Vast Iowa weather, drownings, rail plans and reforms
A Iowa summary notes farm prospects across the state including 250 acre Muscatine Island garden and strong apple yields. Numerous drownings are reported from Dubuque to LeMars and Burlington with several deaths on rivers and bathing accidents. Railroad expansion from Albert Lea to Fort Dodge proceeds, while county seats face relocation debates. Public meetings in Grinnell, Des Moines, and Davenport cover Congregationalist welfare and philanthropy among noble English peers.
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Wm. Johnson
Calmar
Fort Atkinson
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Iowa Academy of Natural Sciences
Des Moines
Joseph LeConte
State University of California
Gustavus Hinrichs
State University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Major Thompson
Linn County
Congress
J. N. W. Rumple
Iowa County
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Albert Lea
Minn
Forest City
Winnebago County
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Cleveland Leader
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Kentucky
Salem
Daniel Mitchell
Christiansburg
John Hamilton
Madison
Buffalo Gap
Deadwood
Beaver Creek
Moore
Rhoades
Oliver Rhoades
Clyde Rhoades
The Late Cyclone Dispute in Nebraska Newspapers
A Lincoln Journal critique notes that newspapers outside the state exaggerated a storm event. It argues no cyclone struck Southern Nebraska and casualties in Nebraska were minor, confined to Kansas and Missouri border regions, unlike dramatic headlines in Omaha.
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Lincoln Journal
Nebraska
Kansas
Omaha
Missouri
Siberia Imports 8000 Barrels of American Flour Last Year
Reports show Siberia brought in more than 8,000 barrels of American flour during the previous year, indicating strong trade ties and demand for U S grain products in the region.
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Siberia
News of the Week Highlights Wide Range of Disasters and Events
The summary covers fires in Philadelphia and Grand Rapids with multi‑million losses, deadly accidents in Indiana and Kentucky, severe weather across Wisconsin Minnesota Kansas and Ohio, crop conditions in Illinois and Ohio, Sitting Bull and Indian Bureau notes, shipwrecks and marvels in Europe, and regional incidents in Canada France Servia and India.
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Bordentown
N. J
Trenton
Gloucester
Mass
Uncle Sam
Goldsmith
Point Breeze
Philadelphia
Standard Oil Company
Schuylkill River
Indian Bureau
Fort Belknan
Sitting Bull
Illinois
State Board of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Wright County
Minn
Kansas
Lawrence
Baptist
University
Mississippi
Ft. Keogh
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Saskatchewan
United States
Train Attack Ends When Moving Train Stops
A mob of African American assailants killed a person, wounded many others, and halted further shooting only as the train moved away. They attempted to derail the train by tearing up the track. The conflict involved all parties described as negroes.
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Tour
Resolute to be broken up at Chatham dockyard
London dispatch reports the Arctic ship Resolute from Captain Austin's 1850 Franklin search is to be broken up at Chatham. Adornments and furniture will be made from the best timbers and given to the U S President as a souvenir. The United States previously repaired and presented the ship to Britain after it was found abandoned in ice.
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London
Austin
John Franklin
Chatham
Admiralty
United States
Tne
Vesuvius
Mallet
Hecla
Japan
Etna
International Meteorological Congress approves US weather reforms
The Rome congress urges daily synoptic charts for each country and uniform observations. It endorses simultaneous observations begun in 1870 by the United States and urges publication of a continental meteorological review. It also calls to maintain Mount Washington and Pike's Peak stations and publish all observations for global use.
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International Meteorological Congress
Rome
United States
Atlantic
United Sates
Congress
Signal Office
Monthly Weather Review
Europe
Mount Washington
Pike’s Peak
Illicit Advertising Quip Headlines Dr Bull’s Syrup Mockery
A reader quips that a mother in law is a walking ad for Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup and takes the pun as a humorous jab. The remark circulates among subscribers, illustrating local sentiment toward patent medicines.
The Most Romantic Romance Coachman's Ingenious Ruse
A Louisville society tale follows a handsome stranger who wooes and marries a Kentucky heiress. He reveals he is not a banker but a coachman, confessing his disguise and choosing love over wealth. The piece then shifts to scientific musings on volcanology and Earth contraction theories.
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Louisville Courier. Journal
Louisville
California
Kentucky
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Nashville Depot
Frederick
Mt Etna Rages In Destructive Eruptions Threatening Sicily
The Mt Etna eruption reaches a peak with thirty new craters opening in days. Valleys of forests and fertile farms encircle the base, while lower belts host thriving villages. Past eruptions scorched land, buried towns, and fed ongoing debates on volcanic origins and age.
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N. Y. Tribune
Mt. Etna
Sicily
Pindar
Etna
Kyell
Val del Buve
Hell
Ina
Val de Bove
Great Frenchman who built the Suez Canal and his career
The life of Ferdinand de Lesseps is traced from his French noble lineage to his role in piercing the Isthmus of Suez. The piece details his perseverance through opposition, the canal's cost, the 1869 inauguration, honors from Britain and France, and his later burial plans as a tribute to his interoceanic vision.
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Suez Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Count Mathieu de Lesseps
Bayonne
de Grevigne
Montijos
France
Mohammed Said
Mehemer Ali
M. de Lesseps
Suez
Egypt
Peter the Hermit
Constantinople
Pasha
de Lesseps
Lord Palmerston
M Ferdinand de Lesseps
Rue Richelieu
Sweden
Lesseps
Napoleon
Talma
Erfurt
London
Gen
Grant
Mile. de Bragard
Academy of Sciences
There is more fun in an ounce of kitten than a ton of elephant
A concise proverb notes that even a small kitten can bring far more joy than a large elephant, highlighting humor and mischief over size.
