Death of Des Moines printer known to West papers
Obituary notes Bilas W. Raseell a Des Moines printer of nearly fifty years born around 1790s? and died July 3 at about 63. He lived in Des Moines since 1857, with a stint publishing a paper at South Pass Wyoming. Also reports an unknown scissor grinder found dead near Morse, and various local items from Iowa events, thefts, accidents, and crop news.
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Bilas W. Raseell
Des Moines
South Pass
Wyoming
Taw
West
Russell
Morse
Adams
Madisonian
Madison County
Obama
Herman
Fort Madison
Carolus
Letter on the Hardy lynching from Audubon residents
A controversial letter from an Audubon supporter defends the mob who hanged Hardy in Harlan, detailing steps from the jailhouse takeover to the bridge execution. The writer claims the townspeople acted as responsible citizens and disputes sensational charges about the act.
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Harlan Tribune
Hardy
Harlan
Avoca
Anrlan Tribine
Dion
Pacem Wight
Audubon
Cassany Counties
Ind Hs
Crawford
Chatburn’s
Mardy
Piercy
W. J. Jean
J. C. Hardman
Sroysep Br—Oxe
Tanoven
Exxsoux Grove
Sarerpay Mornrkxo
Axp
Wreck report and legal notices in late news
Wreck aftermath criticizes railroad neglect with claims of opened coffins and unattended bodies. Also reports judgments in Rhodes v Cleveland Rolling Mill, deaths of Hon Montgomery Blair, Capt Webb’s fate, and a Lake of the Woods boundary dispute. Sums affect Chicago and New York firms, ship losses near Jefferson City, and upcoming Grand Army encampment in Minneapolis.
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Hoyne
Drummond
United States Circuit Court
Chicago
Rhodes & Bradley
Cleveland Rolling Mill Company
Rolling Mill
Montgomery Blair
Silver Springs
Maryland
Mr. Blair
Franklin County
Kentucky
West Point Academy
St. Louis
United States
District of Missouri
Court of Common Pleas
Court of Claims
Dred Scott
Captain Webb
Niagara Falls
Capt. Webb
Mathew Webb
Niagara River
Lake of the Woods
Ontario
Manitoba
McMurphy
Masked men lynch Rigney near Miles City then burn theatre
A party of masked men overpowered the Miles City jailer on July 22 and hanged Rigney, jailed a day for disorderly conduct, near a tree over a railroad culvert. Two hours later the Cosmopolitan Theatre burned, valued at $50,000, suspected incendiary retaliation. Also, ex-State Treasurer Polk was found guilty of embezzlement in Nashville, with twenty years in the penitentiary and a full embezzlement fine.
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Miles City
Montana
Rigney
Cosmopolitan Theatre
Polk
Nashville
Earthquake Shocks Lima and Dispatches Report Major Battles
A strong Lima quake on July 19 prompts published dispatches from Huamachuco Heights dated July 10 recounting Col. Gorostiaga's victory over Caceres Raebarren Iglesias and others with 4000 enemy troops and six Krupp cannons seized. Other items note English and Irish cases: Packard plans health checks for ships to the US, cholera scares in London docks, and Egypt scarcer rags. A fatal rail crash near Carlton, New York leaves fourteen dead and many injured. Other items report James Carey’s murder at sea and Irish reactions in London and New York.
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South America
Lima
Gorostiaga
Lynch
Huamachuco Hights
Caceres
Racabarren
Iglesias
Raebarren
Iglasies
Prada
England
Rochester
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
Carlton
Thousand Islands
Kenley
Charlotte
Atwood
Canton
Fiske
Syracuse
Henry McCormick
Benton
Mich
Louis France
Archer Taylor
Watertown
Jennison
North Ninth Street
Philadelphia
Brooks
Hall
Chauncey
Oswego
James McCarthy
Wm. Rockenfeller
Loxpox
James Carey
Phenix Park
Melrose
Cape Town
Port Elizabeth
O'Donnell
Dartmouth
Port Eliza
Natal
Carey
West End
London
House of Commons
Londox
O Donnell
Lonpox
Kinfauns Castle
Daily Telegraph
Dublin
O’donnell
Denix
Dvsary
Mansion House
Coleman
New York
Africa
Aes O
Imer Carey
Canada
Earthquake Horror Strikes Ischia Ischia Casamicciola Calamity
A massive earthquake devastates Casamicciola and nearby towns on Ischia island. Reports describe thousands killed or injured, with hospitals overwhelmed and ships ferrying survivors to Naples. Officials call for relief as the island reels from destruction.
