Des Moines Printer Silas W. Russell Dies at 62
Obituary notes Silas W. Russell a Des Moines printer of 50 years who died July 26 at age about 63 after relocating to Des Moines in 1857 and briefly publishing a paper at South Pass Wyoming. Known for kindness and generous treatment, he was a respected figure among Iowa printers.
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Silas W. Russell
Des Moines
South Pass
Wyoming
Iowa
West
Squire” Russell
Fort Dodge R. R
Lake Okobeji
Spirit Lake
Minneapolis
Wm. Swartz
Mills County
Ingraham Township
Dees Fort Dodge
New Crosby
Indianola Canning Factory
Wreck aftermath and legal notes on three continents
Relatives of Thomas Hoyne condemn railroad neglect after a Watertown and Ohio wreck. Court verdicts include Rhodes & Bradley versus Cleveland Rolling Mill for iron ore pricing. Also noted are Captain Webb’s Niagara death verdict, a Canada Ontario boundary dispute flare up, and a series of business failures and maritime losses across the U.S. and Canada.
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Thomas Hoyne
Watertown & Ohio
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
Florida
St. Louis
United State
District of Missouri
Court of Common Pleas
United States
Court of Claims
Dred Scott
Duels, church powers, and Far East actions linked in July dispatches
Berlin reports Prof. Pulitz death after a duel and cautions on dueling culture. Catholic bishops demand priests return to Prussia under a church bill. Paris notes French sortie from Hanoi with heavy enemy losses and limited French casualties. A Berlin Paris exchange covers China’s pacific stance and Black Flags. Kalnoky sees Germany-Austria talks with Rome near. Vatican info says US clergy align with the Pope on Parnell.
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Berlin
Pulitz
Zupulitz
Prussia
Ministry of the Marine
Paris
Hanoi
Baderts
M. Challemel Lacour
China
Tonquin Frontier
England
Rome
Bismarck
Vatican
New York
United States
Parnell
FemMale Society and the Civilizing Influence of Mixed Conversation
A fragment discusses gendered social effects of men and women conversing, claiming both gain refinement through mixed company. It contrasts intellectual engagement with brittle aspects of masculinity and notes agricultural imagery about crops and sowing dates, though many typos obscure specifics.
Masked mob hangs Rigney near Miles City then burns theater
In Miles City Montana on July 22 masked men overpowered the jailer, hanged Rigney a jailed man accused of robbery, about a mile from town, from a tree limb above a railroad culvert. Two hours later the Cosmopolitan Theatre was burned for about a 50 000 loss, likely incendiary retaliation. Separately ex State Treasurer Polk was found guilty of embezzlement in Nashville, sentenced to twenty years and fined the embezzled amount.
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Miles City
Montana
Rigney
Cosmopolitan Theatre
Polk
Nashville
Earthquake Shakes Lima as Dispatch Details Chilean Victory
A strong quake struck Lima on July 19 while Col Gorostiaga reports a two day cannonade and victory over Caceres and allies at Huamachuco Heights. Gorostiaga claims 1 200 men faced 4 000 with six Krupp guns and says Caceres lost about 1 000 killed and fled with several chiefs escaping unharmed. Packard the American consul at Liverpool served as doctor for ships bound for the United States and sent a dispatch on Egypt rag shipments to Boston. A cholera scare arose at London docks and in Wales with precautions taken. forty army hospital corps to Egypt.
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Lima
Gorostiaga
Lynch
Huamachuco Hights
Caceres
Racabarren
Iglesias
Raebarren
Glasses
Prada
England
Packard
Liverpool
United States
Washington
Boston
Egypt
London
Wales
Sforty
Army Hospital Corps
Death by Rail Tragedy Near Carlton Leaves Many Dead
News from Rochester reports a Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg line wreck near Carlton. A high speed train struck a single car on the main line, killing the engineer and fireman and injuring many passengers. Rescue efforts rushed in as families and several named victims are identified, with 14 dead confirmed.
