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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1869
Page
4
A poetic fragment describes a lifeless heart stirred by a lost beloved. The speaker imagines the dead heart beating again with warmth and fidelity at the touch of the beloved, conveying longing and tenderness in restrained, mournful lines.
In a tale of feuding houses, Lucie De Sainte Foy and Leonard De Lansac confront old secrets. A reconciling attempt between descendants founders trust, while Lucie and her lover vow to part to guard honor. Leonard’s wrath tests their fate as love and legacy collide.
In a haunted garden tale, Leonard confronts the wreck of a feud with the De Sainte Foys as Lucie bears quiet sorrow and De Sainte Foy returns from a fateful voyage aboard the Memphis. The burning ship seals tragedy and tests loyalties, ending a family line with hard truths and forgiveness sought.
The writer details journeys to Suetschen and the desert border to describe a vast dual wall system. He outlines a brick outer wall built over eight centuries by three million workers and a later inner stone fortification begun two millennia before the era, noting disputes about brick versus stone construction and the wall’s remarkable endurance.
A 1759 advertisement preserved for its quaint inn signs and diction describes the Philadelphia STAGE WAGGON and New York STAGE BOAT route. John Butler from the Death of the Fox in Strawberry Alley begins Mondays to Trenton Ferry, then Brunswick, with transfers by Isaac Fitzrandolph and Robin Fitzrandolph to New York that night. Francis Holman relays passengers and goods, with weekly cycles and interchanges, detailing departures on Mondays and Thursdays and cross-river connections.
The article outlines how the 1870 census will reshape Congress. The West gains from 30 to 82 seats, the East drops from 38 to 22, and the Atlantic States fall from 101 to 86. A West SouthWest majority emerges in the House and in presidential electors, with full Black representation replacing the three fifths rule.
The Fifth Division of Illinois Eighth District reports tax receipts from Pekin distilleries rising from 134,308 in the year ending September 20 1868 to 518,953 for the year ending September 20 1869. Distilleries operated unevenly. D T Thomson alone paid 135,790 50, more than Pekin's entire 1868 return.
The article describes Alaska at about latitude sixty where the sun stays near the horizon during summer, with no true midnight darkness. It notes Sitka as a forthcoming view of this phenomenon and contrasts it with broader observations from Seward and Joshua.
Orn. Rarpoaps reports strong local turnout in favor of railroad subscriptions along the proposed routes in Keene Ursa and surrounding townships. Election results at Keene expected to show a handsome majority for subscription. A novel exhibition of horsemanship and sword and lance skills is planned for the 27th at the Fair Grounds with prizes for best rider, best handling of the galore, and javelin throwing.
Sunday two ladies and two gentlemen in a family carriage enter the Missouri side for nuts. Mr J Davidson tries to pass a wagon in a race. the carriage slips seats and crashes. The team becomes unmanageable. the carriage runs over Frederick Wolff killing him. A passenger is injured and a horse is broken. An inquest was held. Wolff is interred. Earlier a man nearly drowned after falling from a log crossing a slough.
Letters from Jackson ville foreshadowed a fake signer used to cash checks drawn on the First National Bank of Jacksonville. Bridgeford and Fagan, arrested here, perfected the scheme by signing Samuel Marker’s name on $150 and $96 checks. A second attempt failed, and the bank cashier sent letters to confirm authorship. The letter to S B Stander asks for directions to a residence for business with Mr Longmire of Missouri.
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