Local notes and events from Nevada County clipping
Mr Otis Briggs hosts a season of visits for his rosary years celebration and family Christmas. Cedar Falls plans a new bank with $50 000 to $100 000 capital under Sillimann and associates. A Grand Island physician's family loss follows his parents illness. A gasoline stove explosion caused a scare but no fire. Christmas storms bring lightning deaths and social gatherings. Local marriages occur in Elkhart and Zearing. A polemical Democrat letter laments Cleveland era policies. Fashion trends highlight fur and lace, with McDowell Magazines advertised. Medical endorsements and patent remedies appear with local dealer notices.
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Cedar Falls
Quiet Community Faces Prohibition Paradox
A column notes that empty kegs at the depot hint prohibition fails to stop activities in the area. It mentions A. H. Hanson in Des Moines seeking a medical specialist, a Nevada barber cut blamed for an injury, a young man jailed for carrying a concealed weapon, and warnings that revolvers invite trouble. The editor and wife dined with postmaster W. H. Thompson. The turkey appetite hints at future confrontations.
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A. H. Hanson
Des Moines
Amos
Nevada
Squire Hazlett
W. H.thompson
Maxwell Tribune Social Notes and Local Updates
Maxwell residents report Christmas with Mrs B’s Ames relatives. Mrs Robt Oxley lies critically ill at home three miles east of Maxwell with doubtful recovery, daughter of J K Hilton. Wedding cards issued for B F Troup and Miss Myrtie Sweeney to wed at bride’s parents in Jewell. Miss Sweeney is a bank clerk at Commercial Bank. Lewis Adams hosts Christmas party with friends. his 29th birthday celebrated. guests express goodwill and gratitude to Mr Adams.
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Makniko
H. C. Craver
Zearing
Fredrick H. Golly
Delia Craver
Rob’t Oxley
Maxwell
J. K. Hilton
B. F. Troup
Myrtie Sweeney
Jewell
Miss Sweeney
Commercial Bank
Lewis Adams
Mrs. Adams
Mr. Adams
Mr Adams
Gas stove blast at Kooser & Batman lunch counter
Saturday evening a gasoline stove exploded in the Kooser and Batman lunch counter with minimal oil present. Flames were contained to fixtures and paint. The incident caused only property damage and no injuries reported.
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Watchman
Kooser & Batman
Local Notables and Family Visits Reported in Story City
Misses Belle Alien and Carrie Peter gon of Nevada visit with Rev. Fegtly and family. Rev. Fegtly hosted by daughter Mrs. E. M. Harrington. Stuart Boyd of Paullina arrives to spend days with Uncle H. R. Boyd. Mrs. 8.8. Larson weak from stomach cancer. Henry Larson buys stock and becomes head book keeper. Mrs. Smith dies near Des Moines. W. R. Doolittle dies in Mt. Pleasant asylum.
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Story City Herald
Belle Alien
Carrie Petergon
Nevada
R. E. Madsen
Fegtly
Edward
Gran Merrill
E. M. Harrington
Stuart Boyd
Paullina
H. R. Boyd
Larson
Force at Work by Company to Divert Water
The 1. C. Co. has a crew operating to control flow by piping water from the well into their tank. Insufficient details are available on their success at this time.
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1. C. Co
Local Holiday Socials and Infrastructure Update
F P Byrant and family spent Xmas with friends in Ames. A large oyster supper crowd gathered at the Jenks house Tuesday evening. Covells visited old friends in Nevada. Oley Nelson traveled to Story City Wednesday for an arbitration case. Nellie Johnson returned to Ames after Xmas in Slater. J A West of the Ames Times stopped by on his way to Council Bluffs. New C M and St P block signaling gear arrived at the depot and crews will install it. signals are being added at all line stations.
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Cleveland
Peffer Medical Ass’n
Chicago, IL
Ames Drug %O
Jenks House
Nellie Johnson
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Slater
J. A. West
The
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Henry Ward
Supreme Court of Connecticut
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Boston
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Maryland
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Palmer
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New York
ST. Paul
ST. Louis
YWA Central
Democratic Convention Prayer Praises Cleveland in Colorado
A Gunnison Colorado Tribune copy describes a Democratic county convention prayer by Edward Croke, praising President Cleveland and liberal promises. The piece notes politicians and figures including Swift, Campbell, Gladstone, Greenhalge, Hooker, Rosebery, Ingersoll, Bryan, Jarny, Van Roberts, and the tale of a $600,000 inheritance from John Bennett.
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Colorado
Mayer Croke
Gunnison
Tribune
Cleveland
The
Edward Croke
Irwin
Washington
Ruth
Democratic Party
British rout Lobengula forces with superior firepower
The 15,000-strong Lobengula army, famed for never knowing defeat, was routed by a British force only one-seventh as large. Repeating rifles and machine guns overwhelmed their assaults, signaling a decisive step in British Africa's conquest as Lobengula's power collapsed.
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Lobengula
Africa
Real estate transfers compiled for week ending December 25 1895
The list records multiple property deeds including J A Fitehpatrick and wife to Mary and Joseph Pettinger for 1400 dollars, and other transfers: Noah and Sarah Waybright for 7869 dollars, J F Millhouse to L Todhunter for 400 dollars, and various other lot and block deeds in Ames Story City Nevada Collins Burris and adjacent areas.
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J. A. Fitehpatrick
Mary and
Joseph Pettinger
Admiral Custodio di Mello and Brazil’s Insurgent War
The United States notes renewed interest in Admiral Custodio di Mello leader of the Brazilian insurgents against President Peixoto. Peixoto’s agents bought a new navy in New York to fight Mello at Rio Janeiro. Mello reportedly supports restoring a monarchy in Brazil and has shelled Rio Janeiro with limited damage due to inaccurate gunnery.
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Admiral Mello
President Peixoto
Brazil
United States
Custodio DI Mello
Peixoto
New York
Rio Janeiro
Mello
New Aquarium to Open in Castle Garde Fortress
An envisioned world class aquarium is being stocked in Castle Garde New York. The old fortress serves as the enclosure with a 40 foot circular pool for a whale and a dolphin or two. Surrounding this are six elliptical pools for sharks swordfish porpoises seals alligators and turtles. The pools are sand lined and lit from above. Circular walls hold 36 tanks for smaller fishes while 86 tanks for mollusks crustaceans and corals fill an upper gallery.
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Castle Garde
New York
Stevenson Daughters at Wellesley Aims for Society Roles
Two of Vice President Stevenson’s daughters attend Wellesley College. Letitia, the younger at about 17, studies in the preparatory department, while Julia, nearly 19, is a freshman with a private room. Letitia shares a cottage with a roommate in a bright, furnished suite.
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Stevenson
Wellesley College
Massachusetts
Miss Julia
Miss Letitia
Letitia
Letitia Stevenson
Obesity and vanity across royal circles in 19th century tales
A string of anecdotes highlights royal and imperial behavior. Liliuokalani is famed as Her Obesity in Hawaii. The Duchess of York sets a wet weather swing for guests. Austria’s emperor backs civil marriage. Empress Eugenie plans a winter at Cap Mentone villa. Princess Mbikzi, Lobengula's niece, tours the U.S. with a church choir. The Czar Paul built a mirror room for hourlong walks. Queen Victoria asks Prince Robert to send the late Duke Ernest's letters to Buckingham Palace.
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Austria
Eugenie
the Cap
Mentone
Mediterranean
Lobengula
Mbikzi
Prince Consort
Duke Ernest
Buckingham Palace
Early notes on education from 1815 onward
The article surveys early 19th century schooling and higher ed. It notes infant schools dating to about 1815, Salerno’s early medical school in the eighth century, and the University of Tennessee admitting women this fall with 40 registered. It mentions others: Thomas Isham winning the George W. Childs prize at Princeton. Swedish instructor Fröken Victoria Appeltoft appointed in Naples. Luther and Melancthon's 1528 education scheme guiding German schools for 75 years. progression of class subjects in early education.
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Salerno
University of Tennessee
George W. Childs
Princeton College
Pennsylvania
Thomas Hisham
Philadelphia
Froken Victoria Appeltoft
Sloyd
Naples
Caranello
Luther
Melancthon
Feasts of Sitka Indians and Medical Advice from a Chippewa Column
Report describes Sitka Indians hosting visitors with a tuls of last season's strawberries soaked in seal oil. It notes Russian customs for the deceased involving two written confessions. Also mentions Albert Abbink in St. Louis Hospital suffering from anchylosis and various health tips for oral care and chilblains.
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Alaska
Albert Abbink
St. Louis
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