Vast array of Iowa and national notes across August updates
Plymouth diphtheria cases. Dubuque licensing. deaths from accidents. rail work progress. fires and yellow fever counts. elections and taxes. storms and crop reports. political and social notes from Iowa and beyond.
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Memphis Board of Health
Hillsdale
Mich
Kansas
Windsor
Parker
Denmark
Board of Health
Memphis
Humphrey Bros
Wakeman
Ohio
Seaboard
Roanoke
Utah
Reynolds
Geo. Q. Cannon
Brigham Young
Momrons
Detroit
St. Louis
Boston
Bath
Long Island
Mayersville
Miss
National Board of Health
United States
Matamoras
Tampico
New Orleans
Corinth
Wicked for Clergymen Endorses Hop Bitters in Washington
A churchman from Washington DC condemns unfair praise of quack remedies while praising Hop Bitters as a meritorious and widely trusted family remedy. He asserts no equal product for daily use and vows not to be without it.
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E. Albright
Wm. K. Miller
Montgomery's Ferry
Albright
St. Louis
Thaddeus E. Bader
Mrs. Schandler
House of Commons
Canada Pacific
Gladstone
Chester
America
M. Rouher
L’ Ordre
France
Paris
Jerome Napoleon
Mont Calabrie
Clotilde
Italy
Monga
Toulon
New Caledonia
New Hebrides
Count Andrassy
Bath whirlpools vs lemonade swirls in idle talk
A humorous dialogue contrasts a bath tub water whirl with lemonade sipped through a straw. Thomas Beecher asks about bath tub whirlpools, while the speaker notes they instead entertain themselves with the image of lemonade being drawn up a straw.
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Omas K. Beecher
Thomas
The Month of Melons in History and Cuisine
Melons originated in Asia and pleased Roman emperors such as Tiberius. By the 16th and 17th centuries they spread in Europe, notably France. Paris area melons are called Cantalous, from Cantalupe, a papal residence famed for its fruit in the fifteenth century. The ancients praise the melon for arming the passions.
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Ian
Asia
Tiberius
Europe
France
Claude Mollet
Louis Xitil
Paris
Cantaloups
Cantalupe
Young Ladies in Fashion Dresses Hinted as Confinement
A brief note suggests young ladies in fashionable dresses are in clothes confinement, reflecting social norms and stylistic expectations of the era.
Seventeenth Century Church Pageant and Modern Reflections
A London Times fragment reviews a seventeenth centenary commemoration at a historic church. It notes ancient tablets, Wren influence, and debates on early Brit ish Christianity. It blends archaeology with a sermon on unity in Christ and home life counsel.
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London Times
Canterbury
Claughton
London
Holinshed
Caver
Lucius
Brytayne
Fyrst
Harleian Society
London and Middlesex Archeological Society
Wren
Poultney and Athen
Richard Whittington
Brill
Anne
Italy
Edward IV
Rome
Islands
Bear drawing on billboard ends in gruesome snare
A Territorial Enterprise report describes a 50 year old Plate Indian artist in town who drew a ferocious bear on a billboard. He then sketched sapling lines forming a noose around the bear’s neck, creating a grim, staged snare for spectators.
Indian artist prospects and local sketches described
The article recounts an Indian artist at work, depicting a bear and a rugged landscape with mountains and ravines. A Piute boy, about 16, demonstrates talent in drawing trains and locomotives, showing careful study of details.
Apollinaria Spring Water Promoted for Digestive Relief
An article extols the Apollinaria Spring water from Abr valley in Rhenish Prussia as a superior digestive aid. It notes discovery by Dr. Bischof of Bonn, bottling setup, and claims of sparkling freshness and agreeable taste vetted by Dr. Lutaud of Paris.
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Seiters
Fachingen
Geimau
Schwalheim
Apollinaria
Abr
Rhenish
Prussia
Bischof
Bonn
Ile
Lutaud
Paris
Water cleanliness and infection risks in drinking sources
The article notes fever and infections linked to impure drink water. It emphasizes benefits of air and artificial waters, warning that manufactured waters often harbor impurities from production.
Streak of Nature in a Birmingham Shop Scene
In Charles Henry street Birmingham a 24 year old, weighing 18 pounds, is shown in a small green power shop corner beside a wretched mother and sister nurse. The emaciated figure, once healthy, suffered fits from age three or four, becoming an idiotic cripple with twisted legs and a drawn left arm. A daily pint of milk sustains him as onlookers ponder the strange development and faint hope of care amid poverty and pity.
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Glasgow Herald
Charles Henry Street
Birmingham
Sugar from maize and sorghum could alter trade
The Indicator reports a possible revolution in the sugar trade if maize and sorghum can produce a sweet article sold for two or three cents. It notes the United States imports 1,000,000 dollars of sugar annually and calls the discovery highly significant.
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United States
Baltimore
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