Keokuk hosts science academy and notable regional events
Keokuk forms a state academy of sciences while the governor reviews reports from state institutions. November saw Manchester ship 132700 pounds of butter. Grundy county farmer George Wells had 1800 acres of corn last season. A burglar Geo Rice was arrested in Keokuk with 39 keys. International Dairy Fair awards Iowa prizes. several fires and accidents reported across Iowa.
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Manchester
George Wells
Grundy County
Geo. Rice
Keokuk
New York
Iowa
Messrs
Bauer & Riester
Ottumwa
Newton
Marshalltown
Harry McCain
Hoskins
Brighton
Martin
Wis
Gear
Thomas Sheets
David McGee
Pottawattamie County
Calvin Broadway
Council Bluffs
Col. Little
J. B. Grinnell
Remarkable Niagara Wonder Meets Honest Hibernian
An honest hibernian travels to the Niagara and ponders the marvels of the sight noting it seems unlikely to be hindered by anything yet marveling how it could have risen. The passage also promotes Dr Bull's Syrup praising it for relieving exhaustion and suffering for babies and nurses.
Evicted tenant in Limerick clubsman attacked lord sentenced
A tenant who attacked Lord Fermay at the Limerick County Club House was sentenced to five years penal servitude amid court sensationalism. The assault occurred on Saturday December 13 as the assailant wielded a cudgel. Fermay lay senseless before arrest.
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St. Paul
Minn
Red River
Eastern Railroad
Saco
Philip Donahue
San Francisco
New York
Thomas Neill
Peoria
St. Louis
Kansas
Republican National Committee
Washington
J. Donald Cameron
Pennsylvania
Thomas B. Keogh
North Carolina
C. McCormick
Chandler
Chicago
Saratoga
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Boston
Edwin Stow
Buenos Ayres
W. D. Lowe
Buenos Ayres Herald
Rochester
Mich
Oxford
Santos Aquid Lopez
M. E. Henderson
Anneta
Pouleus
Michael Flannagan
Mary Gallagher
Point St. Charles
Canada
Susan Kennedy
R. E. Little
James H. Arnold
Louisville
Little
Windsor Castle
Afghanistan
Donegal
Lord Ferney
Limerick
Limerick County
Lord Fermay
Hop Bitters Aimed At Weak Stomachs And Nerves
An ad touts Hop Bitters as the remedy for indigestion and nervousness by strengthening the stomach purifying the blood and keeping the liver and kidneys active to remove poisons and waste from the body. See other column.
Beefsteak and Funny Quips from a Parliament Dinner
A Victorian style snippet describes frying beef in butter with salt and pepper. A Congress member scolds his daughter for letting her lover stay after 10. A playful young couple exchange banter about boots and a mock wedding faint.
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Congress
Rees
Congressional actions note after adjournment end of 1849
Senate debate covers Voorhees petition by 7000 soldiers seek pay difference between greenbacks and gold. Resolutions on negro migration, naval and territorial bills appear with adjournment. House introduces shipbuilding, pension, tax, education and liquor bills. several memorials and canal route committee named. Adjourned to January 6.
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Washingeton
Voorhees
North Carolina
Indiana
Butler
South Carolina
Bayard
Postmaster General
Secretary of War
San Antonio Arsenal
Saunders
Bond
Omaha
Committee On Territories
Nebraska
Senate
Morse
United States
America
Mitchell
Coffroth
Warner
Secretary of the Treasury
McWalter
Martin
Steele
Congress
Monroe
Gillette
Treasury
Bragg
Fitz John Porter
Belford
White River
Clardy
Chalmere
Hill
Landa
Errett
Pittsburgh
District of Columbia
Washington
Bruce
Windom
Plumb
Paddock
Secretary of the Interior
HOUSE
King
Military Academy
United States Treasury
Call
Eaton
Groome
Coke
Logan
Davis
West Virginia
Oorhees
McPherson
Ingalls
Jones
Yeas
Windoms
Committee On Agriculture
Sapp
Feek inter-State Emigration
Commissioner of Agriculture
Seales
Committee On Indian Affairs
Colorado
Blackburn
Committee On Rules
Goes Withrow
Turner
Nichols
Hutchins
Conger
Frye
Haskell
Board of Commissioners of
Georgetown
Kinna
Committee On Commerce
Poison Ivy Plague in Parks Sparks Call for Action
Citizens lament the spread of poison ivy in Central Park and nearby areas. Park officials are urged to hire plant experts as a rock full of Rhus radicans threatens children’s safety and may cause temporary blindness or death from contact.
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Central Park
Art Museum
Staten Island
Little Hands to Begin the Battle Alone
A Detroit scene shows a small girl with a doll falling and being comforted by a passerby. The encounter highlights a grandmother granddaughter moment as the narrator reflects on childhood graves and loss. The piece uses a tender diary tone to connect personal grief with a city street vignette.
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Detroit Free Press
Detroit
The New Queen Christina of Spain Betrothed to King Alfonso
King Alfonso speaks highly of Christina a girlish looking princess with fair hair and amiable manners. Her wedding dress features a white baccarat gown with a lace court mantle. The mantled border displays all Spain s historic escutcheons and the veil mirrors the mantle. The gala toilet is gold brocade with roses and Fleur de Lys, and a grand reception dress uses silver brocade with geranium embroidery.
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Christina
Spain
Alfonso
Fleur-De-Lys
The Hottest Spot on Earth Along Persian Gulf
An account of Bahrin where arid shores receive scarce rainfall yet host a sizable population. Divers obtain fresh water by diving to the sea bottom, catching a strong jet of water in a goatskin bag and hauling themselves aboard. The submarine springs are believed to originate near the green hills of Oman hundreds of miles away.
