15 Oct 1868
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1868
Page
1
Horatio Seymour of New York is proposed for Vice President with Francis P Blair of Missouri as running mate in a historic party ticket. This pairing signals a strategic alignment between regional leaders and the national campaign.
A 1868 Iowa Democratic convention pledges amnesty for past political offenses and broad civil rights restoration, opposes Congressional Reconstruction policies, and calls for fiscal restraint, a single currency, and reduced taxation. The party backs Andrew Johnson’s stance against federal overreach and urges broad public land distribution to stimulate improvement.
Stacy and J J Shubean announce joint discussions on current issues in Rome Madison Monticello and Langworthy with dates October 22 October 23 October 6 and October dtst at 7 P M. Mr Shubean opens and closes in Rome and Langworthy while Mr Stacy opens in Madison and Monticello. Local committees will arrange details.
The piece notes elections in Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Nebraska with radical gains in the state ticket and congressional seats. It reports the Republicans winning four to six seats in Pennsylvania five in Ohio and four in Indiana while Democrats gain overall thirteen congressmen as canvasses finalize and promises full returns next week.
The father of Prince Mentchikoff, a mechanic, impressed by a visit to St. Petersburg, asked his son then leading the government for an office and was told he wished to supersede the Treader of the orchestra. A southern negro tax collector challenges a white taxpayer with a pointed speech about debt and justice. Simeon Benjamin of Elmira, N Y, leaves 85 000 dollars to benevolent causes including 80 000 to Philadelphia’s Presbyterian House and 25 000 to Hamilton College plus other gifts.
The document outlines amendments to Chapter 46 of the Revised Statutes as proposed in Chapter 47. It specifies changes in legal provisions, scope of application, and transitional rules for implementation by state authorities. The act governs procedural updates and alignment with current statutory frameworks.
A dated 1868 Iowa imprint outlines penalties for threshing machine operators who neglect safety requirements, with fines from ten to fifty dollars per day. It also includes acts on notaries public seals and real estate tax sale designation, plus certification by the Secretary of State.
The act authorizes city and township authorities to provide relief to poor residents not sent to county poor houses. Relief may be food rent clothing fuel medical care or money up to two dollars weekly per person. Widows families of soldiers may be relieved without county placement when possible. Funds come from county treasury with county board approval and may be withheld if relief not needed. Approved April 6 1868. Orrick or Secretary of State Des Moines May 1868.
A lengthy 1868 Iowa statute lays out distraining stock damaged after sunset, notice within 24 hours, township trustees to view and appraise damages, and distribution of proceeds. It includes duties of trustees, penalties for releasing distrained stock, and election procedures to submit the act to voters. Also covers constitutional amendments submission and prison salary appropriations.
The Iowa General Assembly repeals Chapter 126 and laws from 1862 to enact a substitute to better protect fruit and crops. It imposes penalties for entering enclosures at night to steal fruit with fines from five to one hundred dollars and possible imprisonment up to thirty days, and clarifies repeals and related provisions.
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