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Loxpox
Casamiccola
Torio An
Casare
Piccola Sentinella
Naples
Piccola Gentinella
Ngs
Laco
Terio
Levalla
Fornistini
Lazaris
Ischia
Italy
Green
Piccola
Cassamiccola
Rts
Chiaz
Prof
Palma
Livisens
Zeaupate
Signori
Impresson Y Pig
Bersaglire
Ferio
Bisho
Don Felipinas
Rome
Cagliaci
Berlin duelist Pulitz dies after death draw duel
Berlin dispatch reports Prof Pulitz refused to fight in the usual way after killing himself in a so called American duel over a death lot. The incident underscores a rising dueling mania and attracts serious attention.
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Berlin
Pulitz
Zupulitz
Prussia
Two Chinese beds differ as hanging cage and settles
The text describes two Chinese bed types. The expensive version is a high cage with a flat wooden roof supported by posts and a surrounding frieze to prevent tumbling, often richly carved and costly. The cheaper kind uses two wooden frame structures like a settle skeleton facing each other with a mattress between.
Monster Telescope Reveals Mars Through Paris Professors’ Gaze
In San Francisco a giant twenty foot diameter telescope built by Professors Lefevre and Longtour astonishes observers. M Dufrére first peers into the eyepiece and hides his emotion as others test the instrument. Mars shines as the initial planetary sighting inspires disbelief and wonder.
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San Francisco
Lefevre
Longtour
Speculum
Mars
Washington Matters and Hill Committee Testimony
The article reports Hill’s testimony before the committee ex rts on Hale elevator and related actions. It covers the Postmaster General Key’s order altering money order payments and the subsequent rescission, plus a civil suit by M. A. Dauphin against Walter Q. Gresham for damages. It also summarizes the July 24 proceedings with Bliss and Secretary Folger, and Capt. James Johnston’s annual Missouri river improvement report.
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Hill
Hale Elevator
M. A. Dauphin
Walter Q. Gresham
Key
New Orleans
New
Bliss
Commit
French
Sherman
Thompson
Alent On
Mpson
Steinmetz
Supervising
Folger
Chicago
James Jhnshn
Missouri River
Sioux City
Fort Benton
Yellowstone River
Montana
Dakota
Bismarck
Quinn
Missouri Valley
Coe
Casavnes
Iowa
GIS
Hamilton
Atlantic
Europe
Egypt
New York
Montgomery Blair
Post
Eee
Post Office
Mint
Board of Examiners
Chief Patent Office
Edison
Captains Webb Fatal Swim Draws Tense Niagara Interest
Reports from Niagara Falls and Orra I, July 25, show ongoing uncertainty about Capt. Webb after his attempt to swim the falls. Witnesses and telegraphs reflect belief he perished, with rumors generating hopes he survived in a whirlpool before the magazine and railway excursion disputes.
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Niagara Fass
Siete
Inee
Webb
Paul Boynton
OrraLo
Capt. Webb
Kis Mgneger
Inca
Decline of Gottschake the former Russian chancellor
The piece recalls Horace Greeley's claim fame is fleeting and paints Gottschake as a once influential diplomat now aged and obscure. It laments his fall from power, exile, and forgotten status, noting the ruthless, unpredictable reach of fate on reputations.
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Horace Greely
Gottschake
France
Baden-Baden
Martia
A Humble Saint Faces Heaven From a Rural Pulpit
A preacher extols contentment with God’s blessings as an aged woman in a church quietly prays. She humbly hums a hymn, tears welling as the organ swells, and she clings to faith awaiting final salvation. A vision of judgment and praise awaits the faithful servant.
Aristocracy in the Colonial Era and Its Shifting Power
The article argues colonial society rested on an aristocratic basis, shaped by slavery’s tone and regional loyalties. It contrasts Northern and Southern gentry during the Revolution, noting New England’s Loyalist flight and Virginia’s continued elite, with later shifts toward a new legal class and vanishing antebellum life.
