Ames Intelligencer 1881 News Clippings Narrowing Between States
Fragments report local Iowa events including fires at Marshalltown and Walnut, railroad accidents near Avoca and Keokuk, a courthouse fire in Charles City, gas safety warnings, farm prices and shipments, and political notes on senators and Manitoba legend.
Major fires and disasters sweep across towns in a week
A rapid fire roundup reports widespread destruction from Cambridge to Plymouth, including church and business blazes, a yacht boiler explosion, rail wrecks, and a large stone warehouse fire. Fatalities and injuries are listed alongside insured losses and rescue efforts.
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Plymouth
N. C
English House of Commons clashes and Carlyle dies
In February debates violent scenes marked the House of Commons with suspensions and expulsions as Parnell and Dillon were named and removed. Thomas Carlyle died February 5 in London after a long literary career. A London dispatch notes Ashanti declared war on England, with troops dispatched to the Cape Coast.
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Jefferson
Jamestown
N. Y
Aldrich
Rome
House of Commons
Gladstone
Sullivan
Mitchell Henry
Henry
Philip Callanan
Parnell
Vernon Harcourt
Home Secretary
Davitt
John Dillon
Dillon
Seargeant-at
Finnigan
House
Forster
Thomas Carlyle
Ecclefechan
Scotland
University of Edinburgh
Schiller
Goethe
Wilhelm Meister
Craigenpultock
Dunfries
London
Cromwell
John Sterling
Frederick the Great
Carlyle
Africa
Ashantee
Cape Coast Castle
Gamm
Sierra Leon
The
Land League
Irish National Land League
England
Dublin
Ireland
Paris
League
Petoria
Langers
Second Annual Meeting of Iowa State Pharmaceutical Association
The Iowa State Pharmaceutical Association met in Des Moines on February 8 with President George H. Schafer presiding. Officers were named, the address highlighted the year of organization and drug safety, and officers elected included Geo B Hogan as President and L W Dodd as Secretary.
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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
Towa
Red Pt
Mrticular
Mesers
Townsend
Boone
Miles
Hogan
Newton
J. M. Casey
J. A. Harvey
Mr. Casey
Messrs
Casey and
Harvey
Geo. B. Hogan
A. R. Townsend
J. W. Ellis
Patter
John W. Ballard
Davenport
L. W. Dodd
Norman Litchy
W. E. Schrader
Iowa City
Max Conrad
Ottumwa
Geo. H. Schafer
Confused dialogue spills from a wartime rumor tale
In a fragmented scene a woman recalls a figure she once met, while a man named Bickles muses about a potential benefactor. The dialogue wanders through guesses of a name, hinting at a mysterious pay offer and a sense of recognition tied to a forgotten acquaintance.
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Christina Mesmer
Burlington
Bickles
Oliver Gregg
Cure Weathertor
Oscar P
Jenkins
Lucus
George Smith and Catherine Miller Hanged at Williamsport
At Williamsport Pennsylvania on February 3 George Smith and Catherine Miller were executed by hanging in a court proceeding.
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Williamsport
George Smith
Catherine Miller
Cultivate the graces of conversation at home
Parents should share lively conversation with children to inspire learning. Daily talks spark ideas and mental growth, while silent homes dull children and drive them to seek ideas elsewhere. Use personal knowledge at home before seeking external education for better engagement.
Regulate Stomach and Liver With Hop Bitters Say Maine Farmer
The Maine Farmer urges regulating the stomach first then the liver to restore natural action. It claims Hop Bitters is the only remedy to achieve perfectly healthy function of these two organs, reducing human ills across climates.
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St. Paul
Terry
Department of Dakota
Liges
Poplar River
Davies
Tron Day
Allison
Buford
Sitting Bull
Pioneer Press
Culbertson
Woody Mountain
Culberson
Buffalo
N. Y
John Brynes
Henry Waters
Tillinghast
N. Y. Central
Maine
Cough remedy advert prompts period feel and product mentions
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a cough remedy with a price of 25 cents and casual promotion phrases. The text reads as a nostalgic medical advertisement voice with unclear branding and aims to soothe lungs. The overall tone resembles early 20th century newspaper copy.
Acis Sure and Not The Celebrated Remedy Availability
The remedy Geen is available in two forms dry and liquid for convenient use. The liquid form is packaged for those unable to prepare it. It is highly concentrated and effective in either form.
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Eithe
Germany Field Note Ill-Packed Fragment
Fragmentary text from a German page mentions a grass widow returning. The readable content is limited and lacks clear events, dates, or identifiable people.
