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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1872

Page

2

Threshing machine fire and fatal accident at Durant

Davenport special reports a threshing machine overheated while straw fed into the machine at Durant. A youth named Wm Sproule was dragged into the gearing and died within fifteen minutes as by standers stopped the machine. The incident occurred hours before the Chicago This morning. The account contrasts editorials on Ku Klux legislation with remarks about Mr. Greeley and presidential politics.

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Debauchery district proposal sparks voters split

Fragmentary text alleges a district being steered toward vice by voters tied to policy offices, gambling houses, grog shops, and dens of infamy. The piece mentions a upcoming election and a majority for a group calling itself the Democratic party.

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