Turbulent days and cautions amid a flood of reports
The item catalog recounts numerous Iowa and regional incidents including crop losses blamed on locusts, yellow fever misgivings in Pensacola, a manhunt and elopement near Lineville, a fatal mining accident in Des Moines, a fatal shooting near Conrad, church insurance plans, a large fire in Des Moines area, and court docket notes for Dubuque with various district case counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Frank Main
Main
Conrad
Broderick
Wiliams
M. E
James Davidson
Monticello
Maud
Hinsey
Ferkin
Chicago
B. Wales
Iowa City
Mechanicsville
Train Robbers Kill Engineer in Kansas Atchison Raid
A group of twelve masked men halted a Thunderbolt passenger train near Coolidge Kansas on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line. The engineer Hilton was killed and fireman Dover was badly wounded. the express messenger Peterson was unharmed and the robbers fled with no evident loot. Pursuit by deputies and posses is underway from Emporia Topeka and Dodge City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Cooledge
Kansas
Wells
Seine
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Road
Emporia
Topeka
Dodge City
Peterson
Dover Cry
John Hilton
Hilton
Mathews
Nelson
Carey
Ell Combs
Toole
Combeniens Gree- Desisletundent Patch
Wells & Fargo Express
Coolidge
Doner Crrr
Kas
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Shakopee
Chaska Hill
Snow
J. H. McCann
D. F. Maloney
Minneapolis
Clark
Hamilton
Arctic Exploration Report on Yantic Arctic Cruise
Commander Frank Wilds of the United States schooner Yantic reports a voyage up the Greenland coast to Littleton Island and Upernavik. The Proteus wrecked. Garlington and Pike crew rescued. Wilds urges vessels built for heavy ice and Arctic winter provisioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Wilds
Greenlandee
Gréelsy
Garlington
Carey Islands
Coney Island
Pandora Harbor
Wilds
Pike
Proteus
Yantic
Greeley Real Ty
Upernavik
St. Johns
Department
Aet
Multiple maritime and rail disasters reported worldwide
A rapid-fire digest details a tugboat collision catastrophe near New Baltimore and a sinking of the Robinson with fatalities including Captain Rob and Richard Van Zandt. It also covers a Minneapolis St. Louis railroad wreck near Shakopee killing four, plus various floods, fires, arrests, and international tensions across England France Ireland Spain Italy and Germany with notable deaths and political shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Cleary
E. M. Dowing
Prohibition Speech Sparks Temperance Debate in Iowa
Revival of Greenback leader Rev. P. P. Ingalls in Des Moines urges prohibition over license, denouncing the liquor trade as sinful and destructive. He attacks party fragmentation, warns Greenbackers against selling principles for offices, and calls for unity on temperance to secure reform and electoral support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. P. Ingalls
Greenback Party
Iowa
Opera
Des Moines
Bethel
Church of God
Temple of Science
Hell
Heaven
Judas Iscariot
Phare
Nebraska
Lanew
Leon Ote
National
Prohibition
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Liense
National Greenback Labor Party
Thomas Efferson
Daniel Webster
Abraham Lincoln
Beards Through Ages From Rome To Egypt
A survey traces beards as cultural symbols from ancient Rome to Egypt. It notes Romans used beard imagery in insult and pride, Egyptian warriors wore artificial beards, and later English fashion popularized the mutton chop. The piece also links beard perception to social attitudes and literary references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
Cushan
Africa
Shakespeare
Jack Faist
Thackeray
Jos Sedl
Halcyon Days Legend of Kingfishers and Calm Seas
The tale recalls Ceyx and Alcyone. After Ceyx drowns reaching the oracle, Alcyone grieves and drowns herself. The gods transform them into kingfishers, and seven days before the winter solstice are called halcyon days when seas are calm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Halcyon
Has
Ceyx
Echio
Heteen
Raferh
Honest thrift promises sure gains and living by it
A fragment asserts that honest thrift leads to saving and truthful living, claiming diligent effort will surely accomplish prosperity and secure livelihood with minimal exceptions.
