Plank road debate and regional traffic links in Illinois
The Hannibal Journal reports a Payson meeting on a proposed Hannibal to Payson Plank road with a committee to solicit subscriptions. Eight thousand dollars on the western side and about two thousand on the Illinois side were pledged in a day. The piece urges Quincy to support a Quincy to Payson Plank road, discusses projected benefits, and notes possible competition with Hannibal road. The item also covers court rulings, canal toll reductions, and assorted local notices, all in a compact mid century newspaper voice.
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Hannibal Journal
Payson
Hannibal
Took
Ilinois
Quincy
Hannibal and Payson
Quincy Road
Quincy and
County Board Proceedings Adjoin at 8 O'clock March 4 1853
The board met with the same supervisors plus William Stevens of Beverly Township. Minutes read and approved. Treasurer Pomroy presented county orders and jury certificates for examination. A committee of Smith Battellos and Whitcomb was appointed to audit the accounts and report. A committee on grocery licenses was named. The report found county orders and jury certificates correct with totals of 2,956 24 and 1,065 90 respectively.
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Willagton Stevens
Beverly Township
C.M. Pomroy
Sade
Beatie
Clark
A. M. Smith
Wymzo Whitcomb
Quiotion
Jason Wallace
Jili
Seehorn
Samuel Wood
Thomas Crocker
Fall Creek Township
John Warkness
Sid
Peter Lott
ALY
Wilson Lane
Levi Palmer
W.S. Walton
J.D. D. Calvin
G. W. McLean
Calvin ‘Thayer
Zenas Cather
Engine House
No. 2
Qo. Miller
Fentity S
Joel Rice & Son
J.R. Dayton
Aly. Humphreys
Out County
Cta
James H. Stewart
Levi Pulver
Crockett & Metcalf
Quincy Herald
City of
Quincy
G. W. Pollard
Charles Chase
James Mi Wilson
John Crimec
H. Ballard
Joshua Tibbetts
Newton & Stevens
G.W. Burns
Arete Grigsby
John Anderson
Christian Schaffer
Perdeps & Cannon
William Laughling
Je C. Bernard
Morton & Sullivan
Gates
James Mann
Beeb
Mullek Beg
He Buckley
H. Elia
Bear Crook
Bridges
John Smith
J. ‘Walker
Eltion Morton & Sullivan
Joseph Weflectson
J. Graham
Willaston Stevens
John P. Robbins
John M. Ruddell
HL Ellis
Wee
Wil Tist Hardy
Willian
California bound readers urged to subscribe to Whig
A Keokuk Whig excerpt urges California readers to subscribe to the Whig for two dollars, claiming weekly home news and familiar advertisements will evoke memories of home. Dr Hoover’s letter is cited, expressing desire to see the Whig.
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California
Keokuk
Whig
Hoover
Payson Notes Admiring Visit Highlight Old Mill and Hospitality
Hannibal Journ editor recalls Adams county trip praising Payson for its neat town appearance and handsome new buildings. He notes the aging wind mill on Holliday's Hill, a Wm Stewart nursery with diverse fruit trees, and a pleasant Eagle Hotel dinner. Local hospitality, temperance activity, and a protracted religious meeting with many conversions also mark the visit.
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Hannibal Journ
Adams County
Payson
Holliday’s
Wm. Stewart
Eagle Hotel
Ingling
Collins
Sons of Temperance
Washington March 8 Senate session and regional notices
Washington reports detail Lenate-Mr Clayton debating Mr Cass speech January and treaty framing with King against Great Britain rights in Honduras. Senate exits to Executive Session. Chicago and Boston items cover court proceedings on Paine, Ellen Corcoran unrest, and missing girl mystery. Minnesota colonization notes praise weather and wild produce claims. Includes references to Fillmore cabinet praise and Jones' reappointment, plus a New York Yacht Club challenge.
