Monticello Express Highlights 1869 Local News Items
March 18 1869 edition notes Linn county treasury hiring a waterman and rapid Chicago to Council Bluffs travel in eighteen hours. Obituaries include Henry Bell of Iowa City. Local industry reports include Clinton saw mills adding a 125 horsepower engine and a Webster City railroad line completion. Other items mention a woolen factory planned for Montane, a gas company organized in Council Bluffs, political shifts in Muscatine and Dubuque, and wool production figures from Alvan Tracy in Wennesheik county.
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Linn County Treasury
Mr. Pleasant
Frain
Chicago
Henry Bell
Iowa City
Clinton Saw Mills
Washington
Anne Dickinson
Mt. Pleasant
Muscatine
Wilton
Deavon
Hobart
Lawn City
A. HU. Brown
Fairfield
Council Bluffs
P&s CR L
Webster City
Dubuque
Lynx
Northwestern
Woodbine
Waterloo S
Politica
Mussra
Smart & Parott
Pheerald Saya
Scene at the Senate Inauguration Report
The New York Times correspondent recalls a tense Senate scene with talks of General Sickles, Judge Hult, and Senator Sumner. Lipton, Stedman, Steckton, and Johnson are noted among a charged atmosphere as oaths are taken and political tensions surface.
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Mer
Goll
Times
Ameer
Spurgeon
Punshon
Yatea
Illinois
Ishman
Senate
Hult
Fyaniel Sickles
Mr. 'Lipton
Mr. Steden
New York
Svinner
Gran
Fors Uler
Wall Street
John Greenhorn
Mixed political rumor and antiquated chatter from St Louis to Connecticut
A jumble of political asides names Gen A J Smith Gen Samuel P Carey and Mike McCool in a wild variety of claims and quips. It cites a scambusting tale about a state general Wadsworth and a 1783 coin hoard recovered from a British frigate wreck.
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A.J. Smith
St. Louis
Samuel P. Carey
Connecticut
Mike McCool
Tom Allen
Wadsworth
Alh
Puresuit
George the Third
Hussay
East River
Scotland
Orkney Island
New York
Alvaander PT
Stewart
Power Behind the Throne Influences Cabinet Says Loyal Paper
The piece notes influence on the cabinet by Sher man's judgments and claims Gen Cox was a favored Tecumseh ally. It mentions Grant's son at Phillips Academy Exeter and that the president hesitated to bring him to the inauguration before being persuaded by the power behind the throne.
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Sherman
Gen. Cox
Tecumseh
Gen
Grant
Horie
Cen. Grant
Phillips Academy
Exeter
N. H
Starvard College
Fat Contributor Seeks Treasury Post in 1789 Style Plea
A rambling plea claims the Fat Contributor seeks Secretary of the Treasury under Grant, arguing he is not tied to commerce or sea trade. He cites 1789 law clauses, asserts eligibility, and pledges to run the nation’s finances with personal care, ending with a signoff from Coxcrimeton.
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Grant
Daan
Kedgrese
Stewart
the Treasury
Dye
Utica
Sehenectwily
United States
Congress
LSB
Lsb, Are What Attracted My Particular Attention. Bore, Reasoned I—tord
United Stes
the Teasury
Treasury
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