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Newspaper
Salem Press
Location
Salem, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1880
Page
2
Large quantities of black walnut are exported to England while several Chicago grain firms failed last week. Exodusters from North Carolina reached Greencastle, and Akerman, former attorney general, died in Georgia.
Diphtheria prevails in Brooklyn due to defective sewage and plumbing. Reports say Jay Gould bought the Anchor line of steamers linking St. Louis and New Orleans. Rail disasters kill and injure passengers on the Burlington and North Carolina Central lines. Indianapolis murder defendant faces trial. mob violence in Raymond, Mississippi. Senate pays widow in artillery carriage patent case. Snow storms hit Petersburg, Newport, Washington. New York sees a snowfall. Major political caucus in Allegheny County backs a U.S. senator. House fracas over the Wood bill ends with apologies. Numerous judicial confirmations follow in executive session.
The document lists multiple post weesters and officials with positions and locations including David A. McKinley of California in New York and Bristol, William H. Hart in Frankfort Indiana, Thomas J. Lucas in Lawrenceburg Indiana, and O H Woodworth in Columbia City Indiana. Also named are William Bawrence Ohio, William Hart Portland Indiana, George W. Cuntizs Urbana Minnesota, John Gordin Jacksonville Illinois, Miss A M Lawton Griggsville Illinois, Mrs M E Jenkins Murphysborough Illinois, James B Brown Galena Minnesota.
Gorernog Gray backs civil service reform as advocated by the Democratic press. The Machazen river commissioner M. R. Sulzer, appointed by the late Governor Williame, was praised yet removed after making a Republican speech. The quittance came just before he left for Washington, amid claims the speech provoked the firing.
An on-margin note in the paper urges the reader to call and renew a subscription after it has expired. The terse message emphasizes time, renewal, and urgency without additional context or names.
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