Iowa and Iowa events summary from 19th century notices
A mixed crop of Iowa items reports farm stock values, local fires, deaths, accidents, and weather notes. Notable entries include Des Moines area fatalities and Avoca railroad deaths, Marshalltown elevator fire, Walnut business district destruction, and Dubuque student injury. Also referenced are agricultural exhibitions, cattle disease committees, and a Keokuk court verdict in Pool v. Burlington & Quincy Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Walnut
Pottawattamie
Pool
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Keokuk
Coll
Mesers
Manitoba’s Mystic Bell Island Heard Across the Lake
The Manitoba lake inspires legends from Ojibway neighbors who deem a nearby island sacred and avoid landings fearing a dire fate. Scientists attribute the “mystic bells” to waves striking large pebbles and limestone fragments, creating a bell like tone heard when north winds calm, drawing travelers seeking the sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Lake
Red River
Manitoba
Trinita de Monti
Rome
Fragmented dialogue hints at a tense street encounter
A garbled scene shows characters discussing names and a potential meeting in town. The exchange references a wife, a taxi, and attempts to recall a man’s identity, with one character hinting at a large sum of money.
Broad Chronicle of Fires Disasters and Trials Across Cities
A sweeping weekly summary notes fires in Cambridge Mass and Plymouth North Carolina with heavy losses, boiler explosions on ships and rail incidents in Baltimore Huntsville and St. Louis, plus industrial failures in Bath and Rome. Authorities consider liquor crackdowns and public safety moves as smallpox and earthquakes ripple through towns from Utah to New York.
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Jefferson
Ill
Jamestown
N. Y
Aldrich
Rome
St. Louis
Douglas Burnett
Chicago
Disastrous Chicago fire and Irish House of Commons turmoil
Reports recount a February Chicago blaze on Independence Hall at 22d Street that doomed the building, with deaths and heavy losses to tenants and the owner. Separate dispatches describe a major railroad wreck near Pond Creek, injuries, and fatalities. In Parliament, Gladstone and Parnell clashed violently over suspensions, while Carlyle died amid notice of his influential career. Internationally, the King of Ashantee declared war on England, prompting West African strategy. Additional updates cover Land League tensions, arrests, and Irish fundraising moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Independence Hall
Emma
Laura Hoover
George Pettit
A. R. Wilson
United States Mortgage Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Pond Creek
Ill
Wheeler
Tiskilwa
Kirby
Nevada
Ohio
Holden
Patterson
Iowa
J. D. Orr
Winterset
Matt Phelps
Grinnell
J. W. Huggett
J. W. Scott
Blair & Co
House of Commons
Gladstone
Sullivan
Mitchell Henry
Henry
Philip Callanan
Parnell
Vernon Harcourt
Home Secretary
Davitt
John Dillon
Dillon
Seargeant
Thomas Carlyle
Ecclefechano
Scotland
University of Edinburgh
Schiller
Goethe
Wilhelm Meister
Craigenpultock
Dunfries
London
Cromwell
John Sterling
Frederick the Great
Carlyle
Ashantee
England
Cape
Madiera
War Office
Africa
Cape Coast Castle
Gamm
Sierra Leon
Second Annual Meeting of Iowa State Pharmaceutical Association
The Iowa State Pharmaceutical Association convened in Des Moines for its second annual meeting led by President George H. Schafer. Officers elected included L. W. Dodd as secretary and C. H. Ward as treasurer, with a program emphasizing pharmacy law, professional standards, and enforcement to purge unqualified druggists and liquor sales within the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Pharmaceutical Association
Des Moines
George H. Schafer
Fort Madison
H. W. Dodd
Fr. Madison
A. H. Miles
C. H. Ward
L. H. Bush
Des Moines Pharmaceutical Association
Schafer
Ate
Iowa
Ping Oy
Messrs
Townsend
Boone
Miles
Hogan
Newton
J. M. Casey
J. A. Harvey
Casey
Harvey
Geo. B. Hogan
A. R. Townsend
John W. Ballard
Davenport
L. W. Dodd
Norman Litchy
W. E. Schrader
Iowa City
Max Conrad
Ottumwa
Geo. H. Schafer
Williamsport double execution shocks local readers
In Williamsport Pennsylvania on February 34 George Smith and Catherine Miller were hanged in a public justice action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
George Smith
Catherine Miller
Conversation in the Home Encourages Youthful Learning
The article urges parents to speak and share ideas at home to engage children. It warns that a dull quiet home drives youth away and stresses daily intelligent conversation as mental training and social argument. It notes parents should first use their knowledge at home to benefit the household.
Two Organs and their Regulation Hint at Health
A Maine Farmer quote urges regulating the stomach first then the liver to restore natural action. It asserts that proper balance would remove most of mankind's fads and ailments, promoting Bitter Hop as the sole remedy for healthy function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Kidney-Wort Remedy Offered In Dry And Liquid Form
It Acts Sure and Safe. The celebrated remedy Kidney-Wort can be obtained in dry vegetable form or liquid form for convenience. It is concentrated and will act with equal efficiency in either case. See ady.
FLEECING A PREACHER TAKES FIRST LESSONS IN BANKO
Reverend J Condon of Montreal, in Washington, fell for a three card monte scam run by a gang led by a congressman. He wagered about 1050 dollars and lost after being duped by steerers. Police and Kidder Peabody staff traced the Endorsed check and secured its return to Washington, with rogues likely to avoid repayment.
