First Grain Shipments From Chicago Marked Then and Now
Cuicano, Dec. 16. The first grain shipment from Chicago dates to 1837, 82 bushels of wheat sent to Buffalo before canals and railroads. The piece then traces growth to Oct 1879, with rail and canal receipts totaling 116,710,057 bushels, noting state inspection costs, committee appeals, and major elevators run by Armour, Dale, and Co. It highlights inspection discipline, warehouse records, and rising standardization, plus social notices about Emma Abbott and local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cuicano
Buffalo
Yukon
Peoria
Reynold
Illinois
Ceann
Office of Warehouse Register
BF Culver
Culver
Miwaukee
Miles
Canal City
State Service
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Armour, Dale & Co
Nowrath
Deaths of Thomas L. B. Whiffen and Others
Obituary notices recount the death of Thomas L. B. Whiffen of Wyoming on December 5 and detail his birth in Kimbolton England on September 6 1805, his life across several towns, and his five surviving children. also noted are the deaths of Mrs. Alice (Kirkman) O Conor in Chicago from diphtheria and Mrs. J A Holmes with tributes to a long illness and family impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
O'Conor
Thomas DB
Whiffen
Lacen Democrat
Thomas LB Whiffen
Wyoming
Kimbolton Huntingdonshire
England
Ba Re
Radford
Hannah Malden
William Malden
Aulen
N.Y
Alnes
Wyoming Lodge
John
Eliza A. Thurlow
Sarah B. Thurlow
Puget Sound
Hannah M. Poll
Spring Cridge
Rock Island
William B
Lacon
Theo Insta
Marshall County Democrat
Mns
J A. Holmes
Ottawa
Holmes
Venona
Spainand
Henry
Baptist Church of
Sterling
Alion O'Conor
Alice (Kirkman) O'Conor
Chicago
Astronomy lecture course offered in Henry by Rev C L Barlow
Rev C L Barlow of Chicago proposes a course of astronomy lectures in Henry. Topics include The Sun The Planets Comets and Meteoric Worlds Transit of Venus and planetary habitation. Admission 20c single or $1 for six lectures with family rates. Lectures aim for 40 minutes plus social time and a community focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Barlow
Chicago
Illnois State University
Shurtleff College
Henry
Mars
Venus
Nebraska lands and emigration push described in 19th century notice
The notice details 808 land buyers and 240,000 dollars spent on Burlington and Missouri River lands in the last year with an average 35 per acre. It notes equal homesteading activity and 150 people purchasing improved farms in Nebraska within the same period. It mentions B and M land sales, a 400,000 acre offer in the South Platte country on ten years, and 3 percent interest terms. It critiques farming practices damaging blue grass and prairies, and reports Mrs. W E Cook funding a monumental grave marker for her husband at substantial cost, with the county court approving a $1,000 executor request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nox & Son
Missourt River
Nebraska
B,&3l
Land Department
South Platte
InterOeteens
Rai
Tose Pintto
Callon
M. Knox & Son
Ebraska
Princeton
W. EB. Cook
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry, Marshall Co
George Burt, JR
Marshall County
Adyvanod
AF & AM
Henry Lodge
Regulator Building
O.O. F
Marshall Lodge
Moets Averry
Lodgbroom
City Bakery
Marshall Encampment
Medta
Qcarton Lopge
Sparland
D. Snyder
Geq, Motter, JR
Tooma
J C M Baker
J. W. Niece
John Kline
Wehard Street
W H Jones
Regulator
Edwards Street
Charles Davis,md
DRI _C KALB
LT LI
Dr.Kalb
Main Street
L. B Martin
Beetee
Sungeon Omoe Edwards
Burt
Nowa
Western Avenue
Depot
Calla
R T Allen
H. Tesmer, M. D
Ill
Henry Reader
SEERA
Whitefield Cor- Dr
Fred
Pottel
Edwards and
Second Sts
Perley
A Tiorney
Henry, Il
Cc C. Jones
Marshall
Wlen’s Block
Edwin T. Dibobway
Bing, Mirance Companies
Weis
It. H. Waterfall
A. M. Pool
C.8. Edwards, Jr
J. C. Kalb
Oregeist
Ili
Everett's
Stan
Perfamean
R. E. Hills
Crockery
R. BE. Hills
L. M. Culver
Emporium
Agency OF the
White Elk Wineware
East Park Row
Keokuk, Lowaa
Joseph Schick
Edwarda
Astreeta
Iacon
G. Bnyde
Fpranix Baers Sample Rooms
Pankell
New
Wey Wassu
Misses L. & ER
Jenkins
J H. Jones
John Morgan
Cooral
Neomoun Morgan
Genny Republican
Emma Abbott
Havarly
Centenary Church
Runnells
Bocks
T. B. Danney
Tramont Housoe Register
Bent
Philogopher
Whitt Reaven Joavesa
Ind
Tom Monaes
A.p
Barler
Theo Price
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