State Fair Rail Service and Local News Highlights
Des Moines special trains will run September 2 to 5 to the State Fair with all stations served. Fare is two cents per mile round trip from the starting point, plus trains every twenty minutes to the fair grounds. Burlington robbery injures James Latting. several suspects detained. New late August deaths and incidents across Dubuque, Davenport, and surrounding counties include suicides, murders, and accidents.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago, Rock Island Pacific Railroad
Royce
Rock Island
Fair Grounds
Storm and fever headlines dominate week
Storm damages Atlantic coast with wrecks at Newburyport Newport and Cape May. Boston warehouses flooded. yellow fever cases rise in Memphis and Havana with several deaths. Rail freight talks at St Albans and a B&O collision kill one engineer. Numerous fires floods and crimes reported across states and cities.
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Atlantic
Newburyport
Newport
Cape May
Norfolk
Boston
New England
Memphis Board of Health
Havana
Quarantine Hospital
New York
Atlantic Coast
Wilmington
N. C
Atlantic City
Texas
Rio Grande
W. R. Tillinghast
Trinity Episcopal Church of
Detroit
Fox Island
Wright
Memphis
Waldron Block
Hillsdale
Mich
Lime Kiln Club Deficiency Clears Janitor of Embezzlement
At a Lime Kiln Club meeting Judge Sunflower Truax announced a cash discrepancy in the old janitor account. The treasurer showed thirteen cents due to the successor, but only eight was handed over. A five cent loss was blamed on a floor crack, the committee resolved to lawn it and recover the coin when a carpenter is called.
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Lime Kiln Club
Sunflower Truax
Committee On Foreign Relations
Gardner
Janerter
Canton Fire Destroys Canton House and Stores
A blaze in Canton Missouri on August 14 destroyed the Canton House, several stores, and all the fire apparatus, causing substantial property loss.
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Canton, Mo
Canton House
Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup Recommendation Note
A neighbor is advised to help a family by continuing use of Dr Bull's Baby Syrup for infants. The note emphasizes adherence to product guidance and safety.
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Dr. Bull
Rioting in Dublin Home Rule meeting and global news
A Dublin August 22 dispatch reports riotous action at a Home Rule League demonstration in the Rotunda with four MPs present. The crowd targeted moderates, passing resolutions for obstruction in the Commons and purging lukewarm members. A London dispatch notes wage reductions and mill short time in England, plus floods, harvest spoilage, and strikes across Britain.
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Count de Chambord
England
de Lesseps
America
Paris
M. Phhilliphert
News Paris
Lourdes
Dublin
Home Rule League
Rotunda
Parnell
House of Commons
London
Staley Bridge
Ashton-Under-Tyne
Chester
Rain Gauge Variations Reveal Unequal Weather Readings
The article explains how rain gauges yield different depths depending on placement. It notes a garden gauge near Westminster Abbey measured 23 inches per year, roofs 18 inches, and the Abbey roof 12 inches, due to formation height and drop size increasing near the ground.
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Westminister Abbey
Glaisher
Opinion on Hop Bitters Endorsed by Clergymen
A clergyman argues it is wrong for public figures to praise quack remedies but praises Hop Bitters as a meritorious medicine used by physicians. He says it has benefited him and friends and would recommend it for family use.
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Sing
Freeport
This Year Is Walk Year Next Year Leap Year
A concise note states that this year is a walk year and next year will be a leap year, marking a calendar pattern without further context.
Lone Star Flag Founder Story Told in Fort Worth
An obituary note recalls Miss Joanna E. Troutman of Georgia who made the first Lone Star flag presented to Colonel Ward’s Texas volunteers in 1835. The banner unfurled at Velasco on January 8, 1836 and bore Liberty or Death with the motto Ubi libertas habitat. It links Texas roots to Georgia and the early struggle for independence.
