Weekly Leader on Railroads and Politics in Greene County
The February 24 1670 issue urges Greene County citizens to demand rail expansion centering Springfield and warns rival lines will drain trade. It reports a Radical Senate caucus in Jefferson City, detailing amendments on suffrage and oath laws, and quips about using captured ordnance to pressure delinquent taxpayers.
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Condict
County Court
Lafayette
Ind ) Dispatch
Crawfordsville
Adjutant General disputes militia extra pay and Mormon polygamy drift
The Adjutant General denies three months extra pay to Missouri State Militia officers and soldiers. A bill absolving South Pacific Railroad of $300,000 faces passage as legislators from the county back the measure. War Department opinions question militia bounties while corruption rumors swirl. Brigham Young allegedly seeks a Utah polygamy refuge in Arizona, and Confederate General Logan runs a Virginia coal mine.
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Congress
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Salt Lake Cy
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Arizona
Utah
Simor
Scordera
Gasconade lands memorial motion spurs southwest growth
Jefferson City report notes a House debate on a joint resolution to grant lands to the Gasconade Manufacturing and River Improvement Company. It traces eastern visitors led by Alexander Hyde and BP S Williams who chose Jerome for a new mill, the land purchase, and river dam plans to aid lumber operations. The piece also covers Lincoln Institute funding, railroad politics, and a controversial anatomy bill amid Missouri politics.
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Columbia College
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Missoni
Sphero Locomotion and New Freight Vision
Washington reports on Sphero locomotion a pneumatic tube system using hollow spheres to transport freight above ground. The plan includes wood or cast steel spheres in air tubes with relays, projecting speed 150 to 200 miles per hour and claims of safety, cost per mile about 10 000.
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Aloe
Colorado Textitery
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High Times in South Carolina exposes corrupt politics and race bias
A Charleston style dispatch details alleged graft by carpetbaggers and politicians in South Carolina, naming figures like Gov. Scott and Senator Leslie while recounting sensational anecdotes about negro representatives and social life at the state capital. The piece covers legislative fights, a expulsion case against Whittemore, and related political gossip. It also reports on regional railroad plans, university boundaries, and national issues including the Fifteenth Amendment ratification and remarks on women’s rights leader Susan B. Anthony.
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Gen. Logan
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Washington Departments Employ Twenty Colored Clerks
Bishop Quintard has returned to Nashville improved in health. California Legislature considers allowing eighteen year olds to vote and hold office.
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