Multiple Iowa towns report fires floods and slumps in 1880
January fines in Cedar Rapids and saloons in Lyons noted. Ellsworth post office established on route from Tama City to Webster City. Trotting horse breeding grows in Muscatine. Langridge mill fire in Muscatine losses 12000. Sioux county smallpox outbreak. Calumet stories of fires. Dubuque opera house fire trap concerns.
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Meat Cakes and a Century Plant Joke
A recipe for meat cakes explains mixing chopped fresh meat with a seasoned batter and griddle cooking in alternating layers. In a domestic scene a couple watches a clock as a joke lands on Mr. Lortland about lasting forever and his slow departure.
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1St West Street
Wilkins & Tilson
Mr. Lortland
Mr. L
Night at a Married Friend Sparks Bachelor Reflections
A fragment recalls how a bachelor’s stay at a married host’s home, awakened by a crying baby, prompts contemplation of marriage. The quip notes babies cry yet inspire smiles, ending with a familiar traveler’s line.
Notable Murders and Unrest Across Multiple States
A survey of incidents includes a Boston fire causing 36000 loss, a Scranton homicide, an acquittal in Chicago, a Texas killing during arrest resistance, violent mine disruption in Kokomo Colorado, a Benton County shooting over post office matters, a Mo disappearance found murdered, a Laprode murder mob hanging in Tennessee, and broader Irish political turmoil with Parnell and Land League developments in Europe.
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Davis
McDade Station
Texas
Dave Carter
Johnny Nash
Dan Hanlay
Washington
Kokomo
Colorado
John Wheeler
Benton County
Ark
C. D. Gunter
Gunter
L. B. Gamble
Gamble
Leaver
Utica
Rations for Lumbermen and Soldiers Compared
A Backwoods correspondent in the North western Lumberman presents ten day rations for a river driver and for a soldier, noting lumbermen’s provisions are enormous and praising lumber camps as stamina sources. He jokingly excludes Indians from the comparison and muses on future ration tables.
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Vesuvius
North Pole
Wood Splitting Machine Mimics Guillotine Power
A novelty in mechanics, a wood splitting machine uses a 200 pound axe between uprights, driven by levers. Logs drop from a buzz saw, roll to the splitter, and are split by the descending axe. It splits knotty logs in seconds, performing the work of about twenty men.
Kidney-Wort Blood Cleansing Remedy Promoted
An advertisement claims to purify the blood by cleansing the system of foul tumers and to strengthen the liver kidneys and bowels. It states Kidney-Wort is now prepared in liquid and in dry form for regular functions.
Facts Concerning the Apache Indians The Women and Children
A Denver dispatch reports a series of Apache murders in New Mexico. The article describes 9000 to 10000 Apaches as treacherous and militant, roaming into Chihuahua and Sonora, with women riding like men, children carried in baskets, and chiefs with multiple wives. It portrays them as ethnically intriguing yet dangerous to travelers and settlers.
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New York Times
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Times
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Montezuma
Greek Turkish boundary dispute fuels Balkan tensions
The Germantown Telegraph reports pro Greece and Albanian moves amid talks with the Sultan's ministers on a new boundary. Greek aims risk enlarging ambitions beyond a border, while Austria's expansion and Italian unification loom as regional models.
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Little Kingdom of
Greece
Turkey
Albania
Constantinople
Austria
Balkan Peninsula
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Italy
Landlord Teases Seven Foot Guest Over Bed Length
A landlord quips the bed is too short for a seven foot guest. The guest replies he will add two feet to the bed when he gets in. The exchange showcases a humorous exchange about fitting a tall visitor.
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