Forty Years In Iowa History Inspires State Pride
The State Register notes Iowa’s forty years since admission to statehood, praising growth, wealth, and educational progress. It highlights expansion in railways, population, and governance, including early enfranchisement of Black citizens and moves toward temperance, with a reflection on the state’s maturation and pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Uxton
State Register
Angland
Elizabeth
Union—interior
Bavish
Ibis
Ooen
Towa
The Boy of the Future and Its Outlook
An article contrasts two opinions on boys prospects in a modern busy age. The Shoe and Leather Reporter argues youth will see wonders with progress, rising to challenges and shaping industry through rivalry and ambition. The Christian Union warns a boy left to his own devices risks a grim fate amid factory life, widening class gaps and lost opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caia
Shoe and Leather Reporter
Christian Union
Evyon
Ottumwa
Jordan
Stormy
Bis. Jenkins
Mr. Jenkins
Boston Transcript
Calcutta
Haz
Adams
Steve Bullock
Heaps
Britt
Ada Stors
St. Louis
St. Lovlat
Bullock
Cage
Bill Paige
Pwo
Keee
Marion Smith
Detroit
Peculiar Indiana divorce tale in Lafayette match aborts
In Lafayette, Mrs. Mattie Beale sued for divorce after a wedding day farce. Bride and guests awaited John W Basle who never returned after a brief downtown absence. The groom vanished a short time after the ceremony, leaving a 30 minute marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Wabash
Mattie Beale
Lafayette
John W. Basle
Beale
Prominent Men’s Deaths Highlight Sixty-Year Milestone
The piece cites the Chicago Journal noting famed generals Grant Logan Hancock Meade Sherman and Farragut died between ages 59 and 69. It argues three life periods mark a man’s span from infancy to sixty and from fifty to sixty, suggesting survival beyond sixty predicts a full seventy years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chicago Journal
Grant
Logan
Hansock
McClellan
Blallock
Geo
Disintegration Threatens Knights of Labor Over Fractures
A Chicago Journal critique cites turmoil within the Knights of Labor as officers clash with leadership. Reports from Baltimore and Montreal indicate member withdrawals and clerical tensions, signaling a fading prosperity. District assemblies in ten states may seek a special grand assembly session to reverse Richmond actions, with Powderly's response uncertain and an imminent split looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleasant
Knights of Labor
Chicago Journal
Powderly
Baltimore
Montreal
Grand Assembly
Richmond
Items of Interest From the Nation and Northwest Railroads
A review of railway building shows the Northwest achieving 2,462 miles in 1886, the most in a year, while 9,999 miles were laid nationwide in 1892. Comparisons reveal trends in expansion, costs near 45 million, and commentary on inter-state commerce regulation. Also notes on political figures, education funding, and a quirky civic anecdote about a chestnut bell replaced by an electric button.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Gen. Grant
Horatio Seymour
John A. Logan
Thomas A. Hendricks
Knights of Labor
Montreal
Wilson
St- Louis Globe Democrat
Varied Voting Systems Across Nations Glimpse
A survey traces voting methods in Britain France Denmark and the United States, outlining voice, division, tellers, ayes and nays, and complex ballot machines. It notes English secrecy, American ballot challenges, and shifts toward registries and open procedures, ending with remarks on prior Maine politics and imperfect reforms.
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Great Britain
France
Deomatt
United States
Russia
England
House of Gomtons
Cntics
Senate
Penabacot Tadiang
Maine
Mluttréo
Congress
Partion Wate
Oldtown
Guilelves Childen
House of Commons
New England
Massachusetts
Chacaucis
Soason
Rons
Gots
Webster
Mao
Turiona
Assembly
Denmark
Brooklyn Bayle
Brown velveteen fashions and robes from Chicago Times
Brown velveteen dresses and suits with leopard skin vests and fur trims dominate the Chicago fashions described. Designers favor plain basques, short skirts, and plush borders, with turban hats and fur accents completing the ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vervaxsons
Chicago ‘Times
Broadside on household health and old-time remedies
An excerpted ad dense with remedies and tips including Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women, cautions on dry poultry floors, burn treatment with egg白 and oil, and references to products like Rough on Dirt and Rough on Dirt laundry powder. It also advertises a California excursion with round trip rates and six month ticket validity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess
Will Gell
California
San Diego
Haxmany
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Thuradsy
McCleleand
Fat
Falk
Forte
Blush
the Boy OF the Future
aMl
Jones
Florida
Henry
Iide
Apa
Peta Eagen
Doug
Election Customs
Chicago Fashions
Dapan
Sanitary Bureau
Empr
Japan
Nagasaki
China
Kansas
Jaorger
Adaing Va
Paige
Guveas
Boston
Adama
Bos- Loa
Washington
Zalles
Cape Henry
Fish Commissioners
Imosture
Cos
MANN
Second Avenue
New Devendorf & Mann
Frank Holt
Drew
Practical Gun and Locksmith & General Repairreh
Thind Street
Greene Bros
North Second St
Gedar Rapids
Hauo
First Avenue Ars
Taion Blow
Swans
Bite Auite
Talon Block
Dover
Calais
Borvant
Chienge
Swellington Jones
Swellington Jaums
Aarpor
Wirekeli
Rator
Linn County
Galy
Elizabeth BM. Campbell
Linn
Eaid
Gampdel
Third Avenue
Fourtr
Central Park
Thelly Battonal Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Faslas L. Bevhh
Guglies
Cos College
Olden Sercific Co
Race St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Jol
Nan
Urs
Tapale & Lilly
Fourth Ave
PivetStreet
Mors Haves
North Second Street
Cedar Rapids Times
South Second St
Lau’s
Billau
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