Iowa and Midwest News in Brief Excerpts and Events
The Missouri premium at Cincinnati wins best display while Iowa gains honorable mention. Camden holds an anti dueling meeting in South Carolina and a High Commission in South Africa receives careful instructions. Milwaukee veterans parade through 150000 spectators with generals Grant and Sheridan present. Two Lyon county boys kill 17 gray wolves for a bounty of 85. Various Iowa notes include drownings, lightning fatalities, and a July 24 3 reunion for the 29th Iowa Infantry. An Iowa Branch train wreck at Independence injures engineer George Martin. Governors appoint commissioners for the 1883 New York arts and manufactures fair. Marshalltown hosts a firemen tournament with Council Bluffs, Des Moines, Waterloo, Davenport, and Cedar Rapids placing. Upcoming next tournament site chosen at Council Bluffs. Oscar Allen leads as president with officers named.
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Earl Kimberly
High Commission
South Africa
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Garfield
John Sherman
John Alden
Priscilla
Asohn
John
Iowa Infantry
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Racine D. Kellogg
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R. H. Bowen
Lee County
Norman B. Collins
Polk County
Marshalltown
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Waterloo
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
State Center
Oscar Allen
Battles Marking June Dates Across Military History
A long retrospective lists key June battles and events: Howe defeats the French fleet in 1794, Blake battles Van Tromp, Napoleon campaigns, Sebastopol earthwork in 1855, Heilsberg 1707, Khiva 1873, Nesby executions, Friedland, Raab, Ligny and Quatre Bras, Bunker Hill and Waterloo, Kolin, Redan at Sabastopo, Plassey 1757, Niemen crossing 1812, Custozza 1866, Seven Days before Richmond 1862, Silistria 1829, Indian mutiny, Crimean War, 1877 Bulgarian fate.
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Heilsberg
Khiva
Well
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Nesby
Crom
Friedland
Raab
Ligny
Blacher
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Bunker Hill
Waterloo
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Kolin
Redan
Sabastopo
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Austria
Plassey
Lord Clieve
England
India
Custozza
Richmond
Denmark
Silistria
Bulgaria
The Ruin of St. Joseph Florida a Once Busy Port City
St Joseph Florida once a busy sea port with a railroad to Iola and cotton shipments. Rail lines from the Mississippi to the Atlantic ended its commerce and erased its railroad. Yellow fever struck and burying the dead became impossible as inhabitants fled. A tornado finished the destruction leaving no standing chimneys today.
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St. Joseph
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Iola
Kidney-Wort Promoted as Spring Medicine
A banked list connects stones with virtues while praising Kidney-Wort as a universal cure for biliousness constipation and kidney disease. The ad claims it is the great spring medicine and assures relief from torpid bowels and Lame back.
John B. Gough A Temperance Lecturer of Widely Noted Power
John B. Gough, now lecturing locally, has retained strong eloquence since returning from England. Born in Lindgate, England, he came to America at age 12, later became a book binder, fell into dissipation, and rose as a famed temperance orator who has spoken about 2,500 times and improved many lives.
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John B. Gough
England
Lindgate
Stadesman
Oneida
Gough
The Quiet Habits of Admiral Porter in Washington
A portrait of Admiral Porter as inspector general who rarely ventures from home and oversees ship inspections through a daily staff routine. The 65 year old naval historian is described as thoughtful, steady, and unflashy, blending into society as he works on a history of the navy.
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Washington Republic
Porter
Navy Department
Navy
Admiral Porter
Average male adult weight stated as 140 pounds
A report asserts the typical weight of an average male adult at 140 pounds. It frames the figure as a general benchmark without regional or demographic qualifiers.
