Weather Lore and Electric Oddities in a 1870 Des Moines Page
A long, fragmentary column blends rural musings on rain and thunder with analyses of weather lore and lightning storms. It weaves in social commentary on marriage, philosophy, and a string of public notices, then shifts to railway law and Iowa legislative text, with stray anecdotes on public figures and a curious street show involving a painted Native American and a lightning machine.
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