17 Jun 1880
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Newspaper
Sioux County Independent
Location
East Orange, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1880
Page
1
One column wide rates for a year 75.00 and 40.00 for big ads. Business cards five lines or less 5. per year each additional line 0.50. Local notices 0.10 per line first insertion each subsequent 0.05. Marriages and deaths free.
County names Auditor John E. Wyatt Treasurer Antonie J. Betten Jr. Clerk of Courts Joe Pelmulder Recorders T H Duntam Superintendent of Schools Simon Kiyper Surveyor Charlon Lewis Coroner J W Greattrux.
A 19th century report describes James A. Garfield of Ohio and Chester A. Arthur of New York as the Republican ticket after a six day session ending on the thirty sixth ballot. It notes reformist opinions and Greenback candidacy, with debate over Garfield's integrity and the question of Arthur succeeding if Garfield dies.
The piece critiques Gar field as pure yet linked to the Republican cess pool and Chester A Arthur as a political millstone. It argues a clean Democrat or strong soldier like Davis Seymour Thurman Hancock would win in November. It previews a biographical sketch of Arthur and notes Garfield’s brief war record from 1861 to 1863.
The St Paul Globe notes Republicans push Garfield’s nomination as vital to winning the South, New York, and Indiana. Democrats may secure New York, Indiana, Connecticut, and New Jersey in a favorable roll of electoral votes, threatening Garfield’s path. Storm and train disruptions unfold in Minnesota. Mississippi rises as weather and transit woes disrupt daily life. Orange City Store advertises clothing, dry goods, and cash deals, urging shoppers to visit.
Immigration rates list freight fare to Rock Valley from Chicago and Milwaukee. One way and round trip tickets shown, with immigrants movables charges per hundred pounds and per car load. Lists included items and free passage for one man when live stock is carried.
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