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Texas
Velasco
Brazos River
Goliad
Fannin
Alamo
San Jacinto
Miss Troutman
Georgia
Colonel Ward
Fort Worth
Sol Pope
John Troutman
W. G. Venson
Crawford
Ward
Joanna E. Troutman
An American Home on the Amazons in Brazil
In the Scribner Series on Brazil an American traveler describes R. J. Rhome’s Amazon plantation. The estate, co owned with the Baron of Santarem, grew from old Portuguese methods to modern machinery and sugar production. The author details life on the plantation, farming methods, mills, and the promising profitability of sugar and rum from cane juice.
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Amazons
Brazil
United States
R. J. Rhome
Amazonian
Taperinha
Tropics
Rhome
Baron of
Santarem
Acatrae
Aozen
Erere
Pernambuco
Rhone
Unclear Fire Loss Report on August Incident
Partial OCR reads Rumeay's teruary at aune. B. Ens burned Aug. 16th. ,000, covered b ug Loss, co .
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Ketcham & Bros
Marengo
Rumeay
Aune
B. Ens
Stung to Death by Hornets in Hyde Park Tragedy
An Eagle reporter describes the death of young Tillson Jewell after hornet stings at Hyde Park. The boy climbed an apple tree, fell ill, and died within about thirty minutes with swelling and purple spots on neck and lips. Residents recall a hornets nest found in the tree and a rattlesnake poison comparison by Dr Hopkins.
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E. Albright
Wm. K. Miller
Montgomery’s Ferry
Albright
Austin
Taylor Ake
John Brown
J. W. Cotton
Williamsburg
Kansas Pacific
Topeka
Waldron
Scott County
Tenn
Sam Leming
Walter Malone
Malone
Leming
Young Jewell
Poughkeeps
Eagle
Tillson Jewell
Hyde Park
Maria Kemp
Cricket Song in the Pawtucket Midnight
A deranged man enters a Pawtucket station seeking relief in memories and fantasy. He bribes the officer with coins, visions of becoming mayor, and dreams of a grand life, while insisting he hears the cricket’s song in the night air. The officer notes the coins are actually buttons as the man longs to sleep beneath the stars.
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Brunk
Providence Journal
Pawtucket
Athirst
General Scott Feeds on Mustard After Reading Taylor Letter
A vivid anecdote from the Mexican War era describes General Scott’s reaction to a letter to Zachary Taylor about withdrawing troops. At Monterey he gulped mustard with coffee, delivered a fiery tirade, then fell into a stuttering fit. Colonel Bliss and General Pleasonton remark on his famed temper.
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N. Y
Mithridates
Pleasenton
Mexico
Man in High Spirits After Tea Then Marriage
A Marathon Independent report notes a man who enjoys tea with his best girl twice weekly without complaint. He will wed if there is any sign of a touch of salera tus, causing neighbors to joke of a district school out for recess due to the racket.
Huxley’s View On Physical Vigor Draws Mixed Critique
London News discusses Prof. Huxley’s emphasis on physical endurance as essential to mental effort. It cautions against overstating the link and notes his tendency to shock with extreme statements while praising his scientific zeal. The piece cites University College School remarks and calls for balance between body and mind.
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London News
Huxley
University College School
Heine
Prof
Mr. Huxley
The English Gentleman Meaning Beyond Birth and Wealth
The word gentleman remains uniquely English in core meaning. In England it implies a social position and wealth, yet a true English gentleman embodies independence, probity, dignity, courage, and good breeding beyond mere birth. Even emperors valued the ideal as more than status.
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Richard Grant White
England
Orather
United States
Earl Dudley
Llandaff
Stuart- Wortley
Nicholas
Teal Demand Triggers Flight From Prescott Hotel
A traveler in Prescott, Arizona, clashes with a hotel landlord over supper. When asked about teal a reply questions the dish and its flying ability. The exchange ends with the traveler quitting, expressing disdain for anything with wings from the country.
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Prescott
Arizona
Absent minded climactic moment on misplacing a watch
A humorous note presents the common act of forgetting a watch at home and the impulse to rush back. The scene captures the tension between haste and preparation as a familiar lapse unfolds.
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