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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1875
Page
3
A New York Tribune reader argues for retrenchment in ladies dress after recent hard years. She cautions against extravagant displays, praising simple elegance and education over superficial adornment. The piece urges balance, cost awareness, and humane aims, noting social pressure on young women to conform to costly fashions.
The Tribune will publish the full Indian Commissioners report advocating radical changes west of the Mississippi. It urges separating Sioux children from adults for compulsory education, linking subsistence to labor, moving Nebraska Northwest Indians to the 1864 treaty reservation, abolishing current agencies, and enforcing policy with force to civilize and make Indians self supporting. The six column report critiques negotiation failures and calls for army supervision and fair compensation for bills.
In Paris a sensation grows over the civil marriage of Jules Ferry, former minister to Greece, who skipped church rites. The ceremony is legal but not church sanctioned, provoking heated debate among Bonapartist and monarchist papers. Public opinion may push laws strengthening church prerogatives as liberal views clash with strong religious sentiment.
A letter from Te NNSLE dated November 11, 1875 describes weather, the lack of first class pull-backs, and compares Quincy with local examples. The writer mentions not seeing Ku Klux in uniform but notes a leaf from Jesse Woodman and Jo Wood and references mob violence and a recent Ku Klux raid resulting in a death. The Ku-klux have suspended activities.
A wartime reminiscence recounts Confederate and Union veteran experiences near Murfreesboro. A local reader notes labor scarcity, Black migrants heading south to Mississippi, and a changed sentiment toward Union troops. The piece mentions the National Cemetery, crushed fortifications, a wounded veteran named Crain, and a longing for Northern money and energy.
The Treasury Secretary called in five twenty bonds to complete the five percent loan. The funding reaches the legal limit of five hundred million dollars and saves about five million dollars annually in interest. New bonds payable after ten years raise the nation’s credit, with potential save of fifty million if repaid then. The plan follows 1870 funding law with various bonds under Bristow and Boutwell administrations. The policy boosts national credit and reduces borrowing costs, while critics of repudiation were defeated. The article cautions against foreign policy moves that could affect credit.
Measures of administrative reform and retrenchment which are at present the obvious duty of the Government.
An Oct 29 Flare dispatch in Paris recounts the story of Charles Colt, once linked to the Colt revolver, describing his New York past, murder of a woman, dismemberment, transport to New Orleans, wrongful concealment, and eventual flight to Paris under the name Charley Kavanaugh before dying. The piece also discusses beliefs about church and state in education and Catholic-Protestant tensions.
Winona Republican notes Noramal School girls carried notebooks to Mr De Leo's lecture for fall reporting. Most papers stayed blank as many students bit pencils and failed to write. A stray sheet recovered ends with a rambling tale of places, piracy, slaves, and a girl named Jenny Brown.
Essay from the Borton Globe argues extremists on both sides inflate sectarian fears over public education. It says Catholics and Protestants can settle differences through reason, warns against violent proclaims, and denies evidence that the Roman Church aims to subvert the system. A cautious path favors secular instruction with equal treatment for all.
A New York correspondent describes an elaborate Baltimore mirror praised for originality and execution. The silver frame features fawns and nymphs amid ferns grape leaves roses and lilies. A second frame serves as an enlarging glass suspended from Cupid. The piece rests on a mule hoof base and is portable for a lady's boudoir.
A tale by Richard Grant White reflects on dogs and humor noting that dogs cannot laugh but display contempt through tail and eye. It describes Thor the bloodhound with calm dignity, and his interactions with the terrier Puck, ending with Thor’s gentle restraint rather than aggression when provoked.
The narrator recounts walking Thor past a farmer's gate where two cross dogs attacked strangers. Thor lifts a leg and urinates on the dogs, startling them and ending the confrontation. The narrator notes some people are like barking curs who deserve no respect or mercy.
A Pennsylvania youth, Benjamin Peter of Washington Township, inhaled a peanut shell while riding to a public sale on horseback. The shell lodged in a lung, causing persistent pain and decline over months despite medical care. He plans to seek help from Prof. Pancoast in Philadelphia as a last resort.
A Detroit Free Press tale describes a liberal husband who asks his wife to study history from page one. She agrees then returns home in disarray, hair loose and no supper ready, claiming she can recount the world’s first discoveries rather than fix dinner. The history book remains unopened since that evening.
The Wheeling Intelligencer reports widespread church robberies near Wheeling on a Monday night. Presbyterians at Thin Grove, Antioch near Sherrard, Pleasant Will M. E. and Mount Olivet M. E. churches lost Bibles, a Bible and two commentaries, plus an overcoat revolver and cloak from Bethlehem Schoolhouse. Additional tool thefts cited in nearby Kame area as librarians prepare reports.
Justice Pyper sent a sharp youth to thirty days for swindling a Chinese man. The boy claimed a melted gold nugget from the Virginia City fire was worth 30 dollars and sought to soak it until morning. The Chinese man refuted the claim and used a medicine bottle, applying acid to the nugget, making it turn green and inedible.
An Omaha letter describes the Indian squarers seen at regional agencies. It notes oval faces for females, contrasts with males, coal-black hair in two braids, large almond eyes, and merry expressions. Brass rings hang from ear lobes with turquoise beads and mother-of-pearl shells. a matching necklace completes the adornment.
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