Old Settlers of Polk County Licenie Held August 25
The Old Settlers of Polk County plan their annual licenie on August 25. The event, a long-standing local gathering, will feature community activities and remembrance of pioneer residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa News
Polk County
Louis Lamareaux
Sloan
Suay
James F. Wilson
Iowa College
Iowa
E. Richards
New London
Mississippi
Dunuque
Potomac River
Eugene Riley
Council Bluffs
John Wilcoxen
Dubuque
Denver
Jim Moon
Marshalltown
Joe Noonan
Bohemians
Western College
Lim County
Northwesten Railway Company
Algona
Towa
Grinnell & Montezuma
New Sharon
Col Valley & Eastern
Blackstone Coal Company
Mahaska County
Who Was the Hero of Cowpens Debate Prompted by Child
A History class discussion on trial heroism ends with a boy’s loud answer Sitting Bull causing an awkward hush. The scene underscores conflicting views on what defines heroism in history.
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New Maysfield
Shine
Jevere
Merced
California
Michael Early
Brookton
Masa
Sitting Bull
Prejudice Wills Tele gram Hop Bit Po How It Helped
A damaged telegraph text recounts a family’s claim that their daughter recovered after two years of illness using Hop Bit Po. The message urges others not to let prejudice prevent trying the remedy, claiming it brought health in food and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deven
Elga
Jury clears Cash duel case in Charleston C
A jury in Charleston C acquits in the Cash dueling case. The issue of lottery ads draws indictments against editors of the Police Gazette Truth and Star in New York. Multiple violent incidents and riots are reported across Cleveland Washington Antioch Little Rock and San Francisco with various arrests and outcomes.
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Charleston
Police Gazette
Truth
Star
New York
Stannard
Luther Ross
Chicago
Stanard
Ross
Washington, D. C
James Christmas
Win. G. Whitney
Hey
Christmas
Whitney
Antioch
Ind
San Francisco
Frank Braga
Portugal Protection and Benefit Society
Braga
Tulamne County
Little Rock
Ark
Albert Stanley
James Tibbetts
John
James McCullun
Stokes
McCullan
Stanley
Tibbetts
Parnell Banquet Planned to Mark 85th Birthday
England reports that the Irish party in Parliament intends to host a grand banquet for Charles Stewart Parnell on the occasion of his 85th birthday while Gladstone has given notice of forthcoming actions in Parliament.
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Penmsylymia
Ohio
West Virginia
Ohay
O'Callahan
Waterford
Parnell
Girls Needed in the West to Build Homes and Temperance
A Colorado paper argues the West requires virtuous Protestant women to provide wives and homes for the influx of single men in mining and cattle regions. It urges churches and women’s groups to sponsor elderly leaders and young members to move West for positions as teachers, cooks, nurses, and house staff, promoting temperance and stability over factory life and vice.
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M. Y
Colorado
Christaans
Slade
Vermont
United States
West
Australia
Church of Rome
Montana
Wyoming
New Mexico
Nebraska
Women's Christian Temperance Union
His Last Dose Kidney-Wort Remedy Sparking Recommendation
A sufferer with kidney trouble agrees to try Kidney-Wort as a remedy. He warns it may be his last dose yet it cures him and he now urges others to use it. If you suffer from disorders, act promptly.
Washington and Cornwallis at Yorktown remembered
The London Telegraph recalls Yorktown memories as Gen Washington in the decisive moment bids farewell to Lord Cornwallis with a noble gesture. Cornwallis surrenders on October 17, 1781 after failed escape attempts and a strong Franco-American force presence. Washington’s words reportedly foretell Cornwallis’s future service to the crown. England maintains close amity with France and the United States, unshaken by past commemorations.
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Washington
Yorktown
London Telegraph
Lord Cornwallis
Hle
Gloucester
Comte de Grasse
Gen
Charles
Marquis Cornwallis
St. Paul’s
Keble
England
France
United States
A Scrap Book Guide to Organization and Indexing
A guide on keeping scrap books with careful indexing for easy retrieval. It recommends small focused volumes, subject divisions, and margins or leather slips to aid opening. Quotation scrap books suggested with subject keywords and author names. A tidy, well curated reference enhances value and interest.
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Snehag
Ton
Whiih
Railroads Transform New Mexico Says Chief Justice
Chief Justice L. Brad of the Supreme Court lauds New Mexico’s railroad expansion. He notes the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe line spanning from Kansas City to Guaymas, plus branches to El Paso and the Mexican Central. He predicts a railroad center at El Paso linking to Mexico and a new era of immigration and growth in the Territory.
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L. Brad
Supreme Court of New
Newexico
New Mexico
Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Guaymas
Gulf of California
el Paso
City of Mexico
Cen
Rail links shaping a southwestern continental route
The text describes multiple railroad lines feeding Santa Fe region traffic. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Southern Pacific form a core via Deming and Albuquerque. Atlantic and Pacific connects at Albuquerque toward San Francisco. Denver and Rio Grande nears Espaniola, linking to Mexican narrow gauge. Texas Santa Fe Northern aims to reach Santa Fe via Pecos River Valley, with Espaniola as a junction.
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Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe
Deming
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Atlantic and Pacific
Albuquerque
Atchison, Topeka
Santis Fe
San Francisco
Denver and
Rio Grande
Denver
Conejos
el Paso
Espaniola
San Juan
Charma River
Texas
Santa
Northern
Pecos River
Rio Grand
Use of the Walrus in Inuit Subsistence Described
A historical note explains the walrus as crucial to Inuit life from Behring Strait to Labrador. It finances food, oil for warming and lighting, nets, kayak skins, waterproof clothing, footwear soles, and ivory for trade. It cites 1879 80 starvation on St Lawrence Island and reflects on subsistence relying on walrus prior to further cautioning against reliance on the animal.
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Arctic
I White
St. Lawrence Island
Alaskan
Poonook Pougayellyak
Kugallagak
Hey
Behring
Sen
Walrus
The Winning of Wealth and the Christian Use of Wealth
A essay argues wealth is legitimate when used to benefit others and uplift the poor. It condemns greed that exploits workers, urges Christian responsibility, and warns the future will be troubled if poverty is ignored. The piece stresses sharing opportunities and guiding wealth toward prosperity for all.
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Andrew Jansen
Spencer
Cheek Gumne
Cheok
First National Bank of
Springfield
A.W. Criawford
Roper, Sumner and Co
Boone Republican
G. W. Lebo
Garden Township
Aleo
Charles Heidel
German Methodist Episcopal Church
Burtington
East
Louia
Missouri
Ogden
Frank Viking
Lo Sylvester, Huntley & Osborn
Cen Rapids Board of Trade
National Butterfid Eye Association
Little
Blairstown
Attica
James Hunter
Warren County
Hunter's
Joe Stumf
Stumf
Cincinnati
Weekly Review
Courier Journel
Louisville
Luise
Prussia
Herr von Cossler
Germ
Vatican
Viulois
Switzerland
Blois
Brooklyn
N. Y
Garfield
Arnok
Fraconia
Smith Bros. Planing Mill
Albert Sloenm
Milwaniea
Zimbernun & Co
Quincy
Ths
Sam Randolph
Hustler
Dugey
Pher
Pollock
Quest
Scotland
Deadwood
Lead City
John Middleton
Bride
Savanah
Georgia
Morelas
Mexico
San Antonio
Cuuntla
Stone Bridge
Monticello
Aine Qith
Lawrence Mahoney
Wahasl Bridge
Tombstone
Arizona
I. TL. Edwards
Havenford
Indian Territory
Comig
Sncrcase
J. WV. Sage
Scully County
Deal
Cambridge Observatory
St. BH
Muskogee
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
Cleveland
Thomas Q Garfield
Alonzo Arnold
B. Boyle
Thomas Garfield
Arnold
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Central of Town
Mason City
Milwaukee Railway
Austin Road
Alberti
Carter
Cresco
Mazatlan
Mositos
Malpols
Viver
Eros
Marseilis
Ireland
Russia
Yokomiya
Garden Street
Catharine Canal Bridge
St. Petersburg
London
Kazan Cathedral
Algiers
Sai- Ox
Bonamina
Alfa Company
Crime
Geo. Williams
Gladstone
Scribner
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