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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1875
Page
3
A long field dispatch reports hog disease resembling pleuro pneumonia spreading through Illinois and Missouri. Interviews with Quincy pork packers warn of rising prices if hogs remain scarce while detailing local losses, market expectations, and potential production impact.
The Boston Transcript argues the struggle over resumption has just begun. It warns inflation harms public honesty and prosperity, urging adherence to sound finances and the value of hard money over excessive paper currency as a lasting national issue.
A New York Herald column argues weather governs commerce from coal to umbrellas and hotels. It cites Proctor the English astronomer and the veiled Washington prophet, noting varied predictions and their largely limited accuracy while stressing weather’s broad economic impact.
In reflective prose the author extols a warm spell and breezy winds that lift spirits and merit public praise. The piece jokes about a town weather vane and notes the coming approach of November with nostalgia for the lingering Indian Summer.
The New York Sun reports on six years of tunneling work at Tallett's Point above Astoria on the East River. A vast network of headings, piers, and explosive charges seeks to straighten the shore line and widen the channel. Initial progress. 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate explosive slated for a summer blast in 1876. cost about 740,000 dollars to date with 400,000 more needed. Observers describe the site as a scaled labor with pumps, compressed air drills, and immense underground cavities. The piece also recounts a music event near the works featuring Arab style singing and a mixed Spanish Gitano dialect performance by workers and spectators.
The American Sunday School Union reports its mission aries have organized and aided 7st Sunday schools in the Northwest with 4518 teachers and 251 scholars. They aim to reach 25000 children in new settlements this season, uniting diverse religious groups to support and sustain schools and build churches. Contributions may be sent to PL Go Ensign, superintendent, Os Dearborn street, Clitearo, TU.
A Geopo y concert described by a Lal Mal Chart correspondent from Ban Lac reports a dimly lit scene in a pleasant Andalusian town. The performers, three men and a woman in a dress, stood in a pale, muslin gown, with the pit filled as a few feeble lamps offered scant illumination.
A long excerpt discusses aging and family strain surrounding Isaac Ware, his wife, and boarders, amid a comical tale of a mountain confrontation. It then shifts to a medical ethics debate: a physician's prescription versus repeated use, likening it to a banker’s draft and stressing patient safety and professional duty. The piece weighs equity in medical practice and dangers of amateur medicine.
Advices from Fort Sill detail a horrific crime in the Indian Territory. A negro, covered in blood, boasted of murdering and scalping a man and boy near Comanche camp. Soldiers recovered the wagon and two bodies later confirmed as the pedder and his son, names unknown. The killer was hanged by vigilante justice in a tree, with bones not recovered.
Historic letter exchange contrasts British resistance to self dispensing with American moves to revive physician dispensing. An English practitioner recalls profit from a routine prescription while lamenting patient access to medicines eroding income. An American physician urges doctors to provide prescriptions and advice, arguing that patient care and costs are affected by dispensing practices.
Copenhagen reports the Swedish steamer L J Bogar burned after bottles said to contain wine powder but held naptha. Twenty four passengers died, including many women, as crews and officers struggled to save others. The captain and some crew survived. divers will seek bodies near the wreck.
The October report notes a fall in cranberry output and a large rise in rice production. Drought slightly damaged sugar crops in parts of Florida and Georgia, Alabama reports larger overall crops, and Mississippi planters manufacture sugar and molasses locally from Louisiana and African cane. Louisiana's sorghum crop is delayed by wills, while the hop and hemp crops show strength in New York and Kentucky respectively. The cattle fattening herd is modestly larger than last year.
Excitement grows after Alfred Boulware, near New Canton resident, allegedly rode a horse and sulky through streets intoxicated. A pistol misfired near Hon M D Massey during the incident, leading to a disorderly conduct warrant. A warrant against Minsey for attempted killing is also discussed, with police involvement and potential trouble ahead.
Indian Agent Gibson reports great danger of confrontation between Osage factions led by Goy and Pownesopeshe. He telegraphs that war may break out at any time unless tensions are checked, urging immediate action to prevent bloodshed.
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