Iowa Senate and House Elect Wilson and McDill U S Senators
Des Moines and joint convention finalize the election of James F. Wilson for the long term and J W McDill for the short term. The Senate and House approve inaugurations expenses bills and appoint committees amid broad procedural votes and numerous bills filed.
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James F. Wilson
Mitchell
Clark
Wayne
Wall
L. G. Kinne
D. P. Stubbs
Hartshorn
James W. McDill
Daniel Campbell
M. M. Ham
Abraham
Hall
Harmon
Johnson
Kamrar
Marshall
Nielander
Russell
Greene
Whaley
Wright
Smith
Senate
United States
House
Williamson
Balter
Downin
Daniel P. Stubbs
Wilson
Mr. Kinne
Stubbs
A. W. Daugherty
Dubuque
Des Moiines
W. J. Knight
J. W. McDill
Dotson
Evans
Garfield
Barron
McCall
Lambert
18Th
General Assembly
Payne
Maxwell
Wth General Assembl
Elerick
Floyd
Public Earth
Supreme Court
Sixteenth General Assembly
Des Moines
U. S
Nichols
Muscatine
County Board of Equalization
Department of Agriculture and Industrial Arts
Hutchison
Senator Park
Sioux City
St. Paul
Congress
Senator Greenlee
Arnold
Teller
Manning
Fort
Mr. Roberts
Matt Parrott
James Lee
Mr. Parrott
J. W. MecDill
A Sermon on Malt from a Hollow Tree Night
A century ago in England a clergyman forced by youths to preach from Matt delivers a brief sermon using the letters M A L T to unfold moral allegory. He warns that malt yields moral ruin, terrorizing society with drunkenness, crime, and ruin to family and neighbors.
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England
Unclear historical health column urges cleansing the body
Fragmentary Inter Ocean note advocates cleansing the system to unify the blood and strengthen organs. Summary reflects a mid century health prose tone, urging reapportion of humors and liver and kidneys support. Sources show archaic medical advice rather than concrete events or people.
Iowa Senate Committees and Delegations Summary
Long list of Iowa Senate committees and members across dozens of topics. Names include Larrabee Harmon Nichols of Muscatine and Greene, Wilson Nielander Prizer Henderson Payner Ludlow Mitchell, with many others in Judiciary, Elections, Public Buildings, Railroads, State University, Agricultural, and more, plus a parallel Ways and Means and Public Officers compensation set.
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Des Moines
Kelley
Senator Bliss
Iowa
Nichols
Benton
College of the Blind
Bills
Graves
Robert
Smith
Senator Hutchison
Larrabee
Muscatine
Russell
Greene
Hartshorn
Loxan
Seventeenth General Assembly
Senator Clarx
Senator Hall
Marshall
Senate
Federal Relations
Thrill
State Library
House
General Assembly
Hennepin Canal
Arnold
Congress
Sharon
Sioux City & St. Paul
Univesity
Committee On Public Lands
Code of Iowa
17Th General Assembly
Robinson
Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad Company
Poyner
Permanent School Fund
Baker
Clark
Russell of
Eighteenth General Assembly
Senator Brown
Senator Greenlee
Cotton
Garber
Page
Gear
Sherman
Jabee
Gillett
Bureau of Agricut
Nichol Muscatine
Wayne
Viton
Executive Council
Whaley
Wilberforce B. Gaylord
Floyd County
Brown and Nichols
Thomas Hanna
W. P
Helene Harmon
Nielander
Prizer
Henderson
Payner
Ludlow
Mitchell
Johnson
Harmon
Dashiel
Abratham
Hall
Jones
Keller
Hunt
Boling
Hebard
Hutchinson
Wilson
Logan
Hemenway
Neilander
Patrick
Russsell
Abraham
Parker
Wall
Guthrie
Payne
Brown
van Buren
Robert, Hartshorn Nichols
Schrader
Kamrar
State University
Keokuk
Wright
Biils
Greenlee
Colton
Banks
Beker
Commerce
Neilender
Abraham, Hunt and Clark
Ronson and
Cotton, Brown
Tirril
Shrader
Clark O' Page
Heswnenway
Hospital For Insane
Mitchel
College
Agricultural College
Audlow
Greenle
Thrill Prizer
Daniel
Shreeder
Senators Hall
Ways and Means
Messrs
Irwin
Muller
Tool, Brides
Bolton
McDonald
McCall
Flint
Upton
Benson
O’brien
Webster
Caswell
Bird
Bosworth
Cook
Johns
McCulloch
Judiciary
Dungan
Wicks
Powell
Lewis
