Nominating contrasts and a jail fee tale in one issue
The piece lists Congress nominees by party and district, highlighting Republican and Democratic candidates, then rails at Sheridan and Prince Imperial news. It ends with a Arkansas jail anecdote where a fifty cent admission fee was charged, sparking editorial mockery and a prewar sheriff’s suspension of the fee.
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Little Rock
Ark
Congress
Herald
W. E. Woodruff, Jr
The
Gazette
Jack Harrell
Illinois and Missouri News Briefs Highlight Local Incidents
In Illinois, 18 prisoners are in St. Clair county jail, Jacksonville’s population is 9, and the chintz bug appears in McLean county. Maj. Powell at Normal prepares for another expedition, and the Mercer county Republican Convention meets in Aledo on the 6th. A Swedish king’s brother lives in Chicago in poverty. Springfield pioneer Sanford Watson dies in Oregon July 6. A Henry county inmate, Alexander Grouse, hangs himself. McLean County Coal strikes a third vein at 531 ft. A Pickneyville boy dies after being kicked by a horse. Gen. Rinaker and Col. Knapp are mentioned for Congress. Missouri notes include Kirksville fair Sept 14-17, a French relocation drive in SW Missouri, and a Kansas City burglary. A panther is shot near Springer's mill. Germans rally at Hannibal for Fatherland. Neck injuries in a Monmouth suicide attempt, and a lopsided quarrel ends in a Barnett murder near Daviess county.
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Illinois
St. Clair County
State Teachers’ Institute
Normal
Jacksonville
McLean County
Maj
Powell
Mercer County
Aledo
Alexander Grouse
Henry County
Green County
America
Clark Stevens
Mclean County Coal Company
Chandler
Pickneyville
John J. Rinaker
Carlinville
N.E. Knapp
Winchester
Tom Dunn
Monmouth
D. G. Kalb
Round Prairie
Sangamon County
Missouri
Adair County Agricultural and Mechanical Association
Kirksville
Johnson & Eams, Crockery and
Kansas City
Frank Purcell
Springer’s Mill
Dent County
Hannibal
France
Black
Gallatin
Daviess County
Marion Jones
Hiram Barnett
Barnett
Jones
French Victory at Saarbruck and Front Line Movements
Paris Aug 4 reports a French division under Gen Battaille capturing Saarbruck, taking 3000 Prussians prisoner, with Mitrailleur and Chassepot weapons noted. Dispatches describe a broader French advance, civilian rail concerns, and mixed frontline actions with light losses.
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Paris
Battaille
Saarbruck
Prince Imperial
Mitrailleur
Act Enforcing Voting Rights for U S Citizens
Washington reports the Attorney General sent copies of the act enforcing U S citizens right to vote to all U S Attorneys Marshals and Clerks of Courts Gen Sheridan reportedly took indefinite leave to observe events in Europe Ackerman declines to address Southern Republican Club due to looming legal opinion Segar ex congressman Virginia is accused of assaulting Lincoln ex congressman New York at a railroad station Segar held to bail by police court.
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Gen. Sheridan
Chicago
Gen. Sherman
Sheridan
Prussia
Washington
Ackerman
United States
U.S
War Department
Europe
Washineton, Ee
da Reas
Southern Republican ‘Club
Joseph Segar
Congress
Virginia
Lincoln
New York
Fredericksburg and Alexandris
Segar
Nathan's Murder Inquest Yields Few Facts
The New York paper reports sparse details from the murder inquest into Nathan's death. The proceeding, held today, included the involvement of a sergeant and two carpenters, with the house where the murder occurred adjourned until Monday. Three sons of the deceased attended, and Washington, once suspected, was noted for questionable conduct.
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Rnen
Theo
Washin
Ae Picion
Wool Manufacturers Meeting Condemns Free Trade Systems
At a Wood Manufacturers' Association meeting J L Hays of Boston spoke on U.S. manufacturing interests. Resolutions favoring home industry protection were adopted amid reports of a thriving exposition with around two thousand articles and new eateries added.
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MoIven Pouin
Wood Manufacturers’ Association
J. L. Hays
Boston
Lehenck Nominated for Re election to Congress in Ohio
Cincinnati August 4 Gen R C Lehenck was nominated for re election to Congress by the Republican convention of the Third Ohio district this day.
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Cincinnati
R. C. Lehenck
Congress
The New Sabbath School Music Book and Silver Wings
An 1860s advertisement lists The New Sabbath School Music Book with Silver Wings in various formats and prices, plus details of book sellers including Oliver Ditson Co Boston and Lyon & Healy Chicago. It also notes a trustee sale notice for real estate in Quincy Illinois, describing a lot in block 35 with payment defaults and sale terms.
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New Sabbath School Music Book
Silver Wings
Silver
Oliver Ditson & Comboston
C. H. Ditson & CO
New York
Lyon & Healy
Chicago
Catharine West
Orson C. West
Edward H. Buckley
Quincy
Adams
Illinois
John Sharp
Recorder's Office
Adams County
John
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