Freeport Monroe and Superior Rail Road Company Incorporation
An act to incorporate the Freeport Monroe and Superior Railroad Company in Illinois. Establishes corporate status, capital stock at seven hundred thousand dollars, board of directors, stock subscriptions, municipal meetings, land entry for surveys, and authority to build and operate a multi track line from Freeport to the Wisconsin line with routes to the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Illinois
General Assembly
Thab
Idhh W. Stewart
Charles Foster
Andréw Hinds
Charles Moore
Abraham Bower
Thomas Pollock
William A. St. John
Charles Reitzell
Frederick Bollender
John H. Addams
Thomas Cockrell
James H. Addams
Andrew W. Lutas
James Mitchell
Col
John W. Shaffer
John F. Smith
John K. Brewster
Freeport
Illinois Central Railroad
Wisconsin
Sall
John W. Stewart
Andrew Hibds
Abraham, Bower
Frederick, Bolander
John H, Addams
James ‘“H. Addams
Andrew
W. Lucas
John
Shaffer
K. Brewster
City of
Fréeport
Freeportcy
Board of Directors
Eecction
United States
Minister Motleys Instructions Revealed In Washington Correspondence
The dispatch details Mr Motley’s rigid, cabinet approved instructions on Alabama depredations prepared by Secretary Fish and read to Grant and the Attorney General. It asserts no belligerent tone, emphasizes secrecy, and pledges a firm but uncoerced stance toward Britain while promising a favorable US outcome.
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Alabama
Fish
Motley
General Grant
State Department
Mr. Fish
Sumner
Congress
Senate
Reyerdy Johnson
Earl Clarendon
Chandler
United States
Death by self inflicted wound of Samuel J Addams 1869
The article reports the death of Samuel J Addams age about twenty eight at Capt William Young's near the city on Wednesday morning June 2 1869. He showed sudden insanity with unusual spirits before the act. He cut his throat with a razor in front of witnesses after taking oil pills and died despite a doctor’s arrival. No clear cause or inquest. funeral held at Cedarville with family mourning friends.
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Samuel J. Addams
William Young
Capt. Young
Addams
Pennsylvania Regiment of Cavalry
Young
John Brown
Mr. Brown
James Wallace
Mr. Addams
Buckley
Addamsa
Addama
Wallace
Schenck
J.H
Philadelphia
Dr. &S
Phila
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Freeport Monroe and Superior Railroad Company incorporation act
The document records an 1869 Illinois act to incorporate the Freeport Monroe and Superior Railroad Company. It outlines stockholder meetings public notice, duties to repair highways and watercourses damaged by the railroad, six-year start window, ten-year completion condition, and transportation of firewood at favorable rates. Official certification by J Edward Rummel and state seal follows.
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Giran
Cornwin
House
of Representatives
J. Dougherty
State of Illinois
J. Edward Rummel
Illinois
Freeport, Monroe and Superior Railroad Company
City of
Bering
English Government Procrastination at Delays in Mails
The piece argues that the government cannot accept unofficial information and must wait for official mail. Delays cause the public to view it as procrastinating, though officials assert they are expediting diplomacy as quickly as mail allows. The article frames the mail system as the bottleneck in conveying state inquiries and decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rich & Ford Haldér
Union Base Ball Club meeting for reorganization
Attention Ball Players. A meeting of the Union Base Ball Club will be held Thursday evening at seven o'clock sharp at C. B. M. Shaffer & Co's Pump Factory. By order of President E. L. Williams and Secretary L. Shaffer.
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Union Base Ball Club
C. BM. Shaffer & Coi
E. L. Williams
Pres. QO
L. Shaffer
Sec’y
Agents rewarded with gold pens and watches for installment notes
The Executive Committee of the American Insurance Company announced a yearlong testimonial program for agents. Agents forwarding Installment Notes totaling from $1,000 to $10,000 within May 1, 1868 to May 1, 1869 received gifts from gold pens to gold and silver watches valued up to $200. A list naming recipients, their totals, and rewards follows, with watches purchased from Ford and Wise in Freeport and Culver Page Hoyne in Chicago. Forty thousand dollars in installments were received from agents in sums under $1,000.
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American Insurance Company
The
Fittin
Ford & Wise
EG. Baum
Elgin
H. H. Taylor
Taylor
Culver
Ww. R. Powers
Loflin
F. M. Northern
S. P. Ryerson
J. Tuthill
I. P. Ryerson
Messrs. Ford and Wise
Freeport
William Thorpsy
F. H. Coodsssersresereeeereseseye
J. B. Gum CY Reerensessereenseees
C. B. Whitfordi Assessserseveee
F. Proutyrssesreegereereee
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B. F. Goodrichasssseeseeeeses 1,611 39 Oliver Cook, Serrseorer Prevnesens
W. B
Masonic Body Holds Regular Quarterly Meeting
The Masonic lodge invites members to a Wednesday evening quarterly gathering in the hall. Full attendance is requested to ensure a complete session and orderly proceedings.
Diffenbaugh unveils new soup fountain device
J. D. Diffenbaugh introduces a magnificent new soup fountain praised as more elegant than prior models. The owner says it will begin operating within a day or two.
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J. D. Diffenbaugh
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Port, Monroe, and Superior, Road Company
Washington
Cincinnati Commercial
Cedarville
Anndi
the American Tax Co
Splandid Examir
Busineas
Down
Freeport Council
Tnordar
Con Man
Court House
New
Himnelf
Knowles
I Council
Monty
Stephenson County
Dutchoer
BedeBed Dutcher
B.C. Perry
Perry
Bond St
New’ York
WWEML
Culverwell
KLINE
Ort
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