14 May 1879
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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1879
Page
1
A fragment notes a Topeka legislative measure granting six hundred and forty acres to every veteran pensioner. Other items report a Boston woman alerting two kitchen gardens, a Portland ca ndry woman with various talents, and observations on unemployment among New York printers. Export and trade figures for the US and Europe are cited, with medical and demographic notes sprinkled throughout.
The report outlines fundraising for funding certificates totaling 713,790 with 1 cent figures for May 6. John Sherman listed as Republican candidate and General Ewing as Democratic candidate for Ohio governor. Washington dispatches note Republican committee organization led by Wa. E. Chandler. Debates on a bill to prevent military interference at polls progress, while a Senate panel revises pension and currency provisions. A party caucus in Congress discusses thwarting military involvement at elections and protecting voting rights. Territorial concerns in Indian Territory discuss white immigrant pressure and government troop deployment to curb incursions and squatters.
A hectic May day timeline details a murder attempt in a Hol. Junsen office, a fatal posse shootout near Forsythe, bank robbery in Alleghany City, and multiple arsons. Dispatches cover trials, arrests, and evolving public safety fears as fires destroy stables, mills, and homes from Boston to Milwaukee, with casualties and investigations ongoing.
A garbled dispatch lists events from Grand Rapids Michigan to Texas and Idaho. It notes a family burned in a house, flood drownings near Houston, a wind storm in Utah, a freight car accident in Ravtad Valley, a veterinary accident in Atlanta, a fatal fire near New Maven, poison deaths in Wisconsin, a wreck near Brookville Indiana, an Ontario dynamite blast, plus assorted notes on polygamy trials, riots, and political moves across North America.
The Supreme Court division No. 072 and No. 1083, involving Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads vs United States, affirmed judgments and upheld the May 7, 1878 act allocating 25 percent of railroad net earnings to the US Treasury. Justice Field dissented joined by Bradley and Strong, criticizing the act as altering contracts and infringing California's corporate sovereignty.
A chaotic improvised report features a Chronicle writer and amateur, recounting chaotic wagon and freight train near crossing incidents. The piece spins through excited bystanders, broken wagons, smoke, and missing details about injuries while a corrective editor urges a formal inquiry.
The article discusses comet distribution and solar system scale, noting uniform appearance distances and a vast sphere of attraction. It also reports the death of Isabell P. Inman in Achea, praising his silence and steadfast principles, and recounts his care for family and the curious contrast with talkers.
In a Virginia tale, Governor Randolph learns of a near whipping of an escaped horse thief. Wagoners whisk the suspect to the governor’s home, where a misread threat becomes a breakfast joke as the governor orders mercy and a drink, exposing the guard’s bold display.
A fragmented discussion surveys oil origins from coal formation, fossil remains, and primordial water chemistry. It cites Great Britain’s coal beds, Devonian rocks, and Professor Monodolian's mineral origin ideas, with Dr T Jerry Hunt’s long-standing theory on half vegetable life forms and petroleum bearing limestones offering potential vast, long term reservoirs.
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