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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1872
Page
2
The column highlights fall shirt styles labeled Oxford at Grafftey’s and a broad mix of goods from Wells & Castle’s fruit offerings to Powers & Finlay’s cloths and hats. It lists auctions, hotel notices, political delegates, and entertainment programs with brief local items and micro notices across Philadelphia and nearby towns.
A bustling morning with Forepaugh’s show, parades expected, and a mix of local incidents. Greeley and Grant mentioned in results, theft at Coudy’s tobacco chop, a child breaks a leg on South Sixth, a pearl-handled knife found, and club politics debates. Community notices cover services, meetings, and Forepaugh’s grand procession with free admissions for orphans and schools.
The Canton Fair in Fulton County Canton Illinois is hailed as among the nation’s grandest fairs with six years of proven success. It promises lofty cash premiums across sheep, mules, grain, vegeta bles and more, attracts top cattle and horses, and features famous trotters Fiora Bell and Brother Jonathan in a free-to-all purse race. Accommodations and rail rates are advertised as favorable with strong advertising efforts by E. R. Breed and the Canton Fair organizers.
Mr. L. B. Brady, agent for this rare portrait, cannot yet deliver copies to subscribers. The engraving is praised as the most complete and exact likeness, capturing Lincoln with striking fidelity and the heroic spirit of the nation’s leader during its troubled era.
George Lewis, confined in Jacksonville, confesses murdering Enoch B. Hardcastle on his farm near Roadhouse on August 31. He details hiding in weeds, firing when Hardcastle’s dog alerted, then finishing with multiple shots. He fled west, then traveled via Louisiana Missouri Keokuk and St Joseph before arrest after a letter home was intercepted.
From Decatur special correspondence on September 19 1871 the M. B. Conference in Quincy advances slowly toward adjournment with Dr Eddy to lecture on Missions and Rev W Stevenson to preach at 3 pm. G J Barrett’s Italy talk wowed many, and efforts to reduce the Districts from ten to six failed. The Vermont Street Church report stood out among conference papers as ministers show strong religious and financial health despite incomplete statistics.
In Loraine on September 14 a meeting was held by Grant and Wilson Club officers after the Centre School House could not be used for political purposes. Rev. G. H. Jackson was named President and S. P. Hutton Secretary, with delegates appointed from multiple local areas.
Flaming posters advertised General Black, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, at two and seven on the 18th. The speech mocked Republicans and crow pie, praising chivalry and lashing railroad land grabs, with a scattered crowd and a hurried train escape as Ballow sang a Latin farewell.
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