Population shifts and fires mark Iowa news items
Grinnell population stands at 2402 while Alden flouring mill in Hardin county burned. Politicians and landowners named include Wm H English in Emmet county and M E Cutts and John A Kasson as district nominees. Multiple accidents and deaths, river and bridge drownings, a Charng party shooting, and a confidence swindle near Council Bluffs are reported along with census updates for Muscatine and Wilton.
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M. E. Cutts
Congress
John A. Kasson
Notable Executions and Crimes Across Regions
Reports from July 9 recount hangings in Georgia and Texas, shootings in Virginia City and Dallas, and a Kansas City to St Joe train robbery. Virginia and North Carolina cases detail family disputes and arson-like killings, while British and Irish dispatches discuss Ireland bill debates, elections, and looming conflicts in Europe.
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St. Joe
Missouri Pacific
Winthrop Station
St. Joe Junction
United States Express Company
Baldwin & Co
Peace favored by Sultan delays pending Ottoman questions
The Sultan supports peace and a full settlement of questions. Osman Pasha was initially reported to be dismissed and sent to the provinces but will stay in Constantinople as marshal of the palace. Derviscy Pasha was also dismissed. Other ministerial changes are anticipated.
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Derviscy
Pasha
Constantinople
Chamber Debates Grist Tax Abolition Bill Vote Favorable
The Chamber of Deputies discussed abolition of the grist tax on July 10 after Premier Casiroli spoke. The house adopted a motion favorable to the government and moved to clause discussion by 269 to 120. Gen Bonelli’s resignation as War Minister was accepted.
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Casiroli
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Ancient spur and stirrup unearthed near Tallahassee in rich relics
A spur and heavy stirrup with Ethiopian figures on the foot-rest were found about two miles east of Tallahassee. Plowed soil revealed the iron stirrup encrusted in clay. The artifacts, dated to a distant era, suggest a possible De Soto era knightly follower and violent consequence with local tribes.
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Fla
de Soto
Spain
Tallahasse
German Engineer Endures Russian Captivity After False Identity
Neumeyer, a German railway engineer in southern Russia, was arrested after police misidentified him with a photo of Volkoff. He endured 44 days on foot with minimal food, then six weeks more in prison before a letter to Parade’s Governor-General led Count Kotzebue and Count Loris Melkoff to secure his return to Germany in ragged clothes and vermin.
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Russia
Louis Hartmann
Volkoff
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Warsaw
Siberia
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Esthonia
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Loris Melkoff
Germany
Detroit Freeress in Church Dispute Over Lie Accusation
A Michigan colored church split turns on a pastor accused of lying. A meeting prompts a testy exchange as one elder challenges violence and the preacher vows to defend his honor with force if provoked.
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Detroit
Monkey Beer Drinker Report From Darfur
A letter from Darfur describes monkeys in the region addicted to local beer used by natives to trap them. Drunk simians are confused by appearances, allowing a single man to abduct several monkeys in a sequence. After capture, beer is reduced to weaken their alertness before final consequences are faced.
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Darfur
Africa
Disturbance in Church Prompted Cough Syrup Request
An individual who caused a disturbance in church last Sunday by coughing is urged to buy Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup to cure himself and spare the congregation further disruption.
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Dr. Bull
Kidney-Wort Liver Remedy Promises Pure Water Based Cure
An old advertisement touts Kidney-Wort as a dry vegetable compound claimed to treat liver and kidney diseases. It asserts nekage yields six quarts of medicine made with pure water and contains no poisonous ingredients.
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Nekage
Mountain of the Spirits Spanish Legend Recounts a Bride’s Night
In Springfield Republican prose a Count de Aleudir's son Alonso wooes Beatrice de Borges. After a dispute over a ribbon on the mountain of the spirits he vanishes, sparking a haunting night as Beatrice fears ghosts and learns the fate of her bold lover.
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Beatrice de Borges
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Spain
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Monte de Las Animas
Tragedy Unfolds on the Mountain of Spirits in Alcudiel Tale
A dying hunter recalls eerie events as Beatrice reacts to the death of her cousin on the mountain. Beatrice clings to a bedpost while a blue scarf and ribbon tied to a failed search appear. Ghostly Templars rise, chasing a pale woman around Alonso’s tomb.
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Don Carlos depicted as poor noble in Paris society
Panama Star and Herald sketches Don Carlos living in Passy with a luxurious house yet constant lack of necessities. His mare genet is sold to fund needs, while a bank-note of 1 000 francs helps sustain the household. Donna Marguerite and Don Carlos face domestic strain and political disappointments as their son Don Jaime is educated to rule millions.
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Froksdorf
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Bedouin Marriage Customs and Early Islam Reforms
A Victorian observer reports Bedouin Yemen and Syrian desert practices. Temporary marriages, polyandry traces, wife exchange, and concealed customs challenge Mohammedan orthodoxy. The piece links these rites to broader Islam reform dynamics and suggests historic debate over the Prophet’s stance on temporary marriages.
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Edinburgh Scotsman
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Furrier Boy Delivers Cape Brought From South America
A furrier sent a store-boy to fetch a furcape. The boy returned, folding the cape neatly and replying he had doubled the cape, joking that his long trip from South America had yielded extra length.
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French critic quotes on girls and women in art
A French critic remarks that beauty shifts with age saying I like a girl before she gets womanish and a woman before she gets girlish. The comment appears in a cultural column reflecting on changing standards of female maturation in artistic critique.
Hop Bitters Fame Tops Rochester Industry
The Hop Butters Manufacturing Company emerges as a leading Rochester business. Its Hop Bitters, praised for intrinsic value, have achieved broad distribution and entered almost every household nationwide.
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Hop Butters Manufacturing Company
Rochester
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