Credit Mobilier and reform debates roil Harrisburg in 1873
Harrisburg dispatch peers into legislative fights over franking privileges and Credit Mobilier scandals. The letter cites Oaks Ames’s influence, calls for temperance measures, and notes bills on usury while detailing Senate and House actions, investigations, and potential indictments amid the Centennial preparations.
Government to issue 300 million loan under Grant era plan
The article reports a new three hundred million dollar five percent loan to be raised by Jay Cooke & Co and partners with Rothschild backing. Secretary Boutwell praises the plan as a major early Grant term achievement and anticipates prompt support from the listed houses and others joining to fulfill the loan. It also notes related market and political context from Iowa corn usage, Ingalls winning the Kansas Senate seat, a staged Pomeroy payoffs scandal, and Pennsylvania iron and ore production, plus a Bradford County license election and a March hang date for Avery Putnam’s killer.
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Jay Cooke & Co
Morton ,Bliss & Co
Drevel & Co
Barring Brothers
Boutwell
Grant
Cooke
Rothschild
London
America
Population gains in Pennsylvania outpace most states
The Pittsburgh paper notes Pennsylvania added 615,727 people from 1860 to 1870, more than New York and all western states except Illinois. It compares state gains to national totals and cites other regional increases while listing several state figures. It also mentions Tweed's trial, Gov Geary’s six-year term, Boston’s smallpox outbreak, and schooling gaps in South Carolina.
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Harrisburg
Boyd
Norristown
Credit Mobilier
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Maine
Capitol
Duff Green
South Improvement Company
South
Senate
Anderson
House
Myer
Lawshe
Fountain Head
Brown
Evie County
Commonwealth
Gov. Geary
8. Y. Allen, Esq
Warren
151St Reg. Pa
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Pittsburgh
Ilinois
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Wisconsin
United States
Winter 1872 3 recalls floods fires cold and oil prices
The item catalog notes a, remarkable winter of 1872 3 with floods fires and intense cold alongside low priced oil. It mentions a snowstorm in the Northwest disrupting rail travel and business and forecasts rate reductions by Western Union to California towns. It also reports smallpox outbreaks in South America and a high smallpox toll in Chili.
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Jack
Northwest
National Theatre
Washington
Imperial Hotel
Cleveland
Iowa
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Western Union Telegraph Company
California
South America
Chili
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Republican Party
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Mammon
McComb
Philadelphia
Iowa City Register
James Ingalls
U. S
Pomeroy
Ingalls
Bradford County
William Foster
Avery D. Putnam
Tweed
Tammany Ring
Geary
Boston
South Carolina
Salt Lake City
Des Moines
Sandwich Islands
Buffalo
Sumner
J. J. Baker
G. A. Bruegel
Charles Steinberg
Ida L. Baker
Lottsville
F. Bates
Jefferson Jobs
Bellic Wynn
Rochester
Mr. Passavant
J. D. Scour
Conewango
Lena Ebel
Deposit
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J. N. Adams
Orrin E. Walker
Bettie Whitaker
Elk
Polly Ann Conroe
Springfield
Bradford Co
Charles Burgess
Burgess
Sugar Grove
Azor Thomas
OPICE
Edd H. Davis
John PF
Davis
Wh. A. Greaves
Y. M.C.A
Warren County Common Pleas
Rose Laufer
Wilson Smith
Moses Lauffer
Moses Laufer
Court of Common Pleas
Warren County
Dfebdt Ss
Egister
Orphans Court
John O'Neal
Dee
David More
Francis Bates
Samu‘l More
Phebe F. Olney
Mary A. Olney
James Olney
W. C. Troward
John D. Babbitt
James G. Marsh
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Carver House
District Court
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Notich
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Carver
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Hoffman & Clark's Block
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Fine Tobaggres & Cigars
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Warren, Pa
Walter Semen
Corydon
John F. Semen
Allegheny River Railway
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Oil Creek
Allegheny
Pennsylvania Rail Road
4Th St
A. Phillips
Gil Crerikhoide
WM. Peerce
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Wweer
Ruhiman
Salma New
A. A. Davis & Co
News Depot
East First National Bank
Dunham, Capron & CO
Orphan’s Court
State of
Harriet Spencer
Jacob Smutz
Alfred Spencer
Fidello Spencer
Elias Lovnot
Recorder’s Office
Henry Babcock
Sugar Grove Township
Ami Smith
W. D. Blodgett
Youngsville
A. W. Camp
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Buennjamin Ellis
John B. Gough
Horace Greeley
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Waren, Pa
Warren Co
General Assembly
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