Mendon grows as rail traffic arrives in Adams County
Special correspondence from Quincy Whig notes Mendon with about 500 residents sees new momentum as a locomotive whistle awakens business. A. Benton with son-in-law S. S. Arnold plans a mammoth St. Louis stock and urges Quincy purchases. John Luna and Samuel Haney repair stores for large boots, shoes, and dry goods trade. C. B. Garrett dry goods firm attracts crowds. he plans an elegant house this summer. Ex-Senator R. Chittenden contemplates a lumber yard and a general banking venture. R. Chittenden Sr. & Co. ship ten car loads of potatoes to Chicago as a new produce firm. Further items promised.
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