Local Notes From BataviaJanuary 2
R T Cooper takes charge of the QQ depot in Hill house absence. Residents W W Junkin H C Rountree of Fairfield seen on our streets. Mrs Andrew Smith trip to New London. Lizzie Clark Des Moines visits relatives. Graves girls visiting A J Creamer. Baldridge couple travel to Council Bluffs to see son Milt at deaf school. L Colman Atlee lumber yard Ft Madison visits with aunt. Hannah Alfred Cass Smith New Year with Elden friends. Nellie Anderson Fairfield visiting cousin Minniej Peterson. Peter Nelson buys Dr H C Porter property. Mrs David Henderson goes to Bladensburg to aid ill sister. Rev Doud to begin protracted meeting next Sunday.
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R. T. Cooper
Hillhouse
W. W. Junkin
H. C. Rountree
Fairfield
Andrew Smith
New London
Lizzie Clark
Des Moines
Frisbe
Graves
Elden
Nellie Anderson
Minniej Peterson
Peter Nelson
H. C. Porter
David Henderson
Bladensburgh
Palmer
Rev. Doud
Doctor endorses White Wine and Tar Syrup for throat cure
A letter from Rev. E. M. Lewis of Lincoln Nebraska reports marked benefit and complete cure from catarrh after using White Wine and Tar Syrup for throat and lung difficulties. He urges others with similar afflictions to try the remedy without solicitation.
District court schedule for Iowa and federal courts year 154
Lists dates for district court in Appanoose Davis Henry Jefferson Lucas Monroe Van Buren Wapello counties. Iowa Supreme Court sessions at Des Moines. U S District Court eastern central western divisions with Keokuk Des Moines Council Bluffs dates. Also notes medicine ads for Cherry Pectoral and Shilohs Catarrh Remedy with local sellers.
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Iowa
Appanoose County
Davis County
Henry County
Jefferson County
Lucas County
Monroe County
van Buren County
Wapello County
Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines
United States District Court
Southern District
Keokuk
Center Division
Council Bluffs
Is George Coldate Alive Alleged Letter From Cook of Carlin Party
A Spokane dispatch reports Sam Ellis found a bottle on the Clear Water river containing a letter claimed to be from George Colgate the Carlin party’s abandoned cook saying he is alive and asking relief. General Carlin doubts the note’s authenticity and suspects a hoax to extract money.
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Carlin
St. Louis
Spokane
Wash
Sam Ellis
Bitter Root
Clear Water
George Colgate
M. C. Normoyle
St. Elmo
Colgate
No Work on the Mesaba as 300 Men Remain Employed
Devs reports winter closures at Mountain Iron and Rathbun mines cut 850 jobs. Mesaba range shows only one operating mine, with 3800 of 5000 possible workers idle. Mountain Iron McKinley Virginia districts idle. Biwabik district has one mine. Largest contract let postponed until spring.
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Mesaba
Lake Superior
Letter claims Rome in America leads forward movement
Raymond Blathwayt writes to The Chronicle asserting Rome in America drives a forward movement and that the republic’s future welfare rests with the flourishing Italian mission currently in its midst.
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London
Raymond Blathwayt
Great Britain
Chronicle
Rome
America
New York lawmakers vie for assembly speaker and senate pro tem
In Albany on January 2 the Republican and Democratic caucuses chose their nominees. Democrats pick William Sulzer for speaker of the assembly and Jacob A. Cantor for president pro tem of the senate. Republicans nominate George R. Malby for speaker and Senator Saxton for president pro tem.
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Albany
Jan
William Sulzer
Assembly
Jacob A Cantor
Senate
George R. Malby
Saxton
Indicted bank figures face indictment errors in copy
Indianapolis January 2 Errors found in the indictments against Edwin Rexford cashier and R B F Peirce director of the defunct Indianapolis National Bank. The errors concern copying and will invalidate the counts where they occur but not the rest of the charges.
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Indianapolis
Edwin Rexford
R. B. F. Peirce
Indianapolis National Bank
Odd Fellows Fight a Per Capita Tax Suit
A large district court suit in Topeka gathers 100 Kansas lodges of I O O F against a 21 50 per capita tax on 24000 members to cover an alleged encumbrance on 31 60 acres donated by D F Boisiere for an Odd Fellows home near Ottawa Kansas.
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Odd Fellows
Topeka
Kas
Kansas
D. F. Boisiere
Ottawa
Kan
Governor Boies’s Daughter Dies in Waterloo
Miss Jessica Boies, daughter of Governor Boies, died in Waterloo on January 1 after years of failing health. She battled heart trouble with notable willpower and fought a gallant fight for life.
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Waterloo
Jessica Boies
Boies
Treasury cash balance dips below one hundred billion
Washington reports another large hole in the treasury cash balance. The total falls to 88,046,683,765 with 82,024,706,000 in gold and the remainder in currency.
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Washington
Treasury
Judge Cramer and Shutt to Send Newby Record to Supreme Court
Springfield report says Judge E C Cramer and District Attorney Shutt have reviewed the Newby case record. The plan is to present it to Judge Allen on Friday for certification up to the United States Supreme Court.
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Springfield
Ills
E. C. Cramer
Newby
Shutt
Allen
Supreme Court of the United States
Catholic Knights of America reach accord with bondsmen in Tennessee
In Chattanooga the case against five local bondsmen closed with pleas of accord and a compromise for 13 700 to cover a 76 000 shortage. In St Louis a Washington dispatch reports the president plans to withdraw Hornblower nomination for associate justice.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Catholic Knights of America
United States Circuit Court
St. Louis
Republic
Washington
Hornblower
New York
Supreme Court
Greetings Across Regions in German Lands
The text details regional German greetings: Protestant areas say Good morning, Austria uses Serous, south Germany uses Gruss Gott, Catholic regions favor Praised be Jesus Christ with For ever and ever amen. It notes Gott befohlen shifting to Empfehle mich and mining districts use Gluckanf for a safe return to bank.
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Protestant
Germany
Austria
Benedict XIII
Jesus Christ
Fire rescue tale and a nutty street line
A Cockney recounts a daisy fire where a man on the third story window yells for help. Bystanders urge him to jump, claim a blanket, and the fall ends with laughter. Also a brief quip about cocoanut candy from Anna Matilda in a separate item.
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Boston
Benevolent Umbrella Maker Dreams of Rain Cannons
A railway carriage conversation features a man who imagines artificial rain, proposing methods like balloons watering cans fountains and cloud cannons. He reveals he is an umbrella maker rather than a landowner, framing his wish as a public boon to agriculture and humanity.
Pullem and Gummit's Candy Man Makes a Quick Proposal
A Peaville assistant postmaster and grocer's clerk, Miss Frankie, reacts as Mr. Browncliff a traveling salesman for Pullem and Gummit's candy factory offers a square marriage proposal. He cites money and stability and promises to return in 80 days with samples.
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Frankie
Chicago Tribune
Absinthe Frappe Fracas At Senate Restaurant
A brief scene in the senate restaurant shows two visitors ordering. One asks for Apollinaris, the other insists on an absinthe frappe, prompting surprised exchanges with a negro waiter who confirms the order.
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Senate
Washington Post
Duty Without Halt in Antietam Ranker Tale
A veteran whispering to a nurse explains his endless march after Antietam. He claims his commander and all officers were killed and no one ever ordered a halt, so he keeps advancing out of duty. The fragment evokes Civil War endurance and the cost of obedience.
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Antietam
Harper’s Bazar
Broken fifty seven dollars and a promise to pay
A man asks for 57 dollars but only has a 20 dollar bill. The careful man explains a 20 is a promise to pay and prefers not to break that promise. The exchange emphasizes the value and limits of currency as a promise.
Read Aloud Sea Tale Echoes Father’s Cape Misfortune
A father in the Washington Star quips about his own wreck on a sealskin cape while a boy reads a sea story. The playful exchange contrasts fiction with the man’s real life mishap, hinting at coastal perils and resilience.
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Johnny
Washington Star
Fragment of relationship dialogue from Chicago Inter Ocean
A fragment shows a married couple with dialogue about jealousy and communication. The man Brown and his wife are described with the wife doing all the talking, illustrating tensions in their relationship.
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Brown
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Marriage Needed for Boy, Says Mr Gumpps
Mrs Gumpps and Mr Gumpps argue that the boy must marry to improve his prospects. He is criticized for lingering at home and urged to change his habits. New York Weekly provides the dialogue as a social observation.
Presage and reflection in a vow filled poem
A poetic dialogue compares a speaker and a presaging bird. The speaker honors the bird’s bright wit while claiming not to be its prey. The poem urges the bird to fulfill its destined path and ends with hopeful waiting for its triumph and peace after restless days.
Death and sudden fate recall Hamilton Fish dinner remark
At a 1876 dinner hosted by the secretary of state, Mr. Fish mused on sudden death as a preferable end, linking his view to the litany. A newspaper notice later stating Hamilton Fish’s sudden death at Garrisons-on-the-Hudson revived the discussion.
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Garrisons-on the-Hudson
Hamilton Fish
New York Tribune
Cold hearted career advice from a medical graduate
A New York Times quip warns wealthy young women to beware young doctors just graduating who seek social advantage. The adage says to align with prominent churches and wealthy brides to ease the path, or face a long struggle if they marry into poorer circles.
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New York Times
Turtles Flown Homeward From St. Helena Ship Tale
An English steamer gathered dozens of sea turtles off St. Helena to ship live to a Liverpool provision dealer. A sick turtle was discarded after branding, then a year later the same tortoise was sighted again along St. Helena, more than 4 000 miles away.
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St. Helena
Liverpool
Chicago Inter Ocean
Chestnut Hill Train Schedule Prompted by Guard
In a Boston waiting room a guard announces the 5 17 train to Chestnut Hill and track 5. A young woman asks if the Chestnut Hill train is ready and its departure time, reflecting a typical newspaper exchange scene.
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Chestnut Hill
Boston
Notes and Quotations from Press and Literature
A collage of brief literary quotes and anecdotes including lines about a clock, Mme Roland on the scaffold, Goethe reflections, cleaning advice for japanned goods, and a Stamford NY man who possesses Major Andre’s ransom watch with proof of authenticity.
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Mme. Roland
Goethe
Shiloh's Cure for Cough and Croup Sold Here
Pocket size bottle contains twenty five doses priced at 25 cents. Children respond well to this remedy offered by Bradshaw & Thoma.
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Sweeney
U.S. A
San Diego
Cal
Shiloh
Bradshaw & Thoma
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