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Rochester
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
Carlton
Thousand Islands
Charlotte
Atwood
Canton
Fiske
Henry MecCormick
Benton
Mich
Louis France
Wm. Rockenfeller
Oswego
Brooks
Carey the Phoenix Park informer shot at sea
The Phoenix Park informer James Carey was reportedly killed aboard the steamship Melrose between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. A passenger named O Donnell is said to have fired the fatal shot and later surrendered in Port Elizabeth. Reports from London Dublin and New York reflect intense public reaction and doubts about the timing and location of the shooting.
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Lonxpox
James Carey
Phoenix Park
Melrose
Cape Town
Port Elizabeth
O'Donnell
Kinfaun’se
Dartmouth
Port Elizath
Natal
Carey
West End
London
House of Commons
O Donnell
Ccusan
Daily Telegraph
Dublin
O’donnell
Coleman
New York
Africa
Montreal
Canada
Rishman
Earthquake Devastates Ischia Casamicciola Causing Heavy Losses
A massive earthquake wrecked Casamicciola and nearby towns on Ischia island near Naples. Thousands killed or injured, including many in hotels and theatres. Relief efforts mobilized as hospitals overflow and authorities rush crews, boats, and supplies to the scene.
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Casamiccola
Naples
Torioan
Casariceola
Piccola Sentinella
Otel Piccola Sentinella
Laco
Terio
Levalla
Fornistini
Lazaris
Piccola
Cassamiccola
Ischia
Rts
Chiaz
Syndic
Palma
Livisens
Zeaupate
Signori Cecere
Lirbana
Martano
Pacca Laurati
Miss Moore
Rome
Bersaglire
Ferio
Bisho
Don Felipinas
Cagliaci
Palmieri
Mount Vesuvius
Cassamicciola
Casamicciola
London
Italy
Narves
Picola Sentinella
Chinese Beds Described in Traditional Curtain Enclosed Types
The article explains two Chinese bed styles built to seal with curtains. One is a cage like bed raised on posts with a carved frieze and roof, costly and ornate. The cheaper version uses two wooden frames like a settle skeleton topped with a quilt and curtains.
Magnificent French Telescope Unveils Martian Landscape
The San Francisco Call reports a giant twenty foot diameter telescope by Professors Lefevre and Longtour. Mars appeared in astonishing detail, with green seas and a vivid landscape of hills rivers and erupting volcanoes visible through the instrument.
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San Francisco
Lefevre
Longtour
Speculum
Mars
New Suit Over Mail Privileges Targets Postmaster General
M A Dauphin of New has sued Postmaster General Walter Q. Gresham for one hundred thousand dollars. The case accuses Key directed New Orleans postmaster to withhold money orders and later reversed action, injuring the complainant’s business. The article also covers Hill investigations, contracts, and River Missouri improvements.
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Quincy
Mass
Ss Te
Rfs
Hale
Key
New Orleans
Hill
New
Bliss
French
Sherman
Thompson
Steinmetz
Folger
Chicago
James 1
Missouri River
Sioux City
Fort Benton
Yellowstone River
Montana
Dakota
Bismarck
Quinn
Aviations Ae
Seiaeart River
Missouri Valley
Ealers
Mitel Osc
Hamilton
Atlantic
Europe
Egypt
New York
Montgomery Blair
Post Office Department
Mint
Board of Examiners
Chief Patent Office
Edison
Capt Webb's Fatal Rapids Swim Under Investigation
Reports from Niagara Falls on July 25 indicate Captain Webb likely perished in his attempted rapid swim. Witnesses and letters describe his calm acceptance of danger and belief that recovery of his body is unlikely, with ongoing hopes fading and speculation about his fate.
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Captain Webb
Niagara Falls
Capt. Webb
Webb
Mathew Webb
Niagara River
Lake of the Woods
Ontario
Manitoba
McMurphy
NiaGara Farls
Paul Boynton
Baggy
Vrrate
Social Life of the Colonies Before the Revolution
The piece surveys colonial upper-class life from Newport to Cambridge, noting grand houses, slaveholding, and English fashions shaping social rank. It contrasts Northern and Southern elites, cites Rhode Island Virginia links, and explains how the Revolution shifted power in New England while Virginia maintained a waning aristocracy.
