08 Jul 1891
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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1891
Page
1
A damaged newspaper notice provides partial readable details about a local public sale action. It mentions officials and a date fragment, with key terms obscured. Despite the garbled text, readers can infer a notice about a legal or public sale process and involved entities.
German artist Berenon WrittAm commissioned Anton von Werner to paint the emperor and others praising Count Moltke on his birthday. The Princess of Wales orders royal likenesses on desserts as England follows suit. New moon observed by Lick telescope appears double with a main moon and a secondary dot.
The North American Commercial Co objects to a proposed bar from Behring Sea during the sealing season asserting its legal rights and damages for potential losses. The protest was filed with Acting Secretary Spaulding of the treasury department by counsel N. J. Jeffries.
An acre pine poles in Florida will yield 89,000 this year while Maj Ryals near Savannah, Ga. runs a 125 acre truck farm earning 19,000 annually with eighty acres of Irish potatoes plus cabbages tomatoes beans cucumbers onions and other vegetables. Education progress cited by Warris reports public school spending doubling and enrollment doubling while population grows 20 percent. Deep wells in Pennsylvania include Nomewood Pittsburgh suburb at 4618 feet drilled before tools were lost. Buchanan farm well Hopewell 4203 feet and Bush well Washington County 8300 feet abandoned.
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce argues that world progress hinges on the unsettled condition in South America. It says warship behavior and practical maritime knowhow stem from Southern Hemisphere conflicts, and that international jurisprudence has learned much from these bloody disputes.
A. J. McKeown, son of millionaire John McKeown, drowned near Washington Pennsylvania with two companions. He was reputed as Pennsylvania’s wealthiest young man with a princely income. His father once offered him 10600 dollars to quit smoking, later doubling to 20200, but the boy refused to abstain from tobacco.
Dn Apametz a Swiss social philosopher uses districting to census a gramme of cheese finding 90,000 inhabitants. After 20 days of microscopic canvass the population rises to 800,000 then stops, claiming it has reached the limit of subsistence under Malthusian terms.
The article notes rapid coastline loss on Cape Cod as the ocean gradually erodes land. A lighthouse set a century ago marked ten acres, now the enclosure covers about six acres. North of Highland Light, the shore retreated around 250 feet in seven years, signaling possible eventual loss of Cape Cod itself.
The rare cross anchor and cannon tax buttons from the Confederate navy have sold well in the South as relics and cuff button designs. Demand is high but a Norfolk, Virginia correspondent notes a London firm has sent a letter about the items potentially flooding the market.
A chaotic Iowa roundup reports a man seized by an electric post while a night watchman freed him. Farther, rabies devastate Franklin cattle, a killer in John Maxwell’s circle, flood relief appeals in Cherokee, a postmaster found dead near Knuth, hog cholera hits Black Hawk county, Boone bonds ruled illegal, boys abducted by tramps rescued in Mount Pleasant, flood losses across Sutherland and nearby towns with Illinois Central submerged.
Reports from Des Moines indicate widespread salary reductions in several school districts prompting many teachers to resign. The pattern echoes across Most Des Moines schools where pay cuts have prompted staff departures, affecting local education plans and operations.
Across the Missouri and Kansas borders, rising floodwaters threaten farms, roads, and a key rail embankment. Harlem across the river is submerged with about twenty five families evacuating homes. Officials warn the river may rise eight to ten feet more, risking lands and the Kansas City Racing Association track. In St Joseph the river has swollen, threatening French bottoms and stockyards. Gov Boies calls for charity to aid flooded towns, estimating around one hundred families require immediate assistance as bridges fail and possessions are lost.
The U S Senate committee hearings show S S P Dunham testifying that a Keystone bank loan to Henry Yard used shares in Wanamaker name as collateral. Effingham J Morris confirms certificates 450 to 454 backing Wanamaker loan. Mora says Keystone lent Wanamaker $200000 amid held collateral.
In Il Peavin Jan 30 a widow and her three sons circulated a white cap notice begging humanity’s help against Royal Frisby who had ruined Mrs Carver’s daughter and sired a child with the family. Frisby was shot dead near his door by a man named Gip Culvier after warnings were ignored. coroner’s jurors charged Culvier, Mrs Frisby, and John Carven with the killing.
The Switchmen Mutual Aid Association accuses trainmen of conspiring with Chicago Northwest officials to replace switchmen. The federation supreme council found the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen guilty after a unanimous vote, with three trainmen opposing expulsion. Fireman Dobbs and Hanrahan joined the three trainmen in dissent on the penalty vote. Grand Master Sargent did not vote.
Levi and Joseph Straus, maltsters, made an assignment for creditors in Baltimore on June 30. Assignee’s liability totals about $600,000, with primary debts around $160,000 and contingent liabilities about $200,000. The move follows an earlier assignment by Barth & Straus two weeks prior.
The Bureau of Statistics reports total arrivals from 1881 to 1890 reached 15,041,588, with 51.92 percent of all arrivals in 1891 to 1890. Europe accounts for about 81.07 percent in the latest decade, France and China weakening. Italy shows a surge to 52,003 in 1890, while males dominate the 1891–1900 period at 61 percent.
The 1890 diplomats correspondence may be published soon and run about 800 pages. It compiles Behring sea dispute papers and reviews exclusion of American cattle meat products from Europe. The volume also covers U S citizen rights abroad for native and naturalized residents.
President Harrison announced the international copyright act takes effect for citizens of Belgium France Great Britain Switzerland and British possessions where US citizens receive comparable copyright rights. The proclamation follows assurance that these nations grant reciprocity and allow the United States favorable access to their protections.
Rouse July 2 The pope writes Cardinal Gibbons he will not concede the leads by Herr Canensly for Saint Raphael society protecting emigrants nor approve a Polish bishop in the United States. Cardinal Gibbons says he is glad but not surprised by the dispatch from Rome.
In Coquimbo on July 4 Balmaceda’s control provinces cast ballots and chose Vie nna as Balmaceda’s successor. The final tally will be released on July 26. interim president Batman remains in office until that date.
Drake's Magazine reports on Gold Coast practices labeled custom that forces the bereaved to ignite guns and perform sacrifices for years to repay debts. Credit from rich lenders at usurious rates bonds families, while debt and pawned land drain prosperity and fuel idleness and drink. Custom, fear of the dead, and public opinion sustain these burdens.
A feature notes a red-beaked ox-biter or rhinoceros bird that feeds on ticks infesting central African pachyderms. The bird pecks ticks from sensitive areas, aiding rhino and hippo while risking its own safety. Also includes a humor snippet from Chicago Tribune about a steak order.
The Worth monument near the monument to the bravest of the brave doubles as a tomb. It marks William Jenks Worth, a gallant soldier, buried under the obelisk with his battles carved above. Worth, once aide to Gen. Scott, stood six feet two and was famed as the army’s handsomest man.
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