Vast property sale offers heirs 1.5 million in Philadelphia tract
Historical notice recounts Isaac Miller leasing a 99 year tract on Philadelphia outskirts now central city. Heirs, including Balthis, contest renewal value as agent says land worth more than offered. Also reports fires, crashes, poisonings, strikes, and local deaths across Iowa towns with dates and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Miller
Geo. W. Balthis
Des Moines
Philadelphia
Father Balthis
Christian Adler
Lemars
News of the Week compiles broad 1870s currency, crime and global events
The roundup covers currency shifts and net increases in circulation, Indian and Ute affairs, the death of Senator Chandler, fires in Mound City and Chicago, Apache and Navajo outbreaks, shipwrecks, lynching cases, the Grant era era, and international dispatches from Europe and the Americas.
Indiana leap year rule upsets time calculations for loans
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that in leap years the 28th and 29th of February must be counted as one day. The decision affects commercial timing from note maturities to service deadlines, aligning Indiana practice with common law. It stresses the rule applies broadly across commerce and litigation.
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St. Louis Times-Journal
Supreme Court of Indiana
Indiana
Cess
Henry
England
United States
Department of Commerce
Mystery of the Lakes and a Subterranean River Theory
The article discusses depths of Lake Ontario and other Great Lakes and proposes a hidden river from Lake Superior to Ontario. It notes discharge from Detroit and evaporation, suggesting a subterranean channel could explain fish migration and the Niagara Falls puzzle.
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Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Huron
Michigan
Superior
Surace
Detroit
Lake Superior
St. Lawrence
Falls of
Niagara
Sermonndent Headline Echoes in Pulpit Memoranda
Dr Storrs recalls a tiny clergyman whose bald head appeared at the pulpit as he preached from Thou shalt see greater things than these. The tale parallels an old Boston anecdote of Dr Park man delivering his first Brattle Street Church sermon, seen only as the top of his head and waving arms.
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England
United States
Essex County
Dr. Storrs
Boston
Dr. Parkman
Brattle Street
Health and sunshine cure urged with Hop Bitters
A fragment urges workers to leave close factory confinement and seek outdoor air and Hop Bitters as the best remedy. It claims this tonic provides abundance of health, sunshine, and vitality, contrasting with medicines that fail to restore liver kidneys and overall strength.
Shortening Names and Places by the Gru Patent
A Brooklyn lawyer Michael Gruschenske seeks to shorten names to Mr Gru arguing big ink and pen savings. He suggests applying the Gru patent to long place names in Maine and elsewhere to ease spelling and writing. He imagines rivers lakes and towns adopting shorter forms while noting impact on alphabets and writers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Michael Gruschenske
Maine
Boston Prepares for 250th Birthday on Sept 17 1890
The city of Boston marks its 250th anniversary with plans set for September 17 1890. Officials note historic milestones and public events to celebrate the milestone.
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Boston
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