Letters Reveal Pork Barrel Tactics in 1864
AP reports Springfield July 2 that letters between Nathaniel Pope then secretary of the Illinois territory and Albert Gallatin reveal a early pork barrel dispute over office rent and supplies. Pope sought $12 monthly rent plus $150 contingencies, Gallatin suggested $40 yearly as limit, final agreement set at $5 a month with further friction over stationery to Gov. Edwards of Illinois Territory.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Nathaniel Pope
Lthelnion
Albert Gallatin
United States Treasury
State Archives Department
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Pope
Elijah Backus
Secretary of the Treasury
Gallatin
Ward
Gov. Edwards
Illinois Territory
Koepke Denies Blame Over Wrong Judge Cited by Hammond
Municipal Court Clerk 5 W Koepke denied that clerks in his office bore responsibility for naming Judge J W Gwynne instead of Judge J C Beem in John Hammond s pen favor. He said no one here gave him the information and Hammond acted on his own. Koepke noted Hammond has used many hours examining court records recently.
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J. W. Gwynne
J.C. Beem
John Hammond
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Koepke
Plan New Building for Boone Hospital Damaged by Flames
Plans for a new Boone Hospital building were discussed after a fire yesterday destroyed the roof and damaged the upper floors. The blaze caused about 46000 in losses. Twenty patients were removed to private homes as crews fought to save the rest. A special bond election may be called to fund the reconstruction.
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Boone Hospital
Boone, Ta
Eleanore Manore Hospital
Plang
Arrest Exposes Mail Order Narcotic Ring
New York reports a mail order narcotic syndicate with $50,000 worth of heroin and morphine and a mailing list of 4500 names. John T. Gilbert's arrest reveals an elaborate chart showing C. O. D. deliveries to customers across North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Nebraska.
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John T. Gilbert
Alice
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South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Nebraska
Sixth Avenue
Gilbert
New Hampton Banks Pride in Federal Reserve Ties
New Hampton Iowa July 24 The First and Second National Banks of New Hampton congratulate each other on their standing with the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago. After the Darrow Trust and Savings Bank closed yesterday the Fed offered aid, but there was no indication that help was needed.
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New Hampton
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Darrow Trust & Savings Bank
Mmit
Akron Balloon Wins National Junior Race
The Akron Chamber of Commerce entry in the junior national balloon race was declared winner by Ralph Pson, head of the racing board. The balloon reached Vindonville, New York, after traveling 222 miles. It was piloted by Walter Morton and Herbert Haron.
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Akron Chamber” of Commerce
Ralph Pson
Racing Board
Vindonville
N. Y
Walter Morton
Herbert Haron
A Pagan Ramble Amid Sunlit Vistas and Ancient Rocks
The writer journeys through a furnace heat to a shale quarry in a riverside landscape, describing crow calls, a bustling road, and a cool limestone wall. He muses on primeval seas, Devonian fossils, and a pagan memory of rural joy, contrasting ancient myth with modern nature’s spectacle.
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Caius Julius Caesaris
Caesar
Apollo
Tia
Zion
Heliopolis
Goethe
Thule
Heigits
Jess
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Pacific Ocean
Solomon
Mister Crow
Jool
Niagara
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Rome
Municipia
Constantine
Aurippe
Venus
Adonis
Elevator Burns at Fre mont Iowa Fire Destroys Elevator
In Oskaloosa on July 24 a J. E. Kennell grain elevator at Fre mont burned destroying eight thousand bushels of wheat and oats and several box cars. Estimated loss up to twenty five thousand dollars with partial insurance coverage.
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Oskaloosa
J. E. Kennell
Fremont
Thief Cuts Strips From Rare Fifteenth Century Tapestries
Weimar July 24 Two Gobelin tapestries of the Wartburg dating to the fifteenth century were mutilated by thieves who removed strips. The tapestries owned by Saxony’s grand ducal house were valued as national works and later sent to Berlin for expert appraisal. The missing strips total 1.5 meters in combined width, and protests demand government action to recover them.
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Associated Press
Weimar
Wartburg
Oleg
Grand Ducal House
Saxony
Wartburg Foundation
Cologne
Kneiser Friedrich Museum
Berlin
Demmier
Lave'e Castle
Pharingian
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