State Undertakers Convene in Ows City
The undertakers of Iowa hold a State Convention at Ows City. A Dubuque bill poster Joseph Howard inherits an estate valued at 25000 dollars. In Linn county near Central City Mr Rooney kills eleven wolves in one day. Daniel Potter and Jerusha of Bellevue celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. Louis Kuittle of Dubuque loses an arm on the St Paul road. A hunchback's mercy shown by the jury prompts debate on justice and mercy after a cold blooded murder. sheriff takes prisoner.
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Central City
Linn County
Mr. Rooney
Daniel Potter
Jerusha
Bellevue
Louis Kuittle
Dubuque
St. Paul Road
Greenwood
Winter Hardship Strikes Iowa Rail Service and Towns
Iowa faces a brutal winter with persistent snow and cold. Railroads struggle to keep trains running, with several routes abandoned or delayed. Displaced workers face fuel and cost pressures as Nebraska reports similar severity.
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CuicaGo
Iowa
Pacific
Burlington, Cedar , and
Northern
Nebraska
Weekly Review of General News Items and Disasters
The column relays a broad set of 19th century events including deaths in Cincinnati and Buffalo, bank circulation cuts in Lafayette, a multistate riot loss of 6 million, a U S Senate ballot result John S Mitchell, a fatal colliery runaway car in Pennsylvania, suicides and accidents, fires, drownings, and various political and crime news from Chicago to Ireland. It notes earthquakes in the Azores and maritime losses near Newfoundland, with numerous local incidents and economic shifts across the United States and Europe.
Practical science and oddities from a busy page
Practical topics include mine gas extraction ideas by Mr Plimsoll and a proposed sump system to vent gas to the surface. Also described are an india rubber and benzine repair compound and a German method to preserve dead bodies, plus a simple magic lantern and Huxley on horse evolution.
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Scientific American
Landlord and Tenant in Ireland and the Irish peasant plight
The land is life to Ireland’s peasantry and landlords clash with tenants over rent and improvements. Absentee landlords and agents push rents higher as tenants invest in farms, risking starvation or workhouse. Mill cited this as the harsh condition of Irish occupiers. A Detroit Free Press piece follows with a sobering deathbed snow scene of a dying child.
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Ireland
England
John Stuart Mill
Detroit
St. Antoine Street
Mamma
Cough Syrup Ad Snags Quick Patient Patience
A reader notes a hacking cough tests patience and jokes that a 25 cent bottle of Dr Ball's Cough Syrup could cure it. The line satirizes overthecounter remedies and impatience with lingering illness.
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Dr. Ball
American-made ribbons and hats dominate national dress
Four-fifths of the ribbons worn in this country are of American manufacture, and the hats are nearly all made here.
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Burlington
Shrewdness and Ability in Local Bitters Adverts
A Chronicle notice praises Hop Bitters as freely advertised across secular and religious circles. It claims the plant's virtues are obvious and credits proprietors with clever compounding, asserting Bitters surpass other medicines in public observation.
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Fxeres Chronicle
Mortgage Covers All of His Property Assessments
A creditor holds claims totaling as much as $2,000. His books and every item of property he owns are said to be secured by mortgages.
Great is the force of habit story vignette
A widow sleepless after her husband’s death watches stars from her window. Two men quarrel beneath her window. She notes the fight ends, undresses, and goes to bed peacefully, saying the clash feels homelike.
Anchovy Eggs with Endive Dish
Boil six eggs hard then shell and halve them keep the yolk intact. Remove the yolk without breaking the white, mix with anchovy sauce, reform a yolk ball, reseal the white, and serve on endive nests. Spinach may substitute endive in this preparation.
Missed sermon leaves couple puzzled at church talk
A wife teases her husband after a church service where Mr. Good will spoke of prayers for the absent. He jokes that he has not heard such a message in a year, highlighting a light domestic moment from the pews.
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Tompkinsville
James Feller
Feller
Wm. Smith
Smith
A Sanitary Measure Kidney-Wort Promoted by Druggists
Life and health are preserved by aiding nature when it falters, the ad says. For torpid liver bowels or kidneys Kidney-Wort is offered in dry and liquid forms by all druggists.
Humorous Notes on Punctuation and Polite Refusals
In a witty exchange, Mr. Thompson and Mr. Simpson trade compliments over spelling pigs with two gees and adding a letter E to a note. Simpson finally returns Thompson's letter unopened. An old bachelor opines that hysterics in women signal a need for a new bonnet.
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Mr. Thompson
Mr. Simpson
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