Iowa News Roundup: floods, crops, crimes and capital notes
A chaotic digest reports Grant's Pacific coast stop expected in Des Moines, crops surging around Osceola Sioux City and LeMars, a Cedar Rapids counterfeit case, a Des Moines child death from a well, a gypsy encampment near Peoria, and Capitol construction details plus local sports and notable incidents across Iowa.
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Keokuk
Osceola
Peoria
Mahaska County
Cedar Rapids
Lews
U. S. Grant
Des Moines
Pacific Coast
Senate and House Debates on Silver Remonetization and Public Bills
Washington reports show West introducing a remonetization of silver and free coinage proposals amid Senate and House actions. Measures include pay for Congress, judicial expenses, marshals fees, and a Wabash river project while discussions touch on Mexican treaties and a variant free coinage substitute.
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Senate
Washington
West
United States
Burnside
Ihe
Europe
Darien
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Congress
Senate Charaeter
HOUSE
Rae Ackiin
Chandler
Committee On
Committee On Appropriations
Wasumwetox
Allison
U. S
Vest
State Department
Mexico
Austin Lyte
Committee On Finance
Kirk
Beck
Alkison
Harmless items overshadowed by risky combination
A fragmented note hints at a cautionary scene where a small boy and a gun pose danger when combined, highlighting the hazards and urging supervision and safety awareness.
Fragmentary notice on price and children crying
Partial OCR text describes crying children and a price mention with cents. No clear event, person, or organization readable.
Prince Imperial's Body to Arrive in London July Twenty-Eighth
London notes report the Prince Imperial's body will reach the capital on July 28. Government opposes a second reading of the Irish University bill. Financial items include a 1.2 million pound U.S. remittance to the Bank of England and turmoil in Indian silver markets.
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Prince Imperial
Church of St. Augustine
Prince Ee
Prince Victor
Lord Lyons
London
Plumley
Stock Exchange
Bank of England
United States
New York
Abdul Rahman
Badakshan
Afghan
Balkah
Times
Austria
Lkely
India
Hop Bitters Manufacturing at Tenhattar’s Near Ya
A fragmented OCR note describes Hop Bitters Manufacturing Co at Tenhattar’s area with a sale underway and buyers waving beyond as the scene unfolds across the land.
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Hop Bitters Manufacturing
Tenhattar
Nea Yn
Teachers Institutes Schedule Across Iowa in 1879
Superintendent Von Coelin lists time and place for teachers institutes for 1879 across Iowa. Dates span July to August with durations from two to four weeks in towns including Waterloo Waverly Sidney Jefferson Garner Magnolia Newton Atlantic Mason City Clinton Adel Iowa City Wyoming Chariton Wapello Winterset Knoxville Marshalltown Davis County Hampton Albia and more. Conductor names appear with each location.
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von Coelin
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
George
Waverly
Bremer County
Mason
Calhoun County
J. Wernl
Sidney
Fremont County
Miss A. Williams
Jefferson
Greene County
H. A. Terrill
Garner
Hancock County
W. F. Barclay
Magnolia
Harrison County
Maquoleta
Jackson County
B. L. Boltwood
Newton
Jasper County
E. Baker
Atlantic
Cass County
Wedgwood
Mason City
Cerro Gordo County
Miss L. Curtis
B. F. Hood
Clinton
Clinton County
H. Sabin
Adel
Dallas County
M. E. Phillips
Iowa City
Johnson County
A. A. Guthrie
Wyoming
Joneag County
Helmick
Chariton
Lucas County
L. M. Hastings
Wapello
Louisa County
D. Helmick
Winterset
Madison County
C. C. Cory
Knoxville
Marion County
Buck
Marshalltown
Marshall County
C. P. Rogers
Davis County
Boles
H. Smi O
Hampton
Franklin County
Albia
Monroe
L. T. Weld
Des Moines Weather Sparks A Run Of Storm Damages
Storms across Stuart, Anita, and nearby areas cause floods and property losses. A mother and two young girls drowned in Stuart, McMasters family’s sorrow follows, and water in Clear Creek rose four feet. Lightning struck a cow barn, a section boss house, and several structures along the Narrow Gauge line. Anita floodwaters wash streets, rails, and goods. Des Moines river rising twelve feet.
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Stuart
McMasters
Clearcreek
Des Moines
Indianola
Wm. Barcus
Grant Township
Polk County
Anita
Cass County
Adair County
Pat Johnson
Dr. Treat
Eber
Long Branch
Jefferson
Wm. Frazer
Cant
Me Leah
No Luck in the World Says a Cautionary Lesson
An extended prose excerpt argues luck is non existent and effort, brain, and willpower drive success. It contrasts dreamers with the industrious, cites philosophical lines and humorous quips about luck, work, and honesty, then veers into miscellaneous anecdotes and short jokes from various columns and notes.
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Ireland
Wiliam Gallagher
Clinton
Fac
Gallagher
Gallagherer
Feekuk
Iowa
Owledge
Famed Men and Feasting Tastes Across History
The passage recalls historical figures and their eccentric eating habits from Dr Rondelet to Dr Fordyce. It mentions surfeits from figs, stewed lampreys, and leg of mutton, plus routines of solitary meals at Dolly's chop house and lectures in the Strand. It also references Swift and Bolingbroke, Milton, Aristotle, and Maseres with feasting or fasting quips.
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Rondelet
Parr
Lord Bolie's
Johnson
Ford
Essex Street
Strand
Baron Maseres
Aristotle
Bolingbroke
Swift
Milton
Old Man and Child Encounter on Whitehall Street
Atlanta police intervene after Uncle Remus confronts a Black boy with slate and books. The exchange reveals racial tensions and questions the value of schooling as the old man complains about Black children and education while lamenting ignorance.
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Remus
Whitehal Street
Atlanta
State of
What Washington Society Can do for Some of the Sex
A critique of Washington social life among politicians wives. It notes how wives gain status from their husbands in Congress, adopting new fashions and social airs, abandoning prior domestic and charitable roles, and revealing a shift from village humility to elite display.
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Spekken
Washington Society
Seiar
Tinaconaeaeceoel
Judge Butler Reflects On Poker And Good Character
A U S District Court judge in Philadelphia remarks that a person's character in poker hinges on winning or losing, noting moral judgments shift with outcomes and emphasizing context over rule.
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Butler
United States District Court
Philadelphia
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