Judge Niblack's Speech on Repealing Congressional Pay Increase
Hon. W. E. Nievack voices opposition to the last session pay hike for Senators Representatives and other officers. He urges reinstating the old pay structure highlighting back pay concerns mileage reform and President and Supreme Court pay considerations. He supports repealing the increase for members while allowing separate review of other salaries.
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Bounties for Civil War Servicemen Bill in House
The House considered Judge Nipiack's December 4 1873 bill to equalize civil war bounties for soldiers sailors and marines served 1861 65. It provides eight dollars and one third monthly with deductions and specifies payments to widows or children if needed. It sets auditing payment rules and penalties for agents and details discharge transfers and two year filing limits.
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Nipiack
Union
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Congress
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Navy
Marine Corps
United States
Washington
Serco
Treasury Department
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Secretary of the Treasury
Nistack
War Department
Military Service
Early German Settlers Shaped New Harmony Growth
The New Harmony Register notes German dominance in settling section 36 and nearby lands west of the Fair Grounds, with entries from 1814 to 1817. Barton, Miller, Klipple, Warrick, Caldwell and others established tracts later owned by Soper, Chaffin, Wilkerson, Truscott, and Highman, while Congress lands saw earlier occupancy.
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New Harmony
Enprror
Fair Grounds
John Pullyblank
Rogers and Gray
Congress
Thomas Barton
Barton
J. T. Soper
Thomas Miller
L. Chaffin
Wilkerson, Truscott
Jane Highman
Joseph Klipple
Warrick and
Caldwell
M. Johnson
Farmers' Club Elects Officers in New Harmony Township
In New Harmony Register Betne Township on December 16 1873 the Farmers Club met and elected W H Dent president Amos Johnson vice president Ira Turner secretary pro tem with others filling roles. A committee was formed to organize a Farmers' Club in Lynn Township after Christmas and a set of resolutions denouncing a Plymouth publication was adopted and ordered published with the minutes before adjournment.
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Betne. Township
W. H. Dent
Ira Turner
Wheeler
Amos Johnson
J. T. Demeree
Rezin Anderson
Riley Thomas
Job Utley
Henry Sears
John M. Williams
John L. Wheeler
O. R. Thomas
J. T. Demereee
Tra Turner
Letter from Texas praising land and resources
The writer extols Texas charms from the Brazos west, describing timbered streams, rolling prairies, abundant game and fruit, and sturdy building stone. He notes crops like corn and cotton do well with proper cultivation, warns about railroad transport, and suggests industrious farmers can secure a comfortable home with little cash. Ends with a sign off by Joan Preaus and a postscript about Louisville consuming vast whiskey and beer.
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Epiror Reagister
Texas
Brazos
Joan Preaus
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