Grant hazard to corruption and amnesty drives reform
The piece notes Grant’s rise and assertive stance against official corruption while referencing his expected decisive leadership. It surveys political events including Congress reassembling, a Grand Army of the Republic convention in Cincinnati, a London colliery disaster, and amnesty debates affecting ex rebels, with further items on taxation, railroads, and state legislatures.
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Grant
White House
United States
U. S. Grant
Reform School
Grand Army of the Republic
Cincinnati
Wigan
England
Congress
Johnson
Je! Davis
John Slidell
James M. Macon
A. Dudley Mann
R. W. Taliaferro
New Orleans
Chicago
House
Secretary of the Navy
Springfield Republican
Pacific Railroad
Springfield
Sacramento
Washington
France
Slagerstown
Mail
Municipal Corporation
First Minister of the Gospel in Iowa sermon history
A correspondent recalls Barton Dover preaching to settlers in Warren County Iowa in 1830s and credits Cartright with delivering the first sermon in Iowa and in Muscatine during 1836. Muscatine Journal notes. A Wisconsin editor proposed Robert E. Lee for Grant's Cabinet, prompting Judge Hubbell's sharp response lampooning Lee and the Confederacy.
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Tur
Lowa
Burl
Barton H. Dover
Warren County
Warren
Cartright
Iowa
Rock River
M. E. Church
Bloomington
Muscatine
Iowa House
Pennsylvania House
Stine
Muscatine Journal
Eoening Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Robert KE. Lee
Grant
Hubbell
The
Sentinel
Lee
Confederacy
Wirz
Relics and riot over the Iowa City Presbyterian bell
In 1841 the Iowa City Presbyterian church bought a bell for its brick church. When Rev Slummer left, he attempted to take the bell by rope from the unfinished belfry. The crowd pulled ladders, threats flew, and the priest fled. Replevin and a Muscatine lawyer followed as the bell was secretly spirited away and finally deemed his property by jury.
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Iowa City
California
Salt Lake City
United States
Iowa River
Philip Clark
Hummer
Py Lowe
Muscatine
Whose Bell Is It Now From a Muscatine Journal Note
Suel Foster in Muscatine Journal recounts a historic anecdote about a bell found in a well. The tale follows Mr Lowe losing and recovering items, a large historical inscription, and the bell traveling with Oregon emigrants to Salt Lake before sale to the Mormons. The piece blends whimsy with dated record-keeping in a humorous historical aside.
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Lowe
Dr. Lowe
Salt Lake
Oregon
Suel Foster
Muscatine Journal
Iowa Facts Boosts Stock Wealth and Immigration
A Grinnell note extols Iowa’s agricultural prowess, highlighting soaring livestock value from 1860 to 1866, abundant oats and corn, and rich grazing lands. It claims Iowa leads in stock value per capita versus Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Michigan and New England, urging settlement with schools churches and railways as pull factors.
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Iowa
Iowa Homestead
Southwest
New England
New York
Indiana
Ilinois
Northwest
Wisconsin
Michigan
J Grinnell
Resignation of District Attorney C R Scott at Anamosa
The article notes the resignation of District Attorney C R Scott of Anamosa effective February 1 due to ill health. It praises his long service and temperance work, and mentions a public statement from Anamosa residents and a New York Tribune editorial on constitutional amnesty and universal suffrage.
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Congress
Virginia
Richmond
H. H. Stuart
Thomas Fiournoy
John March
Washington
Ttm
New York
C. R. Scott
Des Moines
C.R. Scott
Anamosa
Scott
Anamosa Barek
New York Tribune
West Virginia
Missouri
Tennessee
Maryland
Kentucky
Delaware
Telegraphic handshakes and Grant’s looming civil reform
A mixed news digest notes General Butler's ceremonial praise and calls for Grant to lead civil service reforms. It discusses Grant’s potential power over appointments, references Jenckes’ civil service bill, and cites global solar heat and astronomical notes. Also mentions Oregon Smoky Valley cooking by boiling springs and a quirky local recipe scene.
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Gen. Grant
Congress
Jenckes
Grant
Boson Journal of Chemistry
Cambridge Observatory
Munich
Clark
Cambridge
Chicago Observatory
Oregon
Smoky Valley
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