Eight Hour City Labor Ordinance Debate Stirs Town
A Gazette report covers a council dispute over a proposed eight hour workday for street laborers. The Mayor deflects questions about authorship, claiming the ordinance arose from street workers complaints and a draftsman’s suggestion, while critics note wages and hours under existing rules. The piece previews a vote and hints at political motives ahead of spring elections.
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Spink
Falter
Lahorers Chemsehead
Petition sparks debate on council action and signatures
An old petition of about 110 residents seeks council guidance on army policy. The document lists signers such as J. E. Z jnpsin, Jacob Moffinaister, and others, arguing for respectful consideration and warning against dismissive handling by a committee. The record notes the strong influence of the petition among city leaders and public figures.
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J. E. Z Jnpsin
Jacob Moffinaister
BT. Jedith
Georce Kraufian
J. c Veale
Bel Sidater
J. W. Burton
Kran
Tranter
M. J. Bontan Solomon
Joseph Cabel
Col
John
Bgratam
A.J. Welle
Attr
Imenicia
Committee On Streets
Axtell
Committee On ci Terns
Clever
Council Proceedings And Republican Riot Convention Notes
In 1872 city council deliberations discuss street changes, cisterns, sidewalks, and a new hook and ladder company with bids due in July. Separately, a Republican District Convention in Evansville endorses Grant and Colman successors, with speeches by General Browne and Nathan Kimball, plus a dramatic reunion tale of Senator Wilson aiding a coerced soldier.
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Witter
Wells
Spink
Campbell
Board of Pealth
Wilav
Me. Spink
Geo.smith
Evaneville Journal
Aiat
Princeton
Court House Yard
John W. Foater
Drifer
Georges G. Riley
Knox
Alvin P. Hovey
Puney
Florey
Apecel
Grant
Ari
Clark Wille
Warrick
Wm. J. Reith
Common Pleas
Vanderburgh
Gibson
Daviess
Martin and
Pike
Kid
JI. Mitchell
J. W. Mogere
Martin
Nathan Kimball
Eral TM. Browne
Tellman
Gerona
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Ulysser S. Grant
Henry W. Son
William Heitman
Congressa
Buffalo Land and Western Life Curiosities Book Notice
An advertisement-style review of Buff alo Land a Western life book by B Webl describing a large illustrated volume on the Far West. It touts details of settlement, climate, resources, land laws, and frontier life with engravings by Henry Worrall. Publisher E. Man & Co seeks agents and exclusive territories with liberal commissions.
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Bypaatond & Co
Henry Worrall
Harvey
Kansas
Mark Twain
Buffalo
Great Miami
Atock
Register of the
U.S. Land Office
Jihuney
E. Man
West Fourth Street
Cinematic
Imho Kalil
Pram the Nacional Republican and a Natick Tale
In Natick a man named Mr. Wilson befriended a poverty struck boy later called Rogers. The boy worked briefly and sent money to his impoverished mother until his father seized the wage, prompting Wilson to return the entire sum and bid the boy lie to him. The two parted for over twenty years, with Rogers later serving in the Army of the Potomac.
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Senator Wilson
Seargent
Massachusetts
Rogers
Senator Wilaon
Bergent Rogers
Hla Brillant
Jareer
Ope
Nacional Republican
Terry Wilson
Natick
Whdec le
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Stogers
Stogeri
Army of the Potomac
How to Dress a Sheep in Modern Butchering
This period text explains slaughtering and dressing a sheep, detailing removal of the hide, evisceration, and skinning. It prescribes a rapid sequence after death to minimize waste and describes the thrust through the windpipe to kill, with cautions on artery handling. It asserts every farmer should know proper butchery for summer meat.
Political talk and 1876 party loyalties across presses
A survey of Democratic tensions in 1876 with mentions of Third Iowa Districts候, Fred, Greeley, and Horace Greeley, plus reactions from London Times and local editors. It notes Cain of Davis and Davis and Townsend poetry and a Burlington druggist offering a substitute lecture. The piece questions party unity and editorial loyalty across papers.
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Burlington, Vt
Sumner
The
Tribune
Horace Greeley
New York
Germans Train Carrier Pigeons for War Use
A dispatch notes Germany under Bismarck directs the training of carrier pigeons for military purposes. The passage mentions unrelated quirky items about a New Haven family, a colored orator, corsets, a Chicago editor, a Yosemite travel note, and a claim about Alleghany county wealth reaching a vast sum.
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Bismarck
New Haven
Chicago
Byron
Ttmn
Aleghany County
Delaware
Florida
Nevada
Oregon
Nebraska
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