Guthrie county notes and Iowa developments
Volume eleven article highlights new Guthrie county buildings, a Des Moines river bridge nearing completion at Ottumwa, and plans for a Sioux City distillery. It notes fatal accidents, political nominations, a council Bluffs telephone venture, street railway work, and temperance conventions amid state fair preparations and tax assessments of telegraph properties.
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Guthrie County
Des Moines River
Ottumwa
Sioux City
State Board of Equalization
Western Union
Northwestern
Atlantic & Pacific
Hawkeye
J. L. Keyes
Polk County
Des Moines
Iowa State Agricultural Society
News of the Week highlights scattered 19th century events
Reports from around the world note a powder explosion in Duralgo Spain killing fourteen, drownings in Oswego, a national cemetery plan for Little Big Horn, Fanny Davenport’s marriage, rail and telephony developments, fires in Cincinnati and Hamilton Ontario, yellow fever outbreaks, storms, and various crimes and political items across continents.
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Duralgo
Spain
Oswego
N. Y
Custar Battle Ground
Little Big Horn
Federmeyer Completes Continent on Foot in Seven Months
Leon Peter Federmeyer, the French traveler who began December 8, 1878 in San Francisco, arrived in New York at 6 AM after wheeling a 133 pound wheelbarrow across the continent in seven months and sixteen days. He filed a sworn affidavit at City Hall confirming the feat and plans further exhibitions.
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New York
Leon Peter Federmeyer
San Francisco
Lyman Potter
Federmeyer Egies
Federmeyer
Lyons
France
Europe
The Future Paupers and Criminals
Observers describe a crowd of 500 to 1,000 men and boys in a Clark Street alley pool hall awaiting bets on games and races. The piece warns that idle gambling and drinking may forge future paupers and criminals, shaping a dangerous social trend.
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Inter-Ocean
Clark Street
Washington
Madison
Peddler touts cement for jar mending and door fixes
A vendor praises a cement for repairing jars and doors as a practical use. A passerby jokes about its value while a doctor’s syrup is advertised to ease a crying infant, claiming quick relief. The scene mixes odd claims and light commerce in a cluttered street encounter.
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Sonetheses
Turmoil and dispatches ripple through global diplomacy
Reports from multiple capitals describe Turkey arming amid Bulgarian border tensions. Bulgarian Prince Alexander demands Turkish recall of forces while Rasgard disturbances are quelled by militia. Japan reports quarantine friction in Yokohama with cholera spreading. U S, British and German ministers react amid extraterritorial rights debate. News also notes Spanish royal marriage plans, Infanta Pilar dead, Zululand famine risk, and Cetewayo seeking peace as Zululand fragments into principalities with Cham receiving territory. Panama dispatches cite Peruvian warships in Chilean ports destroying launches and capturing a steamer with a cavalry regiment aboard.
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Turkey
Alexander
Bulgaria
Porte
Benitzea
Rasgard
Yokohama
United States
Germany Eyes Pacific Island Colony to Boost Trade
The North German Gazette backs acquiring a Southern Pacific island to establish a German colony for commerce. Detectives are ordered to Kessinger to protect Prince Bramarck. In Rome on July 31, Germany informs Vatican of its final religious policy allowing exiled clergy to return if they seek permission.
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Pacific
Kessinger
Prince Bramarck
Rome
Vatican
Clergy Face Suspended Laws Under New Nomination Rule
The majority of laws will be suspended provided the clergy obey the common law and all fresh nominations are to be submitted to the government.
Fez Royal Treasury Theft Casts Light on Morroccan Riches
The Sultan of Morocco’s royal museum in Fez hides vast riches from Moorish and Spanish spoils. Guards report 2000 locks as thieves struck, breaking chests and cabinets. A 8000 pound reward is offered for the culprit or culprits.
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Morocco
Fez
Edris Ben Edris
Royal Museum
Spain
Ferdinand
Tunis
Sidi Muley Hassan
Muley Abbas
Stewed Fish a la Juive Recipe Steps
A historic recipe describes boiling parsley roots and onions in water with pepper mace lemon juice and herbs. It instructs adding sliced fish to the hot broth then straining, simmering in sauce, and serving cold.
No man can do a good job when he feels miserable and dull
A column notes that poor health dulls work and that Hop Bitters offers an easy cheap remedy to restore vigor. It argues that a clear head is needed for sermon law suit patient care and writing, and hints readers try the product.
