Iowa News Items Mixed From The Register
Walnut Iowa reports quoting The Register on Col Kinman with a Nova Scotia birthplace and Iowa moves. The piece notes Fritz Gratz in Garner as a wife beater, a pickpocket in Delavan, Iowa League denominational totals, Emmettsburg land speculation, Father Tom Linehan, a Davenport bishopric, a teacher assault by a Rock Island saloon keeper, Watts v. Moundymin false imprisonment, Patterson v. Iowa Central, Ottumwa soldier monument, state school age count, Dubuque church numbers, and a Keokuk burglar sentenced to Fort Madison.
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Thomas Margeson
Walnut Iowa
Col. Kinsman
Iowa
Billingtown
Kings County
Cornwallis Township
Nova Scotia
Albany N. Y
Council Bluffs
Doraf
Meltire
Billtown
Cornwallis
Itz Gratz
Garner
Hancock County
William Gratz
Dubuque
Tom Linehan
Fort Dodge
Davenport
Steamboat Rock
Peran
James Watts
Mondymin
Tragic Blizzard Tale and Far Reaching News Bursts
Valley City dispatch reports the Nelson children found dead. father’s body had earlier been recovered. A winter storm trapped them near a straw stack. Separate item notes a Kentucky tragedy with four Burke family members and two Claytons involved. Other stories cover shipwreck, crimes, fires, and political tensions abroad.
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Valley City
Dakota
Nelson
Sanborn
Marion County
Greene Clayton
Wash Burke
Lawrence Clayton
Floyd Burke
Miss Burke
Burke
Claytons
New Orleans
Rex
Solomon
Phunny Phorty Phelons
Comus
Ireland
B. C
A. D
Botanical Garden railroad boom in Rio Janeiro profits surge
A New Yorker sees rapid gains from South American ventures as horse railways flourish in Spanish American cities. The Botanical Garden line near Rio de Janeiro drew $1 million in capital, offered rising share values and dividend yields around eight percent, with early investors like Collins earning large returns and lawsuits valuing shares higher than initial prices.
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South America
Botanical Garden Railroad
Rio Janeiro
Arctic
The
Botanical Garden
English Troops Advance Toward Teb in Feb Cairo Dispatch
Cairo dispatch from February reports British forces moving on Teb with 3,500 in attack and 250 left to garrison Trinkitat. A battle was expected near Trinkitat while Osman Digma and Ahmed Banoudi faced separate pressures and naval support positioned to counter mutiny. The piece also notes British losses and captures, plus broader Khartoum tensions.
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Cairo
Teb
Trinkitat
Graham
Suakim
Ahmed Banoudi
Osman Digma
Hewitt
Stevenson
Tokar
Sinkat
Egypt
Tamameb
British War Office
Trinkiat
Austin Man Linked For Life To Neglectful Wife
A hushed tale from an Austin man links him to a wife famed for neglecting her household duties. The scene turns comic as a drunken quarrel ends with a sharp exchange and a vegetarian joke about a beefsteak. A fable-like anecdote follows about a catamount and a sewing machine agent on a lonely Pennsylvanian road, ending with the animal’s retreat and the agent’s calm departure.
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Austin
Betty
Penn
The New Washington Society as Portrayed in March Century
An illustrated piece in March Century describes Washington society as republican in basis, open to officials by public station rather than wealth, with independent opinions and broad conversation. It notes etiquette guides, public levees, and the prominence of dinners hosting diplomats, scholars, and all prominent figures, making Washington dinners uniquely entertaining.
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Popular Science Monthly
C Chapman
James Dowie
Lord Palmerston
Dowie
Washington
America
London
New York
Recreating Alpine Atmosphere in the Lab
The author describes experiments to mimic mountain fog and drizzle using a heated copper boiler and steam then producing a luminous aureole with electric light. By controlling the beam and valve, a circular rainbow appears with primary and secondary bows, as fog dissipates.
