07 Aug 1857
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1857
Page
1
A wealthy, idle husband in India returns to England and grows jealous of his wife as her former suitor Captain Vaughan visits. The tale chronicles guarded affection, shifting loyalties, and a haunting mood as the mistress, Amy, endures quiet strain while family tensions rise amid spring visits and fading cheer.
A St Louis Democrat report details a brutal Leavenworth murder by three men Baines Quarles and Knowlton with Baines confessing and implicating others. A mob hanged Quarles and Baines amid wide public alarm and counterfeiting discoveries at Win Woods island and the city.
Two drunken men were run over and killed on Monday night by the ears on the St Lod and COR. K pear Bloomington. Samuel Root, a Georgia merchant, had his arm broken by hanging it from a car window last week. The Daily and Weekly Peoria Republican will be discontinued briefly due to editor’s illness. Vigilance committee organized in St Clair County to curb horse thieves. An Irishman named John Stuart was run over and killed on the O and M LA due to whiskey. In St Clair and Washington counties 8 or 10 horses have been stolen recently. Crops in St Clair County look abundant with wheat heavy and corn promising large yields. Messrs Harrison and Co of that city and Porter and Co of Urbana contracted for new wheat at 1.40 per bushel. Enxerson Guessing notes from the Chicago Tribune on elections in Iowa Missouri and Kentucky predicting outcomes.
In New Orleans guidance to buyers, assurances of good faith are demanded. The notice warns that if purchasers do not fulfill all claimed obligations, their guarantees may be void and no compensation provided for nonperformance.
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