Nominated county officers praised for fitness and reform hopes
The piece endorses candidates for Clerk Recorder and Supervisor, highlighting Mr White as Clerk nominee and Mr Dyer for Supervisor. It lauds youth in politics, attacks the current Board for violating oath by favoring a low circulation paper, and critiques Mr Lovejoy as Clerk candidate. It accuses opponents of reform rhetoric masking self interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siid
Wyoming
White
Maryland
Col
Jno. O. Duer
Duer & Estey
Monticello National Bank
Monticello
Dyer
Cool
Board of Supervisors
H. Steward
United States
Crawford
Brainard
Banghart
Sutherland
John Sutherland
Anamosa Journal
John E. Lovejoy
Lovejoy
Sheena's Tipton Speech and Coushatta Party Firelines
Dispatch quotes Sheena's Tipton decrying last year’s skirmish by a so called new party and predicts open fire along the line. The Coushatta group links to New Orleans radicals with reports of five more radicals killed and ongoing firing along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheena
Tipton
New Party
Coushatta New Party
New Orleans
Tornado levelled homes as letter from Plymouth County correspondent reports
A letter from A W Hebuenrp details a tornado near LeMare that demolished a house belonging to Ira S Glidden and left four people sleeping in a wheat bin. He notes rain and flood threats, widespread crop concerns, and identifies wheat as the principal local crop amid harvest delays and grasshopper mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
LeMare
Hopkinton
Mr. Jeffers
Fuller
Horace
A. W. Hebuenrp
Travel Letters Share East Coast Sojourns and Texas Debut
Ellaw Langworthy recalls summer treks to Montclair Rockaway and Saratoga with vivid scenes of bathing at Long Branch and Hudson River views. Mrs Walworth describes arrival in Waco Texas, Shaw estate beauty, St. Louis sights, and Indian Reservation landscapes en route from Chicago.
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New York
Ela Langworthy
Turck
Dubuque
Wefe
Mont Clair
Rockaway
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
Long Branch
Ocean House
Lelands
Saratoga Springs
Hudson River
Highlands
Poughkeepsie
Hudson
Newburg
Tarrytown
Catskill Mountains
W.H. Walworth
Texas
Waco
Bremond
Col. Shaw
Anamosa
St. Louis
John
Chicago
United States
Mississippi
Shaw
Missouri
Anti-Monopoly Candidate in Jones County
Jones County faces an Anti-Monop candidate for Congress viewed as a political bargain. The Lovejoy nomination for County Clerk allegedly trades votes for support of Republican tricks and copperhead positions, with sources citing a printed Davenport Democrat passage and a delayed abolitionist tie.
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Jones County
Jones
Sheean
Congress
John E. Lovejoy
Lovejoys
Lovejoy
Democrat
Center Junction
Anamosa Journal
The
Lureka
Reform talk and alleged corruption in Jones County
Davenport Gazette criticizes anti Rone reform efforts alleging paydate notice extortion by Harlen associates and questions connections between Sheean Lovejoy and Jones County politics. The paper accuses manipulation of nominations and warns both parties may resent the campaign as a merchandise of votes.
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Jones County
Express
Republican Board
Liberal Printing Co
Harlen
Senate
Sheean
Lovejoy
Pilayer
Owen Lovejoy
John E. Lovejoy
Davenport Gazette
Jones County Board of Supervisors Meeting 1874
The Jones County Board of Supervisors met September 7 1874 and heard petitions on tax abatements and valuations. They approved refunds and reductions for Rebecca Andrews William Hunter and G W Russell, granted relief to John Murphy and Harrison, and authorized bridge and school land actions. The board adjourned and resumed noting contracts and purchases including coal and bridges across multiple creeks.
