Iowa News Digest Highlights Social, Legal And Industrial Notes
Mrs Lincoln returns to New York after four years in Europe amid reports of danger. Gold imports surge. Iowa dairy and butter factory output rises sharply from 1878 figures to about twenty million dollars. A Davenport gathering of United Templars temples stands at fifty with fifteen hundred members. A Baltimore voter who never voted is called absurd by the Evening American. A Chicago pastor appointment prompts satire on Thomas and Swing. Vinton endures fire losses totaling about six thousand dollars. Nebraskas Saunders County enforces vigilante justice on a would be kidnapper. The Bradford oil district wastes thousands of barrels daily, rivers catch the runoff. The name Iowa traced to an Indian term meaning the spot where corn and cattle thrive.
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Garfield and Hancock lead in northern states vote tally
A late century report details Garfield and Arthur winning broad national Republican support. It notes large northern gains, Connecticut and Rhode Island backing Garfield, New York and Pennsylvania strong for the Republican ticket, with Indiana and Ohio showing substantial majorities. Local returns show county and city results favoring Republicans amid ongoing tallies.
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Five O'Clock Journal and News
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Ohio
Oregon
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Rhode Island
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Wisconsin
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California
Nevada
Swaton
The Boss Fraud of the Campaign
A lengthy critique denounces a forged Garf ield letter used to smear the Democratic campaign. It details forensics proving the letter’s author was not James A. Garfield, with experts tracing penmanship and postal stamps to discredit the hoax. The piece mocks Barnum and argues the Republican party should be praised for exposing the fraud. It laments the Democratic campaign’s impact and notes census timing and congressional apportionment doubts.
More Democratic was Toxy and Denver mob atrocity
Ill tempered charge recounts alleged Democratic foment and a Denver October 1 riot. It alleges eight thousand names on city rolls sparked mob rule. A Garfield forgery tie in prompts a march with banners. A Chinese neighborhood faced attacks, homes torn, two Chinese killed, others beaten. Police and firemen faced gunfire as Mayor urges calm.
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Washington Letter on W H Barnum Democratic Leader
Washington Letter from 1885 critiques W H Barnum as Democratic National Committee chairman. It portrays him as a dominant figure in campaign strategy, praises or condemns his rule style, and accuses him of vile slander and gasconade in political battles. The piece notes secrecy around his rise and references Republican attacks.
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Interest in Migrations and Local Economy Reflected in 19th Century News
The article surveys migrants, public school wages, and a Hampton estate sale, noting a prewar refused sale at 878,900 now 33,500. It cites Cornell College enrolment, butter production estimates in Davenport, Nebraska population growth, and Iowa’s newspaper count. It mentions Baltimore oysters, New York apple shipments, Lydia Maria Child’s death, and home industry advocacy, plus western anthracite beds and a New York Tribune view. It also covers A U O Iowa beneficiary fund receipts, and ends with a police counterfeiting case in Chicago and Brooklyn linked to Spencer and Doyle.
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