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about their places, unwilling to leave, the women sobbing ami the men very pale.The Cedar Rapids Times says: “The penitentiary at Fort Madison contains over 400 criminals and the one at Anamosa-nearly half as many. This is quite a change from the good old times of which much is said. In 1842, or thereabouts, a correspondent or the New York Tribune visited Fort Madison to write ap the prison and the manner of treating the prisoners. He learned that there was only one inmate, a Musanaka Indian, and, on* requesting a look at him, was informed that he had gone to Keokuk on some business for the warden.”Why is ft lamp chimney like a Chicago savings bank? No one appears able to answer this.—Danbury News. That’s a mere snare. It’s too easy: I—Because 'they’re sure to break. II—Because a soot is apt to grow out of them. Ill—Because they burn your fingers. IV—Because they can’t stand a strong draft. V—Because there is something wick-ed at the bottom of them. VI—
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Indianapolis Indiana State Sentinel
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Wed, Jan 02, 1878
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