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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1868

Page

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Violent storm halts telegraph and regional rail talks

A fierce thunderstorm last night disrupted telegraph lines blocking normal reports. The Pacific railroad between eastern and California sections is narrowed to 700 miles and shrinking by six miles daily. Senator Henderson tours Missouri canvassing for Grant and Colfax, while Republican Nebraska campaigns stir, Omaha hosts a large torchlight rally. From Hannibal Courier letters warn Audrain County registration suspended amid armed rebels threatening officials and menaced board members.

California Pacific Railroad The Courier Mexico J. R. Winters Audrain County

Republican claims on debt and democracy in the Albany Journal

The Albany Journal compiles partisan assertions praising the Republican party for reducing national debt and taxes since the war, while blaming Democratic rebels for heavy losses, urging restoration of peace and prosperity. It alleges Democrats seek revolution and repudiation, contrasting poor and rich under GOP protection.

Albany Journal Republican Party Union Fife Democratic Party

Local and regional notices and incidents from Missouri

The report lists events in Missouri communities including meetings in Lagrange and Canton, political rallies in North Missouri, a new militia in Wayne township, and speeches by ex-rebel Gen Hill. It notes the growth of Craig in Holt County, a fatal threshing accident near Nevada, a tobacco factory lease in Lagrange, a shooting near Bethany with no bloodshed, a shooting at Shurgeon Fair Grounds injuring two bystanders, and local crimes involving EB Roberts and Joseph Jenkins with brief outcomes and confessions.

Jackson County Wayne Township Buchanan Hill Seymour Blair North Missouri Craig Holt County Council Bluffs St. Joseph Nevada W. Y. Willams Lagrange Geo. H. Simpson Bethany Shurgeon Brown Zimpitheatre Comb EB. N. Roberts Joseph Jenkins Srithen Howard County Kingsberry Caima Union Mercantile United States North America Jreewspaper Amrendarits Reference Register Mencnants’ Union Tizncastrat Berrityce Keaurtr Sao Idets Bre Protective Union American Exchange Bank Broadway New York Eet J ’ Weptl Tf

Truce lines and notes from a late 19th century dispatch

A wide pull of items from a Northern paper describing military orders, political notes, and local incidents. Reports include Brévet Brig. Gen. Canby assignment, Nova Scotia election issues, tobacco tax stance, a Louisville tragedy, a moon discovery, a Philadelphia murder, cemetery inspections, Illinois court and railroad news, and various civil and editorial notes. Names such as Wadkins, Watson, McFerran, and Tilden appear amid scattered regional updates, weathering a mosaic of 1800s civic life.

Canby Military’ Division Pacific Blonchard Nova Scotia Rollins Arkansas Dallas Louisville Aazette County Wadkins United States Watson Detroit Observatory Mary Marmon Philadelphia W. McFerran Department of Washington Col Ransom Quartermaster General Washington

Twelve-year-old Heiress Custody Case Before Judge Bruce

A Louisville case concerns Lizzie Brown a twelve year old girl tied to Dr Samuel H McKinley son of a former US Supreme Court judge. The doctor seeks custody from Ursuline Academy claiming with letters and money sent he is her father while the academy asserts illegitimacy and adult danger. Proceedings before Judge Bruce continued as the court seeks clearer evidence of parentage and custody arrangements.

Louisville Bruce Bamuel HE. McKinley McKinley Supreme Court of the United States United States New Orleans United States Service St. Louis J . Bruce Lizzie Brown J. Lyon McKinley Lyon Raemes Téwes

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