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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1880
Page
4
A diary style reminiscence blends a Mother's Anniversary tribute with a tale of Romaine, Gulnare, and a bayonet guardian during a time of war. The narrator recalls love, sacrifice, and the hero who delivered a family, sparking devotion and a secret engagement, amid a panorama of courtship pressures, ballrooms, and social expectations.
The first cost fields in America were the bituminous fields at Richmond Virginia found in 1750. The early use of anthracite coal appeared in 1768 to 1769 with limited burning in common routes by 1800. The first successful use of anthracite coal for iron smelting occurred in 1859 at the Pioneer Furnace in Pottsville Pennsylvania.
Fuasivort Ky July ville nen of Frankfort Ny, a former sergeant in the army, recounts Hancock as a boastful, tyrannical captain at Fort Leavenworth. An orderly salutes, is grilled by Hancock, and a sentry and mechanics discuss wages, revealing a vivid anecdote of army life and leadership tensions.
The journal recalls the Preston Brooks attack on Charles Sumner in 1850 and the ensuing House investigation. It notes Sumner’s injuries and long illness, Brooks as a southern defender of slavery, and the pro expulsion vote backed by a strong party split. William H English figures as a Democratic rival among supporters.
The article surveys Prof Ties of Missouri arguing all storms are electrical. It critiques beliefs, cites Marshfield tornado observations, and links wind, weather, and gendered viewpoints, with tangential notes on wages and social relations across states and time.
A Memphis Avalanche excerpt prints a letter signed "Southern, Democrat" praising Bourbonism and urging unity under the Democratic banner while denouncing Republicans. The piece notes city population figures across the United States, comparing American cities to English ones and listing urban populations above various thresholds.
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