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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1874
Page
3
A fragmentary report on the SUL murder case describes a murdered woman found seven miles from the city with a brutal, unrecognizable body. Coroner’s jury adjourned repeatedly as evidence about the unknown victim and a possible drill weapon from the workhouse quarry failed to yield a conclusive fact. The verdict states the death was murder by unknown parties, with no decisive lead.
A mother left a three week old infant at the Occidental Hotel parlor, failed to register or dine, and did not return. The child was later placed with Woodland Home as concerns arise that the mother would not return. Meanwhile, a Troy Press note reports a separate accident where lawyer J W Palmer impaled his thigh with a large steel pen, requiring medical aid but not endangering the limb.
The railroad assessment shows totals for C L Q Quincy and Warsaw Alton and St Louis Wabash Western and related lines. Overall county and city values reach 485 985 with a 50 percent boost ordered by the Board of Supervisors bringing total assessed railroad property to 749 577. Congressional Convention Adams County Republican Central Committee meets at Tremont House to select delegates for Jerseyville on the 23rd to nominate a candidate for Congress Eleventh district. Delegates listed include Dr. Joseph Robbins Gen John Tillton M Piggott Geo W Wood and others with instructions to cast the county slate.
Messrs Sommer Miller and Terdenge announce their establishment in a four story building on Muing Street, boasting one of the Wests largest wholesale and retail drug stores. The first floor houses a full retail drug trade and a vast toy and carriage section. the basement stores paints, oils, acids, patent medicines, and a cooling stock. a second floor wholesale division features patent medicines, cosmetics, perfumery, and a full sample room and office.
Advertisement notes Battell & Gosling exclusive sale of the Reapers and Mowers in Quincy. It mentions addresses on 56 Nent Fifth Street and options to secure a good farm rake at reasonable terms, with reference to D. R. Clay’s ad in another column.
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