Quincy Blues Election Notes and Army Uniform Talk
A dated item notes the Quincy Blues meeting at 4 pm on the prairie northeast of the city near the Shortleff Lot and lists officers elected last Monday. It also discusses their blue uniform with gold lace, praising neat, plain, handsome attire and encouraging the Quincy Guards to adopt a similar style. The piece also covers Crystal Palace attendance, railroad labor markets, and election results across Missouri and Kentucky with several local offices named and party labels indicated.
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B. M.prentiss
Joan Archer
R. P. Coats
A. V. Hournrey
Geo. W. Det
Quincy Blues
Yager
Quincy Guards
Prentiss
German Vote Vindicated in Quincy Subscription Decision
The Quincy subscription of $100,000, initially met with doubt, was supported by German citizens, who largely backed the measure. Officials note four votes against it, with Germans predominating in the South ward, and warn against misread fears about German opposition. The piece also discusses money supply estimates, local newspaper comment, and ongoing river conditions affecting navigation.
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Quincy
Rail and railroads expand activity in Illinois region
Sixty passengers arrived at Springfield on the Alton cars from St Louis with through tickets to New York. The Montreal to Portland railroad was completed on the 18th with the first train arriving amid glorifications. The Memphis and Charleston line now offers Memphis to La Grange service over 50 miles. Morgan county voters weighed stock in the Alton and Jacksonville Railroad. returns not yet received. Pennsylvania Railroad owns 43 locomotives with twelve capable of 80 mph. Baltimore and Ohio has 141 locomotives, some equally fast. Rail leaders reward design and costly experiments amid fierce competition. About twenty cars of groceries furniture lumber and more departed Alton on the Chicago and Mississippi Nail Road. an extra freight train may run every other day to meet demand. Cars shortage seen, but a new yard shop in Springfield promises two years of production daily. Through passenger travel on the route continues to rise.
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Lindley's Majors in Clark County Reported
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Lindley’s
Clark County
Lewis
Scotland
Asentere- Knox Plaevegee
Bleary Atlantic Newswire Mix of Markets and Crime
A busy late July dispatch from Philadelphia and New York reports mixed commodity prices, steady sugar and coffee demand, and active American securities trading. It notes naval moves, colonial diplomacy, and the St Louis engagement with Austrian ships, plus fever deaths in Philadelphia, a Jersey City bank robbery, and fugitive slave legal action.
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Bankers and Brokers Prohibited Notes Opinion
The Rev J. Scammon of Chicago opines the law only lets bankers take notes as agents for redemption and account for proceeds. He treats shinplasters and small unregistered notes as prohibited currency and questions which banks qualify as specie paying under the act, citing Atlanta Bank charter section on accepting another bank’s bills.
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Shenplaster
Mr. S
Atlanta Bank
Scammon
Atlanta
New Orleans Reports 154 Deaths From Yellow Fever
A dispatch from New Orleans dated Saturday night reports 154 deaths in the last twenty four hours, of which 126 were due to yellow fever.
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New York
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