Grant Proclaims Against South Carolina Ku Klux
TIPTON IOWA THURSDAY OCTOBER 26 1871 reports President Grant commands dispersal of unlawful South Carolina conspirators in Spartansburg York Marion Chester Laurens Newberry Fairfield Lancaster Chesterfield counties and orders surrender of arms within five days. Also notes Iowa Women Suffrage Society meeting in Des Moines Amelia Bloomer elected President and denouncement of free love. Mentions Town House speakership candidacy for John Q Tufts and Chicago fire danger to plans, plus a Chinaman’s account of the calamity.
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Spartansburg
York
Iarion
Chester
Laurens
Newberry
Airfield
Lancaster
Chesterfield
Carolina
United States
Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ameria
District of
South Carolina
Iowa Women Suffrage Society
Des Moines
Mt. Pleasant
Amelia Bloomer
Council Bluffs
Lavery
Circuit Court
County of
Cedar
State of
Iowa
C. H. McCormick
Cedar County
Court House
Tipton
John Drbhearer
Wisconsin Fires Terrible Disaster Report from Fond du Lac
Graphic account details the Peshtigo and Sugar Bush calamities in Oconto, Peshtigo, Marinette, and surrounding areas. Describes tornado like winds, complete destruction of forests and towns, mass deaths, and harrowing rescues amid the northeastern Wisconsin fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac « Wis
Commonwealth
Peshtigo
Oconto
Green Bay
Sugar Bush
Marinette
Yaote
Stanwood Iowa Reply to Local Newspaper Attack
Stanwood Iowa October 19 871.4 Publishers Advertiser defends against alleged falsehoods in a Stanwood Hapress article titled To Clarence. The writer recalls early associations with the Hapress editor and criticizes the embattled opponents while promising a measured response to denote the truth.
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Stanwoop
Iowa
Publishers Advertiser
Stanwood Hapress
Clarence
J. M. May
Chicago Notes on Fire Recovery and City Affairs
Police have recovered about four hundred thousand dollars worth of stolen property since the fire. Interest grows in locating the new Chicago and Northwestern Railroad depot. The Chicago Historical Society lost a pamphlet collection valued at around one hundred fifty thousand, many relating to early Northwest settlements. McVicker plans two large stores on his theater site and will pause his theater business. A Chicago citizens meeting at Martine's Hall discussed public matters in the emergency. A G Throop chaired, Richard Edwards secretary, with speeches from leading residents. The remaining unburned city areas now have ample water supply. Rush Medical College cost seventy thousand dollars.
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Charles Lamp
Sugar Bush
Davis
Mr. Tanner
A. V. Hart
Calumet County
Peshtigo
Stanwood
Old Cedar County
Atlantic
Pacific
Fremont
California
Cooper's Institute
Ogdensburgh
Watertown R. R
R. A
Clarence
Boards of Trade
Coopers Institute
Chicago
Northwestern
A. BR
Tipton
Barnum, Cooley
Gen. Fremont
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago Historical Society
Pamphle
Northwest
McVicker
Martine
A. G. Throop
Richard Edwards
Rush Medical College
John DD. Frink
Phantif
District Court
Cedar Co
Anil
James Greig
Courageous minister confronts burglar in Waterford study
In Waterford New York Rev. Mr. Lee faced a midnight burglar who entered through a side window and demanded valuables. The minister refused resistance and offered his two sleeping children as his most precious possessions, impressing the intruder who showed remorse and tears.
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Mr. Lee
Waterford
N.Y
Lee
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Cipton Bavertiser
L. Longley
Eorror
Ku Klux
State Register
John Q. Tufts
Old Cedar
Cochrane
Wisconsin
Board of Supervisors
Auditor's
Tiuton
Board Uiet
Messrs
C. A. Pound
H. Co. Gill
W. Young
Cass Up
Center
Dayton
Kairfield
Farmington
Gower
Massillon
Rochester
Springdale
Sugar Creek
Springfield
Reigart
Henry
Sanford
J F
Lord
Martin
Garrison
Morgridge
Farmington Township
Padgham
John
Inland
Cotton
L Sale
Bell
Francis Swine
Alien
W Helerk
Woolley
Geo
Town Township
Hotchkiss
Lyman
Massiillon
Brink
Ira
Kinch
Shearer
Thomas
Springfield Township
Tower
Breece
Mulford & Longley
Criggs
Watson & Day
McGee
James
Bagley
Humphrey Pauper
Daniel
Denny
Wim
McNamara & Casad
Nogus
Jason
Iowa Township
Porter
Hatch
Gill
ILC
Rhine Guo
Henry Kelly
Kelly
HL. Moore
H. Moore
Bridge Commission
Miller Bridge
EF. Correy
John Leonard
Mathers
Thomas Barrington
Wim. Hepner
Thos. Knott
C. A
Sugar Creek Bridge
Moore Bridge
Thomas Knott
A. B. Oakley
C. W. Rollins
H. C. Gil
EF. M. Brink
Chicago Notes
Dubuque Times
Ohio
Maine
Montana
New Mexico
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Kent
Uck
GALE
Center Township
Abe Adler
Miller House
Lowa
H. H. Miller
U.S
Tus Lane
Henry Ward Beecher
Jesus
Christ
J.b.ford & CO
W. Madison St
Til
Alexander Moffitt
William Moffitt
Wal
WM. Elliott
Woolf Landt
John Weaver
Wosmith
Pers
L. Smith
Elisha Stratton
A.J. Cushman
Sheriff Sale
A. Shaw
A. Bagley
Hagley &Singman
Norti
ALMA
Keene
P. T. Keene
Scuador
Ecuador
Loja
Vedor St
New York
Bliss, Keene & CO
Butss
Washington, DC
Bliss
Will. M. Carleton
Munn &Co
Scientific American
Park Row
Congress Arctic
Ithridge
Dithridge’s
Dithridge & Son
Pittsburgh
GEO. P. Rowell &Co
Shaw
Alfred
Dyer & CO
Jackson, Mich
DRS. G. Armstrong & CO
Berrien Springs
Michigan
JH Reeves
Nassau
de LA Cro
Maiden Lane
Albany
John Hoyt
Steinway, Steck and Emerson Pinanas
Queensmare
George Wood
Brady St
Davenpor
Julia Avisrown
Faquoketa
Vieinits Thorn
J. Zimmerman
General Agents
Hie
Knabe, Gravenstein and
Puller
Taylor and Farley Organs
Iste
Bigge
Lard
Bacon, &c
D. Schooley
Fogle Arouch
Schooley
SSOO
Main St
Davenport
Lowa, Ny
Robert J. Culverwell
Howard Sanitary Aid Association
Ke, Casad & Gilmore
Bossert, Swineford & Whan
Choice Brands
Orice
Tipton, Iowa
WN Grocery
Case & Lewis
Alden, Scott & CO
West Side Court Square
Asia Hinds
Harry Hatch
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