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St. Paul
Poplar River
Pioneer Press
Culbertson
Sitting Bull
Woody Mountain
Culberson
Buffalo
N. Y
John Brynes
Henry Waters
Tillinghast
N. Y. Central
Washington
J. Condon
Montreal
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congress
Congressman
Innocence
M. C
Kidder, Peabody, & Co
State Street
Banco
Mr. Condonso
Supt. Adams
Skelton and Houghton
Condon
Th Bankers
Daniel White
Adams Express
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Adams Express Company
Court Street
Waldo Adams
Express Company
Bunco” Men
Johar G. Lynch
Sige Poop
John G. Tome Sas Dee Tan
M.C
Adams Ex
Chath
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Ames
Story County
Regi
Orn Ackiey
Beent
Jackson County
Noresba
Jesup
Desma Craig
Des Weines
Seymuer
M. Counsell
Preby
Whieego
Harps
Bob Bth
Avereeing
Cumtor County
Crawford
American Agricultural Association Bes
J. B. Grinnell
Lows
Town Central Poultry Association
T. W. McCausland
de Witt
Cressler & McAsusland
T. O. Sloan
Cairo
Louisa County
D. Desmond
Avoca
Marshalltown
Columbis
Maron County
Sioux City
Illinois Central
Omaha
Christina Mesmer
Burlington
Charles City
Sneared
New York
Royal
North American
Hartford
Mr. Bankston
Wa- Werice
Tooma
Bemis
New Albion
Allamakee County
E. L. White
Farmers’ Institute
Magguckets
Dubuque
Frank Volkringer
Jobo Santen
Jacob Kramer
Sremen
The
Republican
Secob Kramer
Phenix
John Xanten
Philadelphia
F. Home
Juli Beranek
U. S
Keokck
Chicago, Burlington & Qeimey
Leve
Senate
Pennsylvania
Alabama
John T. Morgan
James L. Pugh
Arkansas
Auguste
B. Garland
James D. Walker
Jamas x. Farley
John F. Miller
Colorado
Henry M. Teller
Wilkinson
Thos. F. Bayard
Choe. W. Jonas
Georgia
Benjamin H. Hill
Joseph B. Brown
Illinois
David Davis
John A. Logan
Indiana
David W. Vorhes
Benjamin Harrison
Eowa
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Wm. B. Allison
Kansas
Preston B. Plumb
John J.ingalls
Kentucky
John S. Williams
Jame B. Beck
Louisiana
Wm. Pitt Kellogg
Benjamin F. Jonas
James G. Blaine
Eugene Hale
James B. Groome
Arter 2. Gorman
George F. Hoar
BH. L. Dawes
Michigan
Thomas W. Ferry
Omar D. Conger
George G. West
Minnesota
William Windom
J. R. McMillan
Mississippi
Imcins Q.C. Lamar
John Z. George
Missouri
Francis M. Cockrell
Nebraska
Alvin Saunders
Charles H. van Wyck
John P., Jones
James
Fair
Hampshire
Edward H. Raillips
Henry W. Blair
New Jersey
John R. McPherson
Wm. J. Jewell
Roscoe Conkling
Thomas Pratt
North Carolina
Matt. W. Ransom
Zebuon B. Vance
OOHTO
George H. Pendleton
John Sherman
Oregon
Lafayette Grover
James H. Slater
J. Donald Cameron
William Coke
Sam B. Maxey
Justin
Morrill
George F. Edmunds
Virginia
Henry G. Davis
Mathew H. Carpenter
Philetus Sawyer
Thatoun
Oliver Gregg
George Weathertor
Faess
Weekly Review
First Baptist
Cambridge
Mass
Huntsville
Loomis & McMaster
Bath
Carrie
Baltimore
Toronto
Canada
Niles
Mich
Hartley
Utica
Whitfield
Staffordshire
John Brown
National Art Gallery
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Cincinnati
J. M. Kellogg
Emporia
Supreme Court of Kansas
Plymouth
N. C
Ben. Campbell
Tan. List
Aminta Byburn
Butler County
Wiley Embrey
Omro
Wis
Thompson & Fayden
Concord
N. H
New York Sun
Minnie F. Lee
Newark
Lewiston
Texas
World's Fair Commission
Gen. Grant
Park House
Ferguson & Co
Indianapolis
Ind
J. O. Ferguson & Co
Summit Avenue
Earl
Cleveland Herald
Diamond Match Company
United States
Hudson
Ulster
Orange Counties
Woman’s National anti-Polygamy Society
Salt Lake
Murray
Campbell
Terry
Department of Dakota
Siges
Poplarriver
Davies
Iron Day
Allison
Buford
Dallas
Wilson’s Creek
Houston & Texas Central Road
Langdon
Owensville, Ky
Geo. Preiat
Elizabeth Geogpaster
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Pharmacy
State University
W. H. Leighton
Henry A. Fairbanks
Petrolia
Ont
Fairbanks
Irving
Leighton
John J. Berry
Hackensack Bank
Xavier Williams
Anjalia Margot
Columbus
Albert Williams
Wm. McKinney
Hickory Bridge
Columbus Cass
Denison
Crea
California
Joe
Barrara
Col. Potter
Seiber
Deadwood
Abe Barnes
James_ ler
Custer City
Fowler
Alamora
Marion Melvin
San Antonio
el Paso
Boenie
Rodney Foos
Ohio Supreme Court
Gov
Hayes
Denver
Methodist University Library
Denver Tribune
Alamosa
del Norte
E. M. Jarrett
Jarrett & Sherman
Hyde Park and
Lake Town
Northampton
Leadville
Robert O'Neal
Peter Hughes
Pendy
Taylor Mountain
C. E. Field
Ed. Phillips
House
Forster
Land League
Irish National Land League
Dublin
Eeb
Waldesert Posse
Ireland
Paris
League
Patrick Egan
Irish World
America
Great Republic
United States Congress
Petoria
Langers
Edinburgh
J. W. Ellis
Patter
Crime
Iris
Germany
Lasgerasy
Goma
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