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Newspaper

Des Moines Republican

Location

Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1872

Page

2

Davenport to Des Moines route and local notices

A Davenport to Des Moines railroad main line is located up to Fayette with grading near completion and iron ready, aiming to reach Milwaukee and St Paul line within two months. Various brief items include a $16,000 church cost at Ottumwa, social trips from Davenport, a Dubuque hydro phosphorylation alert, a self-inflicted death near Washington, and other local happenings and notices across Iowa towns.

Mary’s Episcopal Church Ottumwa Davenport St Paul Dubuque Burlington Graves Washington Clinton George W. McCrary Indies Mount Pleasant Alice Taylor Minos Porpaugh Bal, Ziturbeck Cedar Rapids Umit Place John P. Irish J. B. Grinnell Grinnell Naan Union Lmarwk-Eye Lee County Ft. Madison Thomas Anderson Palo Alto County Anderson Democrat Davenport & St. Paul Payette Fayette Latxty Wiel Point Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Benson Cresco Line Springs

A String of Conundrums and Wordplay

A garbled OCR piece presents a series of riddles and puns about morning, love, babies, weapons, and various wordplay definitions. It mocks misprints and double meanings with questions about timing, quantities, and simple arithmetic, though many lines are distorted or nonsensical.

Rock of Ages hymn echoes through a stormy vigil

A fragmentary narrative blends hymn lines with reflections on faith friendship and humility. The text weaves quoted lines from Rock of Ages with musings on prayer and moral conduct, juxtaposed against descriptions of weather, landscapes, and small parish scenes in a vivid, old newspaper voice.

Onan otter and Able Hine wilt in Burlington scene

Fragmented OCR notes place Onan otter and Able Hine in Burlington area near St. Luke Mall and Loula. Mentions Sebaal St Laude and Saint Mit Vanl with references to locations and a West Liberty branch, unclear actions or event context.

Onan Otter & Able St. Mit Burlington

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