He ton v Knight et al notice before tax deed questioned
The Madison County case decides who must be served notice before a tax deed can be issued. The court holds that listing of land for taxation by the assessor counts as notice, and that a tender to pay taxes suffices. The decision affirms the plaintiff’s right to redeem and cites section 894 of the Code. Justice Seevers delivered the opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Register
Ton
Justice Seevers
Harvey
Recorder’s
See
Ladies Spearing Frogs At Middleton Pond
A Middleton New York correspondent recounts a village frog hunt by six young ladies. Initially scared by the sight of a frog, they quickly adapted, using spears to catch and kill frogs along the pond edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleton
N. Y
Tey
Snake with Feet Supposedly Found in Wallkill Valley
A resident of Wallkill Valley recalls a black snake in Alster that charged with open mouth, twelve to fourteen inches of raised head, later killed with a pitchfork. It measured seven feet long with two front pods bearing about sixty three claws each, pinkish in color, and the creature was stored in alcohol before sending to the National Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Richard Decker
Wallkill Valley
Alster
Reptite
National Museum
Washington
The Postman Brings Hope To a Lonely Heart
A lone woman awaits a letter that never comes, then hears the postman knock and learns a message has arrived. The tale contrasts wistful patience with joyous relief as the beloved letter finally arrives and the postman earns his reward.
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Ames Intelligencer
Pacific
San Francisco
Pensacola
Florida
Murray
Marine Hospital Service
Sam Reed
Jim Coleman
Lineville
Childerd
Jim
Biden
Keokuk
E. W. Allen
Hamburg
Dubuque
Sioux City
Minneapolis & St. Paul
Central
St. Louis & St. Paul Packet Company
Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Company
War Eagle
Adair County
Royal Guiles
Washington Township
R. E. Gall
Pok County
Wm. L Meek
Indianola
J. R. Sage
Rochester
Joseph Beck
Davenport
F. E. Stratton
Orange
Mass
Dec Moines
C. R. Railroad Co
Supreme Court
Dakota
Perlee
Jefferson County
Willie Guinn
Samuel Crow
Hugh Allerdice
Palmers
Old Be ‘Association
Lee County
Moines
Marne
Brownsville
Texas
Mexico
Tapaloula
Ceath
Creighton
Swan Outfit
Bay State Live Cattle Company
Wyom
Dennis McCarty
Salix
Dennis
Ekale
Coppock
Wm. Comstock
Columbus City
Sovers
Arctic Exploration
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Bvars
Weiss Beer
Post Office Department
Catholic Benevolent Union of the United States
A. M. Keeley
Richmond
Congress
Ireland
Pillsbury & Hulburt
Howard
Pacific Coast
W. Tallmadge
Milwaukee
United States
Annapolis
Saukville
Wisconsin
Creamer
Geo. B. Ingersoll
Howard & Chandler
Atlanta
Georgia
Lower Peninsula
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Canada
Liverpool
California
Galveston
Superior Barb Wire Company
DeKalb, Ill
Portland
Binghampton
Revenue Service
Buffalo
Abona
England
O'Donnell
Cape Town
O’donnell
Sullivan
Flowers
Criminal Court
James McDermott
Italy
Ischia
France
Paris
Alfonzo
Grevy
Ferry
Bismarck
Official
President Grevy
King Alfonzo
Alfonso
Palace Elysee
Thibaudeau
Meline
Champlet Lacour
China
Peyrot
Tonquin
Toulon
International Arbitration and Peace Association
America
Switzerland
Armagh
Ept
Irish League
League
Orangemen
Healey
O'Connor
O’brien
Dungannon
Crotty
County Mayo
Parnell
Spain
Iberia
Madrid
Saya
Times
Marquis de la Vega Armije
Germany
Mt. Pleasant
Utah
L. Pritchett
Hart B. Hatton
Republican State Convention
Maryland
George W. Ristine
The
Texas and St. Louis Railroad
J. N. McColm
Plymouth
Marshal von Mantenffel
Alsace-Lorraine
M. Antoine
Alsace
Reichstag
Metz
Antoine
Mantenffel
Empire
Rev
Temperance
Nasby
St. John
Comsalvey Ives
Wuz
Andrea Jaxon
Martin van Booren
Wunst
Jaxon
New York
Rocral
Sammy Tilden
Andreo
P’leece
Pennsylvany
Perteckgun
Ilinoy
van Booren
Nashnel Bankin
Mississippi
Samyooel
Az Perteckter
Ameriken Liberty
Pomelvashes
Amerikin
Wich
Speeker
Kentry
Derry
Nashnel
Uv Tilden
Jaron
Bookannon
Auburn
Pete Tees
Schiller
Werner
Gentle
Aibar
W. L. Brown
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama
Europe
Sat
Syracuse Herald
Griscene
Newark
Australia
Ernest Morrison
George Morrison
Scotch College
Geelong
Victoria
Queenscliffe
Melbourne
Port Phillip
Adelaide
South Australia
Gulf of Carpentaria
Burke and
Willis
Normanton
Amantina
Thomn
Central Australia
Thargomingah
Hungerford
Thargomindah
Morrison
Booligal
Hay
Echuca
Wilcannia
F. Langbeedge
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