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Harper's Magazine
Portsmouth
Salem
Boston
Newport
Philadelphia
Annapolis
Norfolk
Washington
Mt. Vernon
Cambridge
Harvard College
Mt. Auburn
England
Scotland
Mount Vernon
Frost
New England
Arlington
Jefferson
Monticello
Quincy
Halifax
Maryland
Maryland Gazette
Narragansett
Rhode Island
Virginia
Isaac Peace Hazard
Robert Hazard
Isaac Hazard
Rowland Robinson
Guinea
Robinson
Boston Amilies
Boston Neck
Schuylar
Albany
Grant
Laggan
Connecticut
John Peters
Lee
Marblehead
Godfrey Malbone
Wentworth
Yale
Harvard
Paine W
Cal Pac
Massachusetts
Loungfellow
Nova Scotia
Baroness Riedesel
Vassalls
Jamaica
Sumner
Jackson
Lodge
Newland
New Tacoma and its timber rich Puget Sound frontier
The article portrays New Tacoma on Puget Sound as a rising western town of about 4,000 with rail links to Kalama Seattle and Portland. It describes dense pine fir and cedar timber ideal for ship building, limited arable land, big ranches and potential dairy and sheep farming as timber resources dwindle. The piece notes connections to coal mines near Carbonado and the era’s immigration debates.
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New Tacoma
Washington Story
Puget Sound
J. Cooke & Co
Northern Pacific Railroad
Seatle
Tacoma
Lacoma
Commencement Bay
Admiralty Inlet
Kalama
Columbia River
Portland
Carbonardo
Washington
California
Puyallup Indian Reservation
Kentucky
Cascade
Coast Range
Wales
Ghostly portrait of dead Jew appears in shop window
Dr A K Smith recounts a strange glass panel in Taylor street showing a life like image of a deceased East End Jew. The likeness materializes between 7 and 8 pm as the sun wanes, drawing crowds who deem it a genuine apparition while skeptics grow curious about the mystery and its cause.
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Reagan
Smith
Fate and oblivion greet a fallen diplomat of Russia
The piece recalls Horace Greeley on fame and notes the decline of Gottschake, once a brilliant Russian chancellor. It laments his current obscurity, isolated in foreign cities, and muses on fate’s vengeful, ungovernable course that spares no one.
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Horace Greely
Gottschake
France
Baden-Baden
Marinan
The Poor Woman in the Pew Remains Faithful
A worn worshiper in church sits aged and tearful as others pass by with bright smiles. She prays and sighs while the organ lifts her spirit to heaven, hoping for a humble place in heaven and hearing the promise Well done, good and faithful servant.
The Fuegians a Remarkable Race in South American Seas
The Fuegians of Terra del Fuego are described as a remarkable race living in primitive conditions. Men and women described as ugly with matted hair and large mouths, little longevity, and cannily adapted to cold. They bury the dead in rock splits, carry bark canoes inland, live in semiglobular huts, stay nearly nude in winter, rely on dirt for warmth, but rarely fish or work, and occasionally wear sealskin.
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Terra del Fuego
Esq Maux
One Good Deed
Bill Poole of New York a sportsman and fighter did not pose as virtuous yet his generosity shines. On Thanksgiving day he donated a hundred dollars to buy poultry for charity and the market coordinated delivery to city charities. The act sparked ongoing contributions from Washington Market and inspired a charitable system aiding the poor.
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Bill Poole
New York
Poultry Dealers Co
Ae — Saari
Barket
Mother's love drives child hope and growth
The text asserts love as the strongest force shaping a child's courage and future, stronger than fear or harsh discipline. It suggests that maternal affection, not paternal severity, fosters repentance and blossoming in children, likening growth to April showers.
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Louis Eltgrath
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Murry
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Charles City
Charles City National Bank
Patterson
Cheyenne
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Agricultural Bureau of Washington
Thomas Harris
Panora
Hardy
Harlan Tribune
Harlan
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State Register
Audubon
Cass
Shelby
Chatburn’s Mill
Siaphoee
W. J. Jean
J. C. Hardman
Oxz
Taroven
E. W. Holbrook & Co
Department of Trade
Rob Roy
Jefferson City
Arrow Rock
Missouri
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Orangeville
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