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Washington
Lenate
Clayton
Mr. Cass
Briggs
Cass
King
Great Britain
Honduras
Spain
Bulwer
Gen. Taylor
Central America
Senate
Mason
Hunter
Shields
Gwyn
Borland
Bright
Jones
Sabastain
District of Columbia
Broadhead
Butler
Douglas
Territories
Bush
Pearce
The
National Intelligencer
Fillmore
Intelligencer
Commodore Ap. Catesby Jones
Kennedy
San Francisco
eSter
Charlestown
Ellen Corcoran
Boston
Tur
White Horse
New York Herald
White House
Gen
Pierce
Gen. Pierce
Gen. Scott
Everett
Gov. Marcy
Crittenden
Gen. Cushing
Joe Lane
Pierre Soule
Young Fillmore
Sidney Webster
Gov. Marey
Notary Kattman appointment sparks party clash in city
A German meeting speaker charged the Quincy Whig with targeting him over his Notary Public appointment. The paper defends the move as constitutional, notes the official acts will be valid while in office, and urges respect for the constitution despite political contention. The notice mentions a Revolutionary veteran and railroad survey updates, plus various local items and maritime weather notes.
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Kattman
Notary Public
Quincy Whig
Gov. Matteson
United States
Railroad Promise in 1854 Subscriptions Urged
From the McDonough Independent the paper urges McDonough County farmers to fund a rail line from Quincy via Macomb to Galesburg, promising completion by 1854. It notes several thousand dollars are still needed and asks residents to return subscription books by Monday as Col. Newell and engineers may arrive soon with hopeful news.
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McDonough Independent
Quincy
Macombe
Galesburg
McDonough
Railroad Committee
Col. Newell
Corps of Engineers
Wetiny
Marco
North Pole
Kosciusko Will Case decision shocks long litigation
The Supreme Court in Washington issued a decision on the Kosciusko Will Case, holding that the American property in question belongs to the heirs at law. The case, spanning years and trials, involved four wills from 1798 1806 1816 and 1817, with the latest revoking the earlier ones. Prominent figures Reverdy Johnson and others appeared for the heirs at law.
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Tas
Chicago
Srigutval Bang
Chicago Times
Dickey
F. H. Blacker
Paine
Harmony Hall
Geo. Washington
Henry Clay
Ace
Barron
Kosciosno
Supreme Court
Washington
Kosciusko
Wagné
Kosciuska
Travelling Pioneer With Hand Cart Aims California Route
A man named John D. Fales from Davis county Illinois travels to California with a hand cart weighing 248 pounds including provisions clothing and equipment. He claims to reach California from Council Bluffs in 60 days. Also notes include Catharine E Beecher funding a Dubuque seminary, Maine Law debate in Minnesota, donations to a Cooper monument, and a correction about Lord Melbourne’s death.
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John D. “Fales
Davis County
Ill
California
Council Bluffs
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Supreme Court of the United States
Ist
J. B. Doolittle
L. Bryan
Ghenit Court of the United States
Illinoia
Illinois and Michigan Canal
LaSalle
Bridgeport
Herald of Saturday
Plank Roads
Morgan Journal
Kaxgaxes
Will and
Iroquois
Panoch
Robingon Crusoe
Juan Fernandez
Piqua
Massachusetts Board of Education
Mone
P. C. Devaccatios—Sands
Mobile
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Phillips
North Africa
Bambara
John P. Robbing
Ole Mc Rudnell
Wm. Si ¥Dlis
Baptist Mardy
Samiel “Woods
J J. Graham
Jason Walliay
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ML. Smith
Shannon Wats
William Jeon
el Seeborn
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Oh Motion
Jordams
A- G. Peargang
Ham
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Rebbins
John, M. Besuet
Grahan
Wm. H. Bliis
Lima
Gran- Bille Stoker
Warren
S.C. Sherman
Maine Street
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Robbins
Ellis
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Holstein
Irene Grigoby
Minnesota
H. M. M. Nichols
Massachusetts
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Cooper
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Mr. Grimes
Mrs. Grimes
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Mr G
Mrs. G
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Seymour, Conn
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Conn
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Woodbury, Conn
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San Rosa
Somoza
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Harry Wilton
Thos. Hoyne
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Winfield Scott
Gulf
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Vanderbilt Transportation Company
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Ohio
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Ireland
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Rakichwetz
Isbor
New Jersey
David Felt
Stephenson
Maine
CSP
Washington Irving Ood Wn
Prescott, Esqs
J. Fennimore Cooper
Lord Melbourne
Lady Melbourne
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