13 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1879
Page
1
Advices from Yokohama describe an unprecedented Grant reception in Tokyo with lavish entertainment and mixed official reactions. Reports mix war news, social developments, and global events from Britain to Africa, including storms, conflicts, and royal affairs.
Two men were attacked and killed in Ananene last week while intoxicated. Charles Peother, a noted sulha, died at his home in Melated Center Pa aged 61. The Chicago Journal reports Aldarowy Peruus from a long tour. A deadly street incident in Willesbarre Pa left one man dead after a fight over a pillar. A lightning strike at Mochuster killed a family of four. A disastrous Chicago accident left several workers dead or injured. A New Orleans siege ends with police threatening action. A colored Indiana conversion fueled calls to migrate north. Major Walsh, with Long Dog, reports stolen horses recovered near Montana. The wider North Plains frontier moves include negotiations and tensions with various tribes and agencies.
In a lower Georgia House impeachment move, Comptroller General Chatham Smith is accused of fostering a ring that diverted hundreds of thousands from the treasury by paying rents to defaulted taxpayers. The trial will determine the truth amid other national and local news, including yellow fever fatalities and a deadly duel in Texas.
Kentucky voters chose state officers led by Dr Luke E Blackburn for governor in a high turnout Aug 4 with the Democratic ticket winning but a constitutional amendment failing to secure a majority. Maryland Democrats held their convention in Baltimore naming William T Hamilton for governor and M Gwis for attorney general while other posts were filled.
A Wisconsin orator defends the Republican legacy on its twenty-fifth anniversary, recounting its birth to curb slave power, wartime sacrifices, debt repayment, and economic gains. He praises Lincoln, condemns Democrats, and urges fidelity to the party’s foundational principles to safeguard liberty and the nation.
A garbled list speaks of Bryce, a senator from Migs insippi aged 88, astronomer Phocron returning next winter, and Colorado’s Six-Sunaron Ousvrin worth 6 million. It mentions Senators Hua, Davis, Keil, Grover, Sexton Bro of Kentucky, Uniley of Tennessee, and Cali millionaire Froon with a Menlo Park site. Names like Vin Roy Beecher, Sexwon Pita of Kansas, ex Senator Dorsey of Arkansas, and Leadville figures surface amid stock gains. A Connecticut editor H Vuart sustains an injury fishing near Washington Colorado while Dr Bea J Cadan, California candidate for governor, farms wheat and hires many workers. others include Way Goons at 88 and Col Forney’s paper. Joan A MuDosarn of St. Louis, tied to whisky ring disclosures, faces misfortune as his wife’s illness worsens and he pleads guilty to an assault in Pound Dy June.
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