Racing purses and rail road notes across Iowa
Notes from Iowa stations report 3150 purses for races near Ely and varied rail and river activities. Accidents include a lightning kill of hogs near Ely and a fatal fall from a moving train in Des Moines. Wrecks on the Chicago and Northwestern line near Cedar Rapids kill two brakemen and injure engineers.
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Ely
Burlington Road
Elm Spring
Charles City
John Nagle
Des Moines
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Tezcuco
Mexico
National Museum
Tezcuzco
Chicago & Northwestern
Anderson
Matthews
Clinton
Charles B. Lewis
Cheyenne Bride-To-Be Will Reclaim Tooth At Altar
A Cheyenne woman injures a front tooth after a horse accident. A Spaniard loaned a tooth to a dentist for replacement. he later learns the tooth is his when the couple meets at a party. Newspapers announce the Spaniard will retrieve his tooth at the altar on the 25th of the month.
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W. H. Avery
Batavia
Iowa
W. C. Lewis
Cheyenne
Chance
Fair Rider
Denver
Skeleton of Henry Clay horse arrives at Smithsonian
Not the statesman but Henry Clay the horse is mounted for display. R Huntington sent the skeleton to Washington and it was unveiled by the Smithsonian on April 25. Professors Ward and Lucas aided the process, noting bones preserved in muck soil and some minor damage in a rib.
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Sampson & Acheson
Spencer Bros
Pai
R.huntington
Henry Clay
Washington
Smithsonian Institute
Farragut
Lexington
Lucas
B. W. Hoyt
Eping
N. H
Sullivan County
N. Y
Erie Road
French Telegraphic Construction Corps
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Chicago Board of Trade
General Sheridan
S. B. Evans
Chicago
Mexico
Tetecoco
England
Sheffield
Yorkshire
Mr. Smith
Pittsburg
James Malone
Patrick Hunter
Gerald Landers
Virginia City
Virginia
Corn Exchange Bank of Chicago
Clearing House
Grove
Peoria
Woolner Bros
Henry Branicke
Pat Kelly
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
Kansas
Beloit
Solomon City
Dennis Morgan
Bennington
Forthington
National Greenback Labor Committee
St. Louis
J. H. Murch
E. H. Gillette
Iowa
Lee Crandall
Jesse Harper
Illinois
W. W. Field
Michigan
E. M. Boynton
Massachusetts
Thomas J. Durant
B. 8. Heath
Cuaicago
Decatur
C. J. Lockhart
Owensboro
Lockhart
Chenowith
Kentucky
Bank New York
United States
Bank For
Bank of New York
Negaunee
Canada
Grafton
Wm. Murphy
Newton McClarrum
Col. Campbell
Buffalo
George Gorham
Wm. Whyte
Baltimore
Secretary of the Treasury
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London
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Montreal
J. H. Darwin
Montreal Star
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Place d’ Armes
Iron Cross
Quebec
Kingston
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Mrs Bombazine Runs Galveston Hashery With Witty Warning
A Galveston hashery run by Mrs Bombazine uses sharp humor to manage a late boarder who eats for many. She told him, You come at one and eat for twelve. Could you arrange it to come at twelve and eat for one. Her quip reflects her quick wit and practical scheduling.
Duluth Teen Hears Proposal Hint Amid Family Quips
A Duluth girl recalls her fiancé Harry proposing after a playful moment at home. The mother, adjusting her glasses, beams warmly at the suggestion of a future engagement as the girl jokes about living with a lively family.
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Duluth
Harry
Dad
Woman’s Wisdom from New Haven on Hop Bitters Care
A New Haven piece urges women to prioritize family health over fashion. It praises Hop Bitters as preventive aid at first signs of illness to avoid sickness, expense, and worry, urging all women to adopt this wisdom.
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New Haven
May haunts and fires plague cities in a vast report
The weekly review cites May calamities and deaths across North America and Europe including 1 287 Chicago deaths, fires at E J Cuffey Chicago and Grove Peoria losses, cyclones in Kansas and Kenton Ohio, and Algeria mass killings. It notes frost in New York and Ontario crops, floods in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and a large rail stock payment by Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Allegheny City
Wheeling
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
New York National Bank of Commerce
Fink
Chicago
New York
Albert Fink
New York Central Railroad
Roberts
Boston
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore R. R
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Pennsylvania R. R
Disturbance in Ballin Brophy Leads to Deadly Shootout
A Sunday disturbance in Ballin Brophy left one man dead and others wounded as a bailiff and his three sons were arrested. Dublin troops were confined to barracks amid arrests and reports of rioting across Ireland and Britain.
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Ballin Brophy
Dublin
P. O’connor
Frank O’donnell
Parlament
Bill
The
Land League
America
Ireland
He Army Service Corps
Imperial Guard Colonel Among Army Officers Arrested in Russia Riots
The report notes arrests of about thirty army officers including a Colonel of the Imperial Guard and a naval officer relative to General Mou Ravieff tied to anti Jewish riots. The Kieff court martial sentences ring leaders to 20 10 and 6 years penal servitude and exile in Siberia. others get short imprisonment. British trade shows May imports up 2.37 million and exports up 1.81 million. Berlin reports a dynamite mine near Gatchina Railway station with telegraph staff arrested.
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Imperial Guard
Mouravieff
Rousakoff
Kieff
Siberia
British Board of Trade
Soldier whipped as wrong Smith laughs at lash
A soldier receives twenty lashes and laughs at the lash. The corporal, angered, applies the strokes with greater force until the twentieth blow. The accused man reveals he is not the intended subject, demanding to start over with the correct Smith from another company.
Poached eggs over lemon butter served with eggs on toast
A recipe describes boiling salted water with carbonate of ammonia, then cooking eggs or serving hard boiled eggs with a lemon butter and toast. Add butter, pepper, salt, a touch of sugar and lemon juice. Serve poached eggs in vinegar water or sliced hard boiled eggs as a dish.
Refined Women and Health Remedies Highlighted
In the Refined Women section a health note urges silent sufferers of kidney disease constipation and piles to try Kidney-Wort sold by druggists in both dry and liquid forms.
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Home Journal
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