Illinois Grain Transportation Act Readies Rail Rules
A long act from the Illinois Legislature regulates grain transport by railroads. It mandates bulk receipt, weighing, and full delivery with penalties for short delivery or failure to weigh. Provisions cover scales at major stations, liability for shortages, and penalties up to five thousand dollars per offense with possible receivership after repeat violations.
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Ilinois
Court of Chancery
Sudhi Railroad
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Garin
Cold Blooded Murder Near Pecatonica War Ground
A Monday murder near Wiota in the Pecatonica region describes Lewis Pickett shot dead by Isaac Miller after a dispute over a fence line. Miller, about 30, with a rough reputation, surrendered in Darlington. Pickett, about 50, was well regarded. The note condemns vigilantism and questions Wisconsin humanity on capital punishment.
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Isaac Miller
Pecatonica
Pecatonica Battle Ground
Wiota
Pickett
Miller
Darlington
California
Oregon
Wisconsin
Warren Sentinel
Pugilistic Dutch Woman Wins Street Fight
Rural reporter recalls a Dutch woman and her husband a house painter being taunted by rivals at work. She unbuttons her dress to reveal a bet, then defeats two attackers with swift blows, sending one sprawling and wounding the other, before they depart to celebrate the victory.
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Fray
John
Korn Dodgers and Whiskey Blessings in V 1 Weekly
A humorous panel from V. 1 Weekly recounts corn and cornmeal lore, dodger dishes, and whiskey as a social virtue. It touches on marriages, dowries, and odd quotes from the era, including a trapper's quip at a sermon about wolves and sheep.
Freeport merchants laud Tambling curtain fixture invention
Freeport Illinois March 3 1871 merchants and curtain fixture dealers report examining Tambling s Self Adjusting Curtain Fixture patented January 10 1871 and declare it superior for economy durability and simplicity and unlikely to require repairs.
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Tambling
Col
W. H. Tambling
Eleroy
Stephenson Con
Illinois
Freeport
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