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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1869
Page
4
Numerous ads promote Rosenheim's and Parkhurst on Maine Street with shirts suits and linens. Bartlett’s markets fresh eggs and groceries. A gold sleeve button is reported lost. Rev S Hunt ing to speak at National Hall on temperance. Circuit Court adjourned after a busy term.
Long report details surrender and arraignment of Montgomery and Byron Leach after a fatal incident. Judge Blakesly sets bail at 5000 dollars each despite prosecuting attorney's objections. motion to hold defendants on bail disputed. press admitted to court amid protest. reporter condemns press exclusion and defends public access. Other items include memorials, notices, and local commerce updates.
A lengthy literary and temperance update urges taste in criticism and promotes publisher activity. It notes new issues from Appleton and Co. and lists diverse content including poetry by Bryant and Stoddard, with a push for temperance candidates and a meeting at National Hall on April 10 to support strict Sunday liquor laws and suppress intoxication in politics.
Special dispatches report river traffic and conditions along the Mississippi. The Dunleith struck a bridge pier damaging the hull and is at Dunleith for repairs while Muscatine and G. H. Wilson moved downstream at noon. Sucker State and Ida Fulton moved in and out of Savanna with river level rising. Henderson and Dubuque routes noted. Weather varied from clear to cloudy with warm winds and rising water aiding anglers and river hunters along multiple towns.
Movements report J. H. Johnson Andy Johnson and Gray Eagle as regulars at arrival and departure times. The Lady Pike docked about 9 am with two barges of bulk grain. drew drawbridge at Bridges. started for St. Louis by 3:20 pm. Capt B. Bradford commanded the side wheel boat with H. Lowrey as part owner and E. Robinson as clerk. Freight was heavy on grain. 1906 tons aboard on this trip. The Ames loaded barrels for the return.
An advertisement notes invitations to a learning session at GenHeren TM with an evening class for ladies misses masters and gentlemen at 4 PM and a gentlemen's class at 8 PM on April 7. It mentions medical claims for Wolcott’s Annihilator and other remedies, plus a path to order and test details.
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