Falls Districts and Local Incidents Report Card
Falls has about two hundred students with three fourths being ladies. The Ross Gray dwelling burned six miles northwest of Victor. insurance had expired. Cedar Rapids and Dubuque connected by telephone April 4 with an 80 mile line. two hour talk, line worked admirably. Meagher poisoned himself at Solon near Cedar Rapids and died. He lived in Independence, 60, leaving a wife and eight children. Southern Iowa wheat crops show fall wheat weaker, spring wheat sown more widely. Iowa State Brewer's Association met in Cedar Rapids April 7 with 100 delegates. H Koehler delivered address. Hog packing totals for Nov 1 1879 to Mar 1 1880 rose to 643,805 across Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Des Moines, Ottumwa, Council Bluffs and others, up 99,920 from 1878-9. Hamilton Freeman notes Wentworth killed by nephew at Xenia Hardin county after drunken incident leading to fatal blow.
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Meagher
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Iowa Cities
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Hamilton Freeman
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House Committee On Military Affairs
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Thomas Jones
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England
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Albert Schen
the Anzieger
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Iowa Democratic State Convention Chooses Delegates for Cincinnati
The Iowa Democratic State Convention met in Burlington on April 7 to elect delegates to the National Convention in Cincinnati. Judge Edward Johnston chaired temporarily, with W. W. Garner and others as secretaries. Delegates by district and at large were named, party platform resolved in favor of two thirds rule, and the convention adjourned sine die after thanking Burlington.
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Cincinnati
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Ed. Campbell
State Central Committee
Elder
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Edward Johnston
Lee County
W. W. Garner
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C. W. Sherman
Mills County
Chas. Hazlett
Boone
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G. F. Smith
van Buren County
Henry Funk
Muscatine County
Springer
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Matthews
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J. P. Bowditch
Linn County
Jnc
Townsend
Monroe
J. M. Walker
Polk County
Cass County
Thomas H. Grove
Greene County
W. B. Culbertson
Jefferson County
H. B. Fouke
Dubuque County
J. van Metre
Black Hawk County
Parvin
Johnson County
John Cochran
Jasper County
G. D. Palmer
Madison County
D. M. Hanis
Harrison County
A. B. Keath
Crawford County
T. O. Walker
Bloomfield
Reading
Zaiser
Gear
John P. Irish
Committee On
Democratic Party
Fathers of the Republic
Republican Party
Democrats
United States
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Gec
G. Rodman
Washington County
J. J. Richardson
Scott County
G. L. Johnson
Jackson County
D. 8. Malvin
Delaware County
C. M. Durham
Martin Blim
Blackhawk County
John Foley
Chickasaw County
J. J. Snouffer
Lake
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S. B. Evans
Wapello County
C. H. Mackey
Keokuk County
Geo. Gardner
Polk
J. 8. Pineck
Lucas
Rob’t B. Percival
Pottawattamie
W. H. Anderson
Mills
T. L. Bowman
Plymouth
E. D. Fenn
Story
T. J. Potter
Des Moines County
J. A. O. Yeoman
Webster
Dana F. Miller
Lee
J. F. Bates
Dubu
Eve to Grass Commanded by Mary to Send Lamb
A playful line recalls Mary sending her lamb Eve to graze, a nursery cadence reflecting caution and instruction spoken like a domestic rhyme. The snippet evokes a familiar scene of rural instruction and gentle livestock care.
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Eve
Mary
Six Years of Sickness Endured Aided by Hop Bitters
E. Farmer recounts six years of bedridden illness costing 200 dollars annually totaling 1200 dollars. He credits his wife who, after three bottles of Hop Bitters, managed all housework for a year without missing a day and urges others to learn from this experience.
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E. Farmer
Weekly Review of Disturbing Fires and Trials
A digest of late 1879 1880 incidents includes a $100000 Rochester fire in April, deaths of Rear Admiral Thacher and Gov William A. Howard, major fires in Pittsburg Providence and Harrisburg, wage restores, strikes by painters and miners, crop outlooks in Missouri and Texas, Sioux pursuit events, and crimes in Dixon Dixon and Chicago. Details cover losses, arrests, and public notices.
Whittaker at West Point Faces Suspicion Over Cadet Assault
Whittaker, a colored cadet at West Point, describes two masked assailants hitting him with a blood stained Indian club on April 6. He was examined at hospital with no injuries found, while General Schofield notes cadets were checked and suspects self-mutilation is unlikely. a court of inquiry convenes Friday as the case remains perplexing.
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Lawrenceville
Brunswick County
William Headman
Marshall
Texas
West Point
Missouri Penitentiary
Jefferson City
Martin Roderick
John Smith
Smith
Roderick
Johnson C. Whittaker
Schofield
Commandant Lugette
Whittaker
Invasion Reports Refer to Amoor Clash and Balkan Affairs
A St Petersburg dispatch confirms reports of Chinese invasion across the Amoor with a disputed count near two thousand. Other items note Tartars invading Russian territory, famine in Van and Agbak, and Rostoff flour aid. Bulgaria’s Prince Alexander praises Russia. Austria-Servia rail links advance. and various colonial-era political moves and recent resignations surface in Europe.
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St. Petersburg
Amoor
Asterabad
Persia
Amoor River
Van
Armenia
Agbak
Girlding
Rostoff
Yan
China
Prolific Superstition and Irish Election Shifts Reported
A Burmah correspondent describes violent sacrifices and arrests as priests seek 400 victims while Mandalay sees convent victim-search attempts blocked. London dispatches note Liberal gains in England and Scotland, Parnell’s Cork City victory, and a rising Liberal majority in Parliament. Berlin reports the Bundesrath passing a stamp measure as Germany coverage continues.
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Mandalay
Theodar
Charles Stewart Parnell
Cork City
Nicholas Murphy
Parnell
London
Gladstone
Great Britain
A Call to Cheerful Living from Talmage’s Advice
The speaker urges resilience against melancholy, noting life offers more prizes than losses. He counsels laughter over despondency, avoiding constant fault finding, and embracing outdoor exercise and early meals to keep a cheerful disposition.
Well Paid Preachers
Hartford Times notes high salaries for prominent clergymen including Dr Hall of New York earning about 18 000 yearly with a free house, Beecher at 20 000 plus mortgage, Potter at Grace church 12 000 with a house, and Dix at Trinity 12 000. It observes only a few ministers exceed 5 000 and many span 2 000 to 3 000 plus housing.
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Hartford Times
Hall
Beecher
America
New York
Mr. Beecher
Dr. Potter
Grace Church
Dix
Trinity
St. Thomas's Church
The Proportions of the Human Figure Described
The text explains that the human figure is six times the length of the feet, with proportional rules used by the Greeks. It states the face is one tenth of stature, the hand is the same, and the chest to forehead is a seventh. It also notes facial thirds and extended-arm reach as height.
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the Times
Lord Lytton
India
Great Britain
Lord Northbrook
Wm. E. Gladstone
Midlothian
House of Commons
Peace to the Family: Dr Bull's Baby Syrup Advertisement
An old newspaper ad promotes Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as a remedy for restful sleep and family peace, urging caregivers to use the product for nurturing babies and maintaining harmony at home.
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Dr. Bull
Endea vor to talk your best before your children
Advice on parental speech and home training urges parents to share ideas with children, saying daily intelligent conversation educates youth more than books alone. It condemns silent homes as dull and stresses cultivating conversation and social argument as mental training.
Wealth by profession versus farming plan debated
An intelligent writer contends that splitting forty youths into two equal groups for professions and commerce versus agriculture would, over years, yield greater widespread wealth from farming while only a quarter of the professionals thrive. He cites observers with long experience as backing this view, noting insolvency or limited success in teaching and professional paths for about one in four.
Man Arrested Over Domestic Attack and Quip About Oats
A man named Oats was arrested for beating his wife and children. On sentencing, he quipped that it was very hard a man was not allowed to thrash his own oats.
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Oats
Kentucky girl desires tobacco grave planting idea
A Kentucky girl expressed a funeral wish to have tobacco planted over her grave so the weed nourished by her dust may be chewed by her bereaved lovers. The remark is noted as having a poetic quality.
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Kentucky
Round world joke turns on a lover's answer
A flirtatious exchange has a young woman asking Charley how far the world is. He measures with a circle around her waist saying about twenty four inches, declaring she is the world to him in a playful, romantic quip.
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Charley
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