Lasting Impressions of a 1865 Fourth of July Celebration
A reader recalls a vivid 4 July celebration at Asa Call’s park in 1865 with H Taft of Humboldt as orator. The program featured war songs by the gleen club, a flag ceremony, and firsts in local music including a melodeon and fife and drum by veterans, creating lasting memories and local pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa
Call's Park
R. A. Palmer
H. Taft
Humboldt
Webster
Gleen Club
Abe
Harriett E. Stacy
J. E. Stacy
New York
Mr. Weston
Chicago
Packing houses and a satirical tale from press lines
A jumble of satirical anecdotes and social commentary. The piece critiques packing house practices and public trust, lampoons reform reports, and mirrors any fuss over meat safety with a farcical poem about canned ox-tail soup and a packing house hoard. It references James Fisk and Stanford White, comparing their looks.
Setting Lively Pace and Other Loose Sightings
A collection of snips notes and observations from multiple sources. The Kansas City Star criticizes an old fashioned president failing Roosevelt era challenges while the Minneapolis Journal comments on pace and leadership. Other items report a 999 year jail sentence for a black man, a Cleveland name change, Tama Indian dances emulating white styles, a suicide by blasting powder, and a Kokomo man boasting fifty years of unshaved facial hair tied to patriotism.
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Kansas City Star
Roosevelt
Daniel Webster
Minneapolis Journal
Tama Reservation
Unclear text on bowel complaints in children
Fragmentary OCR text discusses bowel issues in children and mentions remedies and medical terms. The readable parts are insufficient to determine a clear event, date, or names. The source is garbled and lacks coherent facts for a full news summary.
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J. A. Brownell Shoe Co
E. E. Conner & CO
Algona State Bank
Algona
I0wa
A. D. Clarke
D. ©. Chubb
Thos. H. Lantry
Myron Schenck, J. W. Hinchon
Fred Miller, Geo. L. Galbraith
Dr. Ripke
County Savings
Iowa
SeaBee
Vesper
Oashien
Wun J
R Cowles
HY Ee
Reed & Clarke
F. Reed
Towa
Congress
J. P. Conner
Crawford County
O. H. Holmes
W. A. Wright
Ledyard
A. L. Anderson
Swea City
J. B. Lillie
Titonka
G. X. Nicoulin
Cresco
Sid J. Backus
Bancroft
W. C. Dewel
Burt
L. J. Dickinson
A. J. Lilly
DR. T. 8. Waud
Germania
Feddara
Gus
Iowa City
Packing House Investigating Commission
Des Moines News
James Fisk
Ed Stokes
Stanford White
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Fisk
White
Mary
New York World
Armstrong
John Tyscer
Cleveland
Ohio
John Tidd
Siebert Olson
Deadwood
Daniel R. Jones
Kokomo
Indiana
Col
John C. Fremont
E. J. Campbell
Hobart
C. B. Hughes
Crockery
L. J. Paltier
Algona Ice Cream and Candy Factory
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
Chicago, Millwaskes & St Paul Railway
Manly
D. Crarnin & Co
Hollister
R. H. Miller
Taylor
N. B. Truth
Mississippi
Atokney
A. D, Clarke & Co
B. H. Miller
Mary Brown
Lafayette Place
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Dr. King
E. B. Conner & Co
Jennie Duncan
Haynesville
Electric Bitters
Donner & Co
le Ee Odakan
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