Mastodon bones found beneath Dallas site and other Iowa notes
Reports describe Dallas over ancient mastodon bones unearthed during building, plus a compilation of Iowa items from arrests and accidents to local politics, farming, and social clubs. Notables include a baseball attempt by Philadelphia women forming the Blondes and Brunettes teams and various county incidents across 1883 Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Blenheim
Dallas
Tex
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Athletic
St Peterhof
Sicily
Railway Pool Battle Shows Common Carrier Question
A late dispatch says the Southwestern railway association will not contest Boston Sugar Refinery's suit over freight diversions. The Boston firm won routing for its cargo over the Rock Island road, signaling the pool managers admit lack of standing. Also reports from Tucson on Apache depredations, an Ohio Panhandle derailment, and various international updates follow in this late news roundup.
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South-western Railway Association
Boston
Boston Company
Rock Island
Steubenville
Ohio
Panhandle
Mingo Junction
Charles Woolf
Denison
Wm. M. Newman
John B. Hoyt
Indianapolis
Hoyt
New York
Liverpool
London
Storm Struck Rochester Ruins Kill Twenty Four
Rochester is described as devastated with one third of the town destroyed by a cyclone. Twenty four killed and over forty injured as homes, mills, and business blocks were leveled. Rescue efforts and aid appeals followed, with officials reporting extensive damage across the lower town and surrounding areas.
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Calerville
Mich
American Lumber Company
Rochester
Owattonna
Mixn
Hubbard
St. Paul
Wurriver
Rocheste
Chicago & Northwestern
The Missouri Outlaw Threats Against Witnesses in James Trial
Reports from Gallatin Missouri describe intense courtroom drama in the State vs Fran James. Witnesses recount the Winston train robbery with masked gunmen and the James gang activity. A threatening letter warns Davis Irwin and Gov Crittenden allies that James supporters will intervene.
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Kansas City
Post-Dispatch
Gallatin
Fran James T
India
Dick Liddel
Hite
Nahe Cole
Wallace
Winston
McMillan
Frank
Jesse James
Wood Hite
Clarence Hite
Mr. Wallace
Mole
James Boys
Tennessee
Kentucky
John Ford
Bob Ford
Clay
Bay Counties
Winiston
Addis Wolcott
United States Express
Fran ‘Epee
Tling
Icadentien
Crittenden
Jefferson City
St. Louis
Frank James
Davis
Mente
San Antonio
Union Depot
James
Mary Carey noted as depot and express agent at railway station
The article profiles Mrs Mary M Carey a young fair employee of the St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad serving as depot and express agent. She works from 6 am to 10 pm and is highly respected for her thorough duties while being the eldest of four orphans who live together.
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Mary M. Carey
St. Paul, Anneapolis
Parson Quips On Taper Eyewash And Vague Threats
The fragment recounts a Scotch parson speaking with sarcasm about a taper, likening it to an enemy in the mouth that would steal eggs, then noting a thorough but unfulfilling conclusion and odd imagery of a hot crowbar and magnified sting.
Two boys and a cigar cartoon in the Daily News
In New Street two boys pool a penny and four four cent pieces to buy a cigar. One girl? No. They joke about rights and roles with the claim that the smoker is president and the other a stockholder under Gould and his judges. They plan to revisit next year to decide who smokes the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Shell Rock
Hebron
Plymouth County
Iowa
Lemars
Burlington
Buether
Chicago, Lyons & Pacific Railroad Company
Lyons
Mississippi
Missouri
Providence
Sioux Rapids
Creston
Smith
Moon Creek
Mahaska County
New Sharon
New Jersey
Paterson
Board of Inspectors
New Street
Wall Street
Daily News
Gould
Mesmerism Mystery Arouses Childs Alarm in Cincinnati
In a Cincinnati scene a man named Poots attempts to hypnotize his son calling a clock a bird and promising to trap it. The boy recoils in terror shouting for his mother as the clock is knocked over during the unsettling display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Poot
Poots
An Old Adage on Prosperity and Adversity
A proverb states that true friends reveal themselves in prosperity while foes show their nature in hardship, underscoring the moral that character is tested by fortune and misfortune alike.
Fence case could reshape western stock raising law
The United States Supreme Court may uphold District Court Chief Justice J. B. Seler’s ruling in the United States against A H Swan et al. The decision requires removal of eleven sections of government land fences and sets a precedent for Colorado Utah Idaho Montana Arizona New Mexico and Kansas. The test case involved injunction to prevent further unlawful fencing and was argued by U S District Attorney Brown and Brazee for the government and Carlett Rosendale for defendants.
