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Newspaper
Springfield Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1876
Page
3
A jumble of town news and market notes describes various sales, store items, and public notices. Mentions Beauville, Westin, and Gia stores, with references to elections and local vendors. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
Thousands of Democrats filled North Springfield and Public Square for the Fourth of July celebration. Speeches occurred at the Opera House and Court House with Major Towler and others addressing a crowd, torch-lit processions lit the city, and local Democratic leaders thanked supporters amid campaign fervor in the Southwest.
The city reported a quiet election with no disturbances. By noon about 1,400 votes were cast across four precincts, as workers and voters moved through the day. The Third Ward finished counting by Wednesday night, while calls for faster counting and a two-set judge system circulated among readers.
In Jefferson City Judge Wagoner delivers the Missouri Supreme Court view in Dunn v Oldham, reversing a Cass circuit verdict. The case concerns damages for alleged misrepresentation in land sale where the seller showed wrong boundaries though no actual fraud occurred. The court discusses equity relief, mutual mistake, and the purchaser’s duty to verify boundaries, affirming reversal and setting guidance on deceit and rescission principles.
Readable items show a Springfield Missouri market and political update with names, county results, and fiscal notes. Mentions prices for provisions and grocer goods, regional votes in Nassau and Dallas counties, and local Republican and Democratic tallies with official returns and township notes.
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