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Persian Gulf
Bahrin
Osman
Common Onion Sauce From Simple Kitchen Tips
Recipe for onion sauce uses 4 to 5 white onions half a pint of hot milk 1 ounce butter pepper and salt. Boil onions until tender drain press and slice. mix with hot milk add butter pepper and salt. Expert warns against buying thermometers now and predicts prices will drop later.
Mystery of the Bell and the Vengeful Tiger
On the Dolphin at sea two lovers Edmund Prescott and Florence Harris witness a bell like signal from a ghost ship. Captain Luster disappears after boarding the hulk followed by a tiger slain by Prescott and Backstay Bob. Inside the wreck the bodies of two victims lie near chained remains and a carved message promises vengeance.
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Pacific
Edmund Prescott
Florence Harris
Edmund
Florence
Backstay
Bob
Davy Jones
Flynn Dutchman
Luster
Prescott
Capt. Luster
Backstay Bob
Oense
Mace
India
Cocoanut Pie Method From Simple Recipe
A small cup of prepared cocoanut soaked in a pint of sweet milk combines with 2 powdered crackers, yolks of 2 eggs, 4 tablespoons sugar, and a small lump of butter. bake without an upper crust, then spread whipped egg whites on top, sprinkle with sugar, and brown briefly in the oven.
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Academy of Sciences
J.S. Wolfe
Albia
Thirth-Sixth Iowa Infantry
Anamosa Penitentiary
Anamosa
Charles Veach
Riverside
John Kean
Wilton
New Market
Atchison
Southwestern
B. J. Beeks
Jasper County
Center Point
Supreme Court of the United States
Clarksville
James Sewell
Daytonville
Washington County
Davenport Democrat
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Warren County
Col. Eiboeck
Iowa State Anzeiger
Des Moines
State Independent
George Allen
Hardin County
Henry Rains
Malvern
Coucil Bluffs & St. Louis Railway
Mills County
Guthrie
Adair
Casey
Ireland
John Stewart
Sherman
Monticello
Rose
de Witt
Kingsley
Strawberry Point
Central City
J. R. Jones
Burlington
Atlantic Hotel
Burlington Hawkeye
Turner Evans
Paris
Jackson Township
Linn County
Virginia
Evans
Weekly Review
General News
Rome
George Savage
Union Flouring
Jonesboro
Altoona City
Altoona
Fort Leavenworth
Appleton
Spaulding
Marriot
European Railway Administration
Egypt
Mexico
Jacob Boyer
Pittston
Wm. McKee
The
Globe-Democrat
Armenia
Porte
Omaha Smelting and Refining Co
St. Jean
Bank of Virginia
Nevada
New Dakota
Deadwood
Addison
N. Y
Illinois
Henry Stifel
Springfield
England
Chicago Board of Trade
Bismarck
Dakota
Frank Piercy
Frank van Osdell
Mississippi
Seymour C. Stone
Bennington
Vermont
Stone
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Reddington
Kramer
Miss Young
Michael Jenks
Kohiner
Pottsville
Adam Martin
Texas
Ill
Presbyterian Synod of
Long Island
Talmage
Presbytery
France
Hammond
London
Canada Pacific
Rat Portage
J. C. Lagan
Patrick Malork
Page
Chas. Adams
Indian Department
Ouray
Meeker
Halifax
Swemm
Laura Bruce
Maraguana
West Indies
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Arkansas
Ohio
Missouri
Crime
Drew Halloway
Vinson Brown
Statesboro, Ga
George Price
Black
Carlisle
Hennan
Catherine Zell
Geo. Price
Willii Black
Nicholas Infantino
Antonio Ardilo
Joseph F. Frye
Victoria
British Columbia
Kamloops
Frank Baker
Sussex County Court House
Henrietta Shands
Putnam
Avoca Pottawattamie County
Charles F. Baker
Evansville
Ind
Frederick Snyder
New York Custom House
Snyder
Wm. Harralson
McBean Station
Central
Augusta
Georgia
Anderson Jones
Escott
Abbott, Tait & Witherspoon
Montreal
Santa Fe
Chas. W. Merritt
Gen. Merritt
Ninth Cavalry
Wall
Robert Smith
Southern Express
Thomas Wall
Southern Express Company
New Orleans
W. W. Winton
Second National Bank
A. H. Winton
Thomas Livey
Isaac Dean
Scranton
George 8. Goodale
D. A. Randolph
Topeka
West Winchester
Ont
John Brown
Addie
Clark Brown
Brown
Custom House
M. J. Poillard & Co
Broadway
Poillard & Co
Montague County
Indian Territory
Parrott
Elliott
James Muligan
Port Hudson
Carlos Howard
Mulligan
Howard
Frederick C. Werner
Long Island City
Max Hess
Brooklyn
Werner
Hess
Castle Garden
Roberts
Cabul
Taylor
Zawa
Times
Candahar
Herat
Ayoob Khan
Cabals
Bombay
Bala Hissa
Shirpur
Gandamak
Gough
Jagdallah
Bright
Viceroy of
Government of
Jumrood
Jagdalok
Massawah
John
Sevar
Galabatin
Blue Nile
Alexandria
Gordon Pasha
Efmassawah
Abyssinia
Germany
Vatican
Church
Persia
Oro Meyah
Turkish Kurdistan
Chamber of Deputies
New Caledonia
Murcia
Federal Council
Reichstag
the Orient
Frontier Commission
Biela
Russia
Pester
St. Petersburg
Czar
Czarewitch
Gen. Gourke
Kiff
Gazette de
Moscow
Winter Palace
Morgan
Pendleton
Committee On Census
Johnston
Vance
Blaine
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