Iowa News Items Show Tragedy and Civic Shifts
Des Moines reports a boy Larry Flynn killed after being run over by a locomotive tender. Des Moines hosts State Teachers Association with officers elected. Dr. E. B. Cross bail in murder case. Stuart population 2204, promoted to second class city. Waterloo grocer EF A Raymond fails, Union Mill attaches stock. Cedar Rapids Board moves county seat from Marion. Continuous Iowa notes include wreck at Columbus Junction, husking feats, and local fires.
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Frightful Accident Kills Seven Near Salem Indiana
A Louisville to Chicago passenger train went through a culvert near Salem Indiana. The baggage car two coaches and a sleeper burned after overturning. Five killed and several injured as relief trains rush to the scene. Names received include Charles Stanford New Albany and Jacob Helfrich Bainbridge. engineer John Vaughn injured.
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Distress and Disasters Tally in December News
Weekly Review reports widespread distress from smallpox in Gadsden Tennessee with 14 of 26 cases dying. Fires strike Saranac Michigan and St. Louis Missouri. Notable deaths include Brigadier General Andrew Humphries in Washington and Lucy Burel in Milwaukee aged 110. Multiple accidents, floods, and a riotous fight in Arkansas are noted along with economic troubles in Providence and rail and mining incidents nationwide.
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Dieting Not Drugs Said to Trim Fat by Actresses
The New York Sun notes actresses have slimmed down by a Banting like plan rather than drugs. It prescribes avoiding starch and sugar and foods like bread milk potatoes beer and sweet confections. Women must eat meat lean and vegetables while drinking sour wine or sherry and little distilled liquor.
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Emigration trends and foreign affairs notes
A report says 5490 assisted emigrants end of list two thirds head to the United States with others to Canada many return on passage paid. Paris reports a secret English Chinese treaty including ceding Hainan to England and Chinese suzerainty over Tonkin Annam. The Derby liberals receive a porcelain crown from a Dec 22 delegation. De Lesseps vows Suez Canal control by France. France bans American salted meats after Jan 20 1884. Admiral Courbet urged to attack Hong Hoa after Sontay. Paris: student protests, anarchist sentences, and Paul Bert on disease risk from American pork. Thirteen hundred Egyptian troops reach Khartoum. Mahdi fears grow. In Ireland Orange trains planned to counter nationalist meetings amid school teachers’ conference disruption.
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Fashionable Lady Hails Marys Match With Noted Lawyer
A stylish woman comments that Mary has made a good match with a shrewd and unprincipled lawyer. She notes his wealth will allow him to satisfy Mary's every wish.
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St Louis Merchants Oppose 1879 Vaporizing Law Repeal
In the Senate, Mr. Cockrell presented a memorial from St Louis merchants manufacturers and businessmen opposing repeal of the Vaporising Law of 1879 which allows vinegar makers to produce low wines for vinegar without U S tax. House adjourns to Jan 7 after presenting President Secretary of State papers on Patrick O'Donnell trial.
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Contempt ruling in Ex-Senator Spencer case amid Star Route trial
In Washington a criminal court judge discharged Ex-Senator Spencer for contempt after ruling the subpena was invalid and improperly served since it was civil in nature. The judge censured Spencer’s abroad trip as avoidance and noted he remained two weeks, failing to secure an interview from an angel. The decision followed an outline of the proceedings and the judge’s explanation.
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Stone inscription misread age on grave marker
A Germantown grave stone near Concord school-house reads in memory of Adam Shisler who died December 22 1777 aged 969 years. The error came from a wrong age carved as ninety six instead of sixty nine, later corrected by filling a 9 with cement, now weathered and revealing the misread figures.
Death of ex governor Ralph P Lowe in Washington
Ex Iowa Governor Ralph P Lowe, aged about 78, died in Washington on December 22 after a battle with stomach cancer. Born 1805 in Ohio, he practiced law, helped draft Iowa’s Constitution, served as district attorney, judge, governor, supreme court justice, and US district attorney, ending his career pursuing swamp land claims. He left a wife seven sons and two daughters.
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Mighty ancient capital Nebuchadnezzar built wondrous gardens
The article extols the twenty five century city of Babylon with walls 100 by 30 feet, 250 towers, 2514 miles of streets, and hanging gardens on vast masonry. It describes the Tower of Babel shrine atop a multi colored eight story monument and a golden Belus statue. It warns of divine wrath on iniquity.
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The Montpelier Home of President Madison in Orange County
The historic Montpelier estate lies about eighty miles south of Washington in Orange County Virginia. It spans over 1000 acres with eighty improved, tree lined grounds including a Madison planted white pine grove and nearby walnut grove. The brick and stone house has a portico with stone columns and houses the Madisons’ family burying ground.
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O'Donnell Case Report on Citizenship Question and British Trial
President transmits State Department correspondence on Patrick O'Donnell the alleged slayer of Carey. The letters discuss O'Donnell s citizenship status and whether the American legation should pursue defense though questions arise about his naturalization and residency. Frelinghuysen Lowell and Granville exchange show limits on U S intervention and a request for a reprieve denied.
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Death by Guillotine and a Surgeon’s Last Test
The Paris surgeon Velpeau visited Dr. De la Pommerais before his 1864 execution. He planned to test brain memory after decapitation, asking the patient to signal by eye closure. On execution day the head was presented to Velpeau, who watched the right eyelid move but would not part, ending the experiment.
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Passenger offers trade dollar for fare on Auburn Railroad
A passenger tried to pay a fare with a trade dollar to the Auburn Railroad conductor. The conductor rejected the coin saying he did not want it. The passenger urged giving the money to the company.
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