Keokuk organized wagon factory with $20000 capital
Southern Iowa and Northwestern Missouri wheat is in splendid condition. Davenport reports smallpox with twelve cases in the area. A Belleville couple, Daniel and Jerusha Potter, celebrate their 60th anniversary. Du buque approves 30000 railroad property grant for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago and Northwestern
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Lake Michigan
A Brave Little Woman In A Boston Cottage
A correspondent describes a renowned Boston woman living in a four room cottage who supports herself and children, does all housework, and hosts visitors in a warm kitchen. Longfellow, then another famed poet, are depicted helping with pumpkin pies as lunch is shared.
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Boston
Lippincott’s
Longfellow
Chicago Debt Echoes in Quoted Orator Speech
A Chicago orator's "Lend me your ears" line is cited as part of a murky episode involving a notorious St. Louis man. The exchange centers on a large loan discussed in Chicago, hinting at broader financial or political maneuvering without detailing names or outcomes.
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Batavia
Iowa
W. C. Lewis
St. Louis
St. Louis, New Orlean & Foreign Dispatch Company
8&T. Louis
Liverpool
Europe
New Orleans
B. W. Lewis
St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railroad
Web W. Samuel
Jas. R. Bull
Charles Wilde
Chicago
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A Sanitary Measure for Liver Bowels