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Popular Science Monthly
Switzerland
Good Bad and Jack Mormons Cincinnati Enquirer
A historical explainer categorizes Mormons as good bad or jack based on social and business ostracism toward Gentiles. It describes marriage outside the faith, conversion expectations, apostasy consequences, and the sealed woman’s loss of salvation through the pillars of the church.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Joseph Smith
Insect Life Stages and Gradual Development
The text explains that larvae names vary by species with caterpillars grubs maggots and wiggiers. It notes larva pupa and imago are relative terms and many insects mature through gradual changes with examples like bumblebees moulting at least ten times before wings emerge.
Tippecanoe tonic praised as cure for malarial debility
A historical advertisement extols Tippecanoe as the ancestral remedy boosting vigor and warding off malarial disorders. It references Harrison, Warner's Safe Cure, and H H Warner & Co of Rochester New York, promoting enduring health through this ancestral formula.
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Middle
Harrison
Messrs. H. H.warner & Co
Rochester
N. Y
Secret society talk and health ads in Somerville Journal
The page depicts a comic exchange about a secret society among Mason wives and a foolproof oath. It includes humorous misstatements about signs and passwords being learned. Also shares testimonials and ads for Piso’s Cure, Ely’s Cream Balm, Samaritan Nervine, and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy praising their effectiveness and inviting readers to purchase.
Virtue and Singularity in Seeking Success
A thoughtful line urging would be influencers to first pursue virtue, for such moral uprightness ensures uncommon results. It frames ethics as the path to distinction and successful influence.
Brevity of 19th Century Patent Remedies Noted
A collage of patent medicine claims touts Brown's Bronchial Troches Ely's Cream Balm Carbolive Dr Bigelow's Positive Cure and Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic. Testimonials claim cures for bronchial and pulmonary complaints catarrh coughs and blood disorders with prices listed.
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Mother Shipton
Dr. Bigelow
Dr. Jones
Various Patent Medicines Advertisements and Remedies
A jumble of 19th century patent medicine claims lists Griggs glycerine salve and Uncle Sam products. It promotes cures for burns sores scrofula worms teething and digestive issues with prices like 25 cents and guarantees. It warns of consumption from neglected colds and promotes tar and wild cherry extract and other tonics from druggists.
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Jaque
Pragyista
Sam
Silert
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Slith
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Rosser
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New London Dispatch
Sarah W Hunt
Campbell Island
Pacific Ocean
Burlington & Quincy Road
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Milbrook
Ill
Cedar Works
Richmond
U. S. Stamping Co
Portland
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Texas
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Iredell
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Hawkins Machine Co
White Nile
Col. Stewart
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Paris
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Reichstag
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Lasker
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Gordon
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Bois de Boulogne
Society In
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Wil Permanente
J. Ik Alen
First Ave
New York City
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R.W Carever
Herald
Clinton
Wis
P. P. Shirley
Chicago
Chamberlain
Berlain
Areopsgus
Athens
J. P. Allen
St. Paul Minn
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Charles Garraprant
Broad St
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N. J
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Cade Hosteter
Ream
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Acer
Pearl Street, NY
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Edison
Etchell
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Hops and Malt Bitters Co
Detroit, Mich
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Br. Sanford
Carter
Isaac Thompson
Hacard
A. Draggin
Tn Beet Gale
Druggista
Rovan
Tremont Street
Mass
Ghauri
Sivreet
Mew Bork
Joseph Cillotts Steel Pens Co
Turoucnour
Champion Sewing Machine Ca
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Malaria
Lindsey S
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Pittsburgh
Strowbridge 3S
W. Dorr
Racine Seeder CO
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J. M. Loose
Monroe, Mich
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Ibre
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Valais
Marshall
N. U. Des Moines
Saamen
Heatee
Hea
Johnson & CO
Caen
Joef
Godfrey
Henry J. Philpott
Contr
David A. Wells
W. G. Brownesr
Detroit
Rov
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Hen
Copenhagen
Grex
M. Taree
R. R. Bowxzn
American Free Trade
A. K. Surra
Chicago University
E. W. Jupp
St. Louis
B. F. Gur
Barnes
Chambers, Bering, Quinlan CO
Decatur, Ills
Chambers
Bering
Quinla
Brown
Decatur
Ills
Uncle Sams
Bam
Emmert Proprietary CO
Chicago, Ill
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