Illinois as garden of the Mississippi valley and future wealth
The narrative extols Illinois soil as the richest in the nation, describes drift formations and glacial ancestry creating fertile land, and lauds agriculture aided by science and machinery. It celebrates railroads, telegraph, and urban growth, urging laws to ensure widespread access to prosperity and education, portraying the state as a model of civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elf
Ite
Rowth
Nature
Illinois
Mississippi
Wiel
TitHois
Lanoss
Segis
Republic
Prairies
Union
Mississippi Valley
Going West and the Westward Hope
A Western journal argues against the notion that fortune comes from simply moving west. It notes hard work and industry buy success. Senator Carl Schurz’s study of Chinese immigration shows many come to work or return home, with 120,000 arrivals and 30,000 who go back over twenty years. General Schurz remains unconcerned about a Mongolian influx if people act rightly.
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Mecca
Webster
Carl Schurz
Pacific Coast
St. Louis
Asia
Schurz
The Chinese of San Francisco a Singular People
A San Francisco observation describes Chinese quarters as bustling with work and crafts. It notes crowded rooms stacked with floors, cigar making by many in small spaces, and Chinese culinary practices including whole roasted hogs. Theatres, audiences, and performers are said to smoke heavily with a noisy, drum filled orchestra.
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San Francisco
Almont
Erie Railway Adverts 1400 Miles Under One Management
The Erie Railway promotes a broad gauge double track route spanning 1400 miles under a single management with 860 miles without changing coaches.
Intercity Rail Route Distances to New York Announced
A historical notice lists major rail routes from Dunkirk Buffalo Cleveland Cincinnati and other points to New York with distances ranging from 320 to 960 miles. It declares trains will depart Tesonaertian with the Western line starting August 30 1868.
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Dunkirk
New York
Buffalo
Heveland
Cincinnati
Andiafrein
Tesonaertian
All Western Line
Vineland Real Estate Offer Promises Rich Wheat Lands
Rare opportunity in Vineland New Jersey offers 60 square miles of fertile land from 20 acres up with town lots and farm plots. Prices start at 25 dollars per acre with four year payment terms, rail access to New York and Philadelphia, and a climate touted as healthful with abundant schools, churches, and public improvements.
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Union
Pilindelnbis
New Jersey
Lta
Palladelphia
New York
Bee
Solon Robinson
Kay
The
New York Tribune
Charles DT. Jackson
Masa
Anyaiers
Padadwaya
Vingland
Vineland
Chas. T. Jackson
Vineland Rural
Landis
Vineland P
Settler Life and Trade Challenges Amid Fevers and Distances
The text discusses settler families facing periodic fevers and dangers to health, stressing the need for labor and acclimation. It notes the impact of illness on productivity, the burden of grain trade costs, and the harsh travel to mills over rough terrain. It mentions cultivating evidence and distant routes to a Nour mill and a March seed time.
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Ifdompe
Nour
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Hufalo
Depot Corner Exchange
Michigan Sts
Tima
Hornélleville
Susquehanns
Turner
Binghampton
Coopertown
Albany
Sharon Springs
Great Bend
Delaware
Union Pepot
Caveland
Meadville
Susquehanna
Elmira
Williamsport
Harrisburg
Philadelphis
South
Owego
Ithaca
Inghamton
Coogerstown
Greycourt
Newbareh
Warwick
Leavittaburg
Land
GuiFelo
Shemung
Hamapo
Rod Company
Wast
L.D. Rucker
WM. R.barr
Scho
Hettinger
Howard
Stephenson Street
Freeport
TAF
L. G.joran
M, O'Keefe
Son & Co
O'Keefe, Son & CO
Kilwanger & Barry
Roches
Vinnland
Philadelphia
Alties
Gettler
Hoe
Middle States
Hig Old Friends and Associates
Hig Chidren
Divine Service
Hala
Virginia
Vineland Tract
Yhe Methodist Conference
United States
Odd Fellow
Worl
New Eogland
Boyton
Ayer
Moura Eric
J. C. Aker & CO
Lowell, Maurs
Bromert & Burrell
Chicago
Life Insurance Company
F. Tucker, Jonn W. Clapp
Heoretery
S A. Tobias
Milinois
Wisconsin
Pleasant Street
Broadway
Freeport, Illinoia
Insurance Department
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