Miners in Sutro Tunnel Face Rat and Bat Hazards
In the Sutro Tunnel areas miners contend with large rats and bats, described as thick and ferocious, forcing workers to arm themselves. Meanwhile Pittsburgh, an iron center, reports new life with increased orders for iron and widespread inquiries for cash rates across the country.
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Sutro
Pittsburgh
Great
Iowa Notes on Fires Rail Bridges and Public Figures
Internal Iowa items report bank shares above par in Davenport, store fires at Orchard and Anamosa with losses up to 5 000, bridge rails arriving, and early rail progress to Holland. Also covered are Governor Hayes transit through Council Bluffs, Ouray Ute chief’s humane conduct, stock operator Gould, and political convention proceedings with nominations for electors at large.
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Orchard
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Wapello
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Democrac
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Winterset
Stowe
Ham
Jno
Son
Sioux City
J. A. O. Yeomans
Webster County
J. H. Murphy
Scott County
Iowa Democratic State Convention Opens in Des Moines
The Iowa Democratic State Convention met at Moore's Opera House in Des Moines on September 2, 1880. Ed Campbell opened the session, Col. W. H. Merritt delivered an address of welcome, and officers for the temporary organization were announced including Chairman F. W. Lehmann and Secretary W. W. Garner. The body discussed party unity, attacked Republican actions, and adjourned for the afternoon before resuming with credentials reports and permanent officers to be chosen.
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Republican Party
Hancock
Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
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Campbell
Iowa
Moore’s Opera House
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Ed. Campbell
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Polk
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Louisa County
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Carroll
Byron Webster
Marshall County
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Ridenour
J. A. Pearson
Appanoose
Committee On Permanent Organization
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Lee County
T. ©. Carroll
Henry County
P. Mitchell
Jackson County
David Bell
Fayette County
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Cerro Gordo County
J. T. Hamilton
Linn
R. W. Duncan
Monroe County
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Decatur County
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Cincinnati
Daniel Daugherty
Henry Clay
Mon
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Sumner
Horace
Deacy
Doolittle
Lincoln
David Davis
Lieeth
Illinois
Generalee
Wilkes
the Times
Forney
Pearson
Gen. Grant
Des Moines Iowa State Fair Opens Amid Vast Exhibits
The Twenty-Seventh Annual Fair at Des Moines begins with large crowds and extensive displays. Des Moines, Rock Island rail shipments, and Ames Cadets guard the grounds as 315 horse stalls, 250 hog pens, 200 cattle stalls, and 40 mule stalls are prepared. Cattle, hog, and stock entries exceed prior years with notable Herefords Holsteins Jerseys and Ayrshires from Des Moines Chariton Chester Center Du Pont Osco Ill Mechanicsville.
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Pines
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Ltown
Maines
Chariton
Oscoll
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Elud
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Des Hoines
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Osco
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Treaty With Utes Signed For Colorado Lands
Dispatches from the Indian country announce that the treaty with the Utes has been signed and the act of Congress ratifying the exchange gives them lands in northwestern Colorado they now occupy.
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Act of Congress
Colorado
Lucretia Mott Reaches 87 in Frail Health Report
The aged reformer Lucretia Mott, aged 87, is described as in feeble health with few women or men as notable as her in public life. The note marks her longstanding influence and venerable age.
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Lucretia Mott
Tiny engraved house crest replaces crest on note paper
The latest trend in note paper features a small engraved image of the writer's residence at the page corner, replacing a traditional crest. Enthusiasts in pictureqlue houses embrace the personal touch and collectible charm of home motifs on stationery.
Colored exodusters arrive in towns seeking work
The colored exodusters begin to appear across town in large numbers. They arrive unheralded and without a definite plan, but say they seek light in towns and look for work.
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Towa
Gould Moves on Western Union Control from Vanderbilt
The New York papers report Jay Gould is investing his spare money in Western Union stock with rich associates to seize control from William H. Vanderbilt who owns eight and a half million dollars in Western Union shares.
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Gould
Wall Street
New York
Western Union
Vanderbilt
William H. Vanderbilt
Curiosity in China on American crops and tobacco
A missionary notes tobacco, sweet potatoes, and Indian corn were brought from America and are now deeply domesticated in China. He recalls that nine of ten adult Chinese men smoke tobacco, though they do not chew it.
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Vera Cruz
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St. Augustine
Sue
London
America
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Indian Hostiles Question Divides Departments
The Sioux issue divides federal departments with the State and War Departments urging removal as English subjects given Canada asylum, while the Interior Department favors returning them as prodigals. The dispute may cause complications before a settlement, but eventual distribution to agencies for support is expected.
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State
War Departments
Canada
Interior Department
Cures as Flop Bitters Do The Testimony
A fragmented column line notes that cures are as failing as bitters when all social ranks testify to being cured yet doubt remains. The piece, signed Pest, urges belief without questioning, referencing a column cue to view other columns for context.
Relics of Noah Webster Donated to Lime Kiln Club
A Syracuse city official loans two spurs worn by Noah Webster during dictionary work. The antique pair, bearing N W initials, will be exhibited in Paradise Hall from 10 to 12 daily this week. Societies may purchase them for twenty five cents and may inquire to secure related items or correspondence.
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Limekiln Club
Syracuse
Paradise Hall
Webster
Kidney Wort Boosts Health Benefits Ad
An old advertisement banner promises Kidney Wort will greatly benefit nearly everyone this spring by curing a general feeling of unwellness and restoring vitality. It claims readers will feel like a new creature after using the product.
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