Iowa Condensed Highlights From 1879 Local Flurry
A wide sweep of Iowa news notes events from Des Moines Strawberry Fair on June 14 to Des Moines driving park races and a variety of rail and industrial plans. Mentions Keokuk C B Q changes, Clinton reunion talks, Fort Dodge rail connections, Mt Pleasant Decoration Day, and notable deaths including Gen James Shields. Also covers weather, fires, railway reorganizations, and national incidents across multiple cities and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Driving Park Association
Barus
Col. Lewis
Adelaide
Sweetzer
Doty
Calmer
Sultan
J. C. Davis
Prairie City
Charley Hays
Mr. Hartney
Guthrie Boy
Mr. Roberts
Panora
Woodbury
Hief
R. T. Kneebs
Sioux City
Fred J
A. Jackson
Oskaloosa
Seal Skin
Pren & Lorrence
Phillis
8. W. Roberts
Lady Tilden
Mr. Kneebs
Barus McDuff
Tornado
Colorado
Nellie Shaw
Creston
Iowa
Muscateer
Knoxvill
California
Jennie
Nevada
Bobby Dunbar
Wisner
Neb
Elmwood
Dakota Maid
Kate Weisner
Tragic killings in Rochester and Norwich marked by hangings
At Rochester on June 7 Peter Peters a Russian killed his wife and then killed himself. In Norwich on June 6 Felix McCann was hanged for the murder of J Morris Hatch dated December 3 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Halsberger
Dubuque
Halsberger
James Shields
Ottumwa
Carrollton
Midway
Mass
Edward Hart
Peter Powell
Scranton
Peter
Monroe Grey
Hillsboro
Aaron MecPete
John Blom
St. Charles
Elizabeth Warren
Blom
Peachy Swingler
John Anderson
Chambersburg
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Boder
Kennedy
Fort Leegh
Montana
Ottawa
White
Conner
Lawrence White
Ed. Connor
Connor
Rochester, N. Y
Peter Peters
Felix McCann
Norwich
N. Y
J. Morris Hatch
Rome correspondent reports flood and eruption aid amount
A Rome correspondent says a grant of $100000 has been promised for Alessandria flood and Mt Etna eruption victims. The sum is regarded as far from sufficient to meet needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Mt. ‘Tna
Garibaldi
Rome
Florence
Mt. Ina
Mayo
Cocello
Pescara
Messina
Mt Ina
Alcantara
Alessandria
Iowa Unitarian State Convention Adopts Name Change
The Iowa Unitarian State Convention closed in Des Moines on June 5 adopting Articles of incorporation to become the Iowa Association of Unitarian and Independent Churches. Officers named: President Rev. Oscar Clute, Vice President Gov. B. F. Gue, Secretary Mrs. C. T. Cole, Treasurer Rev. W. K. Cole. A long list of resolutions urged obedience to Divine laws, education, opposition to creeds, women’s expanded roles, and separation of church and state funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Convention of Unitarians
Des Moines
Iowa Association of Unitarian and Other Independent Churches
Oscar Clute
Iowa City
B. F.gue
C. T. Cole
Mt. Pleasant
W. K. Cole
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Ufe
Grand Lodge of Iowa Masons elect officers at Dubuque session
At the Dubuque gathering the Grand Lodge of Iowa Masons elected A C Abbott as Grand Master and Brow Bowen as Senior Grand Warden among others. New appointees include R West Deputy Grand, W Gould Senior Grand Deacon, T 8 Parvin Grand Secretary, and C G Walker Grand Marshal. Committees on Appeals and Grievances and Jurisprudence named. Lodge adjourned to meet in Des Moines next June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge of Iowa Masons
Dubuque
A. C. Abbott
Marshalltown
Brow Bowen
Des Moines
N. G. Brown
Davenport
Iowa
L. C. Blanchard
Oskaloosa
Parvin
Iowa City
D. C. Chamberlain
Clarinda
T. W. Wanich
Carroll
Thos. George
The Case for International Copyright in the United States
Prof Youmans argues that foreign books copyrighted here must be printed domestically to protect the American book industry. He warns that without this condition foreign publishers would dominate the market, risking vast domestic capital in paper mills, printing shops, and binding works, and the national interest requires safeguarding American interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Youmans
Popular Science Monthly
United States
The Metric System Emerges As Global Standard
This article traces the origin of the metric system from a Paris meridian measurement to a universal standard. It explains the metre defined as one ten millionth of the earth’s quadrant, the decimal division for lengths, surfaces, and weights, and the push for worldwide uniform adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equator
North Pole
Paris
Palais Des Archives
Europe
Hesse-Darmstadt
Prussia
Swaryburg- Rudolstadt
Congress
Washington
Good bye Papa Love You Thirty Miles Long
A short, poignant exchange between a child and father as he mounts his horse for a journey. The boy bids farewell with a playful measure of distance and affection while the sister adds a tender counterpoint about not riding to the end of her evening.
Woman's Wisdom Highlights Hop Bitters Use
A women’s column extols prioritizing family health over fashion praising Hop Bitters to nip illnesses in the bud. The piece urges all women to exercise wisdom by ensuring each family member receives remedies at first signs of sickness.
The Comanches A Roaming Indian Nation
An American scholar portrays the Comanches as a vast nomadic tribe roaming 800 to 900 miles and 700 miles wide. They number 10 000 to 12 000 with 2 500 warriors, raid Mexicans and Americans for cattle and horses, kill and scalp enemies, take women and children as wives, and live without fixed settlements or law. They stampede trains, recite war cries, and favor chiefs chosen by merit rather than heredity. They practice polygamy, harshly punish infidelity, and abide by a strong kinship code. They call themselves Natini meaning live or first alive people.
