27 Jul 1887
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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1887
Page
1
The surviving weather report appears partial but indicates a push to publish notices about voter aid and ongoing communications. The document shows inked marks and weather data scraped from a page, with questions about timing and coverage.
A London paper mentions the Prince of Wales and a bald man in a cryptic way and notes a Baltimore bank issue where heirs recover 2300. It also reports five Pennsylvania women burning coal, five funerals in forty hours, and astronomers predicting solar cooling threatening life. Oatmeal millers organize to fix prices in the US and Canada. An international military encampment is planned in Chicago with invitations to European officials.
A resident named Mrs. Clevetasp receives a heavy stream of public business letters daily. The correspondence touches on tours, for reference, a fire incident, and requests to obtain pensions for military heroes.
A clus aman notes that cast-off horseshaws can yield useful cutters steel. The worn shoes have been partially transformed into a tool alloy. It is suggested the hoof heat influences the metal properties. The metal is said to be paid for knife manufacture and other blades.
A garbled 19th century collage cites global parks sizes and costs, mentions Prospect Park and Den Hil Park, then shifts to commentary on an American dictionary and press habits. It notes a will by Kuseisko, a reference to Thomas Jefferson, and a 1335 year old Jamaican citizen named Jamues dames. The piece ends with exaggerated claims about typhoid fever and water purification myths.
Fragmentary OCR notes claim Tuat die Uawaiian Islaadters threaten constitutional revision during a tense political moment. Sources allege attempts to undermine the King and Ministry while blaming the government for unauthorized moves.
Fire devastates the St Anthony elevator near Ning Tifeinges, with 8 700 000 bushels capacity yet 4 100 000 stored, losses estimated at 825 000 for wheat and 250 000 for building and machinery. Other fires break out in Owensboro Kentucky destroying nine buildings with 250 000 total loss and insurance 30 000. In Constable Rock New York a Standard Oil refinery and nearby structures burn, costing about 300 000.
R M T Hunter eminent Virginian dies at his Essex County home age 79. He served in the Twenty fifth to Twenty ninth Congresses and was Speaker in the Twenty sixth. Also a U S Senator from Virginia before secession and a Confederate official later pardoned in 1867.
The Memhi's Philadelphia special reports the Hermits of the Order of St Augustine in the United States have deposed Rev. John F P Gilmore from his principal office. A former provincial, Rev MacEver, allegedly defeated Gilmore by crooked means and was initially reappointed after an ecclesiastical investigation. Some Gilmore supporters left the order, but the situation is quieting.
In December the Apdehe County Arizona treasurer Vinivio Ruca and his brother were robbed. Several arrests were made but no conviction. Francisco Buea was suspected, arrested, and shown to have fabricated the pistol compelment tale. He was held on a $5,000 bond.
Tax collector George W. Kershner reached a final settlement with the county treasury in Akshina Pennsylvania after a grand jury report. He paid nearly 10000 in taxes, the largest single payment recorded, amid allegations stemming from a delayed settlement and an ongoing grand jury investigation.
The coke strike concluded after eleven weeks and four days, leaving both sides out millions. About 82,000,000 in lost wages by workers and significant losses to operators from idle plants, damaged ovens, and reduced coke trade. Many workers lack funds to leave the district. wages averaged 3.05 dollars daily for the first six weeks. Costs to operators run from 7,000 to 10,000 daily, with West Lessenring expenses over 1,000 daily and widespread overhaul needed before production resumes.
A Perham area locust swarm devastates thousands of acres, stripping vegetation from fields and trees. After initial grasshopper sightings, millions rise in aerial swarms, driven by wind, leaving crops denuded and bark stripped as the invasion expands across the region.
General Strynoch, Congo Free State administrator, telegraphs that Brussels central government has heard no unfavorable news from the Stanley expedition. Stanley reportedly left Aruwitai on his way to Wiel, after allegedly dying near Matadi, with conflicting local reports about his fate.
The July disaster at the Chicago Wilming ton and Verillion power plant in Streator destroyed forty eight dwellings and damaged more. About fifty people were slightly hurt and eleven seriously injured as the blast leveled much of the business area within a mile of the scene.
Iowa news notes grain prices in St Louis quotations and local farm reports. Reports hail from Montgomery County gold mining pay dirt. Iowa Hotel Keepers meet in Bronx City August 10. Medical Society officers named in Davenport. Dubuque may host a new wire wall factory with 25 000 keg capacity. Waterloo first Baptist bell weighs 2280 pounds. County projects include a poor farm in Idan and a new Carroll County courthouse. Multiple accidents and deaths across the state accompany civic notes and upcoming fairs and institute meetings.
A broad survey notes shifts in labor across several regions. Chinese Knights transferred to mixed assemblies. Bourte City reports five assemblies with 700 members. Vermont woolen maker buys 800000 pounds of wool in California. Troy Steel & Iron toasting Venezuelan ore in new furnaces. Union Bridge Company starts 3,000,000 bridge over Ohio at Catra. Old price points cited for Lehigh Scranton Blossburg iron and Hoboken mill crowding prompt space needs.
A Chan man is described as following his nose while a fool follows his don’t knows. The line contrasts intuition with ignorance, suggesting caution against basing choices on uncertain beliefs.
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