Des Moines Iowa Senate and House Do Pass Many Bills
Iowa Senate and House agendas span tax reform delinquent penalties school funding and road laws with measures to extend city powers, regulate elections and establish state boards. Debates cover homestead exemptions, short hand reporters pay, and railroad tax adjustments as bills advance or are postponed.
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16Th General Assembly
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17Th General Assembly
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15Th General Assembly
Linn Station Emerges on Des Moines Line
A coroner's jury verdict finds Henry Osborne's Des Moines murder of his wife on February 18 a willful and premeditated act. Evidence shows he returned from Davenport to commit the deed.
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Henry Osborne
Des Moines
Davenport
Sam Houston’s Removal Dream in Cherokee Nation
The narrative recalls Sam Houston living among the Cherokee west of Arkansas with a captain’s daughter, adopting Indian dress and habits, and drifting into liquor. After a drunken period he resolved to move to Texas where he vowed to reinvent himself as a merchant and become a man of influence.
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Sam Houston
Lone Star State
Ft. Smith
Ark
Cherokee Nation
Arkansas
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Grand Or
Neosho River
Verdigris River
Fort Gibson
Tennessee
Texas
Mexico
Houston
Grand River
John Henry
Household Hints on Dangerous Substances in Homes
The Boston Journal of Chemistry warns households about hazardous substances. Benzine ether strong ammonia and acids likealic acid pose fire and poisoning risks and require strict precautions, proper labeling, separate storage, and careful use to prevent accidents and fatalities.
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Boston Journal of Chemistry
Three Great Jewish Feasts: Breakfast Dinner and Supper
A child was asked to name the three great Jewish feasts and replied promptly that they were breakfast dinner and supper. The quip reflects a playful take on religious observance through a simple, humorous lens.
A Ross Baby and the Allure of Late Night Visits
A traveller laments that staying with a married friend often ruins a bachelor’s sleep due to a crying baby. The remedy advertised is Hop Bitters, claimed to pacify cross infants and leave them smiling. The note ends with a warning to young men to remember this cure.
Losses In Multiple Fires And Oceanic Disasters Reported
The bulletin notes fires at Harrison's livery stable Milwaukee and a carriage factory in Terre Haute, plus a large hotel at Griffith's Point and a distillery boiler explosion near Peoria. It records ship losses, fishing and trade disruptions, and weather and health alerts from Rio to California, with numerous fatalities and investigations ongoing.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Griffith’s Point
N. Y
Russian arrested in Paris for trying to kill the Czar
A Russian suspect was arrested in Paris on charges of attempting the life of the Czar. Separate reports note Edward Reinhardt in New York facing execution by hanging on April 2 for his wife’s murder. An Indiana illicit still was busted by internal revenue agents.
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San Francisco Bulletin
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Page
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Prescott
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Ohio
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John Campbell
Huldah
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W. E. Guernsey
Desplaine Street Viaduct
Chicago
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Willsboro
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Louisiana
House of Representatives
Ogden
Finney
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Shepherd’s Fold
New York
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Claysville
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Afghan Turkomans Reach Akweha Amid Cabul Tension
In Cabul Gen Roberts states no executions without conviction for the attack on the British residency. The Turkoman force, possibly with Abdul Rahman Khan, has reached Akweha in Afghan Turkestan, sparking great excitement. England reports Benjamin Mason near paralysis in Portugal and notes famine relief debates in Parliament.
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Cabul
Abdul Rahman Khan
Akweha
Afghan-Turkestan
London
Benjamin Mason
Portugal
House of Commons
Ireland
Mundella
French leaders discuss commerce treaty with America
De Freycinet, head of the Council and Foreign Affairs, told a St. Etienne Chamber of Commerce deputation he valued a commerce treaty with America and would consider it after Jirard, the commerce minister, presents it. Gambetta supporters aim to back him for the French Academy vacancy created by a death.
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Gambetta
French Academy
Origin of the Term Uncle Sam and the Wilson joke
After the last war with England Elbert Anderson of New York bought provisions in Troy. Overseen by Ebenezer and Samuel Wilson the casks bore E A U 8. A workman joked Uncle Sam was the source of the mark and the name stuck, spreading nationwide as a nickname for the United States.
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Uncle Sam
England
Elbert Anderson
New York
Troy
Hudson
Messrs
Ebenezer
Samuel Wilson
Wilson
U. S
United States
Sam
Passive muscle action noted in birds perching weight
The author observes that birds grip a perch mainly due to body weight, noting that removing a fowl from a hen roost often requires lifting it. This commentary appears in Acta Columbiana and centers on the passive nature of avian perch grasp.
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Acta Columbiana
No Epitaffy Warned by Witty Tombstone Quip
A witty quotation notes the speaker refuses fulsome praise on a tombstone and asks not to be given any epitaph. The remark plays on the humor of memorials and personal notoriety.
Peach trees bloom in Chattanooga on February sixth
The report notes peach trees were in bloom in Chattanooga on February 6, marking a mild late winter moment in the region.
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Chattanooga
Baby Byrup Remedy Reassures Mothers Says Doctor Bull
A readers note asks how the baby is and answers that thanks to Dr Bull's Baby Byrup the child is much better today. The mention reflects a common parental concern and a trusted remedy in a household before modern medicine.
Perpetual Motion Claim Draws Engineers to Pietrowski Device
Visitors packed the Spring Street rooms to view Albert Pietrowski’s self sustaining motor. The Polish inventor showed hollow wheels with nine balls that create momentum. He bets a cast iron wheel sixty feet across would yield 300 horsepower and run until worn out.
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New York Sun
Albert Pietrowski
Spring Street
Pietrowski
The Law of Divorce in Different Countries
An overview of diverse divorce practices from cultures including Jews Abyssinian Circassians Greeks Hindoos Romans and others. It notes discretionary powers consent required customs public authorities and varying remarriage rules across regions and eras.
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Bench
Australia
Artic Region
Circassia
Greece
Seneca
St. Jerome
Augustus
Odd sayings and blunt retorts from a dark night encounter
A man in the dark argues against a post and mocks a wish. A bystander warns him. A Sunday-school boy disparages ramrods for Nimrod, while a precocious sibling quips that twins exist so cannibals may eat philosophy.
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Nimrod
Hunter
Mamma
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