Barnett
Lemnert
Shearer
Hart
Pickler
Holmes
Bolter
Wolf
Cedar
Simson
Schmidt
Bishop
Hubbard
Rories
Maxwell
Evans
Anderson
Stout
Hubbell
Robb
Muncey
Dotson
Williamson
Ellerick
Weistead
Aldrich
Downing
Keily
Dickens
Taylor
Ehl
Warren
Blain
Donahey
Havens
Platter
Duncan
Crew
Baughman
Lynch
Wolf of Cedar
Florick
Ryder
Davidson
Morgan
Bowdish
Calkins
Hanchett
Reynolds
Earle
Merton
Aaker
Lemert
Epperson
St. Clair
McManus
Spencer
Seiffert
Danforth
Tucker
Stephens Davidson
Rori K
Kuhlemeier
Martin
Tilton
van Staden
Stephens
Caldwell
Haines
Lambert
McCullough
Lucas
Bridges
Hines
Ehi
Pitcher
Tool
Barrett
Kuhiemeier
Williams
Simpson
Rorick
Babcock
Dickins
Wolfe
McGregor
Mueller
Earie
Snook
Cen
Person
Wolfe Oar
Nohmidt
Metzer
Jobn Agricultural College
McCully
Kublemeier
Seifert
Welstead
Too Ellerick
Merten
Boswick
Pearson
Earl Sener
Pace
Asker
Downing Holmes
Soitiers
Ro Donahey
van 8Taden
Hae Wicks
Anamosa
McCall Eke Babcock
The coat on his arm man in cold weather
A descriptive vignette follows a young man who avoids wearing a coat on the street as cold weather sets in. He alternates between carrying the coat on his arm and wearing it, defying comfort and social norms while warming himself by, then lingering near the fire at his office.
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Land Revolution in Great Britain in Demorest's Monthly
Demorest's February issue argues a coming social upheaval in Great Britain driven by poor harvests and cheap American wheat, undermining farmers landlords and old land laws. It predicts end of primogeniture and entail, with tenant rights spreading from Ireland to Britain, marking a major shift in land ownership and aristocracy.
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Demorest
Great Britain
Dakota
California
Liverpool
Scotland
England
Ireland
Pension bills and funding debates in Washington
In Washington on January 16 and 17 1881 lawmakers introduced and discussed numerous measures. Highlights include Logan proposing pension arrears for five years, Voorhees reporting on a Congressional library building, and various land tax and internal revenue bills. The Senate debated the German funding bill and rulings on committee membership, adjourned after votes, and new measures covered treasury currency, bigamy definitions, and Indian affairs.
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Lewis
Mills
Committee On Railways
B Stout
Grundy
Congress
Sioux City & Pacific Railway
State University
Iowa City
Committee On Public Lands
Schmidt
Scott
Hennepin Canal
McGregor
Clayton
Maxwell
Corning
Hubbard
McCall
Pickler
Anderson
General Assembly
Aldrich
Same
H. F
Seventeenth General Assembly
Eighteenth General Assembly
State Board of Health
Dungan
Lucas
Warren
Mahaska
Committee On Roads and
Benson
Franklin
Committee On
Payne
Henry
House
Senate
Capitol
Tahen
Washington
Logan
Lincoln
Pension
Voorhees
Joint Select Committee
Congressional Library
Ingalls
Cockrell
Registers of Land Offices
Cameron
Pennsylvania
Utah
eCoid
United States
Thompson
Horr
Willetts
Burrows
Ford
Dibell
Hazelton
Springtt
Venezuela
Rlong
WasHiNnoTon
Blair
Lucretia R. Garfield
Wisconsin
Interior Department
Davis
Illinois
Mark Hunt
Supreme Court
Berk
Ingall
Sherman
Judiciary Committee
Hunt
George
Ferry
Secretary of the Interior
Montana
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific
Judge Hunt
General Council of the Choctaw Nation
St. Louis & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Committee On Railroads
The Materials of Paleontology in Popular Science Monthly
The article surveys paleontology as a young field and notes a prodigious fossil mass. It highlights rapid increases in known invertebrate and vertebrate fossils, and credits pioneers like Cuvier, Agassiz, Von Meyern, and Owen, with later workers expanding knowledge. It forecasts vast future discoveries in North America and Asia and sketches Paleontology’s epochal progress versus details.
