Mass meetings eyed for Senator Yates in Illinois
The article notes Senator Yates beginning a series of mass meetings at Jacksonville on September 2 with all events east of the Illinois River. It mentions Palmer and Ingersoll planned to address Republican crowds at Mechanicsburg in Sangamon County next week. It also references international news and local newspaper commentary.
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Yates
Jacksonville
Ilinois River
Grn. Palmer
Senator Yates
Col
R. J. Ingersoll
Mechanicsburg
Sangamon County
Ita
Ngnticello Seminary
dawSw Godfrey
Fearnaught
Bowners
Bostos
Mass
Ev. Sprair
Buffalo
Boston
Hiram Drew
Morrill
Youra
BR Perkins
Helmbold
River steamers link Weston and St Louis line
Jefferson City Times reports a new steam boat service between Weston and St Louis with boats Octavia St Luke and Cora. A two story frame building owned by Wo Ehrer near the Macon railroad is burned. A boy in Montgomery county dies after a pony attack. Weston builds a levee after river changes. A dynx killed near Clinton. Embezzlement trial for Carroll County Clerk Moeller set for Supreme Court in St Joseph. Lexington murder of Jordan, a leading foundry owner. Hutchinson Gentry shot near Spencersburg Frankford Pike County. Mrs Uline crushed by carding machine, dies soon after. North Missouri Rail Road promises free iron for track and stock for temporary use. Unknown man found near Mound City with revolver, cash, and clothing. A clue mentions a stage coach name Vink or Pink from Western Stage Company.
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Jefferson City Times
Weston
St. Louis
St. Luke
Cora
Wo. Ehrer
Macon
Michael Lee
Montgomery County
Lee Owens
Henry County
Owens
Clinton
Charles Moeller
Carroll County
Supreme Court
St. Joseph
Lexington
Tom Jebbs
Jordan
Hutchinson Gentry
Spencersburg
Frankford
Pike County
Uline
Geo. B. Uline
Monroe County
North Missouri Railroad Company
Western Stage Company
Council
Movement for the Remo 10 and a Georgia meeting disruption
Fragmentary OCR reports describe a disturbance at a Republican meeting in Atlanta Georgia with arrests linked to fraud claims. Other items mention an Illinois fair, Chicago fire deaths, Thaddeus Stevens will, and European crises including Spain and Bulgaria rising tensions.
Defeat of the Allies Before Humaita Reported
Treasury estimates 3.5 million of 7-30s still outstanding and unlikely to be redeemed, nearly covering the issue cost. Conservatives push to remove Gen Geo H Thomas from command in Tennessee and Kentucky. In Washington, trial of colored Zouaves who fired on citizens begins in Georgetown with police testimony.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Geo. H. Thomas
Tennessee
Kentucky
New York
Georgetown
Interere
Placed measures target race bias in police hiring and school control
South Carolina legislature debated resolutions barring racial discrimination in police appointments and proposed transferring all state schools to Negro School Commissioners. In Atlanta a Republican celebration led to a torch procession and a violent clash near the National Hotel as police clashed with a mob. one officer was wounded, a negro was killed, and several others were injured before authorities restored order.
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South Carolina
Lezisla- Corruirora
8. C
Atlanta
National Hotel
Crisis in Spanish Cabinet Sparks Resignations
Dispatches from Madrid report a government crisis as the Minister of War exits the cabinet and the captain-generals of Madrid and Barcelona resign. Vienna notes fears that renewed pressure against Turkish authority in Bulgaria may occur. London reports Calcutta crop data showing heavy rains reduce cotton yields in northwestern India.
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Badinaryeto Loxpox
Madrid
Barcelona
Vienna
India
Casualties in Chicago and New York Fire and Fraud Report
A woman drowned after a canal boat collision with the steamer Narraganset near Hell Gate. An unknown man killed himself by walking into an active Harlem Railroad engine. A frame tenement fire in Chicago killed Miss Kahl, with property damage around 1200 dollars. In Buffalo a quarter of a million dollar post office supplies fraud was alleged involving Thomas Howard Johnson firm and A F Lee, with arrests.
