Thief Gang Reported Spreading from Mormon Island Haunts
A Waukegan Advocate item describes a large band of thieves allegedly spreading from Beaver Island toward Illinois. They target homes for money provisions and goods, leaving a letter to a wife bragging of their exploits. The note mentions rendezvous eighty miles from Chicago and near a former Mormon settlement at Vorce Wisconsin.
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Utah
Illinois
Emery
Haynesville
Chicago
Vorce
Burlington
Wisconsin
Beaver Island
Waukegan
Hydraulic lifting of San Francisco buildings for street grading
A San Francisco letter describes streets being graded with hydraulic lifting of entire brick structures. Buildings are raised to match new street levels, with warehouses like Alsop & Co. raised five feet and reunderbuilt below. Another store, heavy with hardware, was raised in six days and new space added beneath.
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San Francisco
Alsop & Co
Hog market notes and river travel misadventure
The St. Louis News reports two pork packers eyeing Illinois hogs expect 3000 head at 3.25 to 4.00 dollars with 4000 more near Peoria at 3.25 to 4. The ferry miscue ends with a man crossing the Ohio shore and missing the Newport boat. Cholera deaths in New York reach 1657 in thirteen weeks, with 7660 from other causes, implying moderate severity. The Congressional index shows 112 one hour speeches on the Nebraska Kansas bill. The Pope’s debt burden is described as heavy, with possible dividends of twenty percent if papal lands were sold. Harman Blennerhassett dies in New York after a long illness. survivor Joseph Blennerhasset lives in Troy Missouri. Mormon numbers total about 150,000 across Britain, Utah, and western states.
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Iptanors Rover
St. Louis
Illinois River
Pekin
Peoria
Illinois
Wheat surplus in Laporte county tops a million dollars
Oswego Journal correspondent reports Laporte Indiana receives 6000 to 7000 bushels of wheat daily and estimates no less than one million dollars worth of surplus grain marketed in the county this season.
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Oswego Journal
Laporte
Indiana
Water scarcity in Bloomington prompts firefighters to react
Citizens in Bloomington Indiana must travel nine miles for water sparking spirited talk about fire department readiness during a serious blaze. The lively scene reflects community concern and the potential strain on emergency services.
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Bloomington
Ind
Notable Patent Medicines Marketed in Western States
Advertisements promote Huofland's German Blood Purifiers and Sloan's Liver Derangement tonics as powerful cures for liver weakness digestion and general debility. The notices claim wide sale in drugstores nationwide and urge readers to consult the other column for application details. A signature of M. Jackson marks the genuine bottles.
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Onl
du Buque Herald
le Sloan
Huofland
M. Jackson
Cherry Pectoral Advert Says Benefits Cited
A Greenville Tenn advertisement endorses Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. The author notes prior use by a young man in the office and by themselves, claiming beneficial results in both cases. The piece remarks on medicines generally circulating in newspapers and asserts propriety in praising this remedy.
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Ayer
Am. Presbyterian
Greenville
Tenn
Cure for Ague and Fever Promised by Spanish Mixture
Three year bout with ague and fever relieved by Carter's Spanish Mixture after trying quinine tonics. Mr John Longden of Beaver Dam Hanover County Virginia had chills and fevers until two bottles were used, then saw complete recovery with no further chills or fevers. The ad notes numerous others benefited and mentions the product as a tonic alterative and blood purifier.
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Beaver Dan
Hanover
Carter
Ngden. Co. S. Luck Enene Et Bickmant
Eranens
Minge
Richmond
Samuel M. Drinker
Drinker & Morne
Richmond Republican
John Thompson
Beatles
Thompson
William A. Matthews
Richard E West
Edwin Burton
the Revenue
WM. G. Harwood
Loen
Maiden Lane
New York
T. W. Drors & Sons
Benwarr & Benes
Main Street
J.C. Arreecare
Enne & Beex
Lesh U. Bienes
Y Jewrice
Alre
Jane
Wingard
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