Five Per Cent Tax Vote In Clarinda Rails Prohibition Push
Iowa items note Clarinda approval of a five per cent tax for the St Louis and Council Bluffs Railroad. Des Moines votes on Prohibition in a May 1 special election. Deaths include Edward Russell of Dubuque aged sixty seven. Decoration Day events and reunions are listed with Gov Gear speaking at Washington in Washington County.
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Clarinda
St. Louis and
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Edward Russell
Dubuque
Co. D
5Th Iowa Infantry
Marshalltown
Gear
Washington
Washington County
John Butler
Beacon
Iowa Coal Company
Norweigan
Missouri River
Torey Johnson
BK. W. Wright
Cleveland Mines
Sioux City Journal
Woodbury
Plymouth
John Pierce
Rutland Township
Keokuk
Iowa City
Minnesota
Mount Pleasant
Dyes of Seamon’s by Wells Richrdson Co Impress Users
The article touts the Seamon’s dyes from Wells, Richardson & Co of Burlington VT as superior for renewing faded garments. It claims peacock tail brilliance surpasses no dye and asserts high satisfaction with these economical dyes used in many households.
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Seamon’s
Wells, Richardson, & Co
Burlington
Greatest Blessing Hop Bitters Health Remedy Ad
The copy touts Hop Bitters as a simple pure remedy that cures and prevents disease by keeping blood pure and organs active. It claims the proprietors are blessed by thousands saved and cured and urges readers to try it, directing to another column for details.
All Claimed For It Butter Color Endorsement
Haviland of Salix Iowa tests the Per fected Butter Color from Wells Richardson Co Burlington VT and reports it increases his butter price from 21 to 22 cents per pound, endorsing the product.
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Haviland
Salix
Iowa
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington
Negotiations in Eastern Roumelia Face Renewed Confusion
The Orient reports the resumption of talks on the mixed occupation of Eastern Roumelia has deepened confusion after they paused. Germany refuses to appoint a commander-in-chief, and another leading power remains involved in the dispute.
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Chili
Star and Herald
United States
Prada
Peruvian Congress
Peru
Bolivia
Interior
Junan Antonio Pret
House of Commons
Afghanistan
Northcote
Roumelia
England
Germany
Tim Finnegan Names Strike a Minefield of Silence
A Salt Lake Tribune tale frames a rugged mining camp vignette around Tim Finnegan No 1 through No 19. The ribald exchange centers on a blood spattered night as a barkeeper is killed and two men fall to danger, ending with Finnegan wedding ambitions and a gag of numbered claims.
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Cape Town
Wood
Colonel Wood
Campbell
Piet Uys
Ekowe
Petermaritzburg
Lord Chelmsford
Catawayo
Salt Lake Tribune
Tim Finnegan
Prescott
Jake
Barkeeper
Kingdom Come
Tim
Tim Finnegan No
Demand for culture sparks call for discipline in Indiana
A great clamor for culture is noted but experts urge discipline. Indiana laws ban selling or giving intoxicating liquor on Sundays and major holidays including New Year’s Day Christmas Thanksgiving Fourth of July and election days.
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Indiana
Feasted With His Own Words in Moscow Libel Case
A Moscow libel trial led to a dramatic punishment where the author was forced to eat his own book. A platform in a public square hosted the spectacle as officials watched the author swallow leaf after leaf, bound and guarded, before being returned to his cell. Dogs later chased trapped animals as part of the grim show.
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Moscow
Descendants Claim Vast Pennsylvania Mineral Lands
In Elizabethtown Kentucky on April 3 descendants of Andrew Fairleigh claim ownership to extensive mineral lands in Pennsylvania. Leases to the Government expired after ninety nine years and the heirs evaluate the properties including parcels in Pittsburgh and Allegheny City, potentially valued at about fifty million dollars. The heirs say earlier records show patents and leases, and plan steps to secure title amid possible new ownership disputes.
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Cincinnna Enquirer
Elizabethtown
Andrew Fairleigh
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Alleghany City
Washington
Land Office
Allegheny City
Myra Gaines
What a Ring Haunt Is
The Portland Observer explains a ring hunt near Bogue and Knapp's Corners where Sebena and Sunfield residents prepare for a big event next Wednesday. Teams with dogs chase bears panthers deer and other ground-dwellers toward a central arena as marshals signal the start.
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Portland
Sebena
Sunfield
Bogue and Knapp’s Corners
Old Stage Lines to Albany Recalled in 19th Century Travel
A courteous elder recalls winter travel before railroads with Concord coaches on the Red Bird and Opposition lines. They ran from Cortlandt Street to Albany via Broadway and the Bloomingdale road, charging 10 shillings for the through trip and stopping at Sing Sing Peekskill Poughkeepsie and Albany’s Eagle Tavern.
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Albany
Star
Concord
Walbridge
Red Bird Line
Red Bird
Cortlandt Street
New Church Street
Broadway
Greenwich
Washington Streets
Merchants’ Hotel
New Church
Greenwich Streets
Bloomingdale Road
Bossene
New York
Sing Sing
Peekskill
Highlands
Fishkill
Rutger
How a Woman Keeps Her Expense Book
A humorous vignette describes a woman starting an expense diary to track every spend. She drafts a trial balance tearing margins from a newspaper, misadds items, rescans receipts, and finally reconciles to within 86 cents, noting an omitted $2.75 for her husband’s hat.
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John
Dixon
Aollar
Katie
French Pancakes
Recipe notes for French pancakes use sour milk egg and soda to make thin batter. Bake in large cakes spread with butter and currant jelly roll and sprinkle sugar before serving.
Don't Pull the Bell-Cord on Trains in Dark Night Traffic
A conductor signals to move a Plymouth bound train as a Cape Cod train nears, a bell cord is pulled just as the express from Boston approaches. A lone passenger stops the train to prevent a possible tragedy of a wandering negro girl. The collision risk was near, with both trains in peril.
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Old Colony Road
Boston
Fall River
Plymouth
South Braintree
Cape Cod
Cape
En Ineer
Ancestry Talk Turns On Mayflower Misconceptions
In a Burlington Hawkeye letter Burdette recalls a Portsmouth exchange about ancestry. A man clashes over who came to America first citing Mayflower origins vs a Cunard steamer, ending with humor about Mrs Astor’s tavern and front parlor rooms.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Burdette
Portsmouth
West
Boston
Cunard
Liverpool
New York
Beneath the Tiber Hidden Treasure Scheme Unveiled
A plan seeks to recover gold and sacred objects reportedly buried in the Tiber. Experts form a committee to explore methods for dredging the riverbed to unveil ancient statues, coins, and valuables for a proposed national museum.
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Tiber
Jerusalem
Iber
Scolding Woman Compared to a Train on Rails
A sharp admonition portrays a scolding woman as constant and steady as a train kept on its rails, illustrating relentless cadence and predictable motion in the spoken rebuke.
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