Religious monomaniac in Mason City threats to sacrifice daughter
A Cerro Gordo account reports Josiah Leach, after camp meeting at Clear Lake, burned household items as sinful. He read Abraham offering Isaac and prepared a knife to sacrifice his daughter, prompting family alarm and neighborly protection. Nearby incidents include a Burlington robbery, miner strife in Boone, and a Davenport murder confession.
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Cerro Gordo
Josiah Leach
Mason City
Clear Lake
Lincoln Township
Abraham
Isaac
Freeman
Massachusetts
Burlington
James Latting
LaHarpe
Washington Street
Latting
Indian attack on freighters near Pine Springs report
General Armand Knudson and Geo. Beecher, freighters from Fort Pierre, report their encampment 18 miles below Cheyenne river was attacked by Indians. Wagons shot up, horses killed, Knudson wounded, they fled to safety then returned to find stock missing. Events dated Aug. 28 and travel through Deadwood and Pine Springs.
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Armand Knudson
Geo. Beecher
Fort Pierre
Deadwood
Pine Springs
Cheyenne River
Knudson
Iowa State Fair Opens With Large Attendance And Strong Displays
The 26th Iowa State Fair opened in Des Moines with ideal weather and record first-day crowds. Exhibits span five halls including Fine Art, Floral, Vegetable, Mechanical, and Power, with extensive animal showcases led by horses, cattle, sheep, and swine judged by prominent local authorities. Second-day attendance rose sharply as the fair featured a major address by Geo. G. Wright and lively races, with premiums announced for multiple breeds and classes.
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Iowa State Agricultural Society
Des Moines
Rock Island
Iowa
John W. Porter
Iowa City
A. J. Lyon
Minburn
James Wilson
Tama County
Z. C. Luse & Son
Kit Carson
R. E. Anderton
Monroe
Department of Swine
George C. Duffield
van Buren Co
Philo Haynes
Chester
W.W. Thompson
Downey
Wesley Redhead
Berkshire
Department of Sheep
E. N. Clark
Allamakee County
Bonbright
United States
Geo. G. Wright
Machikinock
FE. G. Crossthwait
Fair Grounds
N. B. Choate
Waterloo
Daisy
Prince
Melody
J. W. Brown
R. E. Anderson
Luse
Martin Flynn
Polk County
Wonders of the Human Ear and Autumn Millinery
The article extols ear anatomy with details from Corti and Kolliker, describing the inner ear as a miniature world of canals, membranes, and a harp like structure translating sound into nerve signals. It then surveys Autumn millinery, detailing hats from poke bonnets to Derby styles in silk plush, fur beaver, and felt with new color palettes and textures.
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Granville F. Foster
Corti, Schultze
Kolliker
God
Harper's Bazar
Directoire
Newport
Saratoga
The Lady Who Did Die
Adelaide Kemble Sartoris sister of Fanny Kemble and daughter of Charles Kemble died in Italy. Born in London around 1816 she rose as a singer with debuts in Milan Padua and Covent Garden before marrying Edward J. Sartoris and publishing works in 1867. Her son Algernon Charles Frederick married a President Grant daughter in 1874.
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New York Tribune
Adelaide Kemble Sartoris
Fanny Kemble
Charles Kemble
London
Peste Mir
Edward J. Sartoris
Ane
Italy
Adeliade Kemble Sartoris
Milan
Padua
Covent Garden
Algernon Charles Frederick
President Grant
Corn Bread Recipe Instructions and Prize Mention
Two quarts Indian meal one pint bread sponge water to moistness mold with half pint wheat flour tablespoon salt. Let rise knead second time bake an hour and a half. Prize awarded for this bread.
Possible wonderful cures as Hop Bitters do
A fragment notes that both old and young, rich and poor, pastors and editors testify to cures from Hop Bitters. The brief copy hints at broad endorsement but offers no verifiable details or dates.
A Judicious Wife
A humorous essay on marriage praising a wife as the moral regulator of her husband. It argues wives prune foolish behavior, keep men in line, and provide common sense, with examples about Johnson and Goldsmith. It concludes wives' advice acts as ballast for the ship of life.
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Johnson
Oliver Goldsmith
Unusual Dust Vortex Sweeps Gwinnett Farm Field
William ngley, a cotton planter in Gwinnett County, stood in a field with workers when a small column of wind and dust sped along the ground. It lifted a guano pile and a stump, threw ngley aside, then vanished toward the treetops.
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Georgia
William Ngley
Gwinnett County
Birth of a Storm Explored in Scientific Monthly
In Science Monthly for September Robert H. Scott discusses storm origins noting that traditional ideas blamed polar and equatorial wind interactions. He traces shifts toward barometric pressure theories while acknowledging ongoing uncertainty about the ultimate cause of pressure changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Scott
Science Monthly
Dove
Equator
New York Tribune Story of a Blue Eyed Maiden
A blue eyed maiden nursing a Christmas doll overhears domestic disputes and declares she will never marry but become a widow. A Tonie-Smallest boy and another boy exchange quips about beating and biting, ending in playful mock menace.
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Sera New York Tribune
Backer
Young Philadelphia Girl Identified as Silver Dollar Model
The Record reveals Miss Anna W. Williams of 1023 Spring Gardens as the likeness behind the coin’s head. Designer Morgan selected her after four to five interviews with aid from Thomas Eakins. Williams, an 18 year old House of Refuge teacher, sat for the portrait in 1876, settling longstanding speculation about the face on the silver dollar.
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Comec
Philadelphia
Record
Mr. Morgan
Anna W. Williams
Spring Garden
Seeeee
Morgan
Thomas Eakins
Miss Williams
Liams
Tramp Claims Rat-Killing Prowess and Roars for Rats
A Western bar tale tells of a self styled rat killer who eats a heavy meal, drinks rye, then vows to purge the premises. He rolls up his sleeves, lifts a club, and boasts of annihilating thousands of rats as the landlady prepares for the pest purge.
Currant Bread Recipe from Historic Bakery Share
Instructions describe making currant bread by mixing light sponge with half a pound of butter one ounce browns one ounce currants caraway seeds or allspice to taste bake in a slot oven for about one hour and serve with butter.
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