Thief Gang Reported In Northern Illinois Outrage
A Waukegan Advocate note describes a large band breaking into multiple houses in Northern Illinois, seizing money provisions and goods. A gang letter claims success and cites an eighty mile Chicago rendezvous and ties to Mormon settlements at Vorce Beaver Island.
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Utah
Illinois
Emery
Haynesville
Chicago
Vorce
Burlington
Wisconsin
Beaver Island
Hydraulic lifting of city buildings in San Francisco
A San Francisco letter describes grading the streets by filling and raising buildings. Hydraulic pressure lifts whole brick structures without moving occupants, as Alsop & Co.’s warehouse is raised five feet then underbuilt with stone. A second store, containing about two thousand tons of hardware, was raised and a new story added from the bottom in six days.
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San Francisco
Alsop & Co
Hog market and river incident amid Illinois hog trade
Report from St Louis notes three men from Iowas-on-the Iowan river seeking hog purchases in Illinois with mixed outlooks. Prices cited near 3.25 to 3.50 per hundred, 3,000 head available, Peoria markets 3.25 to 3.50. Also recounts a boat mishap at Newport ferry, New York cholera deaths, and Mormon population estimates across Britain and American states.
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Ioes
Inaanots
St. Louis
Illinois River
Pekin
Peoria
Illinois
Otice Relioreny
Pullic
Idfiam LA
Whitcher
Carroll County
Indiana
Elizabeth Whitcher
Saogaon
Jackson & Beck
D. L. Jackson
Tata
Cc & G
MOORE
Pigman’s
Wheat surplus grain marketed in Laporte county reaches millions
A Laporte correspondent reports 6000 to 7000 bushels of wheat arrive daily at that city and estimates no less than one million dollars of surplus grain sold in Laporte County this season.
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Oswego Journal
Laporte
Indiana
Carroll County
Garretaon
Ieee
Peron
V. D. Coher
Water woes spark Bloomington firemen’s imagined dash
A quip notes Bloomington Indiana residents must travel nine miles for water. It imagines how lively the town’s firemen would react in a real blaze.
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Bloomington
Ind
Dr. Hoofland's German Bitters Endorsed for Liver Ailments
Derangement of the liver and stomach leads to debility headaches and gloom. The ad urges Dr. Hoofland's celebrated German Bitters made by Dr. C M Jackson as effective for liver and digestive disorders, claiming safety certainty and pleasant use with authentic signature on every wrapper.
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AC. M. Jackson
Hoor Land
C.M. Jackson
Arch Street
Philadelphia
United States
Cherry Pectoral cited as beneficial tonic in ads
An advertisement touts Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and Carter's Spanish Mixture as effective remedies. A Greenville Tennessee subscriber reports personal use with benefit, and a Virginia case, John Longden, says his three year ague and fever were cured after two bottles of Carter's Spanish Mixture.
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Ayer
Presbyterian
Greenville
Tenn
Medicine
John Longden
Beaver Dan
Hanover County
Richmoni
Carter
Longden
Carters
Ricmond
Boyden
Esgq
Exchange Hotel
Richmond
Beaver Dam
C. B. Luck
Luck
Minge
City Hotel
Samuel M. Drinker
Drinker & Morris
Richmond Republican
James M. Taytor
John Thompson
Thompson
William A. Matthews
WM. G. Harwood
M. Warp
Crose& Co
Maiden Lane
New York
T. W. Dror? & Sons
North 2d Street
Philadelphia
Bennett & Beers
Main Street
J. C. Applegate
Jackson & Beck
Barnes, Lockport
Justice & Armstrong
Camden
D. Wingard
Lego
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Newport
Kentucky
Ohio
Congressional Globe
Congress
House of Representatives
Globe
Rome
Papal
Hanmer
Harman Blepaerhassett
Hanan
Great Britain
Iowa
Missouri
Delphi
J. &. Dugan de
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Sloan
du Buque Herald
le Sloan
Abolles
Holles
Gridley
Oridley
Gruley
State of
Carroll Circuit Court
Det
Alfead E. Tilton
Mathew S. Molony
Charles Ru Ging
Senmehes
Sime
Carroll Circuit
Charles Ruffing
Ja & Ban
Charles Rutaz
Wheeling
Abe Sane
James H. Stewart
Otter & Sipe
Tose
P. A. Clover
Clover
A. Clover
Sae Vy Jackson & Beck
J .C. Applegate
Barnes, Justice & Armstrong
Lockport, Camden
American People Are Now Themselves Prepared To Judge, and Aspeal
Americas
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
J. C. Ayer
Lowell, Muss
Beck & Armitige
J.C. Applegate
Holt, Dewey & Co
G. Harmen
Rodgers & Dillon
L Ang
Pittsburgh
Aptalas
Benham
Hiram Allen
Alenham
Anp Cowinsel
LN de
Circuit Court
Courts of Common Pleas
Carroll
Old Place
Foreman
Isaac Newberger
U. Martie
Bbl
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Nism
L.E
L. Rail Road Company
Ake Erie, Wabash and St. Louis Rail Road Company
Lafayette
Ity
Spears, Case & Co
Johnny
Drummond
Lefayette
B. Dewey
C. A. H. Bowen
Madison Township
Plank Road
G. Moore
Lake Street
W. B. Sloan
Ae Oul
Gand
Lake St
Battle of Sloan
Grand Depot
Aches
Beol
C. Applegate
Shed
Pet i C. Hgrag
Ee & Barnes
Cnet A Anggivts
Cnet A Anggivts Enarelty
F. W. Mews
Ron
Nalls, &C
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Nathaniel Black
Deercreek Township
John. Wingard
Thomas Buirlen
C. Sanderson
C. Hughes
Franklin Street
Court House
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Intelprior Americas Office
Cada Stewart
EMLY
Americus
Bolphi
Dr. Baker
Baker
M.D. Price
Kennedy’s Corner
Centreville
Wayne County
Nancy Ann Ferguson
Tam
Miss Ferguson
John Kennedy
WM. Halls
Eberly
Micha SO DE. Rall
Messrs. Baker & Co
Ionathtone
Mall
Eng
Joana
Hall
D. Wright
M. D
Cincinnati
Wright
N. Wildcat
Dayton
Clintonco
Tantor
City
St. L. Rail Road Co
Stackhelders
Laké Erié, Worst & St. Louis
Ge 0
J. N. Drummond
Sec
DR. Hall
An Hall
O. R. Shea
Tackwon & Bec Delphi
Ic Jones Barnes
Lockpo
Wd Stone
Gran
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