Eads Jetty Plan and Illinois Court Merger Debate
The article notes Capt. James B. Eads promoting a jetty system to deepen Mississippi mouths at about half the cost of a canal and remarks on a proposed consolidation of Illinois supreme court branches. It also covers a Minnesota-like inquiry into Soldiers' Orphans Home, and a Washington view of Secretary Richardson as “Little Dick.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Eads
St. Louis
Ndw
Washington
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Fort St. Philip Canal
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Mt. Vernon
Otta- Bea
Ilinois
Danube River
Schurtz
Sayat
St. Philip Canal
National Improvement Company
Mississippi
Gulf
Secretary Richardson
The
Treasury
Extension of the Clinois and Michigan Canal Memorial
The joint committee on canals and rivers prepared a memorial to Congress urging a cheap transportation policy for Northwest products. It cites a broad public demand spanning parties, stressing the Illinois interest in extending canal links to tidewater and enhancing northern trade routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinois and
Michigan Canal
Joint Committee On Canals and Rivers
Senate
House of Representatives of
United States
Congress
Ilinois
General Assembly
Congress of
Northwest
Tidewater
A Chinese Opium Den Described by a San Francisco Reporter
A San Francisco reporter portrays a Chinese quarter opium den in vivid detail. The room measures about ten feet square with bunks along three walls and scant furnishings. A yellow figure sits at a table with bone needles and pipes while two men smoke and drift into slumber, the scene ending in a grim vision of elysian bliss and nausea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Elysium
Memorial Pleads for Waterway Improvement Link East and West
A memorial urges Congress to fund an estimated water transportation route as a practicable, cheap link in the national plan. Surveyed by competent engineers, the route would connect grain districts to tidewater, boosting producer rewards and lowering prices for eastern manufacturing and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Wapper Lakes
Congress
An Indiana Romance From Terre Haute Express
A woman refuses marriage to a suitor whose plan to feign a dead lover fails. He fakes death, sends tokens, and plans a ghostly scene. The ghost appears, the truth emerges, and she discovers the phantom was actually the suitor keeping watch over her. She then considers marrying the ghost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Terre Haute Express
Jerusha
Family groceries pledge best goods at one price in Troy
The notice promises complete departments with select stock and best makes from leading brands. It pledges strict one price equality, asserts the best goods are cheapest, and invites patrons to examine goods, compare prices, and trade for country produce at the old Main and Market corner stand in Troy Illinois.
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Cheyenne
W. T
Fort Laramie
Red Cloud
Salt Lake City
Thut
H A. Jandt & Sons
H. A. Jandt & Sons
Olinots
Madison County
OUR Boot & Shoe
Chicago
Philadelphia
Democrat
Samuel & Rawson’ & “Bro
Risser, & Rawson
Troy
N. E
Main & Market Streets
Troy, Ills
Wholfsale and Retail
Grocers
Edwardsville, Ills
Fred. Auwarter
Banoon
Robert Williamson
Petronas, Mn
James M. A Anderson
Notary Public & Surveyor
Hillmots
Joan L. Purviance
Data and Globe Insurance Co
James Downie
Blarket Street
James M. Seybold
Joseph Kiesel
Market Street
Troy, Ills. Y
Rail Road
Andrew Klein
Main Street
Illinois
Adam Koenig
John Deimling
TirCash
Mare Kelutreet
Benet Shmitt
Troy City Exchange
Felix Droll
Mike Kelly
Billiard Hall
Edwardsville
Ills
Troy City
John Diehle
Beat Brand
Wes A
T. H. Bell
Emith
Old Stand
Cor
John J. Hotty
HOUSE
Sian
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