Burlington sees a German boy killed by train
Peter Laux a 16 year old German boy was run over by a railroad train in Burlington Tuesday and killed instantly. The town reports a garroting and robbery on a public street and notes river water levels higher than since July. Local items mention Des Moines Citizens Association planning $1000 in ads, a new Burlington high school building, and Harvey Adams an elderly Muscatine County settler dying on the 10th. Butchers in Council Bluffs vote to stay closed on Sundays.
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Peter Laux
Burlington
Des Moines
Lee County
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Harvey Adams
Muscatine County
Butchers
Council Bluffs
Illinois Thanksgiving Proclamation Issued by Governor Palmer
The November 11 1872 proclamation calls Illinois residents to observe the national Thanksgiving on November 28 1872. It urges prayer, gratitude for mercies, peaceful laws, and aid to the poor, with Governor Palmer endorsing the observance and seal of the state. Additional items note U.S. and French political contexts and recent anti rebel sentiments.
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United States
John M. Palmer
Biinvis
Ilinois
Sgal
The Rushville Citizen Prospectus for 1873
The Rushville Citizen publishes the Wallie prospectus for 1873 noting the paper is worth its price and that as a daily it is ten to twelve hours ahead of Chicago and St. Louis dailies from this place.
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Fire nearly destroys residence of D A Wray
The residence of D A Wray in Memphis was nearly destroyed by fire last night. The Memphis Industrial Exposition closed yesterday after a successful run. William Gaston, former mayor of Boston, has been renominated by the Democrats for re election. A San Francisco party headed for Colorado and Wyoming diamond fields yesterday. An official Ohio election count reports 529 598 votes with Grant leading by 37 581. Judge Van Vorst confirmed by New York Senate as McCenn successor. A fire at Milledgeville Georgia yesterday burned the Hotel Block with several stores and residences. The steamer Dakota sails from San Francisco to New Zealand in December.
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Boston
Democrats
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Ohio
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van Vorst
New York Senate
McCenn
Milledgeville
Virginian Election Returns Show Grant Leading
Official Virginian returns list Grant at 93 408 votes and Greeley at 9 652 with Buchanan county possibly voting for Shipwar. If so Grants majority would reach 1 975. Conor's vote not counted yet but small.
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Prolongation of Thiers Term Reported in Paris
Paris reports on November 22 indicate no opposition to extending Thiers term for four years a measure backed by government allies. The same dispatch notes Thiers explaining to allies his willingness to compromise on harmony while maintaining core convictions and endorsing ministerial responsibility and parliamentary elements.
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Assembly Committee
Claims for late cotton take under court review
Washington November 22. Claims for cotton taken after June 80 1855 have expired. The items are numerous and complex, likely prompting the Treasury to seek Congress to refer the matter to the Court of Claims. President received no visitors today as he worked on his message. Mrs Woods, wife of the condemned man to be executed Wednesday, visited with her daughter but failed to secure an interview. Weather report notes a Friday forecast of northerly winds and occasional snow from the Northwest to the Ohio region.
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National Board of Fire Underwriters Tariffs Set
The National Board of Fire Coder writers convened to fix agent commissions at 10 percent from December 1 1872 except for dwellinghouses and farm property where terms are negotiated with agents. They favor adopting tariffs from 1866 and 1863 Among cities under 50 000 population a 30 percent rate increase is urged while larger places see at least 5 percent added. Colonial annexation groups meet to coordinate with Canadian annexation advocates. Methodist Episcopal Church apportionments total 25 000 Iowa 18 000 Nebraska 1 500 Des Moines 5 000 Northwestern Iowa 1 500 Dipper lows 10 000 Rock River 20 000 Southern Illinois 20 000. Blood arrest in the Woodhull scandal suit brought by Ghaliw.
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P. H. Watson
Erie Railway
Jay Gould
Fancher
Supreme Court
Erie
Wm. Buttler Duncan
Wm. R. Travers
m.Gould
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Horace F. Clarke
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Nebraska
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Northwestern
The Tu. P. Railroad Threat to Senator Hitchcock and Teff Jackson
A gale struck Omaha on November 22 sparking danger to Senator Hitchcock and Representative Teff Jackson as the railroad debates its state service. The storm caused no delay to the Gallon Pacific trains, and funds spent last summer to raise track widen cuts and build snow sheds will likely prevent snow blockades this winter.
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Hitchcock
Teff
Gaion Pacific
Boston Fire Relief and Reciever Plan Emerges
Boston insurers meet to urge appointing receivers. City council thanks authorities and distant cities for aid as relief fund reaches 380000. Ninth Regiment guards ruins of the great fire. Also reports a railroad disaster near Witmanboro with two deaths and fifteen wounded from a collision between a Philadelphia train and a New York and Washington train.
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Boston
New Yours Leads Italian Emigrants to Castle Garden Fraud
Nearly three hundred Italians stranded at Castle Garden after being lured by tales of riches in Buenos Ayres. They were told in Marseilles a ship would take them to Rio and New York, only to find they were defrauded. Authorities informed the Italian Ambassade in Washington as detectives hunt missing men and a Louisville Insurance Agent Geo. Pery is believed dead. A poisoning plot involving Laura D Fair and waiter Frank shocks San Francisco, with alleged plans to poison Judge Dwinelle and prosecutor Campbell revealed after the second trial.
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Frank
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