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Story County
Iowa
Wae
Ackley
Beext
Jackson County
Lows
Jemes Craix
Seymour
Sahoot
Bet Hitie Insurance
M. Counsell
Parley
Whisego
Limtor County
Crawford
American Agricultural Association
J. B. Grinnell
Towa Central Poultry Association
T. W. McCausland
de Witt
Chicago
Cressler & McCausland
T. O. Sloan
Cairo
Louisa County
D. Desmond
Avoca
Marshalltown
Columbia
Marion County
Sioux City
Illinois Central
Omaha
Walnut
Pottawettamie County
Charles City
Sncared
New York
Royal
North American
Hartford
Bemizs
New Albion
Allamakee County
E. L. White
Farmers’ Institute
Maquoxets
Dubuque
Anocalist
Frank Volkringer
John Santen
Jacob Kramer
Republican
Phenix
John i Om
Firstsco- 3
Tao F. A. Volkringer
John Horning
John Beranek
U. S
Keolin
Pool
Chicago, Stirlington & Quincy
Lere
Fool
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Keokuk
Mesers, Hagerman
McCrary & Hagerman
Mr. Blythe
Trimble
Bloomfield
Senate
Pennsylvania
John T. Morgan
James x. Farley
Arkansas
Augustne B. Garland
James D. Walker
John F. Miller
Colorado
Henry M. Teller
Nathaniel P. Hill
Connecticut
Orville H. Platt
Joseph R. Hawley
Delaware
Eli Saulsbury
Thos. F. Bayard
Wilkinson
Chas. W. Jonas
Georgia
Benjamin H. Hil
Joseph B. Brown
Illinois
David Davis
John A. Logan
Indiana
David W. Vorhees
Benjamin Harrison
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Wm. B. Allison
Kansas
Preston B. Plumb
John J .T Ingalis
Kentucky
James B. Beck
Johns. Williams
Louisiana
Wm. Pitt Kellogg
Benjamin F. Jonas
James G. Blaine
Eugene Hale
James B. Groome
Thomas W. Ferry
Maryland
Arthur P. Gorman
George F. Hoar
BH. L. Dawes
Michigan
Omar D. Conger
George G. West
Alvin Saunders
Minnesota
William Windom
J. R. McMillan
Mississippi
Imcius Q.C. Lamar
John Z. George
Missouri
Francis M. Cockrell
Nebraska
Charlies H. van Wyck
Nevada
John P. Jones
James
Fair
New Hampshire
Edward H. Rollins
Henry W. Blair
New Jersey
John R. McPherson
Wm. J. Jewell
Thomas Pistt
Roscoe Conkling
North Carolina
Matt. W. Ransom
Zebw
B. Vance
OHTO
Lafayette Grover
George H. Pendleton
John Sherman
Oregon
James H. Slater
J. Donald Cameron
Rhode Island
Henry B. Anthony
Ambroser E. Burnside
South Carolina
Mathew C. Butler
Wade Hampton
Tennessee
Isham G. Harris
Howell
Jackson
William Coke
Sam B. Mazey
Vermont
Justin
Morrill
George F. Edmunds
Virginia
Wiliam Mahone
Henry G. Davis
John W. Johnson
West Virginia
John M. Camden
Wisconsin
Mathew H. Carpenter
Philetus Sawyer
Manitoba Lake
Red River
Manitoba
Trinita de Monti
Weekly Review
First Baptist
Cambridge
Mass
Huntsville
Loomis & McMaster
Bath
Carrie
Baltimore
Toronto
Canada
Niles
Mich
Utica
Whitfield
Staffordshire
John Brown
National Art Gallery
Washington
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Cincinnati
J. M. Kellogg
Emporia
Supreme Court of Kansas
Ben. Campbell
St. Louis
Tan 3Ist
Aminta Syburn
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’s
Summit Avenue
Earl 8. Goodrich
O. C. Greene
Maurice Auerbach
Cleveland Herald
Diamond Match Company
United States
Hudson
Ulster
Orange Counties
Woman’s National anti-Polygamy Society
Salt Leake
Murray
Campbell
Congress
Dallas
Wilson’s Creek
Houston & Texas Central Road
Langdon
Owensville
Geo. Preiat
Elizabeth Geogpaster
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Pharmacy
State University
W. H. Leighton
Henry A. Fairbanks
Petrolia
Ont
Fairbanks
Irving
Leighton
Independence Hall
Emma
Laura Hoover
George Pettit
A. R. Wilson
United States Mortgage Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Pond Creek
Wheeler
Tiskilwa
Kirby
Ohio
Holden
Patterson
J. D. Orr
Winterset
Matt Phelps
Grinnell
J. W. Huggett
J. W. Scott
Blair & Co
John J. Berry
Hackensack Bank
Xavier Williams
Anjalia Margot
Columbus
Albert
Aman
Wm. McKinney
Hickory Bridge
Columbus Cass
Denison
Crea
California
Joe
Barrara
Col. Potter
Seiber
Deadwood
Abe Barnes
James Fowler
Custer City
Fowler
Alamora
Marion Melvin
San Antonio
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
Ana Ed. Phillips
Waldesert Posse
Patrick Egan
Irish World
America
Great Republic
United States Congress
Edinburgh
Crime
J. Condon
Montreal
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congressman
Innocence
M. C
Kidder, Peabody, & Co
State Street
Mr. Condon
Supt. Adams
Skelton and Houghton
Condon
Banco
Daniel White
Adams Express
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Adams Express Company
Court Street
Waldo Adams
Express Company
Bunco
John G. Lynch
New York City
M.C
Toan
Germany
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