Iowa News Roundup Highlights Fairs and Local Incidents
Reports from Dubuque Osceola Clinton Clinton county and several towns cover a successful eighth annual fair, an artesian well agitation, wage figures for carpenters, major pension payments, burglaries, a threshing accident death and injuries, railroad purchases, a strange head injury in Clarksville, and Old Settlers statistics. The Northwestern railroad expands Tama City to Traer, while a Delhi shooting remains shrouded in mystery as Gov. Gue notes large pension disbursement to Mrs. Edwards of Papillion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Davenport
Arnold
Melrose
Monroe County
Frank Krause
Clinton County
Northwestern Railroad
Toledo & Northwestern
Tama City
Toledo
Iowa
Traer
Delhi
John Norris
Judge House
C. W. Slagle
Old Settlers
Washington
Dem Governor Candidate Nominated and Varied Late News
From Illinois crop reports to Louisiana Democrats nominating L Wiltz for Governor, and a Middleburg New York collier explosion killing three. Also: Minneapolis wheat receipts rise, Watertown carpet factory fire damages, and Uncle Daniel Drew dies at 82 in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
L. Wiltz
Middleburg
N. Y
Minneapolis
Watertown
Mass
Daniel Drew
Daniel
New York
Board of Health
Memphis
Seventeen Night Blooming Cereus in Washington
The article describes Mr. Thomas W. Fowler's residence at 997 Fifth Street hosting seventeen white night blooming cereus blossoms with strong fragrance that drew about 1,000 visitors Monday night. It notes the flowers open briefly, then close by morning, and adds a travelogue about Civil War wilderness paths near the era’s rail lines and battlefields, ending with remarks on cemeteries at Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Thomas W. Fowler
Fifth Street
Washington
cRey
Cincinnati Enquirer
Lee
Rapidan
Grant
Richmond
Wilderness
Orange
Fredericksburg
Chancelle
Wilderness Tavern
Mine Run
Meade
Culpepper
Virgisis
Hoop
Europe
Chancellorsville
Spotsylvania
Abuses of the Liquor Traffic Highlighted by Judge Pierce
Judge Pierce of Philadelphia addresses the grand jury noting about seven taverns per city district and over half of 1876 arrests for intoxication or liquor selling. He estimates 1.2 million annually for enforcement costs and 21 million for liquor purchases, warning of social and familial ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Philadelphia
Grand Jury
N. W. Chronicle
The Modern Iroquois and Their Forestville Reserve
The United States reports about 6 000 descendants of the Six Nations at Forestville Wisconsin on a government reservation. About 2 000 can read and write, with twenty nine day and two labor schools, cultivating land to cover living expenses. They advance in church discipline temperance and civilization, unlike the old warriors of Mohawk Valley, yet may play a worthy part in civilization alongside Canadian descendants, nearing the size of the historic Iroquois census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Forestville
Wis
United States
Mohawk Valley
Five Sundays in February Inspired by Shortest Month
The note muses on February having five Sundays, a rare event that won't recur for four decades. It invokes memory, winter, and old sailors, hinting at gatherings and seasonal reflection amid aging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bcarcely
Dougis
Senha
Arrest of evicted tenant's son in masked attack near Castle Bar
The son of an evicted tenant has been arrested on suspicion of taking part in an attack by a group of disguised men near Castle Bar, targeting agents of the Marquis of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Bar
Roumelia’s chaotic administration empowers secret groups
In Eastern Roumelia the administration is nearly chaotic with self constituted semi secret committees often wielding more power than official authorities. Justice is subordinated to race hatreds and political calculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roumelia
Set Back 49 Kidney Coma and Blood Health Trial
Fragmentary note from a father describing long illness with kidney problems and anemia. He mentions feeling dull and inactive and contemplates trying a remedy, hoping it will help his age and health. Read as an odd personal health testimonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somme
Grandmother Warns Boys Before Step Jump
A reader recounts a family moment where a grandmother cautions two boys about jumping down steps. The dialogue shows the grandmother and parents discussing obedience and safety.
