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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1876
Page
1
A sprawling survey of political races, conventions, and figures across states, praising Tufts in Iowa and detailing Blaine support while noting Kerr, Bristow, Morton, and others. The piece also covers a vivid Centen nial exposition letter describing Philadelphia's Exhibition, its international appeal, machinery displays, art, and travel tips for visitors.
A reader argues against opening the Exposition on Sundays, calling it oppression and a cloak for avarice. The letter contends Sunday closing protects laborers who work six days a week and criticizes Prussian social policy and the clash with religious rest.
From Sac County Iowa editor letter notes western Iowa progress in a new township. First sod corn planted three years ago with a quarter of the township under cultivation. 32 Republican votes in its first election, school-age children rising, three schoolhouses and plans for a fourth. Healthy country, rapid land value growth, politics Republican. Mon ticullo district schoolhouse built five years ago for about five hundred dollars now valued at seven hundred.
Letters from Belleville and Muscatine urge backing Hon. JQ Tufts for Congress. Authors question district changes, argue Tufts is honest and capable, oppose sensationalism, and call citizens to attend primary meetings to decide the party nominee. They emphasize experience and service over fame and pledge diligent campaigning.
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