The Approach of a gman and Gypsy Dogs in Camp Life
An 1887 reminiscence compares camp life with gypsies and dogs in the American South, noting shared wary movements and alert behavior. It then shifts to Civil War naval actions around Vicksburg, detailing Ellet’s raids, the Queen of the West, Indianola, and the Webb, and ends with reflections on naval support for General Grant and later business profiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheesac
Edgar L. Wakeman
Chicago News
Vicksburg
Eliot
DeSoto
Louisiana
de Soto
Mississippi
Webb
Red River
Indianola
Era
Porter
Harper’s War
Charles R. Ellet
Switzerland
John A. Ellet
Lancaster
Grant
General Gossip, Campaign Talk, and Union Labor Meeting
A collage of brief notes covers General Hawley's marriage plans to Edith Horner, Betta Lockwood's return to Washington law practice and presidential candidacy stance, Ohio's hot campaign with tariff as major issue, and a detailed report on the Story County Union Labor Convention in Nevada Iowa on Sept 24 1587. The proceedings name delegates and officers, adopt platforms from Cincinnati and Marshalltown, call for anti monopolist stances, and list township officers and upcoming senatorial delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Labor Convention
Story County
Court House
Nevada
John Lawson
John E. Davis
Franklin
J. H. Cook
Committee On Credentials
Wm. Wilson
Davis
Washington
L. Q. Hoggatt
A. J. Graves
Lewis Nellis
Wm. Lindsey
Committee On
O. D. Allen
Hattie Watts
Ames
Isaac Walker
L. Lubor
Union
John Sowers
Richland
John Kent
Lafayette
John Hemping
New Albany
A. M. Williams
Lincoln
Dr. Goodman
Indian Creek
Mr. Balls
Palestine
John Mathers
Samuel Rich
Milford
A. J
Cincinnati
Marshalltown
Lowa
Aldrich backs free text books plan for public schools
Charles Aldrich an independent candidate in Hamilton County champions free text books for all public school pupils. A board comprising the governor state superintendent chief justice attorney general and presidents of the state normal school and state university would select and not change the books more often than every five or six years. An Iowa inventor claims an auger cuts a square hole with an oscillating head and chisel edges. The device plus a standard boring machine cuts a 2 by 4 mortise in four to five minutes, far faster than carpenters can.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Green
Woodbury
N. J
August Flower
Bosehee
Green
N. Y
Sun
Charles Aldrich
Hamilton County
State Normal School
State University
Iowa
Confession Sparks Harsh GOP Response in St Louis
The Rev. Sam Small declares he has supported and even aided the Democratic Party in many ways, including voting irregularities. The St Louis Republican denounces him in a furious tirade, implying political distance and targeting party headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Small
Hell
St. Louis
Boom for towns comes from hard work and trade
Prosperity comes from enterprise and hustle, not waiting for luck. The speaker urges active effort, advertising, fair dealing, and continuous cultivation to attract trade. Everyone should contribute, workers should lead, and grumblers retire to allow the town to reap rewards.
Scientists Link Thunders to Iron in Modern Europe and U S
Scientific men in Germany Austria and Switzerland discuss a rise in continental thunderstorms and blame factors from cleared spaces around houses to heavy iron use in railways and telegraph networks. They question if iron conductors in the United States have increased storm danger despite widespread construction and electrical grids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
United States
Chamberlains Colic Cholera Remedy Praised By Users
Boonville hardware merchant W A Baldwin reports relief from stomach cramps after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera Remedy. Elk Point druggist Dr Wm J Conley also commends the product as highly satisfactory in the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. J. Conley
Elk Point
Dakota
Chamberlain
Senatorial Nominations Endorse Alternate Boone Story County Pact
The thirty first senatorial district convention in Ames with Boone and Story Counties elected D B Davidson of Madrid as nominee after a party unity pledge. A compromise resolution urged alternation of future senatorial nominations between Boone and Story counties, and the body adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone and
Story
Ames
W. O. Payne
D. B. Davidson
Madrid
Boone County
T. C. McCall
Nevada
Story County
Davidson
McCall
J. D. Ferner
J. E. Duncan
J. C. Hall
Boone
Immigration law exclusion sparks protest over imported labor
The text argues foreign tramp or pauper influx can land at our harbors while skilled foreign mechanics denied entry. It recalls five Belfast women sent back from Boston after a Long Island firm prepaid their passage to work on linen twine. The speaker warns the law would fail if not evaded by tricks and loopholes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard
Belfast
Boston
Long Island
Cigarette smoking blamed for failed naval school exam
New York City reports show twelve boys taking the Annapolis competitive exam all failed the physical. Four have heart trouble or malformations and three have defective eyesight. The piece condemns smoking as an evil creating a physically weak race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Annapolis Naval School
Waste of Means and Energy in Modern Life
A St Paul Globe editorial questions the value of leisure pursuits such as yacht racing and ball games. It argues energy and resources are wasted on amusements while useful arts lag, suggesting civilization retrogresses if time and money are diverted from practical progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Globe
Elevator Raiser Confusion At Willard’s Late Night
An Indiana man registered for one night at Willard’s and demanded a “raiser” to lift him to bed. Confused clerk offered a morning razor, but guest insisted on a device to ascend without walking. The bellboy escorted him to the elevator ends the anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard’s
Washington Critic
Are You Afraid of the Dark {Quip at Gate}
A brief exchange at a gate shows two men joking about fear. One says he is not afraid unless their mother is behind the switch. The lighthearted line captures a rural humor tone from the Detroit Free Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Works Both Ways
Advice on happiness through kindness and reciprocity. Encourages doing your best to influence others to be good to you by being good to them.
Chamberlains Remedy Promoted for Summer Diarrhea Care
An advertisement touts Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as reliable for cramp cholera morbus dysentery and diarrhoea in severe forms. It claims pleasant taste and urges every family to have it during summer with bottle sizes of 2 cents 50 cents and one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Dr King's New Discovery Cures Consumption Rumor
Ames citizens discuss astonishing claims that friends labeled incurable and suffering from consumption were cured by Dr King's New Discovery for consumption. The remedy reportedly cures throat and lung diseases including coughs colds asthma and bronchitis. Trial bottle free at L M Bosworth's Drug Store with large bottles priced at $1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Dr. King
L. M. Bosworth
Shiloh’s Cough and Consumption Cure Promised Cure
J I Pickett & Co advertises Shiloh’s Cough and Consumption Cure with a guarantee it cures consumption. The tonic is sold by the company, asserting effectiveness for respiratory ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
J. I. Pickett & Co
Papillon Catarrh Cure Endorsed by Hon W Knowles
A letter from Rockville Indiana praises Papillon Catarrh Cure Clarke's extract of flax, claiming full cure of catarrh after using the product on a recommendation from an Indianapolis contact. The advert notes reliable druggists sell it for $1.00 prepaid, with local sale through L. M. Bosworth, and also promotes Shilo's Porous Plaster for chest or side pain by J. H. Pickett & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Knowles
Rockville
Ind
Indianapolis
Clarke
Chicago
Lil
L. M. Bosworth
Shiloh
J. H. Pickett & Co
C. P. Henry
Partion Company
Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign and Aftermath Narrative
The campaign ending July 4 1863 at Vicksburg is recounted with highlights of Grant’s early march from Bruinsburg Mississippi and his defeat of Johnston at Raymond and Champion’s Hill. It covers Confederate losses, surrender at Vicksburg and Port Hudson, the impact on the war, and the morale boost for Union forces. The narrative notes Sherman’s return, camp life below Vicksburg, and the introduction of colored troops in the Tennessee department and perceptions among white troops.
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Army of the Tennessee
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Porter
Vicksburg and Shreveport
Louisiana
Texas
Red River
Natchez
Grand Gulf
Port Hudson
Charles R. Ellet
Naval Service
Indianola
New Orleans
Brooklyn
Canby
Farragut
Grant
Bruinsburg
Miss
Joseph E. Johnston
Jackson, Miss
Pemberton
McPherson
Johnston
Raymond
Jackson
Fifteenth
Seventeenth
Champion’s Hill
Mississippi River
South
Sherman
Department of the Tennessee
Mr. Linkum
Sambo
Bet Promises Cure for Catarrh as Man Bets His Health
F J Cheney describes a wager of 100 dollars that Hall's Catarrh Cure would cure a man given up by doctors. The claimant accepted the bet and three months later the patient reportedly improved, costing the bettor ten dollars in the process. American Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Ilall
Toledo
Shiloh’s Vitalizer Promoted for Digestive Ailments in Iowa
An Iowa ad touts Shiloh's Vitalizer from Cham berslain & Co Des Moines claiming cures for constipation loss of appetite dizziness and dyspepsia. It markets as a universal remedy with prices at 10 and 75 cents per bottle and references widespread trial and endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
J. H. Pickett & Co
Local Rome druggist touts Dr King’s New Discovery
W D Hoyt Co of Rome Georgia reports two years of steady sales for Dr King’s New Discovery Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve noting numerous cures in the city. They claim several cases of pronounced consumption were cured with a few bottles and guarantee the remedies. Sold by L M Bosworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Hoyt & Co
Rome
Dr. King
Bucklen
L. M. Bosworth
Shitoh cure sold by Pickett & Co
A colonial-era medicine labeled Shitoh’s Cure claims to treat whooping cough and bronchitis. The remedy is offered for sale by J. HU. Pickett and Co in a local medicine shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shitoh
J. HU. Pickett & Co
Reveries of a Bachelor Tops Iowa Book Sales
Pennsylvania exchange notes Iowa bookstores selling large numbers of a work titled Reveries of a Bachelor. The volume is described as containing a flash between the covers and as reading that makes a full man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites
Many avoid cod liver oil for its taste but Scott's Emulsion with Hypophosphites is as palatable as milk and valued for consumption treatment. Physicians report young patients take it willingly. try it to be convinced. A town hypocrite buys city groceries to save a few cents.
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Scott
Try
Nature’s grandeur and remedies mingle in a curious ad
The piece extols nature’s beauty but pivots to patent medicine and fruit preservation. It touts Green’s August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia and liver complaints claiming 75 percent of illnesses stem from these. It promises three doses prove its effects and offers sample bottles for ten cents. It ends with a tipsy pineapple of advice about varnishing a watermelon for Christmas.
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Alan
Santa
Santa Claus
N. K. Fairbank & CO
Scradleys
Choice Groceries
Bingham & Coo
Loughran Machine Co
H. A. Ancuer
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Catets
Tus Cavrave Company
Fulton Street
City Drug Store
HH. Westerman & CO
Christ
Arthur Symons
The
Academy
C. B. Jonson
A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Company
Vicksburg Batteries
Ellet
Harper's War
Harpers
Big Black
Vicksburg & Jackson Railway
New Carthage
Warrenton
State
M. Larrabee
John A. T. Hull
Gifford
Binson
Henry Sabin
Dist Oley
Ar Aoe Eee
R. Imire Tcahell
Marshall County
Josefa R. Hawvley
Edith Horner
Betta Lockwood
Ohio
Illinois
August Spies
America
Ile
Michael Schwab
Samuel Fielden
A. B. Parsons
Louis Lingg
Fischer
Engel
W. A. Baldwin
Boonville
Dallas County
Spain
Des Moines
Canon Fecall
Chamberlain & Co
John H. Queal & Co
Limber Dealers
Soliici,t
Hacking Co
Pickett & Co
Palace Drug Store
J. H.pickett & Co
Jon
Cali
Goble
WM. Allen
Frank Stearns
Main S
Maxwell
N St
Ax Very
Bartlett
Opera Hall
J. L. Bartlett
Owa Conniy
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wyoming
Ita Eares
Ine Ind Palace Stone Road
Ts Partie
J. J. Dayton
Marvin Hughitt
H. €. Wicker
Gen
Sang
Traffc
E. P. Wilson
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