Tipton Advertiser in Tipton, Iowa

The Fifteenth Amendment Train of Progress and New York scams

Colored Louisville celebration shows a transparency with a locomotive labeled The Fifteenth Amendment and twenty nine cars for ratifying states, plus jackasses at the rear for nonratifying states. The piece warns soldiers and the public about fraudulent land bounty schemes and a London Times note on ships and indemnities. It reports Iowa legislative notes, railroad race, Indian policy, and immigration board news, with figures for New York votes and liquor licenses.