Iowa Legislature Debates Prohibitory Liquor Amendments
Proceedings outline petitions from Blue Ribbon Club Cedar Falls and others seeking prohibitory liquor laws, plus House and Senate actions on related measures. Bills introduced cover tax sale notice, boards of equalization, school laws publication, and various local charters, with adjournments and joint conventions over Feb 9–14.
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Blue Ribbon Club of
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Winneshiek County
Womans’ Christian Temperance Union of
Atlantic
Appanoose County
Wapello County
Hedges
Merrell
Boards of Equalization
Senator Thrill
Wilson
Nichols
Benton
Meyer
Committee
House
Supreme Court
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Capitol
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Knight
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Egbert
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Homan
Stephens
Clayton
Natural History and Geological Society
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Caldwell
Seventeenth General Assembly
Evans
Russell
Stout
Organization of Waterloo Agricultural Works
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Johnson
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Traverse
Larabee
Harmon
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Eldora
Errell
General Assembly
Webb
Nielander
Kimball
U. S
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Larrabee
Harvey
Mackey
Glasgow
Iowa
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Simpson
Bloom
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Prouty
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Bicknell
Blair
Bosworth
Bridges
Brown
Dickinson
Linn
Cobbey
Cochran
Coomes
Dean
Dotson
Downing
Dungan
Epperson
Campbell
Alford
Wright
Lyon
Frank M. Mills
W. W. Witmer
P. P. In- Falls
Mills
Uncombe
Jared Fuller
Fort Dodge
Matt. Parrott
James Lee
Mr. Parrott
Fort Madison
E. C. McMillan
Jackson
Mr. McMillan
Anamosa
Ansel T. Martin
John O. Bard
Martin
Des Moiais
Keokuk County
Greenlee
Kellar
Hebard
Woolson
Arnold
17Th General Assembly
Ft. Madison
Madison
Girls’ Department
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Mt. Pleasant
Mutual Life Insurance Companies
State Horticultural Society
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Fremont County
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Ways and Means
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Ida Grove
Beach
St. Paul
16Th
Jordan
Department of Industry
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Lewis
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Nagle
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Payne
Tool
McGregor
Newenold
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Garber
Young
Anita
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Committee On Appropriations
Alsu Ee
Mc David
Agricultural College
Haney
The
Mutual Insurance Company
Springdale
Patterson
Struble
Francis
Gay
Dakota City Council
Lambert
Mutchinson
Wapello
Committee of Ways and Means
Lucas
Organization
Independent District of
Warmest Iowa month on record noted with various incidents
The article recalls January 1880 as the warmest month in Iowa on record, mentions appointments and deaths, a Shenandoah fire, a Pella blaze, a robbery attempt near Davenport, a drowning horse incident, a Cresco wagon maker found dead, a Des Moines murder allegation, and obituaries including Danford Eddy and Rev. T. S. Berry, with a separate essay defending women’s virtue.
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Iowa
Charles A. White
United States Geological (Consolidated) Survey
Clarence King
Pella
Johnson
Wm. Towsley
Fairport
Musatine County
Forest City
Clear Lake
Taylor Station
Pottawattamie County
Geo. Hummel
Edwards
Cresco
Des Moines
Vermont
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Grinnell
Ringgold County
T. S. Berry
Simpson Centenary College
Indianola
Cass Co
Illinois
114Th Illinois Infantry
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
Carlisle
Corning
Lunatic sues the State over four years pay
A patient at the Nebraska Asylum claimed $6 000 for four years of work at $4 a day. Captain Baird, acting as Justice of the Peace, ruled against the State and awarded the man the full amount. The steward Taylor sought an appeal and a ninety day stay, which the justice denied.
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Lincoln Journal
Baird
Mathewson
Mr. Taylor
Capt. Baird
Taylor
Widow's search for morning papers ends night visit
On a warm summer night two young men chatted with the Widow Bedett on her piazza. She wandered the front yard asking what she sought and finally revealed she was looking for the morning papers. The visitors departed after her reply.
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Bedett
Trust in Hop Bitters Against Comic Ailments
Mrs Partington warns against quack rostrums and promotes Hop Bitters as a cure for general dilapidation chronic habits and comic diseases. The note claims it saved Isaac from a severe extract of tin fever and extols its universal remedy.
Boy Farragut recalls Essex battle at Valparaiso
Journal of a twelve year old midshipman aboard the Essex describes the 1814 capture by British ships Phebe and Cherub at Valparaiso. The boy, later famed as a great sailor, details fear and bravery, gun duties, a skirmish over a pet pig, and his early education after the assault.
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Farragut
Essex
Phiebe
Cherub
Bay of
Valparaiso
Murphy
Hillyar
The
Phebe
Porter
Christmas poultry trade ships 5000 turkeys to England
Poultry shipments from Canada and the United States to England grow for the Christmas trade. One vessel carried at least 5000 turkeys and nearly equal numbers of geese ducks and chickens, with prairie hens and fresh eggs sent in large amounts. Some consignments reached Parisian markets.
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Canada
United States
England
Parisian
European Agents Try to Worsen China Japan Tension
Report notes efforts by interested Europeans to provoke a quarrel between China and Japan, but without impact. It cites past cholera data from last year with 168,000 cases and 101,000 deaths, or about one death per 500 inhabitants, and states the outbreak is now completely subdued.
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China
Japan
Grace and meat prompt a minister’s visit tale
An irate father warns his son that marriage to Grace will lead to banishment and poverty. The son responds with a quip about Grace before meat and promptly searches for a minister.
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Grace
Man Reports $65 Theft Then Receives Partial Return Note
A man who lost $65 was sent a note claiming the thief stored the money and would return some of it later. The note reads I stored your money Remors naws at my conshews and I send some of it back. When remors naws agin I ll send you some more.
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Remors
Nurse Endorses Dr Bull’s Baby One for fretful children
A nurse stresses Dr Bull's Baby One as a trusted remedy for fretful or sickly infants, recommending it to parents seeking relief and care.
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Bull
The Wild Turkey Its History Habits and Varieties
This passage traces the wild turkey from America as the progenitor of the domestic bird to its global spread. It notes abundance in the southern forests, migration, feeding on acorns mast grains and nuts, and encounters with domestic turkey crosses that improve size and vigor. It describes hunter methods, yard traps, flock behavior, and crossing rivers, plus the three wild turkey species American Mexican and Ocellated with the latter the most vividly plumaged.
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United States
Georgia
Mississippi
Florida
Europe
Mexico
England
Francis
France
Charles the Ninth
America
Ice in West Virginia Penitentiary Incident
A man named Ice is confined in the West Virginia Penitentiary after reportedly freezing onto another person's property. The incident details and motives remain unclear.
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Ice
Penitentiary of
West Virginia
Adam Sets Fashion of Bridal Tours With Eve Journey
Adam and Eve begin a new life after their wedding in Eden. The couple's travel style introduces a trend of bridal tours and postnuptial journeys shaping early partnership narratives.
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Adam
Eve
Eden
The Welsh Clergyman Read Scriptures in Five Languages
A New York clergyman anecdote recalls a Welsh minister visiting rural Pennsylvania. He staged multilingual readings in Hebrew Greek Latin and Welsh to impress deacons and an amused congregation. A laughing parishioner kept silent, and the minister secured the church post.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Wales
Thas
Dr Bucknill on Habitual Drunkenness in England
The text cites Dr Bucknill arguing that the English upper class has grown sober in recent years but a small minority remains indulging in alcohol. He suggests national and global benefits if drunkenness were eradicated and mocks absinthe as a cure, while disparaging American drinkers.
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Bucknill
A Test of Indian Courage at an Intertribal Fair
A recent Indian Territory intertribal fair showcased home crafts and portraits. Yellow Bear of the Arapahoes sat for a photo after resistance, while Osages and Lipans refused the tent, fearing the camera's spirits and loss of good mood.
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Indian Territory
Yellow Bear
Arrapahoes
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