North Carolina, Illinois politics mix in August newspaper chatter
The piece recounts Democratic and Republican jostling over the North Carolina result, with references to “soft-shell crabs” and “water-melons” as political metaphors. It notes J B. Hexpenson declining Missouri governor candidacy, while Roosertsom is named fusion candidate for Congress in the 12th District. It covers local nominations by Sangamon county for State Senate and House seats, and mocks the Democratic burnout from the NC upset, with poetical jabs at Horace Greeley and the Republican win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratz Brown
Mississippi
J. C.roosertsom
Jacksonville
J. M. Epler
North Carolina
Horace
Quincy
Greeley
Court House
Carolina
Horn Horn
Cipal
Adams County
Ilinois
Cnet Ga Ee
Ughlin
Tl Daly
John H. Williams
Papal Protest and Turkish Town Fire Reported
Foreign mail says the Pope orders bishops in England and Rome to protest Britain’s plan to prosecute priests tied to Galway election. The Board of Arbitration sat two and a half hours before adjournment to Sept 15. A village on the Asiatic Bosphorus bank housing poor Jews and Greeks was burned, leaving over a thousand homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorks
Aug
England
Rome
Galway
Napoleon
Eugenie
Scotland
Gexrva
Constantinople
Bosphorus
Juarez funeral drew 70000 spectators in Mexico City
City of Mexico reports the burial of Juarez as an imposing spectacle with 70,000 in attendance. American Minister Nelson plans a September visit as Congress schedules an extra session on September 15. Tejada runs for president and Vel Yturbide, son of the former emperor, is dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Mexico
Nelson
United States
Juarez
Congress
Ae de Tejada
Vel Yturbide
Weather and postal updates from Washington and Missouri
The Signal Service predicts Friday a falling barometer and cloudy rain with southwest winds across the Northwest Upper Mississippi and upper lakes. Postal service orders extend on the Missouri Division of the Alton road from Mexico to Cedar City for fifty miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingtron
Upper
Mississippi
Upper Lakes
Washincton
Missouri Division
Alton Road
Mexico
Cedar City
Movements of the President and notable visits
The President and family arrived by steamer at Plattespree and left for Lake George after crowds greeted them. Grant and Sheridan received visitors in Bourrixetos before Whitehall. Horace Greeley toured Sanatoca, Bradford visit noted. Races in Bourrea drew large crowds with Kilburn Jr. winning purses totaling $10,000 with fast times.
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Plattespree
N. Y
Lake Champlain
Lake George
Bourrixetos
Grant
Sheridan
Whitehall
New York Hospital
Bloomingdale Insane Asylum
Sanatoca
Coxcorn
N. H
Horace Greeley
State House
Bradford
Mason W. Tappan
Sporting
Bourra O
Kilburn Jr
Comptroller Orders Tax to Pay Public Debt Interest
Casquestos August 8 The Comptroller requests the Governor arrange tax collection to cover interest on the public debt. Gov Scott says no fraudulent bonds exist and the debt is under 16 million dollars, claiming the government is the most economically managed in the nation.
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Casquestos
Scott
Fires Hit Cincinnati Block Along Water Race Ellm
Fire swept a block bounded by Water Race and Elm streets and the river bank in Cincinnati today, largely owned by the Wiggins estate, causing about 40000 dollars in losses with little insurance. In Steubenville a furniture firm loss reached 10000 dollars from a morning blaze. A Western Maryland Railroad accident near Finksburg, Baltimore area injured fourteen. A Brooklyn mad bull ran through streets injuring a boy and man. a stray shot fatally hit E D Chappel nearby.
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Ciscinnati
Wiggins
T& Steubenville
William Pierce & Sons
New York
Brooklyn
E. D. Chappel
Papena Tances
Roosevelt Street
Burglary and Reward Notices From Aug 8
Burglar shot by police in Birmingham. Lieut. Evans kills a burglar at a residence. Reward offered in New York for Steiner, treasurer of Chicago band concerts. John Thompson sentenced to twenty years for burglary and shooting James H. Phelps. Brutal murder reported near St. Louis as a party beats a man to death, details sketchy.
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Pirrspere
Wm. Hegerling
George H. Evans
Birmingham
New York
Kelso
Steiner
Chicago
John Thompson
James H. Phelps
Republican nominations in Illinois district race headlined
Special Dispatch to the Quincy Whig reports that at the Republican Convention in Pittship Illinois for the Thirty-Eighth Senatorial District Robert Front of Scott County was named State Senator and M D Massie of Pike elected Representative. All counties were represented and harmony prevailed.
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Pike
Calhoun
Scott Counties
Pittsfield
Robert Frost
Scott County
M. D. Massie
Quincy Whig
Pittship
Robert Front
Butler and Dawes Prominent in reform era notes
A sprawling August dispatch summarizes political moves across states. It notes Gen Butler declining push for governor unless party nominates him, Gen Banks to speak on Wall Street, and Caldwell’s NC election win. It reports Republican nominations for Congress in several districts, gun salutes in North Carolina and statewide party celebrations, with fresh results and anticipated contests.
