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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1853

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Quincy Rail Road subscription debate fuels civic pride

A July 1853 editorial argues the city must decide whether to loan credit for the Quincy Railroad. It asserts subscriptions will not tax residents, guarantee interest payments, and pledge city support only via loan, urging a near unanimous approval to complete contracts and build the road. An antiquated tale about Flintskinner illustrates printers' pay and civic duty.

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Africa arrives. market and rail prospects dominate June news

Philadelphia report notes the Africa arrival with breadstuffs quiet and light imports. Wheat and flour prices slip, while corn demand dwindles. Speculators pause. pork inquiries rise but sales stay small. Announcements include the Saratoga and Sackett's Harbor Railroad project, Utica stock subscription, Milwaukee city credit loan approval, and Madison and Indianapolis Railroad progress. Trade and finance details feature canal rates, regional prices, and a sub Treasury day close.

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Turkeys Turned From Feast to Fateful Farce

A humorous tale from a New Hampshire farm details Mr Solomon Parsons and wife Mrs Parsons facing a bizarre turkey mishap. After corn soaked in whiskey sickens the birds they die then revive in a featherless, comical procession before the couple reconciles amid the poultry fiasco.

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From to Ojire Branch A Rop on Somebody's Hauckles

A garbled article fragment narrates classroom rigmarole about Moses and Harry Gray, then includes a quip on a New York postmaster appointment, a dance warning for shopkeepers, a Paris Tribune note on gamblers, a court anecdote about idiocy and witnesses, and a comic piece on Professor Hannibal's Discourses. The piece also mentions a See voyage to Bohucken and a currency note about Pere revenues.

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Washingtonian Fourth celebrated with large Quincy turnout

A major Fourth of July celebration in Quincy drew large crowds from the city and Keokuk with a long procession to the North Ward School Square. Prayers, readings of the Declaration of Independence, and several addresses by Denman Morrison Pitner Adams Rice Prentiss followed by singing and performances by the German Band and Yager Company marked a festive day.

Quincy Cadets of Temperance and Children Court House Kendall's Dall North Ward School Square Denman Morrison Mr. Pitner Messrs Adams Rice and Prentiss Keokuk Hindoo Quinos Hight Leonard’s Spring Watson’s Spring Laval Cate

Execution at Ottawa as Gates is Hanged for Lilley Murder

A Chicago Tribune correspondent reports the Ottawa execution of Gates for Lilley’s murder. Gates proclaimed innocence to death and implicated two local officers. his last confession recounts meeting Lilley with others, planning to seize Lilley’s money, and says he left Lilley with those men who killed him.

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Man Kiled by Stepson Near Belvidere

Reports say Allatine was shot by his stepson on Tuesday night about three miles from Belvidere. A ride with two men fired two bullets, one breaking a shoulder, the other passing through and killing him. Both were intoxicated and had threatened each other. No arrest reported.

Toraiste Merper Allatine Belvidere Hin Chicago Tribune

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