Iowa notices and developments in the 19th century
Reports from across Iowa detail suffrage conventions, infrastructure expansions in Muscatine and Des Moines, and new post offices at Strubie. Other items note a building boom in Eagle Grove, highway debates in Winterset and Creston, and rail ventures in Ringgold and La Crosse areas.
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Strubie
Ida County
Eagle Grove
Webster City
Mt. Ayr
Ringgold County
la Cross, Iowa & Southern Railroad
Des Moines
Groves
Large block fire hits Athens Texas
Weekly Review reports a major blaze in Athens Texas destroying an entire block. Other items note bank closures in Versailles Indiana and a violent wave of crimes and riots across multiple states with drownings murders and a shipwreck among the highlighted incidents.
Dynamite plots, trials, and unrest abroad and at home
From London a report details an attempted dynamite attack on Fort George magazine and a riot affecting artisans in Kidderminster. Arrests include Daly and Egan in Birmingham with suspected nitro explosives. Egypt faces rising turmoil as Berber-Shendy areas revolt and Gen Gordon’s forces risk mutiny. In Cuba, Spain warns of an economic crisis and tax reforms. Canada notes Parliament security fears and Nova Scotia grants municipal votes to widows and single women.
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London
Fort George
Ionerness
Kidderminister
Aberdeen
Sawport
House of Commons
Armenia
Bitles
Injehson
Van
Wallace
Constatinople
Turkythas
Kurdistan
Anatolia
Daly
Denmar
Birkenhead
James Egan
Birmingham
Egan
Wolverhampton
The
Land League
John
Fitzerald
P. J. Sheridan
Jas. Carey
Dublin
Egypt
Sheindy
Shendy
Korosko
Nuba
Phasha
Clifford Loyde
Berber
Khartoum
Gordon
Preserving Flowers With Soda Water and Saltpetre
Advice on preserving flowers by soaking in water with a pinch of carbonate of soda or common saltpetre. The note hints at a gentle approach to affection, suggesting a “weak spot” is needed to truly love.
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Char- Bagarth
Waterloo
Iowa
Jacob Lingelach
Stephens
Jewel Junction
Hawarden
Stevens
Delatas and River Deltas Reveal Columbia’s Youthful Giants
Reading an old river science view, the piece explains how silt deposits form deltas as rivers slow toward the sea. It cites the Mississippi Amazon Nile Ganges as contrasts and argues the Columbia River is a young, growing system with deltas not yet formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Columbia River
Amazon
Columbia
Nile
Ganges
Susan Anthony Leads Woman Suffrage Caucus
Susan B Anthony directed the Woman Suffrage Caucus with precise quiet authority before twenty nine ladies on the platform. The reporter notes her long experience and decorum, comparing her command to Hank Monk guiding six horses, and calls her the best looking of the group as Fred Douglass shows pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Anthony
Woman Suffrage Caucus
Susan B. Anthony
Hank Monk
Ben
Fred Douglass
Counterfeit Dollar Noted by Telling Tap Trustworthy Sound
A brief exchange reveals one dollar is counterfeit as the speaker explains genuine notes emit clear sounds when tapped while the fake lacks the same resonance, illustrating a quick method to detect fakes.
Senate and House accept funding for public buildings and military aims
Washington reports bills favoring public building projects in Ohio and Texas with adjacent naval and land grant measures. The education bill advances with broad support while debates over routes for military armament and boundary commissions continue. Notable deaths noted include Charles Reade and Jean Baptiste Dumas.
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Washineton
Senate
Springfield
Ohio
Dayton
Garland
Committee On Judiciary
House
United States
Morgan
State Board of Silk Culture of
California
Congress
Bureau of Silk Culture
Logan
Hoar
West
Eaton
House Calender
Stockslager
Warner
Belford
Welborne
New Albany
Indiana
Thompson
Oakes Ames
Tompson
Chattahooga
Augusta
Maine
Pittsburg
Wasumeton
Ellis Committee On Appropriations
Secretary of the Navy
Greeley
Chicago
McCord
Tucker
Semi annual tax collection reform in Iowa law changes
The act repeals sections on tax collection and revises semi annual payments. It shifts delinquency rules to March and November, lowers monthly penalties to 1 percent, and moves tax sales to November and December. It also adjusts dates for assessments and railway tax provisions. The changes affect tax collection timelines and penalties statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteenth General Assembly
General Assembly
State of
Iowa
United States
A. D
Jylders
Panama Canal costs and engineering woes outlined
A writer cites a Panama Canal plan with 124 feet lockage and total costs near 200 million dollars beyond 100 million raised. He argues excavations are overpriced and dangerous, citing a 25 foot initial cut that slid, forcing bucket transport of earth and warning of massive future earthwork and landslides after rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y. Tribune
Panama
Panama Railroad
Culebra
Learning for life across all ages in school
The piece argues that ceasing to learn equates to dying and that education benefits everyone. It asserts schooling is essential for men and women at every life phase to complete their careers.
A Great Scholar's View of Inspiration Dr Patton
The speaker asserts the historicity of the first three gospels and Christ as central. He argues Nicodemus represents a key question of who Christ is and cites resurrection and ascension as proof of divinity. He emphasizes the Bible as a harmonious mosaic guided by God.
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Patton
Christ
Nicodemus
God
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O’brien County
Hamilton County
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B. G. Olmstead
Independence
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D.J. Brewer
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E. P. Brewer
That City
Irrawadi Canoe Club
Government Bridge
Winterset
Creston
Monona County
Michael Kennedy
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad
Jennie Dickerson
Europe
Estherville
Broad-Axe
Emmett County
Gate City
Keokuk
Agricultural College
Cedar Rapids
C.J. Ives
St. Paul
McQuast
Cresion
May Rogers
Dubuque
Madame Roland
George Elliott
Dia Maria Child
Imago
Weekly Review
Generals News Library
Athens
Texas
Exchange Bank
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Ind
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Henry Carr
Howard County, Ark
Frederick Wirth
Omaha
Xenia
First National Tank
Monmouth
Ill
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Mr. Clark
New York
Daniel Potter
Vigo
Angenette B. Haight
Onondaga County
Madison County
Hubbard
First National Bank of
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Hampton
Norfolk
Nicholas Bridgeman
Department of Agriculture
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F. B. Mott
George H. Phillips
Cincinnati
Rock Island
Johnson
Sheriff Hawkins
Thos, Vedder
N. R. Pierson
Goat Island
Niagara
Pierson
Luna Island
Vedder
Suspension Bridge
Celia Bush
Fredericksburg
Walty
G. W. West
Geo. W McAlpin
Thomas G. Smith
Joseph Sater
Herman Gooper
A.S. Buttereld
Berner
Daniel Stienmann
Halifax
Junction City
Kansas
Tim O’connor
Mike
Ernest Allen
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Allen
Breen
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England
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Jnc. McDonald
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the Columbia
Goff
Committee On Naval Affairs
Secretary of the Navy and War
Atlantic and Gulf Seaboard
Payson
Oregon Central Railroad
Mr. George
Indian Territory
Yeas
Supreme Court
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Maginnis
Brentz. Tillman
South Carolina
Hart
Committee On Territories
Territory of
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White
Ludd
Washington
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Harrison
Jackson
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Patent Office
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Italy
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Slager
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David
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Cook
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Ellogg
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Plumb
Beck
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Hill
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Vest
American Marine
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Navy
Navy Department
Pennsylvania
Committee On Commerce
Dingley
Holma
Burlington ‘‘Gazette
Mcacoid
Waco
Secretary of the Treasury
Iller
Sumner
St. Louis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Pratt
Sensete
Charles Reade
Oxfordshire
Ipsden
Magdaleni College
Oxford
Lincoln’s Inn
Peg Waffington
Christie Johnstone
Griffith Gaunt
George Elliot
Bouccault
Reade
Jean Baptiste Dumas
Paris
Dumas
Alais
Department
Gard
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