Iowa and Ohio Elections Highlighted by Republican Gains
Tuesday's returns across Iowa Ohio and West Virginia show Republicans winning major posts. Gillette defeats Cummings in Iowa Seventh District while Weaver beats Sampson in Iowa Sixth. county and state tickets lean Republican with large majorities. Ohio gains in Congress noted and West Virginia leans Democratic.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Gillette
Cummings
Congress
Weaver
Sampson
Carpenter
Col. Hoggatt
Indiana
Cincinnati
Butterworth
Young
McMahon
Keifer
Leserve
Hill
Hurd
Finley
Converse
Ewing
Dickey
Neal
Warner
Atherton
Geddes
McKinley
Monroe
Updegraff
Nineteeth
Garfield
Townsend
Vanverhees
Indianapolis
William Hilman
Cobb
Becknell
New
Brown
Myers
Delamatur
National
Hostetter
Orth
Calkins
Cowgill
Colerick
Baker
Senate
House
Marion County
Tornado Rips Monticello Iowa Demolishes Church and Homes
A tornado struck Monticello in Jones county at 5 30 PM Tuesday destroying the Catholic church and a dozen houses while thirty others were badly damaged. The business district remained mostly untouched. No deaths but several serious injuries reported. The Wind also destroyed the German church in Richland township and surrounding country structures. Loss estimated at 850000 pounds in town and substantial country-wide damage. Officials describe it as a destructive year for Iowa.
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Monticello
Jones County
Richland
Iowa
Train disaster near Boston kills ten and wounds one hundred
An Old Colony Railroad accident seven miles from Boston on Tuesday evening killed ten and seriously injured about a hundred excursionists returning from a boat race. Two of General Butler's sons were among the badly hurt. The cause is not yet known but is thought to be a misplaced switch.
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Washington
Maine
Ohio
Everone
Old Colony
Boston
Butler
Sioux Indians At Red Cloud Spotted Tail Agencies War News
Frontier dispatches report Sioux along with Cheyennes abandoning reservations at Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies and moving toward Black Hills. If true, a large scale Indian war could erupt, with only four troops at Black Hills settlements and winter approaching.
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Spotted Tail
Red Cloud
Black Hills
Green's August Flower Promises Cure for Liver Ailments
Advert promotes Green's August Flower as a cure for liver complaint and dyspepsia with symptoms like headaches, sour stomach, and dizziness. Claims wide sales across towns on the Western Continent and lists a Sam Botile bottle at 10 cents. Sold by J. J. Bousquet.
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J. J. Bousquet
Parker's Ginger Tonic Promises Wide Range of Cures
A remedy advertised for home use claims to treat coughs colds sore throat bronchitis and consumption when used early. It cites action on the stomach kidneys skin liver and throat and lungs and promises quick relief from lung soreness and other conditions. The ad urges purchases of a 100 bottle or a sample from Thomas and McLain.
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Tts
Thomas & McLain
Shilohs Consumption Cure Promoted as Best Lung Medicine
Advert says Shilohs Consumption Cure cures common cough in half the time and relieves asthma bronchitis whooping cough croup and more. Claims it cures consumption where others fail and guarantees results. Sold by Thomas and McLain with Shilohs porous plaster offered for chest and back pain. Price noted as 10 eds or 60 cents end 1.00.
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Shiloh
Thomas & McLain
Sheriff Sale Notice on Calvin Giddings Property
Pursuant to a special execution from Story County Circuit Court dated September 6 1878 the real property of Calvin Giddings is levied upon. The land described includes portions of sections 3 and 4 in township 82 north range 24 west. Sale is set for October 12 1878 at 10 oclock a m at the Nevada Court House front door to satisfy a debt of 1196 13 with costs 18 30 and 10 percent interest from judgment date, to the highest bidder for cash.
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Circuit Court
State of
Iowa
Story County
J. Giddings
Calvin Giddings
Meridan
Nevada
J. F. Griceerrm
State OF Iowa
Lerk
I. Shinkle & Co
Jacob McCammeond
Jacob McCammond
J. Ae
Sugar from Indian corn and sorghum touted as new district
Dispatches from Washington report a 100 page volume on a process by F L Stewart of Pennsylvania to make sugar from cornstalks with simple chemistry. The inventor claims vast economic and national benefits and calls for widespread adoption to extend sugar production from the Gulf Coast to the fortieth parallel, creating jobs and reducing foreign sugar reliance.
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Story County
Washington
F. L. Stewart
Pennsylvania
Stewart
Gulf Coast
Fortieth
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