Cape Girardeau to link with Vincennes Cairo Rail Road plan
The article touts a proposed trunk line connecting Cape Girardeau with Vincennes and Cairo Rail Road routes to create a southern transMississippi corridor. It claims substantial regional land and timber values, faster access to New York markets, and asks Southeast Missouri communities to subscribe stock to accelerate completion. The plan involves Cape Girardeau city bonds of 300,000 and detailed trustee arrangements with ex Governor Fletcher backed by New York capital.
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Missouri
Arkansas
Southern Pacific
Marshall
Texas
San Diego
Cal
Jacksonport
Ark
Fort Smith
Terrtory
Cairo
Falton
St. Louis
Southwest
Indian Territory
Union
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St.Louis
Chicago
Cape Girardeau and State Line
Trans-Mississippi
Vincennes and
Harrisburg
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Seaboard
Stoddard and
Butler
van Franck
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Cairo & Fulton
State Line
Little Rock
Vincennes
Cape Girardeau
Mayor Thilenium for re election in city race
The article urges White voters to back Col. G. C. Thilenium for mayor in the April election and oppose a Black ticket led by News editor kinney and a council candidate in the First Ward. It denounces radical influence and calls white unity against what it terms an imperious challenge.
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G. C. Thilenius
the News
Kinney
Casebolt
City of
Cape Girardeau
Terrible storm devastates St Louis area and river towns
A severe hurricane struck on the 8th with South East winds. Six men died on Bloody Island and fifty two were wounded. Lyles and houses collapsed. The St Louis elevator and the Mollie Able steamer suffered heavy damage. The storm extended through Morgan Isl. and Phelps counties with widespread destruction and loss.
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East St. Louis
Bloody Island
St Louis
Mollie Able
Morgan County
Isl.s
Phelps County
Rail road iron sold for Cape Girardeau line
Senator Green showed a letter from ex Governor Fletcher stating that twenty five miles of the Cape Girardeau and State Line Railroad snow iron is now purchased and delivery to Cape Girardeau will begin as soon as transport arrangements are complete. The contract will be carried out beyond doubt. Thanks are due to Representative Sanford for the report of state superintendent of public schools and to Senators Schurz and Blair and J. R. McCormick for public favors.
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Banda
Landa
Cape Girardeau
Col. Thilenius
Thos. C. Fletcher
New York
Vincennes
Little Rock and Texas Railroad
Green
Fletcher
Cape Girardeau & State Line
Sanford
Superintendent of Public Schools
Schurz and
Blair
J. R. McCormick
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G. A. R. Care Girrardeau
Cape Girardeau Argus
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L. Brown, Esqu
Ellis T. Jenkins
Grand Army
Liam
United States of America
Grand Army of the Republic
P. A. Smith
Cape Girardeau and State Line
Jacob Goetz
Editorials and letters stir community tensions in 1870 Cape Girardeau
In December 1870 the Cape Girardeau Argus hosts editorials and reader letters debating school affairs, a Grand Army of the Republic critique, and a light cotemporary joke about Crabb’s Tales. The exchanges defend school funding, address political neutrality, and mock editorial style.
Dr. Pierce Remedies Advertised for Biliousness
An old advertisement claims Dr. Pierce’s Alt Ext and Golden Medical Discovery cure torpid liver or biliousness. It promises rapid, permanent relief and notes sale by all druggists.
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Dr. Pierce
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