05 Jun 1869
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1869
Page
1
A compact page fragment includes subscription terms for a publication, religious hymns about patriot dead, and memorial verses. It references ad rates and mailing options, then presents wartime era poems urging uplift, with lines praising freedom and honoring fallen soldiers.
A collage of quips on fashion, fads, and social foibles. It weaves jokes about lotteries, dictionaries, flirtation, and diaries with lampoons of editors, teachers, and clerks. The piece foregrounds humor from public and private life, including musings on fashion and language.
The passage honors General Logan’s anniversary custom of decorating soldiers’ graves as a lasting nation al duty. It asserts the dead will not be forgotten, pledges gratitude, and links their sacrifices to living national memory, calling all citizens to honor the grand army and sanctify grave sites with future tokens of remembrance.
The piece notes surprise at the English denunciations following Sumner’s Alabama speech and the Alabama treaty rejection. It contrasts earlier praise from the Times and other organs with current harsh criticism, predicting England will cool its stance and seek calmer terms without war. It cites Goldwin Smith and British press sentiment as evidence of shifting views.
A striking specimen of Time's revenges shown in colored men gaining offices both at home and abroad. The passage imagines a son of the black Douglas holding a government post in the same city as the son of the white Douglas, each backing the Administration.
Appointments for railroad meetings have been released. T B Jeffries and T O Towles from Lewis County Missouri will address locals in Edina Knox county on Friday January 4 Kirksville Adair county Saturday January 5 Greencastle Sullivan county Monday January 7 Milar Sullivan county Tuesday June 2 Trenton Grundy county Thursday June 10 Bethany Harrison county Saturday June 12 Delegation from Quincy will meet Nebr City and travel eastward to hold more meetings in intermediate counties with locations to be announced later.
The piece surveys reactions to Mr. Boutwell's financial plan with Chicago Tribune opposing using surplus revenues to retire greenbacks, while New York Tribune backs cutting government debt. Chicago Times argues gold rises due to Wall Street rumors, predicting a decline and relief from bond purchases.
A Quincy Illinois driven railroad initiative aims to connect Quincy northwest to the Missouri River with Lewis Knox Adair Sullivan Grundy and other counties. Delegates seek a survey and stock subscriptions, urging county funds and private support to build the line to Nebraska City and beyond.
The Cincinnati Chronicle laments calls to honor those who opposed the nation. It argues we should not sanctify their graves with approving tributes, though it does not deny their heroic traits. The piece condemns indiscriminate praise as a mockery to the memory of the honored dead.
A Civil War era letter critiques Union conduct, calling the author a mischief-making Yankee. It contrasts postwar duties to mourned dead with English sympathies toward the South, noting imagined English support for Confederate privateering against American commerce.
Perry Fuller warns of action against New Orleans newspapers over their criticism of his Custom House management. The Exchange advises postponing any move until Fuller can explain the matter in Washington.
The Howard county court appropriated 31000 to survey the Corus and Arrow Rock Railroad. A boy in Tianunibal, son of printer John W. Kerwood, fell from a porch and was nearly killed. St. Joseph papers report runaways causing damage to persons or vehicles. Alderman Eckart died. Mrs. Bassett fractured a leg after falling into a new excavated cellar. An embankment toppled near Calhio killing a young woman named Thomas Buckroan. John Rice, a painter in Kansas City, fell from a scaffold and died. A traveler on the W. J. Lewis steamer was robbed of 2125 in gold and 1 in greenbacks between Omaha and St. Joseph. A murdered man’s body was found in a freight car at Kansas City, likely killed by a vigilance committee at Hays City. C B&Q officials and Boston capitalists arrived at St. Joseph en route to Council Bluffs and Omaha to discuss western railroads.
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