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New York
Boston
Butler
Gen. Banks
Wall Street
North Carolina
Caldwell
the Sun
Henry L. Dawes
Mass
Conkling
Hoser
iLe
John M. Harkin
Ohio
Maine
South
Ind
Henry Wilson
Schuyler Colfax
Tallahassgn
Filia
O. B. Heart
Supreme Court
Major Stearns
J.T. Hall
W.J. Parman
Greeley Club
Jacksonville
Iil
Palmer
James C. Robinson
Crxcissall
John F. Wilson
Fifteenth
W. I. Sprague
Derxorr
Wm. M. Perry
Daytos
Port
Warne
John C. Connor
Texas
Bufalo
Syracuse
New Haven
Hartford
Norwich
Epo
Chas. Summer
Grant
Wilson
Numerous Overnight Notices From The Nation
Secretary Delanois recovering. Treasurer Spinner confined to bed. Wm Howett a Cleveland citizen, dead. Mrs Atkinson daughter of Seistor Tipton, died yesterday. The French band gave farewell concert in Boston. Work began on the Tinois Toledo Thornton and St Louis Railroad. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to be located at Louisville. Call issued for New York State veterans meeting at Union August 20. Entries for the $10009 purse at Buffalo races include Lucy American Girl and Goldsmith Maid. Maher Chicago elevator man to be prosecuted for over issuing grain receipts. National Camp Meeting opened at Urbana Ohio with five thousand present.
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Delanois
Spinner
Wm. Howett
Cleveland
Atkinson
Seistor Tipton
Boston
Tinois
Toledo
Thornton and St. Louis
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisvile
New York State Veterans
Union
Buffalo
Lucy
Goldsmith Maid
Maher
Chicago
Urbana
Colored Man's Opinion of Sumneros Letter
A letter to the editor describes a group of colored men discussing Charles Sumner and a letter to support Mr. Greenex. The spokesman praises Sumner as a great friend to colored people but asserts he cannot surrender the colored folks to Democrats. He contrasts Sumner with Grant and Lincoln using a hypothetical surrender of an army at Richmond to illustrate loyalty.
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Whig
Hampshire Street
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts
Greenex
Grant
Belmont
Donelson
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Lookout Mountain
Virginia
Army of the Potomac
Spose
Lincoln
Chas. Sumner
Richmond
Lee
Fragmentary 1872 Quincy dialogue on race and politics
A fragment from Quincy dated August 7 1872 presents a fiery exchange about race and politics. The speaker references Charles Sumner and a “socratic party” with blunt language about surrender singing and treatment of colored people. The readable lines reveal tense attitudes in postwar discourse.
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Charles
Sumner
Quincy
Aug
Towns in Missouri trip notes crops and towns in 1872
Alaywood and LaBelle are praised for beauty and growth as crops in Knox Adair and Lewis counties show above average corn and oats. The writer visits Maywood Kirksville Edina and recalls the Masonic Hall corner stone and a State Normal School building with tower height. Temperance Sentinel is admired and Maywood is highlighted as a fertile prairie hub.
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Alaywood
Borror Ware
Lewis
Knox
Adair
Missouri
Knox and
Maywood
LaBelle
Quincy
Kirksville
Odd Fellows
Masonic Hall
Usta
Methodist Church
Vincent
State Normal School
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Quincy Whig Conpary
Illinois
Republican Rally
Judge Parks
Arora
Vicinity
Ophra
Tae Hox. Joux B. Hexpenson
St. Louis
Aurora
Opera House
the Herald
Sangamon County
A. Starne
Senate
Capt
A. Orendorff
Chas. H. Rice
North Darling
Quincy Herald
Herald
Umpet
The
Board of Arbitration
President Juarez
Europe
Washington
Weather Report
Postal Service
Delt
South Carolina
Bathimors
Western Maryland
Finksburg
CRIME
Sr. Low
John Stev
Ens
Carsonville
TFEME
Sumneros
Mizassours
Qy WM
P. B. BR
Towns—Theatreai
Adex
Edina
Franklin House
Sentinel
Taylor
Kiresville
M.&p. RR
the Daily
Daily Hotel Organ
Hemispheres
National Daily Hotel Reporter
France
Italy
Belgium
Tts
Erank Glossop
Xranel St
Quincy Ferry
Misscattes
Lota
Hampshire
Denman
Waie
N. Fourth St
T. Hill
Praddic
Ero. W. Wood
Merchant Tailors
Shoten
Epen
Adams
Are
Hancock
Brown
Edward Ely
Wabash Ave
Flyéersati Ptasep
Northwest
A. Sumner
Wheeler & Wilson
Grand Central Hotel
Michigan Avenue
C. S. Munson
Clark & CQ
North Fifth Street
M. A. Lorrve
E.G. Mayooanet
Proprietors
S. 5Th St
E. W. Hill
Octiditaw&wregly
Whitney & Holmes
Parlor
Maine St
D. C. Jaccard & CO
Waltham, Howard
Fourth &T
Locust, Odd Fellows’ Hall
Marzidgm
Denver
Hannibal & ST. Joseph
R. R
Denver & Return
Kansas City
Kansas Pacific Railway
Tober
14Th
States
Hannibal
Palm
Beir Pate Acme
Denver, Idaho Springs
Great Parks
Rocky Mountains
Pullman Palaces
Areas City
Frank Scott
K.P. B
E Fruits
Orehen
É&C
North Fourth Street
Highland Addition
T. L. Fox & CO
WILL
Railroads
Quincy, Alton
LE Louis
St.Louis
St. Paul
Pullman’s
East St. Louis
Pullman
St. Ae
D. Munson
Don A. Sweet, Anigeti
Engle & Dennis
T J. Mitchell
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