Iowa and Mississippi Valley News Briefs Hit Range of Local Topics
Short items report artesian well down 130 feet with no water, flour orders for Sheldon mills, Mount Vernon saloon absence for years, and genealogical notes. Also notes on a fatal bull attack near Ottumwa, a Wolcott fire, Iowa school statistics, Davenport mayor soil-pile event, rail accidents, and assorted national updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon
Mount Vernon
Lipa
Iowa
America
Weis G. W. Bingley
Moulton
Presbyterian Society of Carroll Bow
Henry Linkenwuk
Ottumwa
Jupiter's Power and Gravity Compared to Sky Giants
A writer compares Jupiter's orbital gravity to a vast force, likening it to 134,065,000 bars of solid steel each one mile wide and one foot thick, illustrating the enormous cosmic pull needed to keep Jupiter in place. The description underscores gravity's immense strength in celestial mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter
Fragmentary Note Yields Little Clear Context
The readable fragments offer no coherent events, names, dates, or places. The text resembles a stray line from a larger document with uncertain meaning and no identifiable subject.
Fragmented OCR dish for local notice
The readable text is severely garbled with names and places unreadable. No clear event date or entities besides scattered phrases. A concise report cannot be formed from the available fragments.
Naval and Turkish note clashes signal global tensions
The London Daily News reports on the Ottoman note offering to cede Dulcigne and evacuate with a frontier-stable status but rejects all risk of a broader settlement. It notes reactions from Russia and Britain and mentions Montenegrin moves and preparations near Scutari and Albania. It also includes a long reminiscence about a Maine boyhood cattle tale involving a dog and a lost ox tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart Pasha
Pera
Foreign Office
Goschen
Constantinople
Dulcigne
The
Times
London Daily News
Napoleon III
Prussia
Orient
Duicigno
Scutara
Albania
Belgrad
Seymour
New England
Maine
Grand Trunk Railroad
Homestead
Rover
Payne
Old Rover
Oll
Hiram Damon Raises Crops in Bellows Falls Vermont
Hiram Damon of Bellows Falls has this year grown notable samples of peanuts sweet potatoes and cotton showing unusual yields for the region and season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Damon
Bellows Falls
Dr Bull’s Cough Sugary Remedy Ad
An old time advertisement urges readers to try Dr Bull’s Cough and Cold remedy for quick relief. It warns that well meaning people may pressure use of their medicines and promises instant relief for 25 cents.
The Lover of the Human Race and Public Slips
A reflective quip notes that the beloved figure avoids private missteps, preferring a crowd to witness the fall so onlookers may share in the amusement and laughter.
Deacon credits Hop Bitters for health and savings
A deacon praises Hop Bitters for keeping his family well during illnesses and avoiding doctor bills. He estimates savings of dollars and notes the medicine kept them able to work, promising to use it in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
J. B. Shaefer
Kaness
John
Gov. Wiltse
Bender Family
Shaefer
New Orleans
Periif Hoey
Carl Bender
Walt Sender
Greenville
Catharine Bender
Caroline Stouser
Bender
Charrellton
Quincy
Ill
Wiltie
Carrellton
Taylor
Salt and Wheat Shrinkage and Norse Myth Excerpts
The text discusses using salt to boost tree growth and garden yields with practical trials and notes on a 1879 wheat shrinkage experiment in a bin. It also includes a long illustrated extract from Harper's Young People with a Scandinavian myth about Odin Asgard and Mimir in mythic Norse legend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelton
Destructive Michigan Tornado Strikes Assyria and Johnstown
A violent tornado swept through Assyria and Johnstown near Battle Creek Michigan on a Saturday afternoon. It killed several people including two children, damaged barns and houses, scattered livestock, and destroyed crops across multiple townships. Eyewitness accounts described a towering conical funnel with a roaring, clouding sky and flashes of light, leaving a trail of debris and widespread property loss estimated in the tens of thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
Assyrias
Johnstown
Assyria
Decker
Larry Tool
Baier
Charlotte
Times
A &Jamin
Benjam
Meist
Langer Bros
Powe
Bellevue
Sea Dust Skepticism and Atmospheric Oddities
The article questions sea dust existence while noting eye witness reports of yellow red fogs near the Cape Verde Islands. It blends discussion of atmospheric curiosities with a recipe and a local business notice mentioning C. D. Norman, agent, on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape de Verde Islands
City of Richmond
Liverpool
Formosa
Attica
Dunkirk
Strange Sequel to a Robbery Revealed in Galena Case
A Chicago era tale follows $18,000 Express Company theft linked to James Gilmore. Driver Brown, tainted by reading the account, sparks a chain of events ending in a hoard retrieved from a trunk in California and buried, then recovered in Galena. Authorities wasted efforts on double jeopardy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
United States Express Company
James Gilmore
Galena, Til
Gilmore
Galena
Case
Brown
Peared
Leening Galena
California
Southern Pacific Ra
Waranthe
Tronmuey Department
Washington
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Eidora
Rose
Davenport
Moore
Red Cck
South
R. H. McCoy
Uttis
Platte
Agstoun
Central House
Harkinton
Tappan
van Camp
Grury
Muscatine County
Hanting Sunday
Toledo & Northwestern Railway Company
Callanan
Des Moines
Thiece
Jerome Wes
Geo. Yewell
Anamosa $E Prider
Get
Yewell
Westia
Ananoss
Teading
West
Royal Masons of Tows
We Moines
Grand Aapter
Prisst
A. R. Dewey
N. D P. Stores
Council Biuns
King
N. B. Everis
Nrison City
Clark Varnum
Malcom
Treaserer
H. “Ogee Keokuk
W. B. Langize
Grand Chaplin
Downing McGregor
H. L. Iceola
A. J. Wimaar
Royal Arch
Benj. Johnoeangue
Yell
A. Cart
A. Im. Chariton
A. R. Gaskill
Oskalooss
Redchreiner
Mr. Fieason
Eaabroex
Anamose
A. P Fanson
Wien
W.F. Finlay
Grand Condé
Dens
A. Worth
Des Motes
Generalissimo
Oeyard
Newton
Baugh
M-Greer
Willie McGrew
Manine
Parrott
Waterloo
W. B
Muscatine
Mel City
William Osceola
C. A. Wise
Falls
Theodore Schretoer
Mt. Mt
Key West
Florida
French & Ward
West Stoughton
Mesc
Allan Steamship Line
Baltimore
Boston
Hoopeston
Cincinnatti
Bloomington, Il
Benjamin Pierce
Harvard College
Albion
Stillwater
N.J
Rye
Adirondack
New York
New Castle
Plymouth
Fagland
Corney Peshwan
Charles Eckert
Egudl
St. Louis
Pittsburg
King’s Mount
Elkhart
Ind
J. R. Beardsle
John Cook
Benj. T. Davenpor
John Johnson
Muriel
Barbadoas
Longleland College Hospital
North River
Elgin
Stillman Valley
Milwaukee & St. Paul
John Ryan
Central Park
United States
Mexican House of Representatives
Gonzales
Academy of Music
Halstead Street
Chicago
Fitchburg
H. Prentice
Bat Msanfacturer
Brooxis
John Carson
Anner
Spruce Creek
Hunhington
Pacific Express
Franklin and
van Buren Streets
Thomas H. Brown
Second Avenue Elevated
Havana
Santiago de Cuba
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chase Mill
Iowell
Mass
Faulkner
Cormer
Galveston News
Wicterla
Quitman
Terress
Buell
Kervon
Board of Trade and Nation of New York
Board of Trade
City
Congress
Anglo-American Cable Company
Canada
United Kingdom
France
Miller’s Distillery
Sterling
Illinois
Issac Waixed
Freeman
Pocassett
Wm. Birch
Wilson Corngdon
Cornydon
Henry Claus
Birch
Thomas Forest
Michael Corlis
Silver Reef
Monroe
Wis
John Mulhern
Lake City
Colorado
Barlow & Sanderson
Western Hotel
Saint Lewes
Pfot
John Slater
Ash
Landlords’ Association
Paris
Epinal
Turkey
Bukmah
Thyetmyo
Thebau
Nyoungoke
China
Vienna
Kashgar
Persia
Soofbulikh
Kurdistan
England
Porte
London Times
Ireland
Sweney
Gannon
Lord Mount Morris
Parnell
Bev 4
Ste
Jong
Heveden
Otte
Mimir
Julia Clinton Jones
Harper's
Europe
Scandinavia
Norway
Sweden
Asgard
Valhalla
Odin
Igdrasil
Loki
Gare
Ee Howlwolf
Hell
Sleipnir
Rainbow Ridge
Earth
Dark Giantland
Giantland
Michigan
London
Ak Sea
Cape de Verde
Mediterranean
Atlante
Africa
Cody Gann
Humboldt
Central America
Tropics
Ian Catinae
Main Street
C. D. Norman
Ag’t
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