Weekly Review of Broad News and Events
The report notes 97 000 miles of submarine telegraph cable in service, May coinage totals, and European crop conditions. It covers Cyprus cattle plague deaths, a deadly Kinsley Kansas fire, Chicago peach arrivals, river ice loss on the Mississippi, and mine blasts in Dartmurd Germany. It records deaths of ex congressman C W Willard and Rhode Island senator Burnside, troop movements near Russia, grasshoppers in Michigan, famine rumors from Dairboker and Baghdad, the Cuba Espanola boiler explosion, Wisconsin flood damage, storms in Minnesota, lightning fatalities, and Apache pursuit near Cook Canon with Indian scouts and cavalry. It also notes wheat conditions in Indiana and Tennessee, and mountain‑front hostilities with Apaches.
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St. Louis
Dartmurd
Germany
C. W. Willard
Congress
Montpelier
Vermont
Burnside
United States
Rhode Island
St. Petersburg
Executions and shootings reported across three states
Henry Quarles, colored, was hanged in Houston Texas on June 11 for murdering his wife on June 7 1879. In Allentown Pennsylvania on June 12 Dr J L Aldrich was shot by his wife who then killed herself in a jealous act. In Indianapolis Indiana June 12 James Williams, colored, was found dead with the head crushed. his wife was found unconscious with a crushed skull in the cabin.
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Houston
Texas
Allentown
J. L. Aldrich
James Williams
Indianapolis
Ind
Conflicting Telegrams Mark Turmoil in Buenos Ayres and Turkey
Reports warn of a Buenos Ayres siege and naval blockade amid civil war rumors, while in Turkey desertions rise as Albanian League units abandon garrisons. European presses note ministry pressure in Pera and possible amnesty talks as Gladstone proposes tax shifts and liquor license reforms.
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Avillaneda
Buenos Ayres
Valparaiso
Arica
Womanly Wisdom in Health Care Urges Hop Bitters Use
A New Haven Palladium excerpt extols a wife’s and mother’s prudence in keeping her family well. It stresses early Hop Bitters use at first signs of illness to avoid illness costs and worry, urging all women to act with such wisdom.
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New Haven Palladium
Disaster at Sea Collision on Long Island Sound
A fatal crash between steamers Stonington and Narragansett off Long Island Sound on June 10 left hundreds aboard, with estimates of up to 350 rescued by New York City and many missing or dead. Fire, lifeboat failures, and chaotic evacuations marked the disaster as divers prepared to search the wrecks.
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Narragansett
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Naragansett
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Leonard
Booth’s Theater
Osborne
New London
New York
North Dumping Light
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Steamboat Company
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Young
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Mec
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FE. J. Horton
Attleboro
W. Stevens
Hoboken
N. J
Mirs. J. K. Little
L. K. Ambler
Louisville
Boston Evening Transcript
Democracy of Indiana Platform Declares Unity and Fiscal Reform
The Indiana State Convention at Indianapolis adopts a platform praising national unity and pledging support for Cincinnati nominees. It calls for fair taxation, limited government, restored state rights, sound money, and opposition to Republican centralization while praising 1879 legislation on pensions and condemning Hayes Wheeler practices. It notes export surpluses, renewed confidence, and divine blessing.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
United States
Congress
Republican Party
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Wheeler
Civil Service Reform Advocated In Republican Platform
A New York Times analysis argues civil service reform gains reflect public opinion and party responsibility. It notes Chicago Republicans resist reform but nationwide opinion supports principled, honest administration and expects steady progress toward reform within the party.
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Armed Neutrality in South Carolina Governors Race
General Hagood tells the South Carolina Democratic State Convention that the state must align with national Democratic principles to restore local governance and peace. He urges conciliation and adherence to the 1876 platform, promising faithful execution of party directives if elected.
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Johnson Hagood
United States
The Chinese Plank At Chicago Platform
The anti Chinese plank in the Chicago Convention platform fails to satisfy its supporters. Republican newspapers condemn it as vague and indecisive, with California journals mocking international law and urging expulsion of Chinese immigrants without consent. Pacific coast diplomats favor coercive action, not peaceful removal, making the plank seem more disappointing than silence.
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Pacific Coast
Kearney
Cattle Herd Spreads Through Fort Dodge Streets
A herd of cattle reportedly a mile long and as wide as a street moved through Fort Dodge recently in search of grazing grounds, causing a notable commotion in town.
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