Iowa State News Highlights Remodeled Elopement and Local Crimes
A Fayette couple plans to elope but the groom’s attempt to modify plans triggers exposure and containment. The column notes numerous Iowa happenings from postal changes to fatal accidents, court cases, births, and grand openings across towns like Clinton, Dubuque, Davenport, and Ottumwa with mentions of rail, mills, and agricultural events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Iowa
Foster
Madison County
Zalla
Union County
Keswick
Keokuk County
Botha
Shelby County
Explosions in San Jose to Santa Cruz Railroad Tunnel
News of the week reports an explosion in tunnel No. 8 on the narrow gauge line from San Jose to Santa Cruz on November 18. A gas from coal oil near the roof caused blasts 2,700 feet from the mouth, injuring white workers and many Chinamen, with reports of multiple deaths and crews rushing in with torches. Also covered are legal notices, Indian affairs, stock market activity, and various crimes and disasters around the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Santa Cruz
Finkle
Johnson
Why People Don’t Climb the Great Popocatapetl?
A Corr York Times column arguing that Popocatapetl in Mexico is not worth climbing. It jokes about volcano ownership, notes the mountain’s distance from Mexico City, and describes harsh ascent conditions, high costs, and rare climber success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corr
York Times
Jkweg
Mexico
Iturbide
Exico
Denon Ochoa
Catskills
General Ochoa
America
Tropics
Humorous Irish Jokes and Bangs Fashion Debate
A long, collage-like excerpt of humorous quips and anecdotes about Irish characters, jokes on manners and dress, and a critical essay on the fad of bangs. It mixes cartoons, witticisms, and opinions on hairstyles, flirtations, and social mores with parlor humor and public commentary.
November memory sparks a windy battle image
A fragment recalls a bleak November scene with distant sounds of war and the bull pier memory. The clipped text hints at conflict imagery and cold air, invoking a personal recollection embedded in a newspaper-like memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull
Record of extreme droughts across American summers
A historical note catalogs long rainless stretches in summers from 1621 to 1876, listing consecutive rainless days by year and noting 1762 as the longest such spell. It mentions emigrants sending hay and grain to England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National House
Pottsville
Iowa
Keokuk
London Post
England
Channel
Malta
Turkey
Black Sea
Russia
Osman Pasha
Porte
Sultan
Austria
Germany
Labanoff
Mirgorod
Lebanon
Ince
America
Popular Gop Bitters Featured Across America
An early 20th century booster notes that Gop Bitters is widely seen by the public. The advertisement claims it builds up the body and is easier to drink than whisky, appealing to those who feel ill or run down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noy
Lady Washin
Barbara Fretchie
Stonewall Jackson
Joan of Arc
Willy
Miss Smith
Vueuda
Following a Newly Married Pair Out of Town
A newly married couple departs on their first post wedding trip, leaving home to begin their life together. They plan a brief journey, returning to resume daily routines after their celebratory departure.