Tragic Forest Search Ends in Bertha Goodyear’s Death
In Burlington Vermont a nine year old girl Bertha Goodyear strayed during an errand with her sister and disappeared in rough woods by the Middlebury river. A large search of over a hundred men followed tracks through rocky terrain and a river chasm. She crossed the stream and climbed a rock face where she fell thirty feet and died, found at 6:30 near the eddy.
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Burlington
Free Press
J. E. Goodyear
Julia
Bertha
Middlebury
A Visit to the Mormons in Baltimore
Rev Dr Butler of the Lutheran church toured the Pacific coast and studied Mormonism. He finds Mormon strength growing, notes thrift and temperance, and cites fear of punishment as a restraint on polygamy. Sealing ceremonies occur inside the Tabernacle with few witnesses, Brigham Young’s grave bears little ornament, and the graveyard shows little care inside enclosure.
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Butler
Lutheran Church
Pacific Coast
Reman
Tabernacle
Brigham Young
America's Fifteen Inventions Highlighted by English Journal
An English journal credits American genius with at least fifteen world changing inventions. The list includes the cotton gin, sewing machine, grain elevator, electric magnet and its use, steam navigation, artificial ice production, and other innovations such as the rotary printing press and the compo sing machine.
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America
Light Rye Tea Cakes Recipe Summary
A recipe for light rye tea cakes using one pint sweet milk two eggs a tablespoon sugar four measures brown sugar and a pinch of salt. Mix with flour to cake batter stiffness bake thirty minutes in gem pans and serve hot or cold.
Garcia the famous idler dies in poverty after gambling reign
The New York Times notes the Spaniard Garcia once famed as the great player at Homberg who rose to wealth then lost it all. After a career marked by bold gambling on the Rhine and at Baden and Saxon-les-Bains, he ended ruined and died poor in Spain.
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D. J. Oliver
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San Francisco
John Hickey
Pittsburgh
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Nessies
New York Times
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Homberg
M. Blane
Spain
Rhine
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Baden
Duke of Moray
Calzado
Saxon-les-Bains
Monaco
Amusing Indian Justice Tale From London Letter
A London letter recounts a droll India anecdote about a magistrate whose wife has not learned Hindostan. The kotwal and steward interact as the prison sentence for Lall Mohammed is decided, producing a humorous miscommunication that nonetheless leads to a merciful result.
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J Forney
London
Jug
Lal
Wonders of the American Continent
A list of superlatives highlights American geography and infrastructure including Niagara Falls Mammoth Cave Mississippi Valley and Lake Superior Philadelphia’s parks and Girard College Croton Aqueduct in New York Chicago as greatest port and Pacific railroad Pilot Knob Missouri as largest iron mass and Pennsylvania coal deposits with vast annual output.
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Mississippi
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Girard College of Orphans
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Pennsylvania
Boston Streetcar Conductors Use Fraudulent Bell Punch
Boston street car conductors were found to be using a counterfeit bell punch that resembled the real device but was made of cardboard. The implement produced the same sound and appearance, enabling misleading signals on the transit system.
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Indian Territory
Conriville
Kansas
Fitzpatrick
Roberta
United States
Boston
Anecdotes of Sumner and an Unmoved Breakfast Guest
A Boston correspondent recalls Charles Sumner recounting a profane outburst by Lord Brougham at a breakfast. Sumner, who never swore, remembered the scene vividly, noting Brougham’s mother seated nearby with unshaken composure as curses flew around.
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Charles Sumner
Boston
Hartford ‘Courant
Summer
Lord
Lord Brougham
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Brougham
History of yellow fever waves across cities and years
The record shows yellow fever recurred after epidemics, with deaths listed for New Orleans and other cities from 1797 to 1902. It details timing, months of reappearance, and the pattern of outbreaks in Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Philadelphia, and Memphis, noting gaps in some years and the typical late summer onset.
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A. H. 8. Boyd
Livingston
County
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Rochester
Minn
Lesacre
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Dakota Territory
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Pointe
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Tenn
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Red River Valley
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Mississippi
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Carolina
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Shreveport
Four Italians Scale Mount Blanc Then Descend By France
A party of four Italians ascended Mount Blanc from the Italian side with no guides and later descended by the French side. The feat highlights their navigation of the peak despite the split route and challenging conditions.
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Blanc
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