Cant You Wait A Lesson On Speculation In Egyptology
The Quarterly Review cautions against treating conjectures as facts in scholarly debates on ancient Egypt. It cites Leyden papyrus readings and a Beni Hassan tomb image as examples where premature identification misled researchers. Dr Brugsch is noted for clarifying these misinterpretations.
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the Quarterly Review
Pharaoh
Sesostris
Joseph
Moses
Egypt
Red Sea
Leyden
Ramses II
Aquilui
Aperia
Ramses Miamum
Ramses
Brugsch
Heliopolis
Thutmes III
Ramses III
Ramses IV
Beni-Hassan
Israel
Woman's Wisdom in Health Matters
A social note extols a mother’s practice of prioritizing family health over fashion. She ensures Hop bitters are available at first signs of illness to prevent sickness, expense, and worry, urging all women to exercise such wisdom.
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Ilowa
Muscatine Island
Dubuque
Albia
J. Randall Brown
Alfred Anderson
Burlington
Albert Lambert
LeMars
Floyd River
Seitz
Shell Rock
Greene
Clarion
Ft. Dodge
Willie Cochenour
Black Hawk
Hanson
Davenport High School
C. W. Terpenning
Creston
Mt. Pleasant
E. T. Albert
Keokuk
Martin Luther
Indianola
Simpson Centenary College
Jochim Brockman
Davenport
Louisa Schmidt
Emmet County Board of Supervisors
Audubon County
Extra
Audubon
Atlantic and Audubon
O’brien County
Primghar
Sheldon
St. Paul
Sioux City
C. B. & Q Railroad
Council Bluffs
Antoine Reez
Dakota
Hamilton
Parsons
Anita
Sullivan
Muscatine
Hope Company
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapides
Upper Iowa
Harris Wil
Cincinnati
Gear
New York
City
H. J. B. Cummings
Winterset
A. G. Adams
R. D. Kellogg
Garden Grove
John J. Steadman
Wm. R. Smith
J. H. Merrill
General Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers of
Grinnell
G. B. Ransom
Waverly
Mr. Sturtevant
A. L. Frisbie
Cyrus Hamlin
A. E. Arnold
le Mars
Register
J. G. Merrill
Maquoketa
John Todd
Tabor
Tabor College
Denmark Academy
Iowa College
Chicago Theological Seminary
W. H. Walterman
Monona
Robbins
Dukes of
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Bedford
Westminister
Duke of Argyle
Duke of Bedford
Bunyan
Duke of Westminister
Marquis of Lorne
Canada
Princess Louis
Marquis of Townshend
Marquis of Bath
Marquis of Hartington
Marquis of Ripon
Lord Brougham
Birkbeck
Earl of Shaftsbury
Earl of Mulgrave
Earl of Rosebery
Hannah de Rothschild
Earl of Dun
Earl of Beaconsfield
Earl of Derby
Gladstone
Inktore
Roden
Caven
Marquis of Cholmondeley
Cholmodeley Castle
Earl of Cairns
Barnado
Hatherley and
Selborne
Lord Coleridge
Court of Common Pleas
Lord Hatherley
Bar
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Fall River, Mass
Jackson
Mich
Delaware Peninsula
Adairsville
Gen. Buford
Enquirer
Gen. Hardin
Tennessee
Ward & Co
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Coaldale
Blanchard
Terre Haute
Ind
Signal Bureau
Andersonville, Ga
Goldsmith and Wife
Globe
The
North American Review
Sterling
Voltaire
Garfield
Bonamy Price
Harriet Beecher Stowe
San Domingo
D. D. Porter
Max Muller
Simon Newcomb
the Pacific Railroad
Henry V. Poor
Edward Padl
Mrs
Suran
Meadsville
Texas
Nugent
Rockland
Maine
Sam Haines
John Robbins
Columbia House
Cape May
Huntsville
Alabama
Chicago
William Curry
Max Heymein
Louis Gueteg
Indianapolis
Mary Glen
George R. Reynolds
Detroit
John Hope
Jimmy Hope
Manhattan Savings Bank
Illinois Central Railroad
Jas. Colan
Jas. Gilan
Mike Crowley
Central City
Centralia
Ills
Oliver Sallis
Richard Brown
Sallis
Brown
Dickey
Supreme Court of Illinois
John Lamb
Supreme Court
Sheeny George
Race
George
Lamb
Carter County
Jones
Stevens
John House
House
Jane L. Hull
A. J. Hull
McIntosh
Liberty County
Georgia
Atlantic, and Gulf Railroad
Bryan County
John Randall
South Africa
Prussia
William
Berlin
Empire
Rhine
Russia
Alexander Solnieff
Calcutta
Persia
Afghanistan
Bolan Pass
Poona
Bengal
Assam
Cachar
Lee
Cashmere
Prince of Orange
Netherlands
Paris
Servia
Belgrade
Principality of
India
Mandalay
Burmahb
England
Margaret E. Sangster
Ost Peole
Robbie
Jennie
Family Council
Miss Polly
Mr. Dick
Betsey Trotwood
Doctor Strong
David Copperfield
Macaulay
Christ
Jesus
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