Iowa News Roundup Highlights Fires Deaths and Trade Talks
Davenport reports 41 fires in 1880 with losses near $93,040 and $125,695 insured. The Des Moines Board of Trade pushes Mississippi River improvement. Cedar Falls saloonkeepers indicted. Clinton to Iowa City rail line begins. A Davenport family tragedy ends in the death of a man or woman in separate incidents. Collected items include stabbings, floods, and local business notes.
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Burlington
Iowa
Davenport
Theodore Holm
Mercy Hospital
Memphis
State Horticultural Society
Cedar Falls
Louis Algeyer
Dubuque
Nice
Dr. Thatcher
Iowa State University
London
England
Mary Wilson
Des Moines Board of Trade
Congress
Mississippi River
Capitol
Teachers must guide children within homes and schools
Hiram Orcutt issues guidance to public school teachers stressing responsibility beyond the classroom. He urges engagement with parents, especially mothers, to elevate education and unite pupils, families, and communities in the common cause of public education. The Weekly Review then surveys broad national items from snowbound pineries to trials, fires, and political shifts.
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Hiram Orcutt
A. M
Tilden Seminary
West Lebanon
N. H
Fashion Blames Violence for Results
Readers advocate neglecting dress codes while ignoring common ailments. An ad touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup at 25 cents a bottle as a remedy for coughs and colds.
Hog cholera reported near Mt Pleasant in Colorado
Local reports indicate hog cholera is prevalent around Mt Pleasant while Colorado team dominates in a local contest. The riddle about the lottery number and a man who returned after many days remains unresolved in the excerpt.
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Mt. Pleasant
Colorado
The RReason Why Kidney Wort Cures Urinary Ailments
The tonic remedy Kidney Wort purifies the blood and cleanses the system. It is said to cure gravelly or milky ropy urine from disordered kidneys, as stated in a Leader publication.
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Gal Davies
Igor
ARY
DR. Butts
North St. St. St. Lauis
Arms Exports Surge From Birmingham Amid Ireland Tensions
Dispatches note growing gun trade with Ireland as Birmingham makers report large orders and brisk revolver demand. Reports also cite a London military assessment urging strict measures to curb lawlessness while seeking a peaceful solution to Irish unrest. Law trials and Land League actions loom in Dublin with calls for a National Conference.
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London Times
Transvaal
England
Basuto
Candahar
Ireland
Birmingham
Armagh
Graham
Cookstown
Lon On
Land League
Dublin
London
Jeremiah Leahy
No Warmth in Clothes Says Lancet
The Lancet argues there is no inherent warmth in clothing. Body heat comes from metabolism and exercise. clothing only insulates. Light garments that allow free blood circulation are advised, with emphasis on nonrestrictive footwear to prevent chilled feet.
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Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad
Bancroft
Charles Myers
Thomas Broughman
A. P. Swanson
G. A. Herman
Clavey Anderson
John Errickson
John A. Delan
Oakland, Neb
Archer and bow conversation on the field ends in playful request
A bold young archer and a companion share a flirtatious exchange about a bow. She replies archly that she should prefer yow, while the archer preps the target, producing a lighthearted moment between them.
Bitter remedies praised as reliable in Bay City climate
The Tribune praises patent medicines less, but endorses One Bitter as fully worth its price. The writer, who has used Bittere in Bay City weather, calls it first class and reliable, doing all that is claimed for it.
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Tribune
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Williamsburg
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