Revival in the Iron Trade Reaches Germany
Berlin papers report a revival in iron trade activity spreading to Germany with production and demand improving across major steel centers. Key firms and labor groups voice cautious optimism as exports edges rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Benjamin West and the rise of an American painter
A condensed portrait of Benjamin West tracing his humble beginnings using improvised materials in Quaker households, his rise to local fame, study in Italy, and leadership roles in London and the National Academy. The piece honors his generosity to American artists and his enduring link to his homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin West
Harper's Magazine
West
Italy
Osition
Lal
King
National Academy of Great Britain
London
Trumbull
Stuart
Dunlap
Genlas
Vis Wolfe
Con
Rae
Woulaheem
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Iowa State News
J. Pickett
Colorado
Home Missiony
Society For Iowa
Des Moines
Yale College
Garner
Hancock County
Algona
Cap
John Rassin
Harlan
John Wall
Clinton
Bill Sloey
Second Street
Agricultural College
Swing
Manchester
Flora Sherwin
L. 8. Sherwin
Richland
Delaware County
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Sharon
Clarinda
Charles Shambaugh
Alice Chamberlain
Shambaugh
Bill Powers
Cedar Rapids
Powers
Iowa Agriculture Society
Chicago
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Thomas Roach
Dubuque
James Hagan
Monticello
Mary Gardner
Adrian
Michigan
Martin Colter
Supreme Court
Missouri Valley
Jennison
Belmont
Atlantic Telegraph
Burlington
N. B. Baker
Gen. Baker
M. Bumgardner
Bachiman
Cherokee County
College For the Blind
Atlantic
Lewis
Pottawattamie County
Ottumwa
News OF the
James
Supreme Court of New York
Schurz
Adams
Los Pinos Agency
Lake City
Keys
Seymour
Ogdensburg
Cape Vincent
Buffalo
Lake Ontario
Sacketts Harbor
Galena
Elgin
Ills
Middleborrough
Elpaso
Sierra Majada
Bank of England
United States
Treasury Department
Washington
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Socotra
Indian Ocean
Sultan of
Zanzibar
Cohen
New York
Siberia
Injun Point
Ontario
C. R. Nims
Point la Bine
Walter Hastings
Boston
Harvard College
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago & Alton R. R
Riverdale
Andover
Mass
P. P. Beard
Cairo
O. W. Pierce
Willes
Memphis
Cincinnati Irish Aid Association
Ireland
St. Lawrence
Galveston
Texas
Earl of Aberdeen
Trartarad
Montenegro
U. S
Commodore C.k.garrison
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Jay Gould
Canary Isles
Eads
Mississippi
Rose Meeker
Denver
Col
Peoria
Canada
Crime
Brownsburg
Ind
Minnie Jones
Mary Jones
Lawrence
Kansas
Strader Hines
Samuel Odell
Hines
Wilson & Daugherty
Frankfort
M. A. Jones
Wilson
Hezekiah Garner
Chas. Schemes
Newport
Anna Hoff
Schemes
Greenwich Street
N. Y
Rotten Row
W. W. Satten
Nashville
Tenn
Chas. F. King
St. Louis
Dora Broemser
Remedios
Cubs
Remedois
W.P. Greenlow
Sherman
Conrad Harvey
Brown
Erie
Milton Benner
Citizens’ Savings Bank of
New Orleans
Hopkinsville
W. H. Coombs
Ferguson
Coombs
President Hayes
Isaac Dacobeon
Charles D. Brooks
Sea King
Charles Tomlinson
Liverpool
Tomlinson & Co
John Hitz
Charles E. Prentiss
German National Bank
That City
John E. Kubely
Henry Clausen & Son
Julius B. Pings
Pinner & Pings
L. C. Dinck
Lancaster
Royal Arch
London Stock Exchange
Viscount Landon
Duke of Richmond
South Africa
Capetown
Patchesbroom
Middleburg
Roft
Marosi
Cape Town
Secocini
Fort Uebin
Baltic
Tilsit
Niemen
Vienna
Novi Bazar
Servia
Bulgaria
Marie Christine
Spain
France
DeCharette
Canrobert
Bellamy
Ga Acca Ae
Banque European
Macari
Mat D’ordre
Lepere
Interior
Rome
Brescovitcha
Gortechakoff
St. Petersburg
Schouvaloff
Agence Russe
Fngland
Russian Technological Society
Bismarck
Minski
Denklus
Moscow
Liverpool Post
Diet
Afghanistan
Richard Temple
Sukkur Bodur
Candahar
Yakoob Khan
Cuba
Jucaro
Trinidad and
Chufuegos
Trinidad Valley
Havana
Chihuahua
Trevins
Zacatecas
Congress
Gulf of Mexico
Alfonso
Iran
Cortes
Blanco
Madrid
Porto Rico
Chamber of Deputies
Aurora
Vatican
Denmark
Prussia
South America
Lima
Huascar
Europe
Popocatapetl
McFaden
Tom
Zekil
Sary
Bull-Run
O’conemare
Charles
Louisville
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