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United States
A. H. Swan
Brown
Wyoming
Brazee
Carlett & Rosendale
Cheyenne
Wisconsin
Midland
The
United
Duluth
Infanticide in Sakhalava Madagascar Tales
The St James Gazette reports on cruel customs of the Sakhalavas of Madagascar. Infants born Friday or Sunday face death by exposure or royal disfavor. Twins and children whose birth harms a mother are killed, while midnight births may be spared if oxen cross their path.
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Johnny England
Davenport
Dubuque
Charles W. Harned
W. ¥. Harned
Wesley Chapel
M. E. Church
Des Moines
Mendota
Til
St. James
Madagascar
High license critique mocks temperance critics and fears
The piece argues against high license as a blanket solution to liquor issues. It cites Des Moines Corner Bluffs and Chicago, noting higher taxes failed to curb saloons or crime, while warning that elevating the tax makes drinking seem respectable and ineffective.
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Connell Rhys Herald
Freau
Pep Eae
Tts
Des Moines
Corner Bluffs
Chicago
Prohibition Strengthens in Kansas Despite Critics
The Kansas legislature supported prohibition, saloons declined with about 100 remaining in Leavenworth and others in Atchison and Topeka. Distilleries closed, wealth rose in 1882, population grew from 952,603 in 1881 to 960,? in 1882, and the penitentiary saw inmate declines, boosting temperance advocates toward continued prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Kansas
St. John
Leavenworth
Atchison
Topeks
Ponitet
Fragmentary historical text on wealth and social stratification
The readable lines discuss wealth and status, noting that rich people influence conversation and that the lowly are suppressed by the great. A stray phrase hints at spiritual or physical possibilities affecting relationships, but the meaning is fragmented and unclear.
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Washburn & Co
Commonwealth
Bismarck
Charles City
Lowa
Maurice Burnham
Malverne
Col. Babbitt
Knoxville
Kanseville
Council Bluffs
Reidel
Arkansas
Tiago
K. of P
New Orleans
Chas. Weitz
W. A. Park
John Loper
Supreme Lodge
Fort Dodge
Presbyterian Church
Mary T. Credy
Iowa County
Geo. Miller
Carlisle
Warren County
Col
Charlies H. Creighton
Indianola
Madison
Warren
Keokuk
Memphis
Town
Council Bluffs Fair
Macy Kopetsky
Cedar Falls
Prairie City “News
John Offill
John John Graham
Knights of Pythias Band
Oskaloosa
State Agricultural Society
Sioux City & Pacific
Missouri Valley
Crocker Brigade
Cedar Rapids
Vicksburg
Nebraska
College of Universalist Ministers of
Universalist
Sioux City
Melrose
Scott County
Soldiers’ Orphans
Oncc
Woodbury County
J. M. Sweeny
C.C. Vanderpool
Nelson D. Porter
Kokuk
Times
Dubuque County
Greene
Beaver Township
Davenport Water Company
Henderson
Mills County
Hamilton County
T. H. Barnes
Allamakee County
C. C. Butler
Curtis L. Day
Judge Day
Supreme Bench
Boone
Colfax Springs
Clarion Creamery
Cass County
L. L. DeLans
Clinton County
Cherokee County
Iowa Prisoners of War Association
Room
N. E. Corner
Seventh and
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Rice & Chastin’s
Fourth Street
Carey
A. F. Holmes
B. M. Prentiss
J. J. Stuckey
J. E. Witxiss
Tucson
Arizona
Strass
Hermosillo
Sonora
Crook
Groes & Co
Hugo & Schmeltzer
Hannig & Stand
Denison Mercantile Agency
Shaw
Tamatare
Richards, Power & Co
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Spain
London Times
Barcelona
London “Daily News
Madrid
Alfonso
Germany
France
EOME
Vatican
Ireland
Earl Spencer
Cork
Chambord
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Count de Chambord
Saint Louis
Hong Kong
Pheohuar
Soulay Port
Hanoi
Mexico
Real del Monte Company
Pehnica
Salvador Moss
Manuel Alvarez
Hungary
Angram
Zagorien
Peru
Huaneyo
A. J. McCormick
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
C. L.resing
Wabash Road
Pensacola
Mobile Board of Health
National Horse Show Association of America
Madison Square Garden
Knight Templars
San Francisco
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Louisville
Rapier
St. Bernards
Yellowstone National Park
Cinnabar
Livingstone
Swift
Harvard Observatory
Rock Co
Wis
England
Queen Victoria
Egypt
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Lord Hartington
Durban
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British Museum
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Varna
Russia
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London “Times
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Paris
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Cetting
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Alban
Spek
Minnesota
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Buck
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Round House
John M. Cole
Owatansa
Zumbrota
Kasson
Ole Anderson
Christian Oleson
Canesto
Hissourl
Unites
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Stonewall Jackson
Atlantic Hotel
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James Bryers
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Fourteenth Street
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Sixteenth Street
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Harrison Street
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Tarrytown
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John Crevet
National Union League
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