War and rail excursions cited in Ames Free Press item
The Adams County Free Press recounts a 1863 quarrel in which Prather of the Fourth Iowa Infantry was shot by Carnes and Carnes avoided jail. it also notes a surge of rail excursion plans along the Great Western road with August trips to Des Moines and Leavenworth.
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Adams County “Free Press
Eliza
Macon
Georgia
Storm
Sera Ie
Bnant Prather
Apapy
Fourth
Iowa Infantry
Ehner Carnes
Carnes
Des. Jae Ieee
Division Saget Ltd
Cetery
Leavenworth and Atchicon
Reisterstown
Bloomfield
Lewis Lawrence Conrad
Baltimore
John Tally Johns
Richard Johns
Turner Park
Mont Claire
Lovell
G. H. Clark
James Hill
Harry Davis
Charles Nichols
Iron Mountain Road
Berne
Clarke County
Arkansas
Hempstead County
Ark
Wyatt
William Mannix
Emanuel Fox
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Adel
Egypt
Parnell
Carey
House of Commons
Fortune Bay
United States
Collings
Switzerland
America
Gladstone
England
Huge fires ruin Lee Co. buildings and railway depot
A large arsonesque blaze in Philadelphia destroys houses, wharves, and stables along the riverfront from Front to Delaware avenues, with 2,000 tons of ice lost. Four of 51 horses and 43 horses and 4 mules die, and freight at the Reading depot is damaged. Estimated loss exceeds 50,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Co
Philadelphia
Front Street
Delaware Avenue
Willow Streets
Company
Beach
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Tragedy and unrest across states and nations
A series of reports chronicles deadly incidents, conspiracies, and political upheavals. A Maryland couple's murder suicide shocks Bloomfield while thieves are sentenced in Arkansas. International notes cover Irish strikes, Spanish uprisings, and cholera in Egypt with EU and UK reactions.
Crop Outlook in Iowa Farmers Predict Big Yields
Reports from Mitchell to Story counties forecast large harvests across Iowa. Wheat and oats yields rise, corn prospects strong on high ground, and hay crops improve though apples fail. county-by-county notes cite Greene, Marshall, Scott, Warren, and Story districts with rising corn and grain expectations, despite some poor apples and variable wheat acres.
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Mitchell County
Guthrie
Herndon
Greene County
Monroe County
Boone County
Beena Vista
Iowa
Louisa County
Marshall County
Scott County
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Warren County
Story County
Spanish Cream Recipe Instructions and Steps
A vintage recipe describes dissolving isinglass in milk, beating yolks with sugar, mixing in the dissolved isinglass, heating until just before boiling, cooling and flavoring with vanilla or wine, then folding in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into molds and chill until set.
Protest at Trafalgar Square Over Bradlaugh Exclusion
Thirty thousand people gathered in Trafalgar Square on Ang. 6th to protest Bradlaugh's exclusion from Parliament. Resolutions urged resistance to the House of Commons action and supported Bradlaugh’s right to sit.
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Trafalgar Square
Ang
Bradlaugh
House of Commons
Tomato Meat Stuffed Halves Cooked In Oven
Recipe describes halved ripe tomatoes filled with finely chopped cold meat onions bread crumbs salt pepper and egg then topped with crumbs and butter baked forty minutes in a buttered dish. Garnish with parsley or watercress. Also a quoted quip about actions and goodness and an exchange about Mrs Smith’s door ringing.
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Corp
Iowa permanent school fund by county totals and state investments
The table lists June 30 figures for Iowa’s permanent school fund showing amounts charged to each county, money invested in state bonds, and funds in the hands of the State Treasurer. Totals include county allocations, state bond investments, and cash on hand totaling 5,730.66 in the final line.
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Permanent School Fund of
Iowa
Adair
Jefferson
Adams
Johnson
Allamakee
Jones
Keokuk
Siien i
Lee
Linn
Boone
Tomine
Bremer
Lucas
Buchanan
Suae
Buena Vista
Madison
Butler
Mahaska
Calhoun
Marion
Carroll
Marshall
Cass
Cedar
Mitchell
Cerro Gordo
Monona
Cherokee
Monroe
Chickasaw
Montgomery
State
Ees
Bay
O'Brien
Clayton
Osceola
Pocahontas
Decatur
Pollice
Delaware
Pottawattin
Des Moines
Poweshiek
Dickinson
Dubuque
Sac
Emmett
Scott
Fayette
Shelby
Isthe
Sais
Sioux
Franklin
Story
Risa Vine
Tama
Union
Ciubrie
van Buren
Hamilton
Wapelle
Hancock
Warren
Hardin
Washington
Harrison
Wayne
Henry
Webster
Humboldt
Winneshiek
Ida
Woodbury
Jackson
Wright
Jasper
Stssalid
Eds
Treas- Rhines Ransiee
Asinerscenigietien
Freight Trains Collision Near Pownal Vermont
Two Troy and Boston freight trains collided near Pownal Vermont. Twelve cars burned with six crew killed and several injured. Operator Johnson blamed for failing to flag trains. Restoration crews and officials pressed to identify remains and assess damage to rolling stock and merchandise valued around seventy five thousand dollars.
