Burlington Route Promises Fast Western Travel and Land Openings
The Burlington and Missouri River line forms a main track to Omaha and connects with Pacific roads to California. A Nebraska branch finishing to Ft. Kearney will cut the continental distance by over 100 miles. Red Oak diverges toward Kansas City with access through Missouri. Land buyers are urged to note two thousand farm buyers at Burlington and four thousand homesteaders filing in Lincoln.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Burlington
Omaha
California
Nebraska
Plattsmouth
Lincoln
Ft. Kearney
Red Oak
Issouri
St. Joe
Kansas City
Kansas
Illinois
Southern Town
Missouri
Prairies
Eye
George S Harris
B. & M. Railroad
Iowa
Lincoln Land Office
Sam
Through Tickets From Bushnell To Columbus and Beyond
Trains from Bushnell east and west with schedules listed. A 7:50 p m Bushnell to Columbus service includes a through Pullman palace car to Cincinnati and connects to major cities including Indianapolis Louisville Dayton Columbus Pittsburgh Philadelphia Baltimore and New York. Through tickets available at all offices and baggage checked to destination. H C Townsend general ticket and freight agent.
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Bushnell
Peoria
Columbus
Pacific Express System Map and Timetable Summary
The article outlines Pacific Express and mail train routes connecting Nebraska and Kansas via Monmouth Burlington Ottumwa and Des Moines with through coaches and Pullman sleepers to Omaha and Kansas City. It notes through trains to Omaha St Joseph and Lincoln and claims the route is the fastest and most economical choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Ike
Acrine Lopess
Seabee K.C
Hopkins
St Joseph
Atchison
Leavenwo
Kansas City
Creston
Red Oak
Hamburg
Nebraska
Corncil Blu
Omaha
Plattsmouth
Lincoln
St. Joseph
Delivery of Collectors Books and Tax Warrants
This excerpt from an 1872 tax act outlines that each town or district collector's book must have a warrant signed by the county clerk authorizing collection from named taxpayers. It permits distress and sale of property if taxes are unpaid and sets payment deadlines by February first. It also covers liens between real and personal property and protects owners from wrongful distraint if they did not own the real property on May 1.
Scientific American for 1873 promotes wide circulation and patents
The Scientific American now in its 28th year offers extensive coverage of industrial, mechanical, and scientific progress. It describes new inventions and processes, with engravings and practical notes for workers and employers, plus monthly patent lists and patent guidance from Munn & Co. The publication emphasizes engineering, chemistry, agriculture, and household applications, with subscription and specimen copy details.
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Scientific American
Munn & Co
Park Row
New York
Messrs. Munn & Co
Advertising Slogan Fragments and a City Watch Gift
A group of Quincy residents presented Chief of Police McGraw with a new watch after the publicized incident in which his prior watch was rendered useless. The note implies the gift serves as a gesture of support following the attack.
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Quincy
McGraw
Epizootic Edges Out as River Route Talk Surges
Weekly Review notes the epizootic waning after two weeks of disruption to business and transport. It details shifts in drayage and fuel prices, court fines for overworking sick horses, and the growing interest in a river rail route from Dubuque to St. Louis. It covers school integration of colored troops, political party views, courthouse reforms, and Supreme Court term expirations across Illinois districts.
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Dubuque
Keokuk
St. Louis
St. Paul
Clinton
Burlington
Muscatine
Horace Greeley
Election of Circuit Judges and county judicial reorganization
The article notes an upcoming June 1878 election for Circuit Judges to serve six years at 3000 dollars annually. It explains that the General Assembly will divide Illinois into twenty two circuits excluding Cook County, using the 1870 census to apportion about 2,189,980 people among them into contiguous districts.
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Cook County
General Assembly
Ilinois
Wheelbarrows and loafers stir Danbury editor’s ire
The Danbury News editor laments wheelbarrow mishaps in dark nights and criticizes local post office loafers. He likens the wheelbarrow to a dangerous yet innocuous object and calls for stricter behavior plus police attention to idle crowds at the Monmouth post office.
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Danbury News
Galesburg
Monmouth
Patents Issued Week Ending December 8 1872 Illinois
A weekly list from the United States Patent Office notes multiple patents issued to inventors in Illinois Iowa and Missouri for varied devices and improvements such as distilling equipment clothing driers windmills and carriages. Names include Peter M Brown Wm J Hadden Saml Friend E Stover and others with assignments to James L Collins and Henry C Burgie. The item also includes a society report from the Illinois Humane Society criticizing cruel school practices and sharing Christmas verse.
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United States Patent Office
W. B. Ricatarps
Galesburg
Ill
Illinois
Rick Cover
Peter M Brown
Carrollton
H Fake
Chicago
Wm J Hadden
Clinton
Saml Friend
Decatur
E Stover
Lanark
Dani C Stover
Freeport
The
Illinois Humane Society
Edwin Lee Brown
Can't Afford to Marry Illusions and Realities
A discussion debunks the joke of a marriage market crisis by showing it hides disparities in wealth and taste. It contrasts lavish expectations with simple, hardworking brides and warns against fashionable folly. The piece includes anecdotes from Amity Pennsylvania and a Cincinnati youth’s cheeky inquiry in Louisville.
Memoir of Madame Jumel Eliza Bowen Jumel life outline
The article traces Eliza Bowen Jumel born 1775 in Providence to Joan and Phebe Bowen, her troubled youth including jail, workhouse, and a mob driven path. It follows her marriage to Stephen Jamel, travels to France, a failed Providence lecture, her later marriage to Aaron Burr, and her death in 1865 with Charles O Conor defending Burr.
