French forces near Prussian frontier as collision looms
Dispareness reports at 2:30 AM that French forces have moved toward the Prussian frontier with both armies near enough to clash. Exciting news may be expected soon. Also: H. SanpeERS of Davenport named Governor of Alentana. local rail subscriptions approved in multiple townships. call to Quincy voters to support road construction. debate over German sympathy and Irish sentiment in Ireland. Western News prints New Constitution of the State. rumors of a secret Franco Prussian treaty spark England’s tension. Napoleon accused of a poisoning plot in a shifting international scene.
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Tun Western News Company
Chicago
Loxpox
Paris
London News
France
Lins Pis
England
Daily News
Wetes
Gladstone
Earl Granville
Prussia
Napoleon
Belgium
Brown
Quincy
S. W
Eighth and
Vermont Streets
N.B
Eighth Street
M. E. Brown
Eidith &J
Quincy, Ill
Vast Iowa and Nebraska notices mix with grisly death reports
The column dispatches Iowa and Nebraska items recount a range of incidents from a sheriff's killing in Mason County to a fatal reaping machine accident near Springfield. It notes Greenfield and Whitehall population figures, local industry and employment, weathered by a string of traumas including a fatal horse accident near Pratt and property damage from a Nebraska tornado in Grand Island. It also mentions rail plans, a failed suicide attempt, and a few small-town developments in Burlington, Des Moines, and Brownville.
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Illinois
Elmwood
J.L. Uastings
Mason County
Springfield
Whitehall
William Pritton
Pratt County
Montiedio
Buguty
Britton
Nebraska
A.M. Cross
Fairbury
Jefferson Maintg
Win Tall
Arado
Taft
Swan City
Omaha Republican
Missouri
Sioux City
Yankton
Gen. Dodge
Awann
N. S. Scott
Lincoln
Brownville Democrat
Sherman
Tecumseh
Grand Island
Union Pacific Railroad
Round House
Secret Treaty Debate Moves England To Alarm
London and Paris react to Times publication of a proposed France Prussia treaty. Disraeli questions government in the House, Gladstone avoids commitment, and Britain weighs neutrality and Belgian obligations amid reports Berlin and Berlin related communications. Paris reports France fortifying Paris and German neutrality proclamations while naval and troop movements increase Europe wide tension.
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New York
the Tribune
London
Times
France
Prussia
Disraeli
Gladstone
England
Belgium
Derlin
Doria
Berlin
Earl Granville
Mr. Cardwell
Torens
Alabama
United States
House of Lords
Bismark
Holland
Napoleon
Count Benardittis
Otway
Denmark
Cortnmaces
Loxpox
Liverpool
Mackintosh
Leith
Maprin
Public Opinion and Seizures Dominate 1870 Dispatches
Baron Gerolt reports England leans toward North Germany while the United States praises German exemption from the high seas. The day’s notices include revenue seizures totaling 16 972 dollars, a rectifying plant in Tennessee valued at 15 600 dollars, and updates on National Bank applications and a Quincy trust sale. A 1870 instruction from the Surgeon General outlines artificial limbs programs for veterans, detailing payment, bonds, and transportation provisions.
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Wasarxetox
Baron Gerolt
England
North
Germany
North Germany
America
Alabama
Fish
United States
Sovernme
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Tennessee
Wan Department
Sunckon General's Office
Washington
Daly
Congress
Surgeon General
J. K. Barnes
The Yach t Race and Fenian News
A vessel believed to be the yacht Cambria was passed last night about ten thirty east of Sandy Hook by the steamer Ville de Paris. Gen Dennis L Burke and fellow Fenians left for Boston for the East Cambridge Fenian gathering to discuss Franco Prussian War effects and Fenian duties. A petition to Gov Hoffman seeks commutation for John Real. Obituary notes the death of John Bates, builder and longtime National Theatre manager.
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New York
Cambria
Sandy Hook
Ville de
Dennis L. Burke
Legon
St. Patrick
Boston
East Cambridge
Massachusetts
England
John Bates
National Theatre
Northern Carolina crisis grows as troops mobilize
Three artillery companies depart for Raleigh to aid the Governor in enforcing laws. Governor Holden resists surrender of Almand citizens held by Kirk, with a Military Commission reportedly to meet in Yanceyville. Indian depredations increase as horses vanish and frontier families abandon homes amid a five hour battle near Waco.
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North Carolina
Gavestox
Austin
Waco
Sixth Cavalry
McClellen
Baseball Scores From July Contests Between City Clubs
In Gaicaco on July 26 the Mutuals of New York defeated the Forest Citys of Rockford 15 to 4. Also in Dexer Bark, the White Stockings fell to the Harvards 11 to 6. In Cuscessant on July 96 the Athletic club predicts a Red Stockings defeat.
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Cacaco
Mutuals
New York
Forest Citys
Rockford
White Stockings
Harvards
Cuscessant
Athletic Baseball Club
Red Stockin
The Northwest Big Horn Expedition Reported
July 26 Cheyenne reports South Pass soldiers failed to recapture the Big Horn expedition. The Big Horn party heads toward the Big Horn country as heat waves produce sunstroke cases across Louis and others. A Philadelphia fire at Pennsylvania Sugar Refinery destroys seven stories, kills nine firefighters, with massive property losses. Other fires in Philadelphia and Maine consume woolen mill near Fairmount, Central Building in South Berwick burned with extensive insured losses.
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Big Horn
Cheyenne
South Pass
Big Horn Country
Esercrce
Louis
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Newhall Bros
Fe Spee
Phladelphia
Sghe
Newhall, Bros. & Co
Purap DE Laura
J. Dearie
Fairmount
Socth Berwick
Land for sale forty acres near city in bottom land
Forty acres of splendid land ten miles north of the city, near the river bottom and convenient to the river. For sale cheap. Apply to the undersigned, Thomas Payne, Agent, for sale details.
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Metz
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Catharine West
Orson C. West
Edward I. Buckley
Sittate
Adams
John Sharp
Recorder's Office
Adams County
Snd
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Edward N. Buckley
Empire Lene
Jas. A. Parker
Merchant Tailors
Henry Thomas Meyer
Sixth Street
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Maine
Hampshire
Separdiy Frames! Belong & CO
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Sporting
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Thomas Payne
Eidith Street
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E. B. Barker
F. Gaushell
Hampshire Street
Hat & Cap House
George J. Large
Milnois
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Quincy, Holl
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Reaper
Saaaaaet
Webster & Adams
Hampshire’ Street
Sheena
Quincy Savings Bank
First National Bank
Fourth and
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Suerplus Fond
Penfield
Ana S
Pepe
Edward Wells
RS. Benneson
George Bond
Thomas Jasper
C. AL. Pomroy
O. C. Skinner
H. Curtis
Amos Green
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Joly7déwam
Geo. R. Pfeiffer
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Gough
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Emerson
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Hanna
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Midshortland
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Greenes
Whitney & Bos A Co
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Octagon Sewing Ig Machine CO
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Leasant
Concert GA
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Hill's
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Opera House
Will
Brice
M.E. Brown
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