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Trains and local politics mix in early 1869 notes
A jumble of timetable quirks and civic references. The report lists Tilinots Central Head trains from Dunlelth and compares Chicago time with Shabuque time, names ward representatives like Firt Ward Trainor Quigley and other officials, and mentions the Mightingale Charter and possible replacement in the Third Ward. It also notes a brief theater piece at the People's Theater and a merchant’s observation on price parity between Dubuque and Chicago markets. Public banking details for the Dubuque Branch of the State Bank of Iowa are cited for April 4, 1869.
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Tilinots Central Head
Dunlelth
Chicago
el Bee
Metein Lane
Goodanow
Jackson County
Lane
Maquoketa
Baldwin & Co.'s
Iowa
Noticie
Maquokets
Bellevue i
Mississippi
Thheir
Atrasiger
Mississippi Valley
Wisconsin Territory
Bellevue
Brown
B. W. Staward
Ledge & Clausen
J. A. ‘Weston, Kilborn & Woods
Ayler & Co
B. Cole & Co
Wm. Anderton
A. Rambarter
J. Steiniger
E.’ G. Potter
Mill Creek
John Foley
Duboqse
Potter
Morais
Hays & Potter
John Garamel
Jasper
A. H. Goodrich
Sublett
G. W. McNulty
McNulty
Prairie Lend
George C. Street
J. F. Brazile
T. B. Canfield
J. P
Upper Mississippi
St Davenport
Janis Parrzasoy
St. Louis
Renwick
Stillwater
Decawane County
F. Bates
Nottingham
Springfield
Maze
Craffox
Guttenberg
Garnavillo
Fortier