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Alton Daily Telegraph in Alton, Illinois

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Newspaper

Alton Daily Telegraph

Location

Alton, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1880

Page

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Czarina's Cannes Departure and Global Affairs Highlight Telegraph

Cannes mourns the Czarina's departure for St Petersburg where she distributed thousands daily to shops. Dennis Kearney rich yet aid lacking for distressed countrymen abroad. Melina Patti earned $7 a minute in Vienna operas amid Eastern famine reports and Cuba earthquake shocks. National debt tops $2 billion in cash excess. Dolly Hartman cremation planned at Lemoyne furnace. Norton wins $65,000 suit vs New York Postmaster. Queen Victoria speech ridiculed by British press.

Czarina St. Petersburg Cannes Dennis Kearney Melina Patti Vienna Mesopotamia Kurdistan Asia Treasury Department Treasury Cuba Dolly Hartman Allegheny City Lemoyne

General Fry A Soldier Of Long War Record Passes In Greene County

Gen Fry longtime Greene county resident and Civil War era veteran dies at home after a life of service. He served in the War of 1812 and Black Hawk War as a colonel, with Abraham Lincoln noted as a private under his command. In the later rebellion he attained the rank of general and is remembered on a peaceful farm surrounded by friends.

Fry Greene County Abraham Lincoln Col. Fry Jersey

General Hood Appeals for Aid After Losses

The piece reports General Hood of the Confederate Army appealing to the public to buy his book to aid his destitute family. It claims Hood lost 30,000 in a Louisiana state bonds investment repudiated under Democratic rule, leaving his children in poverty as Louisiana lawmakers supposedly made them paupers.

North Beauregard J. B. Hood New Orleans Louisiana General Hood

Col Harlow Denies Bid for Bowen Vacancy

Colonel George H. Harlow clarifies reports that he seeks Bowen’s vacated post. He states he is not an applicant for the position but a candidate for renomination as Secretary of State. He says he has no serious opposition and enjoys wide popularity for his proven service.

George H. Harlow Bowen Col. Harlow

Constable Recovers Stolen Mule in Town Visit

Constable Tom Bethel from Fieldon recovered a mule stolen from a man named De Witt during a town visit this week.

Tom Bethel Fieldon de Witt

Alton Time Table Arrivals and Departures Listed

On and after Sunday January 4 1480 trains on the Chicago and Alton and affiliated lines will leave Alton for St Louis with schedules detailing arrivals and departures. The document specifies routes toward St Louis and other points on the network.

Chicago & Alton St. Louis Jacksonville Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Union Depot Alton

Night Express Across Indianapolis and St Louis

The Indianapol is and St Louis night express runs daily with accommodation except Sunday day Express. XP railroad time runs fifteen minutes faster than city time.

Kansas City Peoria Burlington City 8 Ight Express Jacksonville City T H New York Express

Roane Night Express and WOLCOTT Agent Notice

Fragmentary text indicates a Roane Night Express item mentioning agent WOLCOTT. The readable portion names Su cpt Sos wie and mentions a night express service with an agent. Further details are unreadable.

Roane M. Night Express Wolcott

Train schedule for Edwardsville and Mitchell routes

Wabash Railway timetable lists trains from Mitchell to Edwardsville Express and Local at 5:48 p m and from Edwardsville Junction to Edwardsville at 16:45 a m and 5:05 p m. Trains also depart Edwardsville for Mitchell through age and from Edwardsville Junction to Edwardsville.

Mitchell Edwardsville Edwardsville Junction

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