Several Iowa items spark concern and change across towns
News notes report seven Mt Pleasant prisoners escaped a few nights ago while Oskaloosa hosts 36 lawyers. Des Moines plans river fencing and a new city directory shows 25 458 population. Iowa reports deaths from farm accidents and a murder confession in Clinton.
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Oskaloosa
Mt. Pleasant
Dubuque
Albia
Charles Beardsley
Burlington
The
Treasury
Talbot
Des Moines
Large US bonds taken up and ships to New York
The London Times notes funds are freely taken up on American accounts and shipped to New York. Reports also detail flood damage to crops in Lancashire and Cheshire, the International Congress opening in London, and various political and colonial developments across Europe and Africa.
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London Times
United States
New York
Lancashire
Cheshier
International Congress
London
House of Commons
Masters’ Association
North
Canada Pacific
Gladstone
Chester
America
European Powers Watch Italian Frontiers Amid Troop Concentration
Austria warns over growing Italian force near the frontier with 49 706 men assembled and Italy maintaining an Alpine reserve on war footing. Italian irredenta pressures rise as authorities keep battalions ready for rapid mobilization and offensive support if hostilities erupt.
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Europe
Pall Mall Gazette
Italy
Austria
Vienna
Newlywed Compliment Turns to Cold Reply
A newly married woman boasts about her husband’s writing skills and love letters. The friend delivers a chilling retort claiming she keeps many such notes in her trunk.
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Clinton
Jenny Gray
Sloan
Ammanson
Missouri
Liver Regulator Sold Everywhere by Dr Bull in Baltimore
An 19th century notice touts Dr Bull’s Baltimore Liver Regulator as a reliable remedy. It claims to counter liver torpor and vitiating mental states, listing widespread availability and a price listed as percent.
Justice Minister to resign on new judicial laws
The article notes the justice minister will resign when enacted judicial reforms take effect. It also reports Germany informing the United States of readiness to discuss a double standard of coinage, while the Bourse Gazette says no official German steps have been taken yet despite preliminary regulations that may lead to a decision aligned with the report.
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Madison
Wis
Lake Monona
Marshall
London Servia Gazette
Garnet Worsley
India
London Times
Germany
United States
Capetown
Garnet Wolsey
St. Pauls
Creabock
Wood
Butler
England
Ubundi
Cetywayo
Sierra Leone
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Turkey
Andria
Daimietta
Abysinia
John of
Messawas
Semnite
Gordon
Kalon
London
South Africa
Ulundi
Ister of Justice
Bourse Gazette
Vegetarian Diets and Economic Rethink in 19th Century
Sir Henry Thompson argues in the Nineteenth Century that vegetarian diets can sustain health and vigor while reducing national resource waste. He cites diet plans across Ireland Scotland Italy and America, noting legumes grains and plant oils as key, with lard or bacon as traditional supplements.
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New York Sun
Sir Henryson
Henry Thompson
Sir Henry Thompson
Henry Thom
Rogishavin
England
United States
Real
Britain
Engand
Great Britain
Morbid Views of Parisian Women and Invalid Stereotypes
The author contrasts American and Parisian women, noting Americans moved past the invalid image while Parisian culture savors morbidity. Parisian actresses like Sarah Bernhardt are criticized for chronic illness personas, and readers are urged to abandon corsets and excess somatic display for natural vigor and intelligence.
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New York
Sarah Bernhardt
Ney
Paris
Mole Hills
A False Cry Appletons Magazine Attracts Liberal Political Thought
The essay argues that American representatives are often lawyers with persuasive oratory who rise from local contests. It notes the prominence of eloquent elites in Congress, contrasts rural voters with urban clubs, questions claims of universal voter superiority, and critiques foreign and domestic perceptions of democracy and leadership.
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Appleton’s Magazine
Elome
Ington
Congress
Clays
Bentons
Haynes
Anters
Websters
Conkling
Blaine
Edmunds
Stephens
Bayard
New York
Pau
Boulevart Des Italiens
America
Ign
Postal Receipts Estimated At 32 Million For Year
The article states the United States postal receipts for the present year are estimated at 32 million dollars, about twice the amount recorded ten years earlier.
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United States
Unclear Advice on Health Remedies and Habits
Column shows a promotional claim for Hop Bitters as a quick fix for various ailments and dullness. It suggests readers can improve work, preaching, lawyering, and writing with the product and hints at further details in another column.
Science items span physiography to mastodon finds
A column surveys practical physiography teaching with water and sand, reports on salicylic acid in fish preservation, electricity ploughing trials in France, metric system notes, a 1845 mastodon skeleton find and measurements, and a conscience tale about a church clock face, all from Scientific American and Chambers journals.
Names We Use Instead of Proper Names in Public Life
Commentary on using nicknames for people in lists and society. The piece argues such practice demeans individuals from princes to commoners, cites Prince Plon Plon as an example, and stresses the value of bearing proper names for dignity and clarity.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Bonaparte
Prince Plon-Plon
Plon-Plon
Napoleon
Napoleon Itil
France
Mamie
May
Mollie
Polly
Mary
How Chinese Ladies Dress at a London Reception
Lady Alcock hosts a reception for the Chinese Embassy ladies in London. The Chinese Ambassador and family wear elaborate overdresses in yellow and red, with embroidered sleeves and magnolia satin bands. The ambassador’s sister and wife display intricate hair style, bead pins, and floral adornments. A child wears Sev rea blue overdress with a beaded skull cap motif.
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Alcock
London
Fragmented Historical Snippets From Early 19th Century Texts
OCR fragments recount Waterloo's defeat and Napoleon's fate, a 1867 execution in Queretaro, and a 1879 event involving a prince and an emperor in training. The text is garbled with references to empires on American soil and oil wells as a wholesale business, lacking clear context or reliable details.
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Waterloo
Belgium
Napoleon
St. T
Maration
Mexico
Queretaro
Papin Wiater
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