Iowa News in Brief from Des Moines to Council Bluffs
A survey from State Centre to Des Moines updates Northwestern Road progress and Boone farms listed at 15 to 20 dollars per acre. Fires claim losses across Iowa including Clarksville and Council Bluffs. Iowa wins prizes at the New York International Fair with 82 butter sweepstakes awards. Numerous accidents, deaths, and legal cases report across the state, from Des Moines to Dubuque, Newton, Otterville, and Ames, with railroads, floods, and notable towns involved.
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Boone
New York
Iowa
Canada Hog Cholera Spreads as Dove Towns Report Dangers
Late news notes hog cholera prevailing in several Canadian regions while other items report a long list of incidents. Deaths from ice breaking near Nashville, fires and accidents across the United States and Canada, political changes, and foreign affairs rounds out the late bulletin.
Queen Victoria’s long reign outlasts many royal peers
A feature reflecting on Queen Victoria’s 42 years on the throne. The piece notes she has outlived most ministers and officials across England Scotland and Ireland, witnessed multiple premiers, cabinet members and archbishops come and go, and received numerous lord chancellors and prime ministers during her reign.
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England
Scotland
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Gladstone
Lord Melbourne
Lord Halifax
Charles Wood
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Privy Council
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Byng
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Stratford de Redcliffe
Robert Grosvenor
Ebury
Earl of Wilton
Beauchamp
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Dukes of
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Rodney
Canterbury
York
Chichester
Lichfield
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House of Commons
Firing Up the Sun and a Monster Whale Sighted
The article recalls a solar outburst on September described by observers noting brief brightening and auroras. It links the event to meteoric impacts on the sun and mentions Telegraph disturbances and theorizes larger sun surface effects. A separate field reports Capt. Al Foster recounting sighting a giant whale near Sandy Hook aboard the William Fletcher, estimated at 150 feet or more, with a dramatic near-collision and later fishing success.
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R. A. Proctor
Earth
Sir J. Herschel
Washington
Philadelphia
Norway
Boston
North America
Bain
Sandy Hook
New York
al. Foster
William Fletcher
Ard
Hog Inlet
Rockaway
Highlands
Foster
Old Time Village Doctors and Their Odd Habits
In the memoir, early physicians rode on horseback through the village wearing distinctive dress and leather loggins to keep pant legs clean. Their saddle bags held medicines and instruments that impressed families visiting the sick. Medical students learned basic trades by observing or assisting doctors, while crude bedside practices and Latin abbreviations surrounded the craft.
A Lady's Wish and Blooming Health Prompt
A woman compliments a friend on clear skin and the friend attributes it to Hop Bitters. The ad-like line claims the product made a difference, urging readers to read more about it and its effects.
Icelandic progress and Danish debt ties noted by Fiske
Professor Fiske and Mr. Reeves report Iceland's progress since 1874 with new roads broader cultivation and two steam lines to Scotland. They hope to free Iceland from Danish debt bondage by expanding trade with Great Britain and building a technical school led by Hjaltalin.
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Fiske
Cornell University
Arthur Reeves
Iceland
Scotland
Evry
Denmark
Great Britain
Chicken for Tea Molded Treat with Galatine Moss
The recipe describes boiling a chicken in little water until the meat frees from the bone. Finely chop and season, then layer in a mold with grisin amenn and even layers of meat. Reduce the cooking liquid with galatine moss to a cup and a half, strain, and pour over the mold. Chill overnight for slicing at supper with celery tops or parsley garnish.
Window panes shine in a house with many blinds
A concise urban anecdote notes that a house’s most afflicted part is the window, crowded with panes and blinds, illustrating a vivid image of a cluttered interior.
The Former Residence of William Wirt at Pen Park
The article traces William Wirt’s life from his Maryland birth on November 8 177 to his roles as Attorney General and his death February 18 1834. It notes Pen Park near Charlottesville later came into the possession of William Hotopp a Prussian native who bought land in Albemarle in 1866 and expanded holdings to about 410 acres now part cleared.
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Charlottesville
Chronicle
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Lucy Walker
Wirt
Albemarle
Richmond
Illiamsburg
Norfolk
Miss Gamble
Mr. Monroe
United States
Washton
Washington
Adams
Baltimore
Vee
Switzerland
Mr. Wirt
Es Wag
Maryland
Penpark
Wm. Hotopp
Prussia
William T. Early
Bear Fight Ends When Lester Brothers Defend Dogs
The Tazewell News reports a bizarre encounter near Tazewell where an enormous bear battled the Lesters' dogs. Robert Lester killed a dog, exposed to bite injuries, and fought the bear with his hand in the animal’s mouth. Tin Lester joined with a pocket knife, then William Lester arrived with a pistol and finally killed the bear.
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Tazewell
Lester
Tin
Robert
Sta
William Lester
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