Local Advertisers Promote Hardware Millinery Stores
Palmer Bonniweil and Davenport Cedar Rapids Dubuque price guarantees advertise hardware. A. Chasdick promotes harness and leather goods with guaranteed work at First and Sycamore. Mrs J M Moody markets millinery hats ribbons gloves and fancy goods at Monticello. A new establishment near Grassmeyer’s offers millinery and furnishings. Migs Locher runs a fashionable millinery and dressmaking shop over Ketey’s offering hats bonnets and trimmings.
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J. M. Moody
First Street
Monticello
Towa
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Oil Region Suspension Sparks Debate Over Market Glut
A few days ago a decision halted oil well output in the oil region. Drillers contest the pause as unnecessary and costly to workers, while supporters cite surplus stock and a market glutted with 400 000 to 500 000 barrels stored in Oil City and thrice that in county bulk. Officials warn the petroleum supply worth six to seven million dollars at current prices could matter to the public, as oil remains the main light source for both urban and rural communities.
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Oil City
Petroeum
American Journal of Science
Hildreth
Marietta
Ohio
Adda
Olio
Red Hat
Chicago Journal
Global political and disaster notes from May week
The Epítome of the Week reports May 4 to 12 news: Czar in Berlin seen as anti England move. New York and Indiana elections hint at anti temperance success. Cuba forms eight battalions of colored militia. floods in the South affect 142,000 people with daily relief costs. Iowa and Michigan politics advance state conventions and suffrage efforts. fires devastate Ridgeway Iowa and Madrid dispatches note Carlist defeats.
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Russia
Berlin
England
New York
Steselow
Indiana
Isaac
Illinois
Assien
Bloomington
Lelst
Connecticut
T. E. Doolittle
Indianapolis
Iowa
Des Moines
James Beck
Inez
Hatay
Supreme Court
Slidell
Ohio Constitutional Convention
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Chicot County
Ark
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Relief Committee
Reddock
Cubs
Ouachita Parish
W. J. Ellis
Lansing
Madrid
Don Alfonso
Bilbon
Don Carlos
Philippine Islands
Washington
Grant
E. B. Washburne
Michigan Woman's Suffrage Association
Jonas K McGowan
Ovinwater
Dr. Fink
Grand Rapids
John J. Bagley
Detroit
Elise Leggett
Wayne County
Geddes
Adrian
George '' Buckney
Congress Debates Relief Measures and Rail Grants
The Senate and House discuss relief for Mississippi River overflow victims, with food and clothing aid authorized temporarily. Bills adjust railway land grants, extend preemption time in Minnesota, and study foreign affairs with a committee investigation. Centennial appropriation debates continue amid amended and nonconcurred House actions.
Markets Report From Chicago and East Coast Prices
The March 12 1874 market sheet shows prices across regions for grains livestock and flour. Wheat corn oats and barley in Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee Detroit Cleveland and Buffalo are listed with bid and ask ranges, while pork lard beef and butter clear the live stock sections. notes include currency and banking policy references and a political remark by Mr. Ferry about a committee report.
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Iowa
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Western
Outa
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Liva Brock
Beaven
National Bank Act of 1864 Proposed Revisions
A Senate finance committee substitute for the National Currency bill would repeal limits on note circulation and require banks to hold reserves in their own vaults. It plans to adjust deposits, redeem notes in United States currency, and reassign redemption costs, with detailed changes to sections of existing acts and redistribution rules.
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Hale
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Honda
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Ferry
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Sherman
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National Bank
Unite States
National Banka
Treasury of
Indianapolis Journal
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Clntlin
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Tranta
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Eeli
Appeals for relief from flood disaster floods the nation
A broad plea from New Orleans residents and officials urges Northern Western and Eastern states to aid 140,000 flood refugees. The note details extensive inundation across Louisiana counties, estimates daily needs of food clothing shelter and tools, and requests free transport of supplies and nationwide fundraising. It also cites a financial debate over currency policy and relief funding, highlighting ongoing calamity and the urgency of aid discussions.
Mississippi towns named safe repositories for contributions
A dated 1874 proclamation from Washington claims Vicksburg and Memphis will safely hold all contributions. It lists several names including DaLan G. Fonanny and others with Civil Engineer titles and notes mayoral approval from New Orleans. An authorization to run delegations in the House and Senate is stated, with a May 4, 1874, Washington City date.
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Vicksburg
Memphis
Mississippi
DaLan G. Fonanny
Debates Over Redemption of United States Notes
Lawmakers discuss methods to resume specie payments and redeem legal tender notes. Proposals include hoarding gold, retiring bonds, funding notes at interest, and eventual contraction, while acknowledging current economic stagnation and widespread distress.
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United States
House of Congress
Colin
Southern Floods Devastate River Regions and Homes
Reports from Memphis dated May 5 describe catastrophic floods along the St. Francis White Arkansas Mississippi and tributaries. Towns like Clavendon Augusta Desare Jacksonport and White River communities are inundated with many dwellings swept away and residents sheltering on upper floors or rooftops. Refugees arrive daily by boat while starvation and exposure threaten those stranded in waterlogged farms and villages. The American public is urged to send clothing and food to the Howard Association for dispatch by boat to affected areas and relatives.
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No Hope Outside the Republican Party
The New Haven Palladium argues reforms must come from within the Republican Party by backing worthy candidates on an unimpeachable platform. It claims the party can be purified and rise again, warning that undermining reform aids its destruction and must not yield to a faction that would restore Tweed, Wood, or other corrupt influences.
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Fernando Wood
New Haven Palladium
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