsella Hall
Lawrence Schoonover
Co. Central Committee
W. H. Holmes
T. E. Booth
John Blanchard
John Bates
Farwell
T. R. Ereanbrack
B. H. White
H. D. Sherman
Cass
M. C. Thompson
A. L. Fairbanks
P Atwood
Carso Crane
Norris
Castle Grove
M Starr
Clay
Fairview
L Schoonover
A A Myrick
E M Condit
Eli Heald
Stacy
JC Dietz
R Brcanhrack
W Coe
Brown
T E Booth
Alex McKeen
Needham
R McDaniel
Thurston Joslin
Greenfield
Hale
Jackson
Madison
Monticello
S Farwell
Yoran
Birdsall
Bradstreet
P WH Babcock
F B Bonniwell
Otis Whittemore
Ji D Sherman
W H Walworth
J O Duer
LH Phillips
Oxford
Richland
A R. Doxsee
Rome
Frank Griswold
H Steward
J A White
DE Rummell
C H Derr
W H Holmes
J A Brunson
BH White
A L Lomis
Moore Briggs
W. H. Walworth
Des Moines
T. R. Breanbrack
John Tasker
Mr. Tasker
Ransoms
I. D. Sherman
Martin Heisey
L. Schoonover
John McKean
John Russell
O. Cronkhite
N. Bigtey
E. M. Condit
J. 8
Sth Judicial District
Cedar Rapids
JC Deitz
A. M. Loomis
M. W. Herrick
R. McDaniel
T. R. Brcanbrack
E Keeler
Lowa
Josiah L. Young
Wm. Christy
B. R. Sherman
David Secor
Winnebago
Register
State Land Office
M. E. Cutts
Mahaska
E. J. Holmes
Supreme Court
John 8. Nunnels
Polk
George Heberling
State Central Committee
Republican Party
Megis
Adams
Hargis
Iowa
Barnes
Bo Stone
Grinnell
Campbell
Gates
King
David Morgan
Brono
Iriah
Grinnel
Society of Friends
Morgan
Col. Keatley
Independence Bulletin
ticket—Register
Roadarme
Story County
Illinois
Game Party
The
Monticello Express
Express
Fainpay
Tammany
American Union
Council
Tweed
Connell
Stone
State Register
Iowa Republicans weigh nominations in the 1840s convention
The report critiques the selection of candidates including David Morgan for Secretary and Keatley for Attorney General, noting Morgan's Quaker ties and the party’s manipulation of Quaker votes. It questions ballot outcomes, praises some nominees, and dismisses others as weak, with the Independence Bulletin doubting the legality of stated qualifications.
Town columnist disputes single-sided social critique
Fainpay replies to a previous article by arguing that both sexes share responsibility for extravagance and broken social norms. He cautions against blaming only women for divorce trends and calls for balanced reform of expenditures, morals, and marriage dynamics.
Decatur Ills Peoria House Sketch 1874 City Notes
Decatur Illinois with 12 000 inhabitants sits on high ground near eight railroads. Sangamon river runs south with Holly system water supplying the city. Spring water celebrated for medicinal uses and curing skin diseases. City features include clean streets fine residences large stores and extensive wholesale houses. First Methodist Church brick landmark valued at $65 000 with organ and male choir. Salons exist. five papers publish with three dailies. political scene hinted.
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Peoria
Decatur
Sangamon
Land and Markets Report From Prairie Towns
The letter describes local industries with twenty seven cutters and a rolling mill employing 250, notes sale of Short Horn cattle netting 11 220 from a June 1 1863 purchase, and farmers facing church bug damage to corn. It praises crops apples grapes peaches and flowers, mentions a coal prospect and a gas well, and observes a whimsical wind pattern affecting a gas flow. Cap Magee and Lincoln head toward Pratt county. crowd plans for St Louis Fourth.
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Toa
Des Moines
Prairie
Baltimore
St. Louis
Robinson's Circus
Cap. Magee
Lincoln
Pratt County
Reform crusade and clerkly schemes at a southern election
The piece recalls a campaign episode in which A M Stone allegedly sought to have the President appoint him United States District Attorney for Louisiana despite residing in Iowa. It accuses Stone and allies Grinnell Irish Campbell of orchestrating reform movement influence and portrays Stone as a central figure in the controversy.
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Burlington
Fair Land
Washington
Stone
Iowa Reform Church
Swamp Landing
A. M. Stone
Louisiana
United States
New Orleans
Iowa
J. B. Grinnell
John P. Irish
Ed. Campbell
Mrs Swisshelm at Abolitionist Meeting in Chicago
The irrepressible Mrs. Swisshelm attacked men and “insipid” women during a speech at a Chicago abolitionist meeting. The chairman halted her argument, and after Grinnell of Iowa pressed for remarks, she stormed from the hall. The convention then resumed its business.
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Washington Chronicle
Harlan
Swisshelm
Chicago
Mr. Grinnell
Iowa
Jane
Grinnell
Shad Propagation Efforts and Political Notes Tied
Seth Green advocates propagating shad in freshwater lakes and streams after reporting 25 000 young shad released above St Paul in July 187%. The Davenport Gazette defends adroit management amid Copied criticisms while TiltonBeecher gossip prompts church response and Plymouth Church inaction noted by Chicago Post and Mail.
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Seth Green
B. F. Shaw
St. Paul
Anamosa Eureka
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Tilton—Beecher
H.W. Berenen
Tion
W Holmes
J E Lovejoy
T R Ercanback
T M Wilds
J C Lawrence
G W Lathrop
JS Stacy
W. Wf
Wonses
Ch'n
T.E. Booth, Joan Blanchard
I. A
Sec’ys
Theeater
Hmliuote
Decator
Gov. Stone
Swisshelm and Grinnell
Dr. Lorette
New York Herald
Butler
Quaxtrizyp
Davenport Gazette
MonTiceLo Express
West Liberty Enterprise
Cotton
Gazette
Lyone Mirror
Woodhull
Wheeler & Wilson
I. W. Grover
Jones County
Minnesota
Chicago North Wester Railway
Miler Conplera
Westinghouse
W. W. Watken
C. J. Ives
Pass
Ticket Ag't
Cedar Rapides
Positive
W. H. Parsort
Ansmosa
Gipson
Edward Hoyt
Scotch Grove
Jones Volowa
Davenport
J. Lorenzen
China
West Third Street
Union Steam Spice Mills and Chemical Works
Jones, Jordan & Co
J. L. Mason
V. Evans
A. Burdick
Mason, Evans & Co
East Second Street
F. Deutschmann
van Patten & Marks
Brady Street
Iowa Paper CO
A. Beach
District Court
Laws
Farmers’ National Bank
Salem
Ohio
Aquinor Randolph T. Fietcher
Batiaty
Anamos
Anamora
A. J. Byerly
Raid County
Ware
ACORN
ADVE
C, C. Child
Boston, Mass
QO. T. Child
Davenport, Iowa
Sam
W.C. Wadsworth & Co
West Second Street
Nicholas Kuhnen
Perry and
Second Streets
Daniel ,Gould
Towa
Bugs
Wm. Friend & Son
Wholesale Nations
East Second St
Davenport, Towa
Davenport Plow CO
Third Street
Bet
Harrison and Ripley
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