Influence of Science on History in Popular Science Monthly
The article argues modern science reshapes history by applying natural laws to social progress. It credits Comte and Spencer for framing law and order as governing societal changes, mirroring natural world developments from simple to complex structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Heaven
Comte
France
Herbert Spencer
Great Britain
Funeral Notice for Jim Smith Dominates Local Gathering
An elderly backwoodsman delivers a funeral notice to the Derrick editor detailing Jim Smith's death from fever last week. A large, respectable crowd attended the service with Rev. Snydeker delivering the poignant eulogy, bringing many to tears as the crowd enjoyed the procession and crowding afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Derrick
Derrick
Uns
Jim Smith
Lathorhood
Snydeker
Sally
Professor Thrum the Ben Franklin Pill Agent
A humorous portrait of Professor Lias J Thrum a noted Ben Franklin Pills promoter and itinerant lecturer. He speaks in grand terms about cures for water on the heart and converts townsfolk with tales of travels from Egypt to Japan while claiming royal reception and widespread use of the pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keen
Boston
Ben Franklin
United States
Rastus Frink
Californy
Urip
Nile
Bilin
al *Lias
New York
Ching
Ingey
Ingland
Unshey
Kanky-noo
Jappan
Gollar
Thrum
J. Thrum
Texas vs Minnesota flour plans and courtroom note
The Texas Journal of Commerce notes Minnesota exported 940 786 barrels of flour in 1878 and Texas vows to challenge Minnesota in flour. A court scene features Sheridan quipping after a snub from the chief justice. A Northampton shoemaker proposes a pegging match to drive 10.06 pegs in ten hours. Dr Bull's Baltimore Pills advertised for pur pose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Texas Journal of Commerce
Minnesota
Texas
Northampton County
Penn
Wimch
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H. O. Whitney
J. L. Harris
Keokuk
Twenty-Sixth
Iowa Regiment
Clinton
Oliver
James Mand
Floris
Davis County
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Fort Dodge
Shaffer
Howard County
Central Iowa Railway
Moulton
Missouri System of Railways
George G. Wright
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Anderson
Dickinson County
Leadville
Judge Grant
Deaf and Dumb
Council Bluffs
Willie Anderson
Sabula
Iowa Agricultural College
Capt. Bogardus
Iowa State Sportsmen’s Association
Eugene
Lawrence
Burlington
T. F. Keen
Michigan Central
Burlington & Missouri River
James Barnes, Jr
Cresco
Des Moines Driving Park Association
Col
Denis
John Splan
News OF the
Georgia
Fred Smith
Frawand’s
Detroit
Michigan
Kansas
Bermuda
Whitehall
Mich
Dalton’s
South
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Burroughs & Pierson
Flint
Sash
Ward & Co
Grand Rapids
C. & P. McCarthy
Troy
Signal Bureau
Nebraska
Missouri
James Orton Woodruff
Woodruff
Shreveport
Weldon
DeWitt County
Ilinois
Cincinnati
Post & Co
Ennis
Galveston
Barum & Sons
Buffalo
House Committee
Illnois
Merrimac Chemical Company
Woburn
A. V. Weeks
Indian Bureau
Fort Belknap
Busl
Pittsburg
John Bryant
Frank Matheny
John Powell
Frank Bryan
D. Grim
W. Erwin
Joseph McDermott
Lake Shore
Wisconsin
Horn’s Pier
Ahnapec
Massachusetts
Dallas
Northwestern Press Association
Chicago
J. 8
Clarkson
W. T. Dowdall
E. Russell
Walter Johnson
Paul Selby
Lyman Richardson
Frank Hatton
State Department
Iowa Central Railway Company
The
Central Railroad of Iowa
Isaac M. Cate
Baltimore
Russell Sage
G. E. Painter
D. N. Pickering
Hugh Riddle
Wm. L. Mason
Debergne M. Bennett
Albany
Albert Falk
Wm. Ryle
Falk
Ludlow Street
Rohersville
Washington County
Maryland
Lewin
Miller
Charles Norris
Norris
Board of Public Schools
St. Louis
J. P. Kreiger, Jr
Broadway Savings Bank
Manhattan Savings Bank
Captain Byrnes
Henry Glenn
Patrick Slevin
Wm. Kelley
Rufus Pope
Lincoln
B. Pound
Mano
Sedalia
Quincy
Woodstock
Ill
Rolla Don Chase Pope
Emerson
Salt Lake
Utah
John Miles
Nebraska Penitentiary
Miles
John Taylor
Mormon Church
Supreme Court of
Territory
Wabash Avenue
Washington Streets
Henry
Hanson
Illinois Central Railroad
Loan and Trust Company
Carl Wilson
Wilson
Hensen
South Africa
Cetewayo
Col. Crealock
John Dunn
Ulendi
Chard
Roark
Dabelmanti
Graytown
Commissariat
DeLesseps
Lake Geneva
Switzerland
Morocco
Algiers
Constantine
Arab Department
Orient
Aleko Pasha
Aleko
Roumania
Porte
Fez
Balkans
Russia
Count Schouwaloff
Reichstag
Antonoff
Kieff
Empire
Supreme Tribunal
Alexander Solovieff
Sicily
Egypt
Spain
San Domingo
Puerto Plata
Berlin
Sweden
Victoria
Baden
Bayard Taylor
South America
Canada
Italy
Iowa Masons
James T. Fields
Harper's Magazine
Preffessor
Lias
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