Miss Mary English brunette described as queenlike in fashion
The Paris Letter introduces Miss Mary a tall reserved English brunette with blue eyes and slender figure. It lauds her royal bearing and duchesslike movements, claiming she embodies supreme style from head to toe, never flustered or impertinent, praised by matrons for her elegance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Chicago Times
Paris
Miss Mary
The Pistol in America in a British View
Albany de Fonblanque reports from New Orleans on American gun culture. He notes universal concealed weapons laws and pistol pockets in pants from coast to coast and praises American crime reports for their entertaining justice tales. He says social drinks often end with pistols as the norm in business and social dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany de Fonblanque
New Orleans
Ae Vag al
America
Geneman
Maine
California
Mexican Gulf
Detroit Free Press
Administration of Justice
A Versatile American
A 52 year old Essex County man, Francis R Fisk, has led a varied career across trades. Born in Pennsylvania, he lived in Schroon Village and served in the Union army, working as harnessmaker, shoemaker, furniture maker, carpenter, hotel builder, painter, engineer, barber, cook, and musician. He remains drawn to the Adirondack mountain region despite potential wealth elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Francis R. Fisk
Essex County
Adirondack
Schroon Village
Schroone
Questioning etiquette at a masquerade ball
A dialogue fragment features Charley debating whether to dance with an unknown masked woman at a masquerade. He questions social norms and responses if an unrecognized caller requests a dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley
Ben Franklin the Harmonica Man origins tale
A curious roving tale recounts Ben Franklin secretly inventing a harmonica after a noisy night and testing it on his wife with Yankee Doodle tunes. It claims he carried small instruments on walking trips in England and amused himself by demonstrating to curious bystanders, while London officials sought the inventor amid public annoyance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Franklin
Ben
Franklin
James
London
John Bull
Temperance and Life's Duration
Nelson in Vital Statistics notes intemperate persons aged 21 to 30 have five times the mortality of temperate peers. He cites life expectancy gaps, with temperate lifespans from 38 to 28 years by age 20 to 60, and intemperate lifespans from 15 to 8 years. Data from 357 persons and by occupation shows averages from 14 to 18 years of post habit life, with spirits and beer temperance affecting mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Dollar of the Dads. Hamp ton picnic fight injures man
Parker, a well known colored man in Charleston County, was at a Remley's Point picnic when a disturbance led to a gunfire. He felt a bullet hole in his left pocket and found a silver dollar with a bullet lodged inside, narrowly sparing serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Thornburgh
Pitkin
Pope
Leadville
Deadwood
St. Louis Times-Journal
John Wise, Jr
Macoupin Creek
Springfield
Girard
Illiopolis
Wabash
Decatur
News and Courier
Parker
Bernard O’ Neil
Charleston County
Hampton
Sullivan's Island
Remley’s Point
Arresting Officer Interrogates Man After Shooting Claim
An excited individual rushed into a station house shouting that he had shot a man and might be dead. He demanded to be arrested and warned responders to mind their business as officers prepared to detain him.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pern
Dubuque
Osceola County
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Nancy Hawley
Scott County
Linwood
Henry County
Marshalltown
Minnesota
Iowa City
Creston
Freddie Wolf
Clarksville
Gue
Desmoines
Lucy Edwards
Papillion
Sarpy County
Nebraska
Edwards
Mlinois
Bank of California
The
Golos
Moscow
Liberia