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Harper's Magazine
Portsmouth
Salemton
Newport
Philadelphia
Annapolis
Norfolk
Ashington
Mt. Vernon
Cambridge
Armay
Harvard College
Mt. Auburn
England
Scotland
Mount Vernon
Frost
New England
Arlington
Jefferson
Monticello
Peri
Quincy
Halifax
Maryland
Narragansett
Rhode Island
Virginia
Isaac Peace Hazard
Robert Hazard
Isaac Hazard
Rowland Robinson
Boston
Boston Neck
Schuylar
Albany
Grant
Laggan
Connecticut
John Peters
Lee
Marblehead
Frey Malbone
Wentworth
Secral
Quinnial
Yale
Harvard
Paine W
Itonoung
Massachusetts
Lomefellow
Nova Scotia
Camelias
Baroness Riedesel
Vassalls
Jamaica
Sumner
Jackson
Canogenne
Lodge
New
Features in a Far-off Land
New Tacoma Washington, ten years old, grew from 1873 74 shocks to a thriving timber and railroad town of about 4000. The piece describes New Tacoma on Puget Sound near Admiralty Inlet, timber, coal bunkers, rail links, and sparse farming, with notes on land, climate, and local residents. It also tells the tale of a dead man’s likeness appearing in a storefront window pane and the community interest it drew.
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New
Tacoma
Washington Pateau
Puget Sound
J. Cooke & Co
Northern Pacific Railroad
Sound
Seatle
New Tacoma
Acoma
Commencement Bay
Admiralty Inlet
Kalama
Columbia River
Washington
California
Purallup Indian Reservation
Sothwestern Avenue
A. K. Smith
Taylor Street
Terra del Fuego Inhabitants Described By Ship Voyagers
Report from a voyage notes the Fuegian people as a hardy, short-lived race living in rock caverns with globular skin huts. They go barefoot in cold weather, avoid fishing and work, appear indolent, and show interest in stolen items while remaining near the ship with their vessel.
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Terra del Fuego
Esquimaux
One Good Deed by Bill Poole of New York
An elderly account praises Bill Poole a New York fighter and philanthropist who on Thanksgiving gave $100 to aid charities. Poultry dealers joined, matching the gift, and Poole’s act sparked ongoing city charity drives and a belief in moral influence to redeem the outcast. The piece stresses kindness and maternal love guiding childlike beings toward goodness.
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Bill Poole
New York
Poole
Beige
Tee Enya
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Bae Intelligencer
Ames, Iowa
Towa
Utitica
Meliwain
Cedar Falls
Canning
Deeting
Washington County
Edwards
John Rowan
C. B “Raad
Pieavant
Whitfield, Jefferson
Louisa Neal
Columbus City
Jeff Fort McClellan
Shiloh
Corinth
Atic & Northwestern Railway Ympan
Robert Johnson
King Sears
Davenport
Scott County
Mary McCormack
Cedar Rapids
Stev Moore
Douglas Township
Iaeom
Peeasen
Carroll
Louis Eltgrath
Drivne
Creston
News
Faite
Oberman
Burlington
Des
Crosby
Indianola Canining Factory
David Hong
Charles City
Patterson
Cheyenne
Marshalltown
Hardin County
Henry Ward Beecher
Johnson County
Hugh Galway
Wai Gily
St. Xavier
Council Bluffs
le Palit
Himelf
Britt
Hancock County
Broderick
Milwaukee Company
The
Baptists of
Spirit Lake
Leon
Reform School
Marion
Linn County
Keokuk
Waterloo
Davenport Water Works
Agricultural Bureaus of Washington
Yowa
Thomas Harris
Panora
E. W. Holbrook & Co
Department of Trade
Rob Roy
Jefferson City
Arrow Rock
Missouri
Boonville
Gordon
Orangeville
Branish and
Highland, Jr
Seacoast
Macomber & Greenfield
C. H. Ward & Co
Grand Army of the Republic
Minneapolis
Crime and Criminals
Packard
Liverpool
Wales
Shorty
Army Hospital Corps
N. Y
Ireland
America
Sicily
Palmieri
Mount Vesuvius
Cassamicciola
Casambeiola
Loxpon
Lonpos
Casamicciola
Island
Germany
Ministry of the Marine
Paris
Hanoi
Baderts
M. Challemel Lacour
China
Tonquin Frontier
Count Kalnoky
Australia
Vatican
Parnell
Washington Matters
Fuegians
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