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Troy
Boston
Poewnal
Vermont
Pownal Collison
Sutherland
Joh Wee
Hirab
Kloosie Falls
Johnson
Petersburg Junction
Caanetes
Norta Adams
Boston Road
Po Vt
T. W. Johnson
Wen
Charles Marden
John Barrett
North Adlams
Mark Sullivan
Ineer
Chatham
Fred Embarx
Thomas Lane
H. H. Bruce
Troy & Greenfield
State Line
Charled Warden
Marden
CR Pd
Ppermier Johnson
Ae Aeaon
Hoag
Jolson
Joe
Newport
Southeastern
Here
Montreal
North Troy
Derby
Centré
His Magnificent Reception at the Court of 8. G. Benjamin
First U S diplomatic representative to Persia describes a grand Teheran reception. Landau carriage drawn by six horses led by scarlet feranshes and foot runners. he met the Shah, drank tea, and smoked kaliaun. The Shah wished a permanent U S legation and praised interchanges with Teheran. Benjamin met the Foreign Affairs Secretary and the king’s son, the minister of war, before leaving.
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G. Benjamin
United States
Persia
Mohamoudan
Benjamin
Koumantchio
Teheran
Reid
Naib Sultan
Shaker Celibacy Practices and Daily Life Describe Living Arrangements
The account notes Shaker avoidance of alcohol and tobacco, meat restrictions including pork bans, and high health standards. Celibacy is practiced openly with no sex barriers beyond ordinary social norms, men and women sharing spaces, dormitories, and meals while elders supervise youths. Separate church entrances for males and females exist amid communal living habits.
Saratoga Corn Cake Recipe in Early 20th Century Text
A recipe describes making Saratoga corn cake by beating four eggs with sugar and butter, dissolving baking soda in milk, then mixing in white Indian meal and flour with tartar. The batter is baked in a moderate oven for a finished cake.
Nature cites native swimmers across oceans and seas
The article notes Indians crossing fierce streams by treading water like dogs, Joanna island natives carrying goods to ships, Creemen navigating a capsized canoe to safety, and African or Indian children wading through surf. It also mentions Madras messengers diving in oilskin caps to reach vessels beyond a boiling sea.
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Nature
Joanna
Madagascar
Africa
Madras
Boy pays for ticket to crawl under tent at Barnum show
A boy tells Mr. Barnum he will crawl under the tent wall to gain entry, paying for a ticket. Barnum allows it and later asks the boy why he chose the stunt. The lad explains he won a $7 bet with peers who failed the crawl.
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Mr. Barnum
Chicago
Noah
Meleva
Pais
Washington debt report and treasury notes from July
The public debt statement notes cash amounts and legal tender figures for July and reports on tax collections, vault construction funding, and customs matters. It mentions the Creek Indian Commission vacancy filled by Henry Ward, and cites coinage and customs evidence from the Chicago and New York offices.
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Pension Office
Henry Ward
Creek Indian Commission
Haskell
United
Canadas
Washington
Star
Alraaely
Slousiurish
Secretary of the Treasury
Ee York
Egypt
Syria
Constantinople
Marseilles
Mediterranean
Bartlett
Chicago
Custom House
Stoleman
Austin
Nashville
Hasty
Hietsburg
Cincinnati
New York
Dwight & Hoyt
Totten
Pennsylvania
Messmore
War Department
Teeoesty
Tun
Folger
Postoffice Department
New Mexico
Mexico
Andrew
Treasury Department
Swain
Eads Hag
Moath River
Dangerous attitudes toward female illness and medicine in old Boston text
A fragment from a Boston script mocks women who claim ailments and rely on medicines. It warns that overuse of tonics and poisons like bryonia, aconite, and belladonna harms healing, notes children being dosed, and ends with a curative irony about a doctor’s bland reassurance.
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Egypt
el Tarych
Rozetta
Alexandria
Cairo
Sussex
Ismaiia
Rosetta
Rome
Boston Traxscript
Fragmented humor and Polish diction in salon satire
A stitched collage of humorous vignettes including a minister quoted about dearest lambs, a quip about fashion and cows, a barroom exchange about grammar and typos, a Dublin style family scene, and an art critic at the British Museum noting a drunkard’s portrait in the first room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musha
British Museum
Baer
Family ruse and recovery tale from a midwestern home
A narrator recounts a chaotic night to trick a drinker father, including a plan involving mis sized clothes and a staged church visit. The mother and sibling scheme backfires as humor turns to concern and a doctor administers treatment.
Ape in Jardin des Plantes Tries to Break Glass Mirror
In Paris at the Jardin des Plantes an ape in a large cage watching children and fruit throws, seizes a hand mirror, studies its reflection, and repeatedly investigates the “other” ape behind the glass to distress and finally shatter the frame with a violent finale. The incident ends with the ape crushing the remaining glass and frame.
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Paris
Jardin Des Plantes
Hanas
Fas
Nesta
After Coronation Czar Alexander Autographs the Moment
A garbled reminiscence recalls the new czar Alexander's coronation under glorious auspices. A Maid of Honor in attendance asks, I hope we shall have another soon, as the crowd endures mixed emotions and tears.
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Bri
Alexander
Froner
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