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Chas
Cline
P. Cline
John A. Crawford
W. Jd. Brainard
Geo. G. Banghart
John ‘Sutherland
Hiram Steward
Jones Co
J. A. Crawford
Rebecca Andrews
Wm. Hunter
Washington Township
John Foxall
G. W. Russell
Haddock
N. Barker
W. LB. Fish Cé
M. Doyle
Tim Flaherty
Skinner
Anamosa
John Murphy
A. Griffin
Ford
Byerly Creek
H. Stewart
Mineral Erek
Scotch Grove Township
Acrysa
Farm Creek
G. G. Banenanet
Com
Little Bear
Beer's Creek
W. J. Brainarp
Creek
J. A. Ornawrorph
I. L. Miller
J. A. Crawromp
Jonas Olmstead
Samuel Conley
Spencer Alden
B. Harrison
G. W. Grafft
J. H. Filson
Levy rates and adjournment in Cass County 1874
The Cass county board set school and county levies for 1874 across multiple townships and districts, listing mills on the dollar for Richland, Castle Grove, Fairview, Monticello, Hale, and others, with independent and village districts specified. The session adjourned to 8 a.m. next day after handling road case and claim sittings.
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Richland Township
Cass Township
Castle Grove Township
Fairview Township
Monticello
Hale Township
Thos. Devaney
Independent
Olin
Anamosa
Strawberry Hill Independent
Anamosa Corporation
Rome Township
Madison Township
Oak Grove
Center Junction
Madison Center
Maple Grove
Madison Village
Oxford Center
Oxford
Wyoming
Onslow
Beer’s Creek
Pleasant Ridge
Potter District
Valley District
Board of Supervisors
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Monroe County
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Winnebago County
Supreme Cour
John 8. Runnels
Polk County
John Q. Tufts
Cedar County
B. H. White
Recorier
R. L. Duer
Joseph Cool
Wayne Township
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Plymouth County
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Wyoming Township
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Jacob Bodenhoffer
M. N. Graves
Oxford Township
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Chas. McCarty
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Chas Kettle
J M Peet
Eli Meald
T O McIntyre
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J H Lehan
Smith Heald
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Ed Hubbell
J F Bodenhofer
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John Petticoatmith
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Frank Arnold
JW Meeks
L R Peck
John Raynard
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Raymond John T Lyon
Geo Spade
Rob't Dott
Hakes
John M Mason
Geo Bemrose
PJ Wright
D A Peet
J H Smith
D Weaver
D Williams
Foxall&Barnes
O B Doyle
Ryan
J B McGrew
C Warney
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J B Jarrett
M McLaughlin
Thea Buckner
O Coldron
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Clint Jack
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H D Williams
Countryman
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IE A Hoag
E Moss
P G Mayfield
Thos Buckner
Tsanc A Miller
GS Eastman
Lull & Perfet
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John Stafford
Williston
Johson
Adair & Stoddart
Ed Brown
Jones County Agr’s Society
Knapp
F. Crane
Mason
M. Wright
Neve A
John Blanchard
J. Lammen
F. T. Pankse
Ware
H. Hubbard
Labor
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B. O'Neil
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Inting
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Geo. Karst
J. Reiger
J. Clark
W. & J. Calkins
Austin Bros
P. H. Babcock
Work
Theo. Soetje
Henzole
Te Ee Feeeern MK
A. H. Marvin
Ont Geo, Haines
Acker & Morgan
Lammon
Henry Carpenter
T T. Cornet
A. Cutler
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H. K. Fuller
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Marvin
Chandler & Page
Let & Doge
Ruskandler & Page
R. Gurney
M.W. Herrick
H. M. Wright
A. Cassady
Buckle & Arlen
Delois Hazard
W. W. Calkins
Knapp, Stout & Co
John Dodge
Seeve
Carpenter &Lovell
Farwett
Chas. W. Gunnery
Singer
S.L. GA
Rdiner
First Street
Towa
Davenport
Sam
Brady
Perry
Sweet
Iowa
W.C. Wadsworth & Con
West Second Street
Nicholas Kuhnen
Perry and
Second Streets
Wm. Friend & Son
Wholesale Nations
East Second St
Davenport, Towa
Davenport Plow CO
Third Street
Bet
Harrison and
Ripley
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