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Newspaper

Alton Spectator

Location

Alton, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1837

Page

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Act to Incorporate the City of Alton Illinois

The act provides for the incorporation of the City of Alton, defines boundaries, wards, and city powers. It establishes a mayoral and aldermanic government, elections, finances, taxation, public works, schools, courts, and municipal officers. It sets procedures for road labor taxes, street paving, jury service, and recording deeds. The act authorizes a municipal court and appoints officers, with provisions for bonds, duties, and governance under state law. Approved July 21, 1057.

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Wool Output in Vermont Tops Three Million Pounds

Vermont’s wool crop this year likely exceeds three million pounds based on last season’s price of about sixty cents per pound, totaling nearly two million dollars. Other brief items note a doctor’s confession upon death, public whipping for horse thieves in Providence, tolls on public works in Pennsylvania, and various local incidents in Ohio Massachusetts and Boston.

Vermont John R. Buzzel Charleston Boston Atlas Penneyrania EALED Little Wash M'cowley’e Tidy Fox River Elm River Racoon Creek Skillet Fork Little Wabash M. K. Alexander William Kinney 2D Juudicial Circuit

The Woods Set to Appear at the Park Theatre New York

A fragment notes Sir Walter Scott’s affection for his daughter and a planned appearance of The Woods at the Park Theatre New York starting August 21, with mentions of local figures and dates.

Tom Qny Walter Scott Park Theatre New York

Edward Keating Attorney at Law Alton Ill

Edward Keating attorney and counsellor at law of Alton Illinois appears in a legal notice referencing Cowless Krum Alton Maine Portland Maine Prentiss Mollan John Holmes Dynel Goodenlow and others with business addresses on Second Street near Mesers Afarth Hunkinaun Co.

Edward Keating Alton, Ill Cowless Krum Alton M. Hom Prentiss Mollan Portland Maine John Holmes Alfred Dynel Goodenlow Second Street Mesers Afarth Hunkinaun & Co Akon William Burcon C. Pierce John van Antwerp Wen William Miller Godfrey, Gilman & Co

Property ledger fragment with assorted lot sales

Fragmentary ledger listing multiple lots and buyers including Samuel Wade Caleb Stone Godfrey Guman Co Beal Howard Sanvel Hamilton Zachariah Heys James M Adem Halley with small sums shown for each entry. The text preserves names and monetary values though details are partial and jumbled.

Samuel Wade Caleb Stone Godfrey, Guman Sanvel Hamilton Een Zachariah Heys James M Adem Halley

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