Iowa Vote Shifts Show Bolting Splits Amid Calamity Recall
The Iowa election results reveal Republican gains in a state ticket tally but with Democratic and Peoples candidates winning in several counties. Bolting and bitterness in Republican ranks helped Democrats seize county offices, while Linn and Johnson counties show mix outcomes. The piece cautions that local feuds should not erode party principle ahead of next Legislature.
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Chicago
Iowa
Muscatine County
John Mahin
Day
Molis
Clinton County
Johnson County
Linn County
J. G. Hayzlett
Ohio and Pennsylvania Show Republican Wave in Fall Elections
The columns report strong Republican majorities in Ohio and Pennsylvania, with Ohio landmarks including Gen. Noyes’s Governor win by over 20,000 and historical momentum from 1870 and 1869. The piece notes the demise of the New Departure and predicts a Republican next Senator from Buckeye State.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Noyes
Register
Buckeye
Western Chicago Recovery Amid Fire Calamity Report
The Chicago Journal notes improving conditions in Chicago after the disaster with relief organized by the Chicago Relief and Aid Society. Proclamations curb inflammables in the city as crowds diminish. about twenty thousand displaced given homes in St. Louis. thousands still seek aid though work is resuming for laboring men and churches may no longer be needed after this week.
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Chicago Journal
Chicago Relief and Aid Society
Relief Committee
St. Louis
Chicago Fire Aftermath and Regional Impact
The narrative surveys losses from the Chicago blaze with about 2,500 acres burned and roughly 20,000 buildings destroyed, stating over 300 deaths. It notes plans to rebuild on old sites, bank resumption, insurance payouts, and revived grain shipments, while comparing Wisconsin fires and framing regional recovery prospects.
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Journal
Chicago
United States
Shendan
Iowa News Highlights From Ottumwa to Sioux City
Coal sells for seven cents a bushel at banks near Ottumwa. Kirkwood named a new station in Johnson county on the Southwestern road. Over 5 000 tons of government freight received in Sioux City last year. Most Iowa towns respond to Chicago relief efforts. Prairie fires cause injuries and property losses across the state. An anti horse thief society forms at Manti Fremont county. A Washington color man grows fifty bushels of fine peanuts on less than an acre planted May 4 using twenty quarts seed. peanuts worth five dollars per bushel. The Mason ic lodge in Council Bluffs planned a grand banquet for next week but funds are diverted to Chicago fire relief.
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Henry County
Allison
Harlan
WiLson
Iowa
Ottumwa
Kirkwood
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Manti
Fremont County
Washington
Council Bluffs
Chicago
C. W. Treadwell
Presbyterian Church
Treadwell
Wuereras
District Court
County of
Cedar
John D. Frink
James Greig
Tipton
M.mclaughlin
Iowa Southwestern aims Westward from Clinton to Missouri
In the Lawrence Kansas Tribune, Hinckley of the Iowa Southwestern Road outlines a line from Clinton on the Mississippi, connecting to Chicago then southwestward through a belt west of the Chicago & Southwestern, entering Missouri near St. Joseph and aiming for Kansas for optimal business connections. About seventy miles are under construction this season.
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Chicago
Hinckley
Clinton
Mississippi
Chicao
Chicago & Southwestern
Leavenworth
Missouri
St. Joseph
Kansas
Stolen grain, clergy changes, and town notes in Clarence
Citizens report two grain thefts in two weeks with no arrests. Rev J A Kerr reassigned to Clarence by the Clinton conference. A W Hillyer’s court handles attachments against James Greig. Stanwood Express plans to move presses here and launch The Independent. Pastor C W Treadwell’s health prompts congregation to support continued ministry. Morals market from New York Journal of Commerce cited with sly societal observations.
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Clinton
A. W. Hillyer
James Greig
Derby
Stanwood Express
Stanwood
Stanwood E’xpress
Independent
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