Fire destroys three business houses in Iowa City
Reports list multiple disasters and incidents across the nation, noting three Iowa City business houses burned on Feb 2. Other items mention rail mileage in Iowa, injuries from a Cedar Rapids ice house fall, and various fires, crimes, and political events from Michigan to Ireland and beyond.
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Baxter & Hughes
City Omnibus Line
Leggett House
Fairfield
Iowa
Iowa City
South Pacific Coast Railroad
Santa Cruz
Manning Hunter
Sumter County
St. Mary’s
Cleveland
Chas. Barngert
College Point
L. 1
Flushing Bay
House of Commons
Chaplin
Lincolnshire
Ireland
Forster
Free Lunch Quandary Sparks Church Clash in Arkansas
An old circuit rider complains of changing religious climate in Little Rock and a Baptist schoolhouse quarrel over communion and whiskey turning into a clash over church hospitality. The tale seguees into lore about Manitoba’s talking island and the Ojibway belief, then notes Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup as a cheap remedy for colds.
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Little Rock Gazette
Little Rock
Gum Lick
Wiggles
Still House
Arkan
Jacob
Abraham
Manitoba Lake
Red River
Manitoba
Trinita de Monti
Rome
Notable crimes and killings reported across multiple states
A series of violent incidents and arrests recounted include hangings in Albuquerque after jail-breaks, a Vassar burglary stealing 2000 in cash and stamps, a Roanoke Mo dance killing, a not guilty verdict for Buford in Kentucky insanity case, and indictments against ex governor E R Scott for murder. Other items note embezzlement, forgeries, a Mo dance shooting, two merchant deaths near New Orleans, a lynching style shooting in Columbus Texas, a stage robbery near Del Norte Texas, and a Philadelphia traveler robbed on a Missouri train.
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E. M. Jarrett
Hyde Park
Lake Town
Chicago
Talbott Brothers
Marysville
William McKinney
Hickory Bridge
Columbus Cass
George White
St. Louis
John A. Sweezey
Sweezey & Dart
New York
Plattsburg
Buck McClellan
Beck
Gain’s Landing
New Orleans
J. L. Schrader
E. J. Osterhaut
Albert Williams
Columbus
Texas
del Norte
Sunday Evenings Stay For Waists Girls Like Best
A fragment notes that the favored kind of stays for girls’ waists are those worn on Sunday evenings. The sentence reflects social manners or fashion commentary from a historical newspaper page.
Illinois Girl Credits Kidney-Wort Cure in Liver Complaint
A letter from an Illinois girl to Eastern relatives claims Kidney-Wort cured a liver complaint after she had used bitters for a long period without improvement. She reports the remedy arrived after she heard of its virtues and she says it completely cured her ailment.
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Sioux City
Jefferson
Dakota
John A. Hornstein
Decatur
Ill
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Frank R. Frean
Ww. C. Lewis
Robert Kaestner
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