War’s toll on wealth and life cited by Ingalls lecture
A Leslie's Weekly figure estimates human losses in war at fourteen billion lives since history began, with economic value of the average man set at $5,000. The piece cites costs of the American Revolution, the Mexican, and Civil War, ending with Ingalls’ college lecture postponed to June 3 with reserved seats.
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Globe
Leslie’s Weekly
United States
England
Lancashire
Leroy Beaulieu
John J. Ingalls
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Local Republican Party Primary Notices in Story County
Tama and other area candidates announce for County Attorney Clerk Recorder and Board of Supervisors subject to Republican primaries. A sample Republican ticket appears with polling hours for Ames and surrounding townships and a call to vote next Saturday June 4.
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Story County
Tama
Republic U.S
Ames
Ada
Iowa
Ep. Times
C. M. Soper
Pri
BE. Haverly, Amaries
Ho Times
Slater
Ole Langland
Anfinersland
Nevada
Board OF Supervisors
Lam
Repanic of Supervisors
Ican
Republcan
News from Civil War era shows slow lines and mail delays
A detailed reflection on Civil War news transmission notes slow rail and telegraph networks, high prices, and scarce goods. It recounts a Panora to Jefferson letter traveling since 1891 and finally found behind a mail case, illustrating mail vigilance and strange delays. It ends with brief notes on Gen Fitzhugh Lee and Krupp guns shipped as kitchen furniture.
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Northwestern
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Prairies
Lincoln
McKinley
MacKinley
Union
Spain
Uncle Sam
U. S
Jefferson Bee
Young
Panora
Jefferson
W. H. Penn
Charles Haden
Huntington
Des Moines
Fonda
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