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Quincy Whig

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Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1873

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Portland fire wrecks city and prompts rebuilding plan

A Saturday blaze in Portland Oregon causes an estimated loss of 1 158 675 with only 231 000 insured. The city plans a broader rebuild. Pacific coast capitalist Ben Halliday offers to aid destitute families by supplying tools and supplies. Government and major cities will be asked for help.

Portland Oregon Ben Halliday Pacific Coast

Judge Drummond Upholds Price's Dream Trademark

The Chicago Inter Ocean reports Judge Drummond and Blodgett sustained the right of Steele and Price against Star Chemical Works over the trade mark Cream Baking Powder. The court granted an injunction, noting the plaintiffs were first to use cream with baking powder and that Richards packaging mimicked Price's. The decision hinges on cream as a mark not a mere descriptive term.

Chicago Inter-Ocean Charles R. .Steele Dr. Price Star Chemical Works of Chicago

Sunday School Convention in McKee Township

The McKee Township convention met at Spring Valley on July 6, 1878, at 3 p.m. Speakers failed to appear and were chosen from local orators. Henry Bimson, John Gallaher, and J. M. Babb spoke on temperance to a large crowd. McKee Township shows revival with six schools active under Gallaher and Bimson.

Cheshire Observer Cheater Eng Grand Lodge World of Good Templars Chester City Road Temperance Party America United States President Grant Grant Spxine VaLley McKee Township Spring Valley McKee Henry Bimson John Gallaher J. M. Babb Zietern

Stock tariff talk, burglar raids, and Illinois camp meet

Springfield reports the Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners meets cattle shippers and a railroad committee to discuss the stock tariff. Burglars robbed several dwellings including ex Governor Palmer’s home. Oak Ridge Cemetery bans Sunday admissions except for owners and ticketed guests. Illinois State Camp Meeting begins at Barclay station near Gilman five miles from the city and runs to the 14th. Recent assessments total Hancock 16476526 Henderson 6964996 Morgan 14000299.

Springfield Board of Railroad and Warehouse ‘Commissioners House of Representatives Palmer Oak Ridge Cemetery Barclay Station Gilman, Clinton & Springfield Hancock County Henderson County Morgan County

Naperville collision kills conductor and injures another

An incoming Burlington Road accommodation train crashed into a stationary freight train in dense fog near Naperville. Conductor Briggs of the freight train was killed and another crewman injured. Separate notices report markets, stock quotes, and local updates from Chicago and St. Louis, plus presidential visits and cabinet meetings.

Chicago Burlington Road Naperville Briggs

Treasurer Missing and Fire Destroys Property in Two Cities

A missing Ga zella Office Mutual Beneficial Society treasurer Albertus D Berry disappeared after going tobathe with 300 in society lands. Separately a fire on Sumter Street Pickita burned Turnball and adjacent houses causing about 30000 loss with partial insurance.

Baltimore Albertus D. Berry Gazella Office Mutual Beneficial Society Berry Detroit New York Sumpter Street Pieokita

Kiowa Chiefs Council Delayed at Fort Sill

A Washington dispatch says the Fort Sill council on the release of Santanta and Big Tree is postponed to October due to the absence of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The chiefs will be kept at Fort Sill to confirm their leaders are alive amid Kiowa doubts.

New York Washington Fort Sill Satanta Big Tree Indian Affairs Morrison D. S. Morrison Quincy Hie WM. Marsh Board of Trustees

Foreign Defeat in Cuba Reported at Barancas

Telegrams from Cuba describe a sharp engagement at Barancas near Manzanilla with heavy Spanish losses. Thirty seven wounded were moved to Manzanilla and twenty more severely wounded left at Vignita. A Canadian premier is reported to have died by his own hand in a separate note. Boston dispatch notes rumors of John A. Macdonald’s possible self harm, denied by government. Beattie Jr. appears in Pacific Railroad scandal coverage.

Memrais New York Cuba Barancas Manzanilla Vignita Boston Mass Montreal Jno. A. McDonald Mr. Beattie, Jr Pacific Railroad

Multiple Fatalities and Political Moves Cloud 1869 News

Two fatal cholera cases reported in Indianapolis while President Grant left Long Branch for Washington. Missive notes include a Cincinnati meeting endorsing Columbus departure, Chicago railroad contractor spending 600000, a Wilkesbarre mine explosion killing two, and a major port strike in Hartford. International items cover Madrid arms seizure and Valencia cannonading with Shenandoah at Cadiz.

Indianapolis Grant Long Branch Washington Dent Kansas City Kansas City, Memphis & Mobile Railroad Lowell Purdy Purdy California New York Cincinnati Columbus F. Gardner Chicago John C. Wright St. Louis St. Charles Wilkesbarre Penn.) Coal and Iron Company Southern Claims Commission Shipman Credit Mobilier Hartford Conn Portland Madrid Valencia U. S Shenandoah Cadiz Villa Best Fiire Shenoah P

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