The New York Reflections and Iowa Political Rants
A long fragment from the Ackley World mixes editorial quotes and political commentary. It cites Lincoln and religious themes, notes New York politics, Bill Sunday’s influence, Iowa legislature forecasts, presidential vote tallies, and a Chicago primary grand jury corruption probe with discussions of ballots, repeaters, and election integrity. The piece names J. A. Lamais, Elks leadership, and local officials amid a mosaic of quotes and rumors.
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Chicago
Abarda
Denmark
Atea
Grand Jury
Fragmentary column reflects 19th century mood and legal notice chatter
The readable fragments evoke a Harper's Weekly style on heaven and pumpkin hints, plus a stray legal note claiming a woman cannot hold the clerk of courts office. It references purchasing items and seeking other county offices, all in a distorted OCR fragment.
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Harper's Weekly
Progress of the South in Industrial Growth
The Manufacturers' Record cites 1880 as the start of the New Souths industrial rise. Population up 63 percent, capital invested in manufactures up 716 percent, cotton mill capital multiplied 1,169 fold. National banks in the section rise from 171 million to 1.1 billion in the period.
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Tose
South
the Manufacturers’ Record
Baltimore
New South
Happiness and law and travel echo in a Scottish court tale
A Scottish lawyer faced seven hours of pleadings in a royal court while his wife urged devotion. The tale riffes on happiness being earned, not by money, but by contributing to others. Reflections wander from Bruges to Mississippi journeys and the wisdom history teaches.
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Abraham Lincoln
Supreme Court
Mississippi
Rowe
Thun Ehen
Bruges
Othera
Iowa Press Notes on Ballot Circle and House Speakership
The Charles City Intelligencer argues the circle should reappear on the ballot and urges dropping the voting machine. The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes a Republican push to make the next speaker the presiding officer of the entire House, while the Burlington Hawkeye cites the advent of the clear era.
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Charles City Intelligencer
Nave
Bouge
Cadar Ranida Gazette
Winter mood lifts readers with brighter streets and goodwill
The piece cites the Dubuque Times Journal praising winter oxygen’s uplifting effect on people, brighter face shows and contagious smiles. It quotes Irving Bacheller on appearance aiding reception and recalls a New York editor’s challenge about writing pity-filled urban tales, which Bacheller abandons after finding more applicants than expected.
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Irving Bacheller
Addrewa
New York
Sanday
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