Iowa Notes and Local Incidents Across Counties
A chaotic summary of events in Iowa including a boy in trouble after being scolded, a Delaware County death of Jesse Allen, horse theft and a suspect arrest near Des Moines, a poisoning incident at Rapids, spring wheat outlook, and upcoming Iowa P ich meeting in Fairfield. Mentions of Rev D S Toll, editor T W Eich of Des Moines, and families in Bloom and Grant townships.
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Jesse Allen
Delaware County
Allen
T. Ww. Y
Davenport
Supreme
Boston
Sas Mo
Minle
Princeton
Iowa
Rapids
P + ich
Fairfield
Tolt
Pottawattamie Coun
Reese
Waccidert
T. W. Eichs
Iowa State
Des Moines
Eichelberger
Bloom
Thomas
Grant Townships
Hamil
Xemity
Various 1879 world affairs and disasters reported in brief
Navy rear admiral Thacher dies in Boston on April 5. Court De Lesseps departs New York for Europe on April 1. Belgium colliery fire and explosion March 31 with many dead. Railroads and unions report strikes and wage changes across the US. Fires, accidents, and political shifts in Europe and Asia are summarized with dates from March and April.
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Thacher
Navy
Boston
Court de Lesseps
New York
Europe
Belgium
Appleton
Pan Handle
E. D. Morgan
Union Theological Seminary of
New Warner English
Bordentown
de Lesseps
Congress Debates Treaties and Appointments in Early April
In Washington on March 31 to April 6 1886 the Senate and House debated the international exhibition bill and various appropriations. Key actions included votes on the New York 1888 exposition funding the public printing office pay bills for marshals and Ute removal measures and amendments to the census and Alaska statistics bills. The House and Senate adjourned amid discussions on Indian policy labor reports and transportation contracts.
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Wasuiveton
New York
Allison
Uni States Marshals
Blaine
Blic Printing Office
Holms
Davis
Senate
Edmunds
Carpenter
Dea
Yeas
Coke
Committee On Indian Affairs
HOUSE
Bradley-Slemons
Weaver
Slemons
Price
Banking Committee
Nation Bank
Wallace
Select Committee
My Bate
Cook- United States
Mittee
Singleton of
Massachusette
Labor Committee
Alaska
Wasurxeron
Uintah Reservation
Colorado
Interior Department
Hill
Haskell
Brady
Blount
Hawley
Post Office Department
Washington
Covert
Berry
Pagee
Hawk
Secretary of War
Pendleton
Cincinnati Type Foundries
Bille
Missouri
Maning
Aeer
Donnelly-Washburne
Mening
Pringer
Aldrich
Vfl
Teller
Washburne
Public Land Committee
Cho, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Road Thru
Tn Antonio
Borrowing Trouble in Samantha at the Centennial
Marietta Holly reflects on work and worry in Samantha at the Centennial, lampooning anxious, hard working attitudes toward life and holiday leisure. She recalls Josiah Allen and fictional fears of funerals and bonnets as night worries fade with daylight.
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Marietta Holly
Samantha
Josiah Allen
Egypta
Josiah
Johnsville
Joseph
Joshua
Thomas J
Enthusiastic Visitor Pays Homage at Niagara Falls
An energetic old man and his wife visited Niagara Falls and spent the day admiring the spectacle from their room. Early next morning he exclaimed in alarm that the water was still cascading over the dam, declaring he would be burned if it ceased.
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John Winston
Denis Kearney
Steszner
Cairo
Lawrenceville
Brunswick County
John H. Lamb
Rushville
Inl
Wesley W. Parker
John Randall
Thomas Jones
Niagara Falls
Difference between a jeweler and a nan
A Jeweler makes and sells jewelry watches while a nan is a man who watches cells in a lab setting. The joke hinges on a mispronunciation linking jewelers and nanoscience terms.
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Selse
Traveling with Maybel's Show and Sultan the Elephant
An 1862 reminiscence describes a circus caravan crossing a high wooden bridge with three elephants Isy Mary and Sultan. Sultan sinks through a gap in the planks after a tense moment of animal chatter and is rescued after twenty men and ten horses lift him. He recovers after eye surgery and liniment, then is eventually killed years later after growing dangerous.
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Maybel
Independence
Iowa
Mr. Older
Isy
Mary
Sultar
Sultan
Deutcher
Long John
Washington Irving’s Loves and Lost Loves
The article recounts Washington Irving’s romances and bereavements. It notes his attachment to Matilda Hoffman, her death at eighteen, and the lasting grief it caused. It also describes his later affection for Emily Foster in Dresden and the possibility of marriage there.
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London Times
Bucharest
Roumania
United States
March
Atlantic
Matilda Hoffman
Josiah Ogden Hoffman
Irving
Hoffman
Foster
Dresden
Emily Foster
Old Men in Power Across History
The essay notes several aged leaders and generals who remained active late in life. It cites Emperor William of Germany born before the 1800s, Frederick the Great historically mobile, Marshal Baklanen? and Blucher as examples, alongside Moltke and a Hindu sultan Hyder Ali, all illustrating notable longevity in leadership and combat roles.
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William
Germany
Europe
Waterloo
Fredrick the Great
Kamenskoi
Hyder Ali
India
Blucher
Ligney
Count von Moltke
Murderer’s right to victim’s estate questioned in English law
Vice Chancellor Malins considers a landmark issue asking if a murderer may inherit from a victim who left a will favoring the criminal. The Austrian case of De Tourville who killed his wife and was later imprisoned raises questions about the killer’s entitlement to the bequest after serving his sentence. The next of kin argue the man cannot benefit from a will shaped by his crime. If no contrary ruling emerges, he may receive the fortune after eighteen years.
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Wiltz
Louisiana
St. John’s Parish
Sinking Creek
Carter County
Kentucky
Binion
Baggs
Warren
Boscobel
Wis
United States
Madison
Mt. Vernog
Frank Howard
Charleston
West Virginia
Peytond
Atkins
Santa Fe
Mexico
Robinson
Ficeman
Bunday
Cates
Antonio
Robert Robertson
Las Vegas
David Rudabough
John
W Prions
Posse
Peoria
Assen
Indianapolis
Alden
New Yorks
The
Times
the Times
Malins
de Tourville
Austrian
Tyrol
Mme. de Tourville
Hop Bitters Dominates Regatta Coverage This Year
The piece notes how newspapers avoid naming Hop Bitters in boating prize context yet still signal the product through indirect terms like Donors Medicine Man Rochester Manufacturers Boat Race Hanlan Courtney A Soule Regatta 86 Prize. It argues avoidance paradoxically boosts Hop Bitters publicity across regatta reporting.
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Hop Bitters
Rochester
Medicine
Sunday Herald
Peace in the Family Dr Bull's Baby Syrup Ad Fragment
Fragmentary ad copy promises peace in the family and a restful night. It touts Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as a remedy, though the text is incomplete and hard to verify.
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Dr. Bull
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