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Frederick Billings
Samuel Wilkinson
Robert Lenox Belknap
England
House of Commons
Ottawa
Canada
Members’ Chamber
Dakota
H. Doemhoff
Vine Street
Cincinnati
Chicago
Post Office Department
Theressa Madons
Dr. Thomas
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
John E. Green
Wollaston
Old Colony
Green
Western Union Telegraph Company
Norfolk
Ogden
Utah Northern
Union Pacific Railroad
Massachusetts
John Quincy Adams
W. P. Plunkett
M. T. Donahue
David N. Skillings
Wm. R. Field
Richard Olney
Chicago Tribune
Drummond
Circuit Court
James Hefferman
Indianapolis & &I. Lews
Marwhte Station
Terre Haute
Mattoon
Wilmington Compress Company
Wilmington
N. C
Williams & Murchison
Kirchner & Caldner Bros
Sitty Bros
St. Louis
Prof. Wise
George Burr
Donaldson
Greenwood
Memphis Board of Health
Howards
Charlies E. Wise
Wronaut
John Wise
Burr
Macoupin, Green, Scott Or
Morgan Counties
Tri-nota
France
Germany
Russia
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Belgium
Denmark
Netherlands
Sweden
Austro-Hungary
Greece
Hungary
Kansas City
Centralia
Crook
Rawlins
Col. Merritt
Lowrces
Price
Capt. Dodge
Dodge
Watrousville
Tuscola County
Sheridan
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Morrow
Victoria
Ojocalunti
Hooker
Stormtown
U. T
Haten
Col
National Bank of Baltimore
Wm. M. Boone
Woodberry
Colonel Boone
Wise
J. F. Downey
Downey
Far West
Thornburg
Milk River
Colorado
Fortification Cree
Milk Creek
Bodie
Tioga
John Cassidy
Pat Bannon
Sam Marston
French
M. Alvars
Harry Richards
Joe Roderick
Pete Pluff
Adrian, Mich
M. Mench
Adrian
John Hubbard
Jasper
Mich
Hyde
Masher
David Plumadore
Petersburg
Wm. Mulser
Congress
Los Pinos
Indian Territory
White River Agency
N. C. Meeker
Josephine Ayreventy
Frank
Harry Dresser
C. L. Mansfield
W. H. Post
Fred Shephard
Geo. Eaton
Thompson
San Francisco
Cosgrove
Agronaut
C. H. Williams
Woodward's Gardens
Folsom Street
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
Williams
Colgrove
Colgrave
Martin
John Deedler
Frank A. Boynton
Boston
Herbert W. Hayden
Madison
Conn
Mary Stonard
Susan Kennedy Mears
Montreal
Mary Fallager
Joe Kemp
Evening Shade
Ark
Marion Hulsey
Buenos Ayres
Thomas Ellis
David O'Neill
Chicago & Northwestern
Salvador
Paul Rieger
Martin County
San Racfel
Wm. Spaulding
New Custom House
John Fredwill
Indianapolis
Fredwill
Thomas C. Woodruff
West Orange
N. J
Andrew Krunich
Woodruff
Krunich
W. Hanson
Yankton
D. T
Hanson
State of New York
Dr. Kimball
Madame Goodrich
Jennie P. Clark
Pennsylvania
Andrew Tracy
McKean County
Board of Pardona
Wm. B. Riddie
Norwich
Riddle
Henry L. Williams
Wm. B. Riddle
Charles F. Tiffany
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Jeffersonville
Peter McManus
Molly Maguire
Conroy
Rhoades
Commonwealth
Hesser
Geo. Long
Frank Gaddy
Long
Muskogee
Sac and Fox
Ft. Till
Jim Barker
Jesse Cochran
Janesville
Fulton
Baumgarten
Sandy White
Ortent
Constantinople
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duke of Wurtemberg
Herzegovina
Valparaiso
Calama
Bolivia
Conchas Blacas
Austria
Archduke Albrecht
Count Andrassy
Weilburg
Francis Joseph
Baron Hameil
Hyde Park
Baron Haymerde
Africa
Wales
Madrid
Cuba
Havana
Cortes
Afghanistan
Frederick Roberts
Kushi
Cabul
Kinlock
Turkestan
Roberts
Khakistan
Simla
Dis
Highes
Khelatghilzai
Yakoob Khan
Zargun Shahr
Ameer
Shulayon
Baldkissar
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Bismarck
Stolberg Wermergrade
von Moltke
Kolmar
Aubernian
Alsace
Baden
Doubriel
Prince Orloff
Gortschakoff
Alexandrove
Baden Baden
Vienna
Vienne
Nontag’s Blatt
Humbert
Novre Vremya
Hindoostan
London “Times
von Homburger
Foreign Office
Berne
Prince Gortechakoff
Mandaly
Moderas Guarias
Herve
Soriel
Count de Chambord
Orleaniets
Societe Desemeables de Paris
Messenger de Paris
Champ Elysees
Grevy
U. S
Lansay
Ferry
Senate
Wilderness Battleground
Ireland
Edward
Gradma
Papa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!