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New Yor
Hell Gate
Narraganset
Chicago
Harlem
North
Sangamon Street
Kahl
Buffalo
N. V
Messrs. Thomas, Howard & Johnson
Calvin F.S. Thomas
J. M. Johnson
Thomas, Howard & Johnson
A. F. Lee
Will of Thaddeus Stevens Admitted to Probate
Philadelphia Aug 19 Thaddeus Stevens will admitted to probate. Autograph document lists bequests including 1000 to Juvenile Library Association of Caledonia County Academy Pa chem Vt 500 to Graveyard trustees Lancaster area for burial of his parents and legacies to housekeeper and relatives. Residue about 50000 with 20000 to fund Orphan Asylum buildings in Lancaster or Columbia for indigent orphans. Executors named O J Dickey Ward McPherson. Codicil leaves 1000 to Baptist brethren and 1000 to Pennsylvania College Gettysburg. Main bequest to nephew Capt Thaddeus Stevens on condition of total abstinence from intoxicants, else funds go to Refuge in Lancaster for orphans.
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Philadelpimia
Thaddeus Stevens
Lancaster
Columbia
O.j.dickey
Ward McPherson
Pennsylvania College
Gettysure
New York
Thadeus Stevens
Trotting Season Opens at Dexter Park Chicago
The August trotting season opened at Dexter Park yesterday under favorable auspices. A $2,000 race featuring Rockey Bashaw Silas Rich and Tackey is scheduled for this afternoon. Bloomington reports a large Horse Fair opening with over one hundred horses present and much interest.
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Chicaugo
Bloomington
Cariaco
Dexter Park
Rockey
Bashaw
Silas Rich
Tackey
Democratic Executive Committee Meets in Montgomery
In Montgomery on August 19 the Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama gathered with delegates from 40 counties. Ex-Gov Moore was named president. Resolutions endorsed the party nominees and platform urging voter turnout and lawmakers to follow the law, denouncing efforts to cast the state’s electoral vote. The electoral ticket was to be selected tonight. In Bangor on the same date George H Pendleton arrived and was serenaded.
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Montgomery
Ala
the Democracy of Alabama
Moore
Committee On
BanGor
Geo. H. Pendleton
Defeat of Allies Reported at Humatta Fortress
From Rio Janeiro dated July 31 and London August 19, news from the Parana says allied troops numbering about 10,000 attacked Fortress Hurridita on the 26th and were repulsed with around 3,000 casualties. Allies also defeated in the Grand Chaco attack.
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South America
Humaita
Grand Chaco
Rio Janeiro
Lon Don
Parana
Hurridita
Northern Mechanics Not Wanted South Memphis Aug 15
A Memphis correspondence argues Northern workers should not come to the city, declaring Memphis is finished and workers face danger. It claims newspapers stir unrest, cites Albert Pike, and warns of retaliation against Northern migrants. It mentions Confederate sympathies and smugglers linked to Cairo. The Irish Republic’s New York publication is noted for Republican aid.
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Memphis
Missouri Democrat
Chicago
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Albert Pike
Ppeal
Mechanic
Shelby County
Cairo
U.S
Eieshanks
Nemo
Irish Republic
Chi- Jess
New York
Georgia Ratifies Fourteenth Amendment and Postal Talks
Washington August 20. The president says Georgia has ratified the fourteenth amendment. The Post Office reports Britain likely to approve the postal convention modification, reducing postage on small pamphlets, with France negotiations for broader mail exchanges underway.
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Washington
Georgia
United States
Post Office Department
British Post Office Department
France
Ku Klux outrages in Tennessee spread fear and killings
A Nashville dispatch reports intensified Ku Klux activity in Tennessee with Union men driven from homes and a series of brutal attacks. An elderly minister in Obion County was flogged, a colored man was killed, and other outrages including a wife shot dead in Hickman County and confrontations in Wayne and Williamson counties heighten Union alarm.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Obion County
Ku-Klux Organization
Ku-Klux
Free States
Hickman County
Louis Prowl
Prowl
Wayne County
Waynesborough
Williamson County
Bierfield
Bowman
Indian War headlines from Fort Hayes area
Dispatch from Hayes City Kansas reports Bill Comstock, famed scout, murdered by Indians near Fort Hays. Companions wounded, six women abducted, several children stolen yet later found. Cheyennes and Arapahoes withdraw toward Arkansas as military and volunteers pursue.
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Str. Louis
Hayes City
Kansas
Bill Comstock
Wade and Harney head to the Plains in peace commission
Vice President Wade and General Harney were reported in St. Louis on August 20 and then departed for the Plains. Wade traveled via the Kansas Pacific Railroad, while Harney proceeded to Omaha and the Indian country on business tied to the Indian Peace Commission.
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Wade
Gen. Harney
Fone
Plains
St. Louis
B. F
Sven Hors
Yesterdoes
The
Kansas Pacific
Gen
Harney
Omaha
Escapes from Northampton jail and political notes
Six persons escaped from jail in Northampton Massachusetts on Tuesday. Reports include Chief Justice Chase returning to Washington from Parkersburg, the Union Pacific nearing Green River, generals Hancock and Rousseau meeting President Johnson, a move of the Agricultural Department, a New York Supreme Court death, a 100 mile walking race in Troy for $1000, and the Chinese Embassy’s travel through Springfield to Boston. также brewing tensions over labor, burglaries in Evanston and New York, Vanderbilts funeral with Horace Greeley pallbearers, railroad property taken by a receiver, nominations for Congress across Pennsylvania and Missouri, a major fire in St Louis damaging Mackey Stevens flour mill, and multiple Democratic nominations for Congress in Missouri.
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Mass
Justice Chase
Washington
Parkersburg
Union Pacific Railroad
Green River
Hancock
Rousseau
Johnson
Agricultural Department
Bothe
W. Bonney
Supreme Court of New York
Troy
N. Y
Weston
Payne
Springfield
Boston
Cabot
Philadelphia
Gen. Rawlins
New York
Rev. B. Kent
Evanston
Lil
Washington, Alexandria and
Loas
St. Louis
Missouri
John J. Phillips
P. H. Ross
McClurg
Wadell
Wadell ; 6Th District, Gen. Jas. Shields ; 7Th District, Hon. M. Oliver
Jno. F. Williams
Col
W. F. Switzler
New York Live Stock Market and Chicago Wheat Prices
New York Live Stock Market reports beef cattle receipts 1205 head with lower prices, sheep and lambs heaviness, and swine around 97 to 101 cents. Chicago market shows flour dull, wheat irregular and lower, corn active but unsettled, oats quiet, rye firm, barley irregular, with pork and lard subdued. Regional notes include St Louis and Cincinnati price levels, with mixed futures across grains and provisions.
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New York
Illinois
Cuicano
Duffalo
Oswego
Ohio
Michigan
St. Louis
No. L Lake
Buffalo
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Lock & Wildman
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Trans-Atlantic Ballet
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Liablleties
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Isaac A. Hances
James M. Bishop
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Adams County Agriculturl and Horticultural Association
Melrose
Eaid County
Asid
Fair Ground
William Marsh
Brougham & Son
Adams County Agricultural and Borticultural Association
Cicuit Court
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Quincy Savings Bank
Charles IL Cartin
Adams County Agricultural and Horticultural Asociation
Joseph W. Bradford
T .c Adame County Agricultural and Horticultural Association
Mechanics’ Lens
Caid
Will Reil
Court House
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P. Wm
Adams County Agricultural and Horticultural Association
Adams County Agricultura and Horticultural Association
John Wood
Recorders Office
County of Adams
Adair
Tease O. Woodruff
Adams County Agricultural_ sod Horticultural Association
Theodore ‘T. Dwight
Recorder's Office
Deada
William A. Richardson
Charles W. Lyman
Theodore T. Dwight
Lear
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Helmhold
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Helmbeld’s
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H. T. Helmbold
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Urlbold
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Medical” Dept
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