Iowa News Items A mix of local incidents and development
Sabula to build a $10 300 schoolhouse. several suicides and accidents across Iowa including Clayton County deaths and a Cedar Rapids runaway injury. Boone logs shipped to Germany, Des Moines burglary at Francis Clarkins book store, housing shortage despite new houses, and a proposed Wisconsin Iowa Nebraska Railway project. Also notes on public figures, industry fires, and regional politics.
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Boone County
Germany
Francis Clarkins
Lawler
Des Moines
Rock Island Railroad Company
Iowa
Wiconsin
Iowa & Nebraska Railway
Gerge Glick
Marshaltown
Samuel Merritt
Des Maes
Hoyt Sherman
J. WM. Parker
Marshalltown
Union Trust Co
New York
A. J. Birchard
Marshalton
Geo. F. Woolston
Kidney-Wort Claims Liver Bowels and Kidney Cure
A druggist extols Kidney-Wort as the most popular medicine, claiming it has specific action on the liver bowels and kidneys and urges readers not to miss its sale. Bee advertisement notes.
Notable Executions and Crimes Reported in 19th Century Notices
Reporting covers executions in Alabama and Virginia for murders in 1881 and 1883, a Pueblo lynching of two cattle thieves, a Kansas City shooting by two suspects with one mob-lynched, a Farwell Michigan killing amid a child custody dispute, and a Cleveland wife shooting. The piece ends with moral reflections on perception and awareness.
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Wm. Stock
Chicago
Martin Manahan
Kansas City
Selma
Alabama
al. Weisanger
Bill Ledlow
Jesse B. Weisanger
Chatham Court House
Pittsylvania County
Doc. Wright
C.J. Arthur
Pueblo
Colorado
W.T. Phebus
Jay McGrew
Cattle Protective Association
Pete Jones
Bluff Street
London dispatch on reprieve delays and Am native proofs
The Foreign Office has not yet replied to Dr. Lawson's reprieve request and no proofs of his American nativity are on file. The Times comments on American and imprisoned suspects and the right of states to protect themselves. It notes Grant's remarks to a New York deputation and hopes a citizen released may depart the country. Sara Bernhardt wed Demalya in Wells. Advices from Buenos Ayres report Peruvians losing 200 men at Abacuche. commanders captured and likely to be shot. Dublin reports Mrs. Smith killed when shot at by a man driving home with her husband from church.
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Hopkinton
Mass
Congregational Church
Bridges & Co
Claflin, Coburn & Co
Siock
Bulding
Cornelius J. Vanderbilt
Wm. H. Vanderbilt
Commodore Vanderbilt
the Glen Hotel
New York
Brady
Mr. Vanderbilt
Scott Lord
Lord
Arizona
Congress
Conita Valley
Colorado
London
Foreign Office
Lawson
London Times
Grant
United States
Sara Bernhardt
Demalya
St. Andrews Church
Wells
Sara
Dublin
The
Telegraph
Arkansas
Raymond County
Santa Fe
John Wilson
Reed
Lawrence
Chase
Eckles Bros
Ed. Ghattens
Sutton, Swisher & Dupree
Geo. F. Miller
Reed’s
Methodis
Muscat Bros
Spires Drug
Quincy Wa’y
Kahekat Mo
Ashton
Kahoka
Wabash
Rock Island
Iowa
Keosauqua
Humeston
Ashto
Missouri
van Buren County
Des Moines
Martin
Clyde Station
Michigan
Highland Station
Flint
Pere Marquette Road
Holy
Clyde
Crandall
Taylor
Pontiac
Chicago Evening Journal
Kalamaxoo
Eaton County
Oakland County
Lafayette Crandall
Henry Taylor
Ora Ward
Horace Sherman
Kalamazoo
Mich
Kendall and
South Haven
Wilde
Cooper Township
Cleopatra
Julius Cesar
Marc Antony
Venus
Egypt
Alexandria
Story
Cesar
Antony
Cilicia
Cassius
Rome
Octavia
Octavius
Actium
Tveas Biltings
Texas
Adam
Eve
Young Lovers Fail to Obtain License in Kentucky
A Kentucky wedding attempt in Irvine ends with the couple refusing to lie about ages and statements to obtain a marriage license. The girl, 16, balks at deceit while the boy also refuses, leading to a return home. Interludes include a sharp exchange with Rev. Dr. Bethune over truth and denial.
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Kentucky
Irvine
Sallie
Dr. Bethune
Jesse James Killed in St Joseph by Ford Brothers
Dispatches report Jesse James died on April 3 in St Joseph after Robert and Charles Ford shot him in the back as he faced away to wash. The brothers surrendered to authorities and provided details of the ambush at James's rented home and the immediate aftermath.
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St. Joseph
Kansas City
Jesse James
Robert
Charles Ford
Charles
James
Ford
Robert Ford
Fords
Hera’d
Undertaker’s
Fatal Cyclone Ravages Towns and Counties Across Regions
A massive April cyclone sweeps from Arkansas border northward destroying homes and shops in Chase and nearby areas. Killed include John Reed and others with injuries to multiple families. extensive damage reported in Ashton Kahoka Keosauqua Kalamazoo and Pontiac regions.
Judge rules no remedy for slander against posterity
A Cincinnati man sued a neighbor for calling his son a donkey but the court held that the law offered no remedy for slander against one's descendants. The decision implies the suit should have targeted the donkey rather than the son.
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Cincinnati
Multilingual Austro-Hungarian Press Totals Unveiled
The Austro-Hungarian monarchy hosts 1 803 newspapers in many languages. It includes 150 dailies, 480 weeklies, 338 monthlies, and 735 other classes. Spain has 750 journals with 220 dailies and 389 weeklies. Jaly counts 1 174 with 148 dailies 450 weeklies and 256 monthlies, and an annual print run of 270 000 000 copies.
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Spain
Jaly
Newspaper fragment praises labor-saving machine and Cragin & Co
A fragment extols a labor-saving machine as the greatest invention, urging readers to adopt it and mentioning Cragin & Co in a promotional tone.
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Qitrom
Cragin & Co
Congressional Proceedings Report From April Sessions
The summary covers House and Senate actions from April 1 to April 7 including bills on Nebraska representation, army retirement age, Missouri river bridges, postal salaries, and anti polygamy provisions. Debates touch the Choctaw right of way for railroads, Mississippi levee improvements, public buildings, Chinese exclusion, and presidential vote counting with adjournments and committee work noted. Notable measures pass or fail on funding monuments, internal revenue laws, and river and railroad projects.
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Washington
Willitts
Nebraska
House
Calkins
Washingtoon
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Missouri
Harrison County
Iowa
United States
St. Louis & San Francisco
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
Singleton
Mississippi
Memphis
Secretary of the Treasury
National Banking Association
Knott
Yeas
Dunnel
Necara Canal Company
St. Louis and
San Francisco Railroad Company
Teller
Saunders
Committee On Territories
Dakota
Morgan
Mexico
Farley
Hoar
Ingall
Bayard
Harris
Sherman
Committee On Foreign Relations
Washburne
Minnesota
Missouri River
St. Charles
Haskell
Fate
Two souls born worlds apart embody fate as they drift across seas and deserts to meet only in eyes. Their paths run parallel yet never join, ending in lifelong yearning and unfulfilled longing.
No Offer Refused Ad Sparks Immediate Proposal
A couple reads a newspaper and laughs at the phrase No reasonable offer refused. She hints at her sentiment and the man seizes the moment, proposing on the spot. The scene captures a playful, romantic spark born from a newspaper ad.
Cleopatra and Antony romance and tragic end in ancient tale
The article retells Cleopatra’s rise and fall, her liaison with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, and the battles and deaths surrounding Rome’s power struggle. It notes her beauty, intellect, and influence, then shifts to a satirical piece on women gardeners and springyard customs.
Music of Insects and Human Hearing Limits
In his paper Another World Down Here W M Williams argues insects may know physical facts beyond human knowledge Our ears detect only certain sound vibrations above a few thousand per second beyond which most people cannot hear He notes the analogy of vibrating strings membranes and air tubes and suggests smaller drums or tubes affect pitch and perception.
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W. M. Williams
Tribune Job Printing Offer Proclaims Modern Styles
The Tribune Printing House states it offers latest type styles and ornate or plain work for envelopes statements notices heads bill heads programs letter heads and business cards. Mail orders receive prompt attention and best stock is used.
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Tribune
Bert
Insect Hearing and Sound Perception
The higher the note produced by agitation, the smaller faster the insect’s auditory wave. Insects hear minute drums and tubes that create a sound world beginning where human perception ends. What seems continuous to us is a series of blows and vibrations far beyond human hearing, possibly revealing a vast insect music.
Italian Children and the Hidden Hardships of Early Nurture
The piece contrasts Italian child rearing with English nurseries, noting limited access to bottle feeding, reliance on balia wet nurses, and children living with peasants before age four. It highlights leg binding, lack of postnatal care, and vague schooling for boys in seminario and girls in convent, with a quip about an Italian lady misunderstanding England as an island.
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Balia
England
Time and Space In Thoughtful Classroom Exchange
In a campus dialogue a psychology professor asks if something can be out of time yet occupy space. A music student replies with a playful example of a weak singer in a chorus illustrating the concept.
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P. M. Momsen
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Crime and Criminals
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Jacob Bucher
Smith
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Robert Billen
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Bluen
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Abacuche
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St. Joseph, Mo
Jesse
Express
Jessie James
Fra Diavolo
Dick Turpin
Shinderhannes
St. Joe
Jessie
LaFayette
Twenty First Streets
Alesbury
Thomas Howard
Platt City
Richmond
Smith & Wesson
Charlie
Illinois
Ranmary
Chambers
Secretary of
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Court of Claims
Quarter Master General’s Department of the United States Tribunal
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Wasnixeton
Cameron
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Miller
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Springer
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Committee On Education and Labor
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