Prominent Iowa City Druggist Faces Extortion Claim
J H Whetstone a leading Iowa City druggist is charged with illegal liquor sales after a 14 year old boy drank at his store and needed assistance home. Whetstone admits selling liquor but says the boy sought it for his mother who had fainted. He alleges the boy's brother Lou Alberhasky tried to extort money to keep the case out of court.
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Iowa City
Towa City
J. H. Whetstone
Whetstone
Alpernas 2
Lou Alberhasky
Mr. Whetstone
Physicians of Old Show Self-Reliant Doctoring in Harsh Era
A historical sketch of early physicians who battled disease with limited materia medica, DIY remedies, and bold patient care. Healers relied on self-taught methods, heroic measures, and improvised tools, often bleeding patients and using calomel. Despite crude conditions, many patients recovered, reflecting hardy communities and evolving medical practice.
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Materia Medica
T &E
Heritage of the Centuries and Australian City Reform
The piece argues that Australian cities should be ideal modern municipalities yet face old city problems. It warns of gambling, youth seeking easy gains, and a drink curse while praising heritage and governance models, signaling concerns for urban reform and moral hazards.
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Australia
Commonwealth
Fortune-Telling Trade Surges Amid Hard Times
Two women observe a fortune teller’s street business. One visitor notes brisk trade in tough times, while the teller explains that prosperity curbs curiosity and hardship increases demand. She says people spend their last quarter to seek better prospects.
Balloon Flight in 1784 Sparks London Frenzy
Chicago Daily News recounts London’s first balloon ascent by Vincent Lunardi on September 16, 1784. Crowds filled Moorfields, the king adjourned a cabinet council, and the event inspired awe and fear. Lunardi’s ascent and descent near Ware, Hertfordshire, drew breathless reports of wonders and near chaos.
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London
Vincent Lunardi
Moorfields
Chalses
Lunardi
Ware
Hertfordshire
Chicago Daily News
Foolish Train Bag Wager Tickles Congressman Clark
In Harpers Weekly style a Missouri congressman Champ Clark rides a train to Kansas City. An elderly passenger frets over forgotten papers and repeatedly says he will be a fool. A sharp fellow nearby bets on the old man’s judgment as the train nears its destination.
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Champ Clark
Kansas City
Haryer's Weekly
Sunflower Suggested as Kansas State Emblem
Noble L. Prentis, in the Atchison Champion for September 2, 1880, argues the sunflower should be Kansas’s emblem. He notes Capitol Square ringed by dense sunflowers, praising their size, color, and endurance amid heat and drought, claiming the flower never fails to endure and remains “happy as a big sunflower.”
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Kansas
Noble L. Prentis
Atchison
Capitol Square
Dreathy Ames
Nature
Not the Man, Loafer Saluting a Stranger
London Punch features a dialogue in which a loafer defends his past service while a major questions his conduct. The exchange centers on whether the speaker is the same man who served and faced possible discharge for cowardice, ending with a claim of having done duty.
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Loafer
London
Thackeray’s Poets and Personal Taste
The piece notes Thackeray’s favored poets Goldsmith Prior and Gay for humor and melody, his respect for Pope, and his view of Milton as great but tedious. It also notes he avoided the grandiose “big bowwow” poetry and did not enroll with that style.
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Thackeray
Goldsmith
Prior
Gay
Pope
Milton
Boy's careless car kept in the garbage sparks letter tale
Mrs. Rusticus-Pa upbraids Tommy over his car, recently bought in the city. In a letter he admits he kept the autermobilly in the garbage, prompting a sharp domestic exchange.
Fire destroys Sioux City Iron Company building
Fire in the basement of a three story Sioux City Iron Company plant destroyed the structure, causing about 140000 dollars in losses. Discovered at 2 a m by a vendor on Pearl Street, six fire companies fought the blaze until 3 am. Secretary J A Sadler cites 80000 dollars in losses. building owned by Grossinger estate, insured.
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J. A. Sadler
Iron Company
Grossinger
Advertising for Harlan plant nursery catalog request
A promotional notice offers 56 000 evergreens 5500 fruit trees 43000 grape vines 93000 shrubs and plenty of roses flowering bushes bulbs and climbers adaptable to local soil and climate. It invites readers to write to W M Bomberger Harlan now for selections.
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W. M. Bomberger
Harlan
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Walter Gregersen
Elk Horn
New England
O. K
J. A. Petersen
Iowa
Johnson & Carstensen Sole Agents
Kimballton
Carrie Madsen
R. J. Hansen
M. N. Esprex
KR. J. Hansen
RayoLamp
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
THE
DEVIL
Stewart
Johnson Mercantile CO
Ayer
Ayers
J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell, M
Kimballton Feed Store
P. E. James
James P. Jorgensen
John Riley
Corner Drug Store
California
Ties Ett
Rock Island
Pacific Northwest
Exira
el Paso
Colorado
W. B. Fryberger
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