Des Moines growth and national Jewish census notes
Des Moines reports 650 housing units and 15 business blocks in 1880, with pride in local growth. The piece cites 250,000 Jews in the U.S. and 13,000 in the Serichiyrel, mentions Chicago postmaster changes, and critiques patent medicine ads, rail expansion debates, anti whisky laws, and a Nebraska railroad accident. It also lauds Auditor Sherman’s six years of service and the state’s financial integrity.
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United States
Seri Chiyrel
Ifrabk Palmer
Mo Palmer
Teig Xald
Chicago
Lnsever Han
Hsb
Uhson
Gainess
Towa
Fodinna Grrl
Tilinpis Central
South Carolina
Lewis
Jay
Council Proceedings Reflect Tax Relief and Public Works
City council in regular session notes tax remission petitions from Martha Luqs and Ann Flynn, and compensation claim by Mr. and Mrs. Gammon for losses from smallpox. Bills approved for numerous vendors, and resolutions set police chief appointment studies. Congress actions include fire losses and Franking privilege inquiry as railroads face scrutiny.
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Ann Flynn
Gammon
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Sevaee
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Eevee
Thos Hickey
JC Milnes
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Eimer Mefford
Ben Harrison
United States Senate
Atraction
Chicago
John McVan
Wm M
Aldy
Gates
Seouffer
Merkon
Ald
Taylor
Ald. Mansfield
J.C. Stopp Ann
Congress
United States
Allentown
Des Moines Pension Details and Cabinet Speculation
Pension Agent Gue released statistics for the Des Moines district detailing $2,090,000 paid to pensioners last year and about twelve thousand on the roll. The office handles ~70,000 annual letters, with quarterly checks sent to nearly all, and a public note on cabinet speculation lists Garfield as potential President with a proposed 1890s-era roster.
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Gue
Des Moines
Iowa
Nebraska
Railroads surge as nation widens its rails and networks
The Railway Age reports a record year for U S railroad construction with about 7,000 miles added, bringing totals to 60,286 in 1871 and 74.09 in 1815, signaling railroads as a national necessity and propelling ongoing expansion and competition across states. Washington correspondence notes political maneuvers around Conger’s senate election, Frye’s Maine race withdrawal, Grant’s pension issue, and staffing changes amid party dynamics.
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United States
Political and rail disputes frame late state talk
The piece notes James Wilson nominated by John Pr Trish amid gubernotorial chatter. It reports a bill by My Carpenter to elect postmasters by the people within the state. It cites aid totals from August 1880 to July 1 1881 at 350 773 000 and covers disputes over the C M went P rail line, and the G N W railroads. It mentions a special May 1 election on liquor traffic, weather from Council Bluffs to Chicago, and snow across New England. It ends with troop inspection gaps and a presidential appointment wrangle over Col Merritt influenced by an Ohio connection.
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Taunt
John Pr. Trish
Tohn
My. Carpenter
Johny Gilfoul
C.m.went P
St. Clinton
Ohio
Stanley Mathews
Col. Merritt
Merritt
Hayes
Sacket
Vaccination orders and weather reports dominate Burlington news
A Washington special notes lack of an inspector general and school vaccination orders affecting three hundred pupils. Weather across the country shows higher temperatures with Wisconsin reporting minus sixty six. Chicago and Milwaukee warehousing show large grain inventories while a Des Moines man elopes with a widow’s daughter and faces adultery charges after fleeing to Davenport.
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Grant
Senate
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Alere
Des Moines
Hug & Focal
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Lowa
Hin
Groves
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Ninball
Robinson
Prophecy pamphlet foretells 1881 tribulations and Antichrist
The pamphlet claims fourteen pages of prophecies and Bible quotes foretelling a revival then four years of turmoil led by a parochial Prince Jerome Napoleon. It predicts Antichrist rise, World conflict, and no preaching after 1835, with 1881 marking a start of great events and widespread plague.
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Satan
Bridies
Jesus
Smerifee's Sale Notice In Linn County Iowa
A sale notice under a mortgage judgment dated June 1880 names Herbare Securities Mortgage Investment Association Limited as plaintiff and Harper as liable. The property described spans sections in township 83 and 84, with precise lot and quarter details, including river banks and road frontage, totaling about 77 acres. The sale will occur February 2nd at 10:30 AM in front of the county jail door in Independence, Linn County, Iowa, to satisfy the judgment and costs. Attorneys Depry and Mints Kemoncatit are noted.
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Scotland
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Gonthaas
Sonton
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Ifte Cathy
Conbatuine
Tin County
le Court Nowe
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Linn County
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Wren Sitimeys
City National Bank Ledger Item Notes Debits and Redemptions
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Decemer St
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