13 Aug 1868
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Newspaper
Tipton Advertiser
Location
Tipton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1868
Page
1
A mix of town ads and notices from Tipton including Hall Schmucker drugstore offerings, butter prices, a Patiner’s Club meeting, Cedar County Agricultural Society premiums, sidewalk penalties, and poultry and livestock notes. An incident report covers Jane Brook alcohol case and Tenbrook’s drunkenness charge.
Hart and Schmucker advertise low prices on paints and oils. Tipton Union School promotes its public education, local facilities, and staff dedication, urging local and attending patrons to visit and enroll. Ordinance 58 amends sidewalks rules, adds penalties and interest, effective after publication in the Tipton Advertiser.
The author argues that Seymour and Blair are unlikely winners and Grant and Colfax are seen as already victorious by observers nationwide. Democratic leaders plan to wait and work hard, while Republicans’ complacency may aid opponents. The piece urges Town Republicans to heed the Democrats’ vigorous campaign.
The Davenport Gazette notes a monster Grant meeting in Sidney, a 500-strong Tanners Club in Davenport, and calls for vigorous Republican organization in every township and school district. It highlights speeches by W F Cowles in Muscatine and Colfax’s Clinton stop, urging active canvassing and readership of Republican papers to ensure victory.
The first national bonds issued after the war were the 520s of 1862. The government had previously issued treasury notes redeemable on demand and receivable as gold for duties. It next issued treasury notes and made them legal tenders for all purposes except for import duties. The 520 bonds dated 1862 1864 and 1865 remain in large numbers.
A detailed summary of Civil War era U S bonds notes and greenbacks notes issued under acts of 1862 and 1864 outlining amounts outstanding due to 1867 1865 and 1882 with payments in coin the debate over resumption of specie payments and the impact on widows orphans and savings banks. Also notes on a brevet colonel commission for J Q Wilds of the 24th Iowa and a family estate dispute over almost $30000 tied to Wilds death and heirship.
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