Iowa university commencement and related Iowa City events
Graduation closed the state university exercises on June 22 in Iowa City with about forty diplomas issued and a total yearly graduate count near one hundred forty. The alumni banquet drew five hundred guests as Governor Gear and Senator McDill toasted. The faculty changes included Chancellor Hammond and Miss Ludlow replaced by Judge Ross and Miss Smith. The report also covers a tornado deed recovery, a fatal railroad wreck near Towa river, county surveyor death, a pupil expulsion ruling, multiple fatal accidents, and assorted local notices across Iowa towns.
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State University
Iowa City
Law
Gear
McDill
Pickard
University
Hammond
Ludlow
Board of Regents
Ross
8. F. Smith
The
Bloomfield Republican
D. J. McConnell
Fox Township
Drakeville
Gentry County
Mary Ann McClain
St. Charles
Danglefield
Tob Norton
Pat Malone
Rinard
Carroll Eounty
Robert Hill
Hill
Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Curry
Supreme Court of Town
Des Moines
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Iowa
Daniel Eagan
Dillon
Marshalltown
Eagan
Milwaukee
Egan
Eugene Riley
C. R. S &P. Railroad Company
Council Bluff
Missouri Penitentiary
Austin
St. Joseph
Council Bluffs
McGee
The Use of the Walrus in Eskimo Life
In July Scribner discusses the walrus as vital to Esquimaux survival from Behring Straits to Labrador. Walrus meat and oil sustain households through winter. sinews, skin, and ivory support tools, clothing, boats, and trade. The piece notes a 1879 80 famine around St Lawrence Island and reflects on subsistence, independence, and reliance on the walrus.
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Esquimaux
Arctic
St. Lawrence Island
Poonook Poogovellyak
Kagallagak
Great Plains
Behring Sea
Walrus
Multiple Disasters and Crimes Reported Across States
War and unrest loom in Indian nations as forces move to expel intruders. Tombstone, Arizona endures a devastating six block fire destroying 150 buildings and prompting massive losses. Train collisions, drownings, skeleton wrecks, and shootings populate a grim daybook of accidents and crime across Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and beyond with numerous fatalities and ongoing investigations.
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Tombstone
Arizona
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railway
Cleveland
Thomas Garfield
President Garfield
Alonzo Arnold
Boynton
Garfield
Gen. Garfield
Dr. Boynton
Long Branch
Uses of Charcoal in Medicine and Purification
Charcoal laid on burns reduces pain and aids healing for superficial injuries. It absorbs odors from tainted meat and decomposing pelts, neutralizes foul water, and purifies air when placed in trays. Highly porous, it adsorbs gases. one inch of fresh charcoal absorbs many times its weight in ammonia. It serves as a poultice for malignant wounds, helps with proud flesh, and, mixed with water, can relieve headaches and abdominal distension.
First Bright-Eyed Bear Slaps Young Man, Companions Say
A young Brown told friends that his girl slapped his face the other night. He was consoled with the remark that it must have been the first bright-eyed bear that ever struck him.
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Brown
Riots in Marseilles Kill Eight Injured Twenty Three Arrested
Riots in Marseilles leave eight dead and twenty three wounded as authorities arrest one hundred twenty five. Deputation threatens Italian workers with mass visit to the Julien Tannery unless the Italian employer is dismissed. Syndicate chamber declares action resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
Julien
Syndicate Chamber
Land League clashes and foreign conflict report
The report notes meetings banned under siege act in Waterford and Ireland arms import restrictions. Land League costs total £2700 for legal work and relief to evicted families. London Times Dublin correspondent cites a hard blow to Land League and rent strike tightening as leaders deny adopting such policy. News from Candahar: Ameer’s forces beat Ayoob Khan’s troops on June 18 at Mariz Safed. reinforcements move toward Candahar and Girisk. Spanish consular report: 100 Spaniards killed in Oran raid on Esparto factories. 400 wounded or captured. Anti French sentiment grows in Italy with unrest in Messina Turin Mellon and troops in those cities.
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Waterford
Ireland
The
Land League
Dublin
London Times
Telligon
Spi
Candahar
Ameer
Ayoob Khan
Mariz Safed
Cabul
Girisk
How Japanese Fans are Made
A British consul in Japan details Osaka and Kioto fan making with division of labor from bamboo rib production to pattern design, folding, pasting, and drying. The article notes shifts from native to inferior foreign papers, lacquer work in Osaka Kioto, and limited demand for highly ornate fans. Pomp Cake recipe and Harrison Cake ingredients follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Japan
Osaka
Kioto
America
Kiota
Kidney-Wort Promises Cure for Kidney Trouble Patient
A Yokohama Dispatch note reports a kidney sufferer trying Kidney-Wort after saying it would be his last dose. The remedy cured him and he now recommends it to others with urine disorders. The item ends with a home baking tip for gingerbread including eggs sugar butter and flour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Hop Bitters Cited As Cure In Family Misery
Telegram recounts a family’s claim of saving their daughter after eleven years of illness under many doctors. They credit Hop Bitters with restoring her health, urging others not to dismiss the remedy they once mocked.
The Barge Project At Council Bluffs Convention
Missouri Iowa Kansas Nebraska and Dakota delegates meet in Council Bluffs to pursue Missouri river improvement. Hogan presides. resolutions call for deepening navigation, removing obstructions, and federal funding. additional snag removal proposed. executive committee formed.
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Council Bluffs
L. C. Baldwin
Council Bluffs of
Baldwin
Sey
Jno. Hogan
St. Louis
Congress
C. L. Thompson
Missouri
J. B. Stroan
Nebraska
J. H. King
Dakota
Iowa
Col. van Horn
W. J. Broath
H. A. Jahndt
Thos. Booth
C. 8. Chase
Whiting
Senator Saunders
Committee On Credentials
Sidney
M. A. Payne
W. L. Rogers
Glenwood
Chas. A. Croney
Jos. V. Hinchman
D. L. Hinsheimer
P. P. Kelley
C. W. Sherman
Jas. A. Donelan
H. H. Metcalf
A. B. McKune
A. C. Graham
Red Oak
Col. A. Hebard
H. N. Moore
P. P. Johnson
D. B. Miller
Onawa
J. B. P. Day
Judge Whiting
Logan
A. W. Ford
J. King
E. P. Cadwell
J. P. Lahman
Hamburg
F. Gillman
W. H. Wood
C. W. Gould
W. A. Stone
J. B. Christian
A. H. Wikoff
Samuel Holmes
A. Hydringer
Atlantic
Isaac Dickerson
C. F. Loufbouron
Lafayettee Young
Wm. Wadell
Clinton Briggs
Victor Visquaine
Omaha
W. J. Broatch
Thos. Gibson
R. Johnson
Chase
C. C. Housel. Blair
L. F. Hilton
Plattsmouth
J. A. Conor
H. M. Bushnell
J. B. Strode
Lincoln
O. A. Mullen
A. D. Cook
Maj A. G. Killam
John H. King
Kansas City
K. Coats
R. L. van Horn
M. Mumford
T. B. Bullene
T. A. Wright
T. S. Lynde
Web
Withers
John Hogan
I. G. Baker
Wm. G. Bartle
N. G. Lauremore
Eno
C. F. Thomson
Col
Thomas Gibbs
E. H. Odell
Gov. Gear
Col. Chase
Senator McDill
Great Valley
Mississippi
Pacific
Great Lakes
Missouri Valley
Kansas
Montana
Missouri River
Congress of the
United States
St. Joseph
Atchison
Nebraska City
Cou Bluffs
Sioux City
Yankton
Chamberlain
Thompson
Carters
Girls Needed in the West to Balance Frontier Life
A Colorado paper argues the West needs virtuous Protestant women to marry and work as teachers, cooks, nurses, and housekeepers. It urges women to move to Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and surrounding territories under church sponsorship to improve temperance and society.
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N. Y
Colorado
Christaans
Slade
Vermont
United States
West
Australia
Church of Rome
Montana
Wyoming
New Mexico
Nebraska
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Census report on 1878 cereal crops shows large gains since 1869
The 1880 census counts area and production of cereals for states and territories, noting nearly 100 percent overall growth in the decade and a 133 percent rise in corn across the nation. Illinois Iowa and Missouri drive corn gains, Kansas and Nebraska show expansion, drought limits in several cotton states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Office
J. R. Dodge
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Pacific Coast
Florida
Wyoming
Atlantic
Gulf
The Six Hundred Recall Balaklava Charge
Mark King of Trenton Ohio recounts the Balaklava cover attack led by Lord Cardigan. He describes riding across marshy ground under heavy fire, charging three batteries, hand to hand fighting, and heavy casualties while about 600 men became 150. The crew felt the order a mistake yet pressed the assault.
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Mark King
Trenton
Ohio
Balaklava
James Brown
Nolan
Lord Cardigan
King
Wheat and other cereals production by region
The article notes rising wheat interest in the Southern States especially the Carolinas Georgia and Northern Texas while yield remains low due to winter pasturing. Oats remain concentrated in Illinois Iowa New York and Pennsylvania with rust proof varieties aiding Southern sowing. Rye shows modest growth and buckwheat stays rare in the South with New York and Pennsylvania dominating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
California
Missouri
Wisconsin
Piedmont
Carolinas
Georgia
Texas
Louisiana
Florida
Ouachita
Red Rivers
New York
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
The Cymbals and the Brassed Patient
A doctor visits a patient with pulmonary consumption in a German band. He notes night sweats and blood in the spit. The patient reveals he plays the cymbals, blamed for overexertion and lung damage in the brass band.
Green Corn Pupping Recipe Quick Bake
One dozen ears of corn grated with two tablespoons of baking powder three eggs beaten and one pint of milk seasoned with pepper and salt spread half an inch thick on a pan and baked about one hour served with butter.
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Burtis
Davenport
Fifth Street
Lown Street
Kimball
Clear Lake
J. M. St. John
Samuel D. Hastings
John B. Gough
James
Brosh
Highland Township
O’brien
S. B. Maxwell
State
P. J. Farnsworth
State Board of Health
Ames
Clinton
Mumford
Lacona
Warren County
Joe Noonan
Ottumwa
John Hughes
Nelson Burgstrom
Dudley
State Supreme Court
John A. Coy
Newark
Kossuth County
J. W. McKinzie
Spencer
Clay County
St. Paul Company
Nicholas Kennedy
Boone
Little Rock
Fort Sill
Tuffis
Muskegon
Hampton College
Massachusetts
Secretary of the Treasury
Stone
Cincinnati
New York Times
Draper
Buenos Ayers
Freeport
West Pennsylvania
Mt. Sterling
Ill
J. W. Curry
Robert Casey
Alf. Fuller
James Ward
Douglas Nichols
Curry & Hensman
Currey
Fuller
Casey
Nichols
Savannah
Rogers’ Mil Pond
John Middleton
Bride
Colvin
Caroline A. Merrill
McCloskey
Chicago
Buffalo
Jackson County
Tenn
Quincey, Il
Sam Randolph
Hall
Chicago Express
St. P
Sunnyside
Eau Claire
Wis
Brockton
Mass
Michael Early
Medford
Edward Shepard
Sprinfield
Detroit
Sextus H. Wilcox
A. C. Bill
N. Miller
Champaigne
Ohio River
Hannibal and St. Joseph
E. H. Haddock
Silas Herring
Plainfield
N. J
Mayfield
Bagdad
D. Chapin
Charlotte
Crime and Criminals
McElhaney
Neosho
Arkansas
Fort Scott
Fort Smith
Short Creek
Joplyn
Neosha
Granby
Firewell
Bentonville
Fayettsville
Abner Stanley
James Tibbitts
John
James McCallahan
Stokes
McCallahans
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Stanley
Tibbitts
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad
Antioch Ind
Chas. A. Anchisi
Treasury Department
New Orleans
Memphis
San Francisco
Chief Brooks
Secret Service Division
Auchiss
Henry Finnegass
San Antonio
Rice Station
J. M. Kaiser
Quincy
Keith
Columbus
Ind
Kaiser
Virginia City
Alexander Guyette
Joseph la Fregnier
E. D. Stannard
Luther Ross
Owl Club
Stannard
Talbot
Maryville
Wyatt Holmes
Andrew Scott
Holly Springs
Miss
John Bates
Dr. Olin
France
England
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Commons
Dewsbury
Leeds
Germany
Paris
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Alps
Dublin Gazette
Afghanistan
Spain
Oran
Esparto
Laida
Italy
Messina
Turin
Mellon
Harrison Cake
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the Barge Project
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