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Popular Science Monthly
Cuvier
Agassiz
Switzerland
von Meyer
Germany
Owen
North America
Asia
United States
Marsh
Stylish bonnet draws compliments from Mrs Miggs
A humorous exchange notes Mrs Miggs’ bonnet growing more stylish with each return home. She jokes that her husband Mr Miggs sits on the hat to improve its look, a setup that elicits amused confirmation from observers.
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Mrs. Miggs
Buckeye Cookery Recipe for Lucy’s Pot Overs
A brief recipe excerpt from Buckeye Cookery describes Lucy’s Pot Overs. It lists ingredients including sweet milk sifted flour butter eggs sugar salt and notes beating egg whites to stiff froth then baking in hot gem pans half full for twenty minutes and serving immediately. The tone reflects a plain home cookery note from a vintage period.
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Lucy
Buckeye Cookery
Deaths of British royalty in early 19th century
George III's Queen Charlotte died in 1818 and the King himself died in 1820, noted for his illness and blindness as the era closed.
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George III
Charlotte
Tribune Printing House Ad Offers Latest Styles for Print Work
The Tribune announces its printing house is equipped with the latest styles for all manner of work including envelopes statements invitations note heads bill reads programs letter heads business cards and more. Orders by mail receive prompt attention with best stock and satisfaction guaranteed.
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Tribune
Hawkeye Insurance Company Leads Iowa Fire Risks in 1881
The Hawkeye Insurance Company reports 1881 income of $231,894.74 with a net surplus of $308,993.18 and assets of $651,203.98. It sustained 53 losses, 24 settled within ten days, and has been praised as Iowa based and focused on property fire and lightning risks, urging locals to insure with them in 1882.
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Daily State Register
Auditor of State
Hawkeye Insurance Company
Iowa
Hawkeye
Letter Misdelivery Sparks Curious Exchange
Gus De Smith questions a colored boy who cleans the room after discovering a letter without an address. The boy explains he mailed it to the post office, admitting the envelope had no writing to reveal the recipient. He says he did it on purpose to prevent identification, asserting his dedication.
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Gus de Smith
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Franklin County
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Gov. Gear
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Redfield
Dallas County
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Daily Press
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J.W. McDill
McClain
Committee On Commerce
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Axwell
Honorable Board of Railroad Commissioners
Y Merton
Y Flint
E. H. Calkins
Horticultural Society
Norrow
Informaon
Lew Wright
Maxwell Platter
Drew
Deaf and Dumb
Ft. Madison
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Elrick
Institute For the Education of the Blind
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Potter
Kelly
Irson
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Stair
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Yne
Cetar
Speaker
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Welsted
Donahay
Wright Ryder
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Semidt
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Morvan
Fish and Game
Warner
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Kird
Board of Public Charities
Wolf of
Johnson. Medicine and Surgery— Messrs. Caldwel Cook, Reynolds, McCullough
Armfield
6Th
North Carolina
Dingley
Bemont
Chile
Peru
Bolivia
Valentine
Committee On Rules
Orth
Reed
Yeas
King
Willis
Neal
Guiteau
Robertson
Chicago Board of Trade
Mississippi and the Lakes
Belford
Dunnell
Randall
Hatch
Briggs
Bowman
Cannon
Hooker
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Joyce
Committee On Printing
Virginia
Springer
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