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Eliza Bowen Jumel
Eliza
Betsey Bowen
Joan
Phebe Bowen
Betsey
Providence
Rhode Island
Clark
Major Reuben Ballou
George Washington Bowen
Major Ballou
James
Aaron Burr
Charles O’conor
Burr
Baggage Surrender Delays and Odd Local Tales
A Bridgeport trunk left unclaimed for eleven years awaits its owner at New York New Haven and Hartford baggage rooms after a duty was paid upon later inquiry. An old man in Meridan claimed grafting moon apples before dying. In Omaha a man shot himself after being told the time.
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Bridgeport
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Page
Omaha
Hydrophobia Strikes Thirteen Year Old After Rabid Bite
Chase Hale, twelve or thirteen? Years old, stepson of James Robertson, was bitten by a suspected rabid dog while guiding cattle near Atchison county. He showed hydrophobic symptoms five days later, endured violent spasms, refused water, and died after five days of illness with his mind clear to the end. family sought mad stone treatment and rapid poison as options.
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Chas. R. Hale
Jas. Robertson
Atchison County
Chase
Oskaloosa
Jefferson County
Burdick
Grasshopper Falls
Adams
Holton
Remembering Pete Pinchback in Dayton's past
An old colored woman recalls Pete Pinchback in Dayton Ohio. She portrays him as bright and fond of reading papers, dogs, and cards. She notes his ambitions for racial equality and his vivid, audacious dreams of rising high in the world.
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Pete Pinchback
Pete
Jim Davis
Jim
Congress
Pete Allers
Allers
Pinchback figure known by many names surfaces in Louisiana
A Journal reporter traces Pinchback a mysterious figure said to be clever and ambitious. The woman informant recalls him as Pete among several aliases and suggests his path may have started in Dayton or Cincinnati before appearing in Louisiana.
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Davis
Jim
Pinchback
Pete
Journal
Dayton
Cincinnati
Louisiana
Weather Snaps Record Cold Across Towns and Regions
The report lists extreme cold across multiple cities including Des Moines La Salle Madison Ottawa Parsons Cincinnati Milwaukee Fort Garry St. Paul Minneapolis Cincinnati South Bend Toledo Indianapolis Evansville Detroit St Louis Louisville Augusta Me San Francisco Evansville and Greenup county. Observations note temperatures from 22 below zero to 30 below in places with rivers frozen and ice bound ferries and frequent snow. A Remarkable case notes Mrs Mary Gray of Greenup county aged 113 years 8 months 16 days.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dee
la Salle
Ill
Madison
Wis
Ottawa
Parsons
Kan
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Fort Garry
Manitoba
St. Paul
Minneapolis
South Bend
Ind
Toledo
Indianapolis
Evansville
Detroit
St. Louis
Illinois
Louisville
Augusta
San Francisco
Humlach
Greenup County
Mary Gray
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Burlington & Quincy
R. R
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Sagetown
Biggsville
Young America
Cameron Ase
Mendota
Cameron
Young Americ
Talesburg
Young Anne
Icgaville
Pat
Bagetown
Passag
Lesviccesiererser
Yates City
Knoxville
Nole
Galeaburg
Buda
Rushville
Bud
L & Keokuk
U Keokuk
Illinois Central
Galva
Rock Island
Edar Rayida Road
Minnegate
United States
Canadas
Gee . D
Arms
Rockford
RBI. & Bt. L. Railroad
Vreight
Preight
Louis
Chapin
Tae
Beardate
Vermont
Nashwell
Swan Creek
Youngstown
Roseville
Lenox
Monmoors
Spring Grove
Alexandria
Menderson
Sid Rio
O'ng
Ock Island
Henderson
Por
Ring Grove
Ots
Me Emouth
C B&q O'ngie Osille
Swan Cr
Youngston
Walnut
Weekly Review
Buarwington
District Court
Supreme Court
Justice Breese
St. Clair
Washington
Jefferson
Edwards
Wayne
Wabash
White
Hamilton
Franklin
Perry
Randolph
Monroe
Jackson
Williamson
Saline
Gallatin
Hardin
Pope
Union
Johnson
Alexander
Pulaski
Massac
Thornton
Bond
Marion
Clay
Richland
Lawrence
Crawford
Jasper Effingham
Fayette
Montgomery
Macoupin
Shelby
Cumberland
Greene
Jersey
Calhoun
Christian
Scott
Sangamon
Macon
Logan
de Witt
Pratt
Douglass
Champaign
Vermillion
McLean
Livingston
Iroquois
Ford
Coles
Edgar
Moultrie
Tazewell
Walker
Fulton
McDonough
Hancock
Schuyler
Brown
Pike
Mason
Menard
Morgan
Cass
Knox
Warren
Mercer
Henry
Starke
Marshall
Putnam
Bureau
Grundy
Woodford
Sheldon
Carroll
Whiteside
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Winnebago
Boone
McHenry
Kane
Kendall
DeKalb
Lee, Ogle
Justice McAllister
Cook, Lake, Will
Kankakee
DuPage
Western Patents
Benj F Dailey
Edwdl Dougherty, Jr
Mt Pleasant
Wissouri
L W Hemp
St Louis
Jacob R Robins
Buttsville
A Dilon
Middletown
W Estabrook
Sami J McDonald
J J Hartman
Frank O Harvey
Kansasity
Humanity
Formosa
Pulchra
Saratoga
Howard Crosby
Amity
Penn
William
Samuel Sheirer
William Sheirer
St. Louis Democrat
Madame Jumel
Newark
Bridgeport (Ct
Standard
Baggageees Ideal Railroad
Meridan
Connecticut
Paugh Pond
Dayton(Ohio
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