Iowa Lodges Elect Officers and Notable Local Items
The report lists grand officers elected across 209 lodges and 48 encampments, including Grand Master W. E. Harriman and Grand Master John Van Valkenburgh. Other notes cover the Anti-Horse Thief Association meetings, a Des Moines crime-hunt pledge, a fatal burial accident at Lone Tree, highway robbery near Hamilton, family news on Lulu George, a child’s death in Polk County, and state audit data on Soldiers' Orphans Home, banks in Davenport, and saloon licenses in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oda
W. E. Harriman
Du“ay
John van Valken- PS
Ft. Madison
George Whipple
Bur- Sterns Wn
Gamat
Burlingeee
George Sneer
Des Moines
Ben New
Council
Thomas Hardie
Dubuque
H. D. Welker
Mt. Pleasant
Ellen J. Foster
Clinton
Avery
Philadelphia
Manhattan
Kansas
Foster
State Association
Muscatine Journal
Martin Constant
Hamilton Freeman
Peter McNerne
Camp Township
Polk County
Renport
Auditor of State
Stekaoes
Jeremiah Perkins
Dallas County
Adel
Davenport
John Dougall
John Painter
Cherokee Ae Bok
Newell
Indian troubles and army moves across Colorado and beyond
Dispatches report Ouray and White River Utes tied to Thornburg fight, with Meeker killed and Ouray urged mercy. Merritt's cavalry chase Indian forces toward Grand River, while trains suffer wrecks and yellow fever bands arise in Memphis. Rail crashes in Illinois and Texas shootings widen the grim week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitkin
Denver
Lake City
Colorado
Sapavanier
White Pine
Ouray
Milk River
O'Elock
White River
Douglas
Spavanier
Father Meeker
Jack
Merritt
River Agency
Grand River
Uncampagna
Gilbert
Henry
Meeker
Thornburg
The Queen of Greece Charms a Conversationalist at Sea
A humorous Atlantic City scene unfolds as a witty exchange between a beauty and a gentleman. He flirts while she deflects, noting an unseen observer and the old story of two hearts beating as one. The dialogue mixes flirtation with playful censorship of a deeper claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Greece
Hop Bitters Promised Cure Cited by Rochester Reader
A Rochester reader testifies Hop Bitters cured ague biliousness and kidney troubles in herself and two young girls once deemed incurable. The letter claims notable improvement after using the remedy and mentions doctors and neighbors endorsing the cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Reward Offered For Glendale Train Robbers In Missouri
Chicago and Alton Railroad posts a $15,000 reward for the arrest of the eight robbers who looted the Glendale Missouri Express Company safe on Oct 8. The United States Express Company adds $2,500. Dispatches note 100 men scouring the region with few leads and efforts extended to Higginville and St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Powder Mill
Lebanon
Ohio
Henry Simmonds
Chas. Meyers
Joseph Pastors
Ohio Valley
Baureau of Statistics
United States
American Humane Society
Chicago
Detroit
Chicago & Alton
Kansas City
Oct. Ltd
Glendale
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Express Company
Bridges
MeIntyre
McIntyre
United States Express Company
C. & A. Road
Marshal Leggett
Sun Hills
Higginsville
St. Louis
Jesse Underwood
Fort. Underwood
Holbrook
Jesse
George
Underwood
Carter County
Disturbances Rise in Ireland as Troops Guard Ballerrobe Castlebar
Government orders dragoons and infantry to be stationed at Ballerrobe and Castlebar amid Ribbon Men disturbances. Parnell Power and Finigan lead a Home Rule committee urging Irish colonists in the United States and colonies to back soil ownership by occupiers with landlords fully compensated.
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Allanabad
Cabul
Roberts
Ballahissar
Baker
Lahore
Simla
Frederick Roberts
Khyber
Lila
Ameer
Balahissar
Dubai
Ballerrobe
Castlebar
Parnell
Power and
Finigan
Ireland
United States
Wisdom Gained by An Accident Case Inspires Inquiry
A reflective note suggests a man discovers insight after an accident, yet he continues relying on Dr. Bull's Syrup as his chosen remedy. The fragment hints at a moral about learning from misfortune while maintaining familiar healthcare habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bull
Terrible Michigan Central wreck near Atkinson Junction
A Pacific express collision with a switch engine on the Michigan Central main line near Atkinson Junction at about 1 AM on Oct 10 killed 18 identified and many more. Emigrants and second class passengers were among the dead. doctors and railroad workers aided survivors as authorities investigated yard crew actions and late-arriving passengers reached Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Michigan Central Railroad
Pacific Express
Jackson
M. Sparklin
Philadelphia
Atkinson Junction
Air Line
Colwell
Jones
Pacific
Chicago
Rev. N. McDermod
Guelph
Canada
Pineries
B. B. Hart
Clinton
Iowa
Milton Gilb
C. R. Smith
The Theories of Atlantis by K H Thompson
The essay outlines a plausible Atlantis theory: an ancient American peninsula spanning from Mexico to New Granada extended into the Atlantic with wealthy civilizations. A sudden sea engulfed this land, similar to Ferrdinandea and other vanished regions, with earthquakes and volcanic activity cited as supporting events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantis
K. H. Thompson
Popular Science Monthly
Mexico
Central America
New Granada
Atlantic
Madeiras
Azores
West India Islands
Europe
Asia
Ferdinandea
India
Indus
Lisbon
Educators urged to adopt Warner’s Safe Liver Care as standard remedy
The text notes a push among doctors and educators to endorse Warner’s Safe Bienes aes Liver Care as the regular treatment, with references to the board of education and schoolmasters, implying a shift toward formal adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Major Andre Memorial Shaft Erected Near Tappan
A Maine granite monument 34 by 5 feet was unveiled at Andre Hill in Rockland County near the New Jersey line to mark John Andre’s October 2, 1780s execution. About twenty guests including Cyrus W. Field and New York Historical Society members attended. The shaft honors reconciliation and may be surrounded by a park with two entrances and circular drive.
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Ive Deanse
New York Tribune
Nang W. Field
John Andre
Andre Hill
Tappan
Rockland County
Cyrus W. Field
James B. Andrews
John Austin Steven
Col
Asa
Maine
Benedict Arnold
West Point
Westminster Abbey
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
Westminster
Virgil
Bneid L
Tages
Washington
Andre
Hudson
New Jersey
Field
New Jersey Line
Pan
Mr. Field
David D. Brower
John H. Outwater
John J. Griffith
Duke of York
America
Ogee
New York
Whittemore
Wash
Stone House
Kelley
New York Historical Society
Nathan Hale
Hamilton Park
Venomous Laf Fish Plagues Seychelle Waters
A Seychelle archipelago correspondent warns that a small but deadly fish named the laf uses hollow spines to inject poison causing intense pain and possible death. Sharks throng boats, gnaw oars, and threaten sailors, yet a cure exists only for laf stings by exposing and treating the wound. sharks offer no antidote.
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London Telegraph
Seychelle
Jonah
Dreadful Nice Girls Smoothed by Cotton and Pins
A fragment describes girls as looking dreadful nice through heavy makeup and padding, noting the use of cotton and whale bone, pads and pins to shape their appearance.
Milton Divorce Revealed Through Unearthed Letter
A newly found letter by William Garrett, dated May 29 1667, hints that Milton's divorce from his first wife Mary Powell stemmed from royalist espionage within Oxford links. The note suggests Mary betrayed her husband to her brothers at Christ Church, altering his life and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Duputellon
Edward Scott
London Athenaeeum
Sirward Nichols
Charles I
Charles L
Messrs
Powell
Richard Powell
Forest Hill
Oxford
Brentford
Milton
Mary ‘Powell
Professor Masson
Masson
Philips
Mary Powell
Christchurch
Ary
Mary
Oxon
Brainford
Gould
The
Temple
William Garret
Mr. Powell
Nicholas
Garret
Joseph Williamson
Sampson
Timma
Dalila
Gold Boom Hopes Loom Over Black Hills Mines
A Black Hills correspondent asserts 1879 will bring over ten million dollars as mining expands with better machinery. He notes hundreds of good gold mines and many owners are poor men seeking to develop and stake claims. A local graduation event and curious purchases are also mentioned in a scattered account.
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Cabul
Baker
Ghaznia
London Times
Roberts
Black Hills
Boring Co
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Iowa State News
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Brighton
J. H. Powers
Ian Warden
W. T. Holmes
Wm. Garrett
Burlington
Thomas D. Evans
Fair Grand
J. H. Plank
Bloomfield
Byron George
Lulu George
Cincinnati
Keokuk
New Sharon
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Indianapolis
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Henry Greer
John Donovan
Vandalia Road
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Wherry
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2Th Infantry
Wm. Turner
10Th Cavalry
Peter McManus
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Sunbury
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John O'Neil
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Canning
Rhoads
Post Office Department
Fred Nix, Jr
Blackville
D. C
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Dardanelle
Ark
Chas. G. Helphrey
Burgess James
Forsythe
James P. Holland
Wm. Cherry
Tell County
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Harrison
Joseph H. Kelly
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Garnet Wolsiey
Transvaal
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Massey
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von Schulte
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