City Election Notice for Dubuque Officers April Nineteenth
In pursuance of the city charter as amended January 1959 mayor John Thompson announces the annual city officers election in Dubuque County on Monday the 19th of April next. Voters will elect mayor treasurer and collector city attorney and municipal judges five aldermen from each ward. Polls open at 1 p.m. at specified ward locations. Mayor John Thompson and Recorder Alleats provide notice and affidavit of compliance.
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Dbuque
Vessenree
Robert Jees
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Ditean
Tendell
Lod Street
Aubuque
Wiech
Joan Tulompson
Pevielon
Vast Flood Remains Deep New York Crisis Outrages Rail Lines
Observers note no telegraph or mail in the area while a great flood in New York State is reported as the highest on record. Railroads and lines have been washed away along with telegraph by the mile, while markets in Chicago show declines and the East remains quiet according to San Francisco dispatches.
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Mississippi
New York State
Chicago
San Francisco
Fraxaniy
Oil Guy
French Creek
Franklin
Pone
Oil Creek
Berrato
New York Central
N.Y. & Erie
Des Moines Senate Seat Scramble Thwarts Iowa Race
The piece notes a looming vacancy in the U S Senate to be filled before December after Secretary of the Interior James Harlan’s removal. It predicts a crowded field in Des Moines with Stone and Kasson as likely frontrunners and details Stone’s residency ties and past gifts to move to the capital.
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Tows
Dubuque
Ig Ng
Des Moines
James Harlan
Interior
Senate
Stone
Kasson
Thin Hs
Ben Leen
Kosson
Howe
Visit to Fort Sumter reveals ruins and collapsed walls
Charleston correspondent reports Fort Sumter remains largely ruined after Civil War bombardment. Casemates and arches torn up, walls honeycombed, sandbags and gabions used, and debris burying the ancient masonry. Only scattered guns remain on the Moultrie side as ongoing shelling erodes the fort.
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Charleston
Moultrie
Wagner
Dupont
Gilmore
Alos
Thas
Davenport Modus Operandi Explained by Once a Week
The article details a Davenport brothers ventriloquism trick set in a cabinet constructed without glue or screws. It describes how seats and back attachments use tenons and mortice holes, allowing pieces to be packed and later manipulated to produce music with a tambourine and bell.
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Davenport Brothers
Xbox
Crinoline and the Laidles debated by Philadelphia readers
A Philadelphia Inquirer corresp notes a 19th century push by wealthy women to ban hoop skirts, calling it a failed movement. The piece suggests manufacturers hold power and that most women remain attached to hoops, dismissing the effort as unlikely to succeed.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
The
Inquirer
Faifth Avenue
Madison Square
National Debt and Public Burden Asks for Restraint
The New York Journal of Commerce urges against a heavy national debt and a strong centralized government. It warns that persistent taxation and burdens will grind the poor, deter enterprise, and divide society into classes, likening America to an overburdened titan.
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Congress
Journal
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Atimolas
Ike Samson
Giuza
Men Sue Mundy Captured After Stand Against Troops
From the Louisville Journal the notorious outlaw Sue Mundy also called Jerome Clark is captured with Capt Billy Magruder and Henry Medkiff. They were taken to the military prison after Mundy fired on the pursuing Union troops, wounding four men. Magruder is gravely wounded. Medkiff, once escaped, is described as a sturdy man.
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Sue Mundy
Jerome Clark
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Henry Medkill
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Cot
Dill
Mr. Cox
Webster
Brandenburg
Medkif
30Th
Wisconsin Volunteers
Grey Eagle
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Dawny
Medkiff
Camp Douglas
Detention of Lord Lyons Explained in Parliament
Mr Layard described Lord Lyons as zealous and capable in Washington noting his dispatches filled sixty folio volumes in a year and that health issues prevented pressing a return to Washington though he had earned high government approval.
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Lord Lyons
England
Layard
Washington
Woly Creek Capital Share Inquiry Noted Addresses
A garbled notice lists 40,000 shares par value at 3 and references several names and street addresses including Jo Hewer Street, No. 49 Williate Street, No.7 Exchange Place, and William Street. The fragment also mentions a president and officials with unclear roles.
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Office OF Company
William SE
Tuters
Barkey
Colored Passags at Alma Inauguration Ball Kitchen Fight
Washington dispatch reports a kitchen brawl at the Inauguration Ball where two rival African cooks clashed over remarks about the turkey and chicken salad. Dishes flew, a frantic melee ensued, police arrived late, and arrests followed amid the festive ruin.
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Washington
Sapper Committee
Ixius
Rivers, Rails, and Bridges Lose To Floods Across Cities
Across New York region reports speak of record floods with Little Falls and Roche ster worst hit. Water height reaches three feet higher than ever, gas works halted, bridges swept away, telegraph poles down, and telegraphic communication disrupted. In Canada Parliament braces for adjournment as defense talks shift to Britain. Unknown woman’s body found in Rochester street as rivers surge.
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Central
Genesee Valley
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R. R
Uxehsuge Street
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