Notaries and local news in Iowa and surrounding notes
Notaries public number in Iowa given as 2 892. Obituary for Rev John Armstrong D D president of Parsons College Fairfield died Aug 13. Boone county coal strike winding down. New match factory starts in Iowa City. Des Moines colored literary society forms. Fort Dodge butter shipments about 30 000 pounds weekly. Muscatine county poor house inmates 19 with one ill. 1878 Iowa Agricultural Society report pages 985. Laura Owen of Des Moines wins fourth at Chicago Archery Tournament Aug 13. Rail and farm items include Cedar Rapids Ottumwa line bid and various accidents and deaths July Aug. Various national and international news wrap with fires murders and floods.
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John Armstrong
Parsons College
Fairfield
Boone County
Iowa City
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Peter Hershman
Wilton
S. S. Merrill
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Colorado
C. E. Perkins
C., B. & Q. Railroad
Garden of the Gods
Nishnabotna
Red Oak
Campbell
Hammock
Durban
That Place
Atlantic
Making Home Attractive to Children: A Prairie Essay
The article critiques the common theory that pleasant homes keep children contented. It details a family whose well supplied, kindly environment fails to engage the children who prefer street play and neighbors’ company, prompting questions about how to truly attract children to home life.
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Cedar Rapids
Mamma
Bill
George
No Good Preaching and the Case for Hop Bitters
A fragment argues that poor health dulls work and urges relief with Hop Bitters, noting misery and sluggish nerves hinder sermons, lawsuits, medicine, or writing. The ad or column hints at an inexpensive remedy beyond, urging readers to consider the tonic.
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Dr Bull’s Syrup Claim
An old advertisement proclaims the hand that rocks the cradle moves the earth and promotes Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup as the best remedy for child ailments including dysentery diarrhea and wind colic with price details likely shown.
Notable Sun Darkenings Across Medieval Years
R Hind notes multiple medieval sun darkenings including 536 567 and 626 with prolonged dimming. Schnurrer records 733 after Tours with a meteoric interruption and an annular eclipse on August 14. A 934 report mentions months of diminished light and sudden sun restoration. In 1091 a three hour darkening with peculiar color followed.
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R. Hind
Schnurrer
Pyrenees
Tours
Humboldt
Oldest Church in London Celebrates Seventeenth Century Anniversary
The London Times reports the oldest church in London marked its seventeenth centenary with morning and evening sermons by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop Claughton. The event showcased historic relics, a Wren designed chancel screen, a 13th century monastic manuscript, and a 1538 parish register, amid discussions of the church’s early Christian foundations before Canterbury.
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Claughton
London
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Weaver
Lucius
Brytayne
Peter-on-Cornhyl
Lent Austen
England
Harleian Society
London and Middlesex Archæological Society
Wren
Poultney and Athen
Richard Whittington
Augustine
Italy
Rome
Islands
Talismans and Charlemagne's Gem in Napoleon Era
The article traces legendary tales of Charlemagne's talisman, linked to a gem later tied to Napoleon I and Hortense, detailing its mythic origins, royal exchanges, and shifts in perceived power as it passed from Aix la Chapelle to Napoleon III. It notes the relic's sanctity, love charms, and eventual fading of its reputed powers.
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Harper's Weekly
Napoleon HI
Cape Town
Imperial
Tombakala
Europe
la Plus Belle Relique de
Haroun-al-Raschild
Charlemagne
Fastradi
Zum Loch
Zurich
Estrada
Mainz
Ingelhum
Aix-la- Chapelle
Otto III
Owever
Aix-la-Chapelle
Napoleon I
Napoleon
Hortense
Holland
Napoleon III
Ham
Aix-la-Cha- He
Wells
Fastrada
Rhode Island Succotash Prepared with Fresh Corn and Beans
Simple recipe for succotash using tender corn and young beans. Prepare a dozen ears, cut kernels, string a quart of beans, boil beans with corn in half a pint water for 45 minutes, then stir in butter salt pepper and optional cream.
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Venice
Thomas K. Beecher
Thomas
Rhode Island
One Week Made Weak by Quick Weather Exertion
A brief note suggests that while a standard week takes seven days to form, brief intense effort in such weather could produce a weak period in about fifteen minutes, implying rapid fatigue or diminished strength.
Newark Doctor Extracts Lizards From Woman Throat
A Newark physician reports removing five lizards from Lucy Davis over six weeks. He showed two preserved specimens and described the dramatic scene as onlookers watched a large lizard emerge. The tale includes an anecdote about a milk snake from a Brooklyn case.
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New York Sun
Prince Street
Newark
Lucy Davis
the Sun
C. W. England
Dr. England
Washington Street
England
Lucy
E. P. Whetmore
Brooklyn
Sockery Setting a Hen
A humorous reminiscence by Mr Verris recounts a misadventure with an old plue hen and a nesting parrel. Sockery narrates how Katrina helps free him after becoming stuck, detailing the comic misreadings and the risky climb that ended with laughter and a narrow escape.
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Estek
Haymon
Katrina
Parrel
Dell Naypor Hansman
den Katrina
Mr. Verris
Sugar from maize and sorgum sparks trade revolution
The Indicator argues a sugar breakthrough from maize and sorgum could cut price to two or three cents a pound. U S imports 100 million pounds annually, making the discovery highly significant. The piece also quips about bootblacks, aging, a ballad called Apples are Ripe, and a remark on core-lla quality.
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United States
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