Republican State Ticket Shown for Des Moines County
A Republican slate lists JOAN T. GIAR for Governor from Des Moines county, FRANK T. CAMPBELL for Lieutenant Governor from Jasper county, é. M. BECK for Supreme Court, and CARL W. VON COELLN for Superintendent of Public Instruction from Blackhawk county. The piece shifts to a political reflection contrasting national pride with calls for traditional self-reliance and warnings about education, trade, and national policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porvernor
Joan T. Giar
Des Moines
Frank T. Campbell
Jasper County
Supreme Court
É. M. Beck
Lee County
Carl W. von Coelln
Blackhawk County
Adjournment of Congress Ends Controversial Called Session
The presiding officers of both Houses, under a joint resolution, adjourned the session at 6 PM, noting the Confederate faction and allies retreat after months of bitter dispute. The piece credits the minority’s tact and President Hayes for the victory, saluting liberty and right in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houses
Congress
Hayes
Trophies and trials cross Atlantic in British sports spread
The piece contrasts American and British sports victors with Weston and Parole in England and notes that British athletes show no superiority beyond a strong system. It also urges road drainage improvement in Central Iowa, arguing for underdrainage tiles over surface ditching to prevent road damage and ensure travel and business continuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Creedmoor Riflemen
Bogserdus
Parole
Harlan
Atlantic
Columbia
Henley
Creedmoor
Grone
Dollymount
O'Leary
Sir John Astley
London
New York
Panchots
Guyons
Uncas
Thames
Tyne
Elliott Down
Henian
Ascot
London Sporting Life
Iowa
Col
Jno
Scott
Davenport Gasette
Northerners after war flee North Carolina claims
Greensboro editorial cites postwar migration of Northern settlers who invested in plantations mills banks and railroads in North Carolina only to be ostracized and driven out. The piece notes carpetbaggers leave rather than endure insult and vilification and mentions Gov. Vance as a target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N.C
Beal
Gov. Vance
North Carolina
Chicago Tribune
Western Union Rail Lines Reabsorbed by St Paul Company
The Western Union railroad running from Milwaukee and Racine to Savannah Illinois and Cedar Rapids Iowa is merged into the St Paul company as the South-western division. Negotiations led by John W. Carey, general solicitor, concluded on June 21 with papers signed recently. Management remains, reclassified to fit the consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
St. Paul Company
Western Union R. R
Milwaukee
Racine
Savannah
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Glasgow Bank
John W. Carey
Late Western Union
South-western Division
St. Paul
Fish talk and politics at the Thousand Isles encounter
Gen Husted visited Speaker Alvord at the Thousand Isles while fishing. The veteran parliamentarian warned that moving the previous question would hinder the halt if the motion passes, a remark cited in a casual exchange between the two men, with Bil Jones later entering the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany Journal
Husted
Thousand Isles
Alvord
James
Bil Jones
Peculiar Snatches of Wit and a Sheriff’s Sale Notice
A quirky collection of proverbs and quips appears alongside a formal Iowa notice. The piece includes a courtroom line from a Texas lawyer defending a murderer, playful exchanges about alibis and common sayings, and a legal public notice from Story County listing a real estate seizure under a 1879 judgment, detailing property, debt, costs, and auction timing. Sheriff J F Gremspim will conduct the sale at Nevada Court House.
Our President Jefferson Davis at the Mississippi Rally
A Mississippi Press Convention in Pascagoula erupts in praise for Jefferson Davis. The crowd cheers, flowers fly, and Davis calls out Radical Republicans and “bastard Democrats” as traitors while affirming state sovereignty and loyalty to the Confederacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Pascagoula
Jeffenson Davis
Ethel Barksdale
Radical Party
Democrats
Okolona
Sheriff’s sale notice of two acres in Story County Iowa
By order of the District Court of Iowa in Story County, on May 10 1879 N A Rainbolt recovered against Elizabeth Niles and Nicholas Niles. Two acres in section 27 township 84 range 24 are advertised for public auction on July 12 1879 at 11 am to satisfy debt 0 8 plus costs 14 85 with 6 percent interest. J P Gilbert Sheriff. Nevada June 13 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Iowa
Story County
District Court of
Eaid Court
James Hutchinson
W. A. Wier
C. Roste
Iowa
Nevada
J. F. Gremspim
Laws
Oticez
Cowit
N.a.rainbolt
Elizabeth Niles
Nicholas Niles
J. P. Gilbert
Sheriff Sale of Undivided Interest in Sheldahl Lot
The sheriff of Story County Iowa announces a public sale of two thirds of lot five in block seven in Sheldahl to satisfy a court debt. The sale follows a May 1879 execution issued by the District Court in favor of W. J. Freed against J. H. Miller.
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Ames
America
England
Chicago
Fort Dodge
Coffin m Ft
Dodge
Bogardus
Bill
Texas
Philadelphia Chronicle
St. Louis
Washington
District Court
W. J. Freed
J. H. Miller
Sheldahl
J. FP. Greceepre
True & CO
Augusta
Meine
Hallett & CO
Portland
Maine
W. D. Lucas
W. M. Greeley
Bankers Es
Story Co
Low
Europe
A.J. Harvey
M. E. Church
C. P. SrookstaceEr
Cheap Cash Store
William Clark
Chamberlain & Clark
Grocer Intelligencer
City Drug Store
Ali
Bigelow, Huntington & Tilden
N. B
Holbrooks& Ludlow
Co. Ee
Algur Any
Fred Mills
Spence & Haverly
Pro
Ames Steam Mills
Maxweles
City Dray Line
Monors & Maxwein
Victoria
Lonsdale
Malaga
Phelps, Dodge & Palmer
Ladies’ Fine
Thomas, Soper & Son
L. E. Hirsh
Omg
Victor
Victor Sewind Machine “Company
Western
Stats Sr
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