Iowa Notes On New Banks Buildings And Disasters
Reports show a national bank planned for Morengo and opera house work in Cedar Rapids. Emmetsburg sees new buildings as Prairie fires threaten Big Sioux country. A Dubuque lumber yard fire consumed 10000 dollars of stock. Burlington lists 6115 pupils and 88 teachers. Council Bluffs runs twelve telegraph offices with 20 plus operators. A tow mill is built at Odebolt and will process 12 tons of straw daily. A tragic Walker fire injures three children. one infant burned severely. A man near Frederick, Monroe County, committed suicide by train. Details describe appearance but lack identifying papers.
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George Washington
United States
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Victoria Docks
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England
Bank of British North America
Merchants’ Bank of Canada
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N. Y
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Conn
Simpson, Crawford & Simpson
New York
John Lindsay
Delaware
Ohio
Wheeling
West Virginia
Wisconconsin
Oshkosh
California
Central Pacific
Thomas Boyd
Mumfordsville
Green River
Seagirt
Cumberland
Atlantic
Iowa Republican State Convention Opens in Des Moines
The Iowa Republican State Convention met at Moore's Opera House Des Moines at 11 AM led by John Runnells to open with prayer. Committees were named the structure announced permanent officers and the afternoon session adopted credentials and resolutions.
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Moore’s Opera House
Des Moines
John 8. Runnells
Cha
State Central Committee
D. R. Lucas
Waldo M. Potter
Clinton
Iowa Republicans Back Blaine for President in 1880 Nomination
The Iowa Republican Convention endorses James G. Blaine of Maine as its preferred 1880 presidential candidate and pledges to vote as a unit to secure his nomination. Delegates for district and at large were named with Blaine leading Grant in county votes. convention adjourned after speeches.
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United States
Iowa
James G. Blaine
Maine
Chicago
Jas. G. Blaine
Howard
Chickasaw
Massachusetts
Hurry
Louisa
H. A. Burrell
Washington
H. C. Carr
Cedar
J. W. Thompson
Scott
Geo. W. Bassett
Clayton
P. F. Sturgis
Fayette
H. L. Huff
Hardin
L. F. Butler
Worth
J. Upton
Linn
R. M. Haines
Poweshiek
Senator Greenlee
Marion
Geo. D. Wooden
Keokuk
J. Runnells
Polk
J R. McKee
Warren
C. W. Llewellyn
Page
W. P. Sharpe
Cass
B. F. Harkness
Humboldt
W. D. Lucas
J. G. Newbold
Henry County
James Ellerick
van Buren
J. P. Early
Monroe County
G. W. Blake
Lucas Ars C. C. Goo Iale
Madison County
W. 8
Strawo
Montgomery County
A. Mallory
Union County
D. E. Snow
Clay County
Geo. E. Roberts
Wooster County
Delates
F. B. Stacy
Mitchell
Blaine
Grant
Vanchesbarhianoesesnbonk
Audibon
Benton
Boone
Buchanan
Premoenens
Seeevees
Palo Alto
Vottawattamie
Notes on ailing husband and bitter bitters claim in 19th century message
A letter cites a doctor’s cautious hope for a husband’s recovery and a widow’s financial strain. Another vignette claims six years of bedridden illness costing $1,200, compensated by Hop Bitters, with the wife performing all housework for a year.
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E. Farmer
Various national and regional incidents from April filings
A wide span of items reports crop failures in Georgia and Missouri, fires at distilleries and factories, bank suspensions, frost damage in Kentucky, forest fires across several states, deadly accidents, legal actions, and international incidents including a London gas works explosion and a Madrid execution.
Russia and Ireland in Focus Amid War and Hardship
The dispatch notes court martial trials in Russia with nineteen defendants, most students, two acquitted and the rest sentenced to hard labor. It reports famine threats in Orenburg, widespread hunger, and pardons for Kharkoff prisoners. Sweden to the U S, Paris protests unauthorized congregations, and Turkish pressure on Ireland aid and policy debates.
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Osenburg
Gortschakoff
Dublin dispatch outlines Parnell nominee defeat and clergy support
Report notes defeat of Parnell's nominee as a heavy blow to his leadership and highlights Catholic clergy and cautious laity backing the stand. It cites upcoming Land League conference on land reform and mentions Duchess of Marlborough leaving charity work.
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Dublin
Parnell
Duchess of Marlborough
Charity
National Land League
Land Reformers
Poetry of the Multiplication Table in Newspapers
A summary of H. P. Hubbards Directory of the World details the 10,131 American Canadian newspapers with 1,920 lacking circulation data. It reports total annual copies around 1.836 billion, average per paper about 2,041, and immense physical and material scales for type and spaces across dailies weeklies and monthlies.
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H. P. Hubbard
New Haven
United States
Canada
Fashionable Ribbons in Millinery Styles
The Philadelphia Times discusses ribbons used in hats and trims. It highlights double faced satin ribbons that have no wrong side, various ground colors including Japanese blue and turquoise, and dotting with Isabel pink or maize. It notes lute string ribbons revived in silk taffeta styles and borders.
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Philadelphia
German Pancakes with Sugar and Butter
Instructions describe making German pancakes with flour salt sugar eggs milk and butter. Fry in hot pan until cooked through then roll and dust with powdered sugar and lemon juice. For striped version heat a skewer and apply powdered sugar with a hot iron.
Lucky Miss Fortunes With Stock Certificate Loss
A well known American woman bought Louisville Railroad stock near forty dollars a share. She misplaced the stock certificate delaying sale as the price rose from forty to one hundred ten and then to one hundred forty one. She finally sold at 141 amid 250 percent gain from her initial target, noting a further possible gain if later certificates were lost and the stock rose higher.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Louisville Railroad
Little Folks Quips From Schoolroom Tales
An exchange of humorous anecdotes about children teachers and the idea of hypocrites. Jokes cover a boy misdefining Washington as an Injun-fighter a goose as a fool and a pupil rewrites a composition with a family theme. A Sabbath lesson on hypocrisy ends with a child defending her father’s penny offering.
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Washington
Maryland
Sam
Ghost On Stage Feigns Sneeze in Hamlet Tale
At a convivist gathering Mr Barney Macauley recalled playing the Ghost to Ned Booth in Cincinnati. He described a thunderous audience and a near tragedy as he fought a sneeze that could ruin the performance, ending in a comic turn with the Deputy Sheriff of Jarvis Section.
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Barney Macauley
Ned Booth
Hamlet
Cincinnati
Booth
Jarvis
Boy Finds Selah Meaning and Says It Signals Whoa
A Los Angeles Sunday school boy claims the word Selah in the Bible marks the end of verses and chapters and taught his teacher it stands for Whoa Emma. The remark adds a light note to biblical word study in church.
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Los Angeles
Emma
Wax works riddle prompts child’s playful question
A young girl accompanies her mother to Mme Toussaud's wax museum and asks why they are called wax works since the figures are made of wax but do not “work.” The remark captures childlike curiosity amid a visit to the famed exhibits.
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Gertie
Mme. Toussaud
Mamma
Testimony Supports Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Boom
The sales of Dr Bull's Cough Syrup are immense and testimony in its favor is voluminous, highlighting strong consumer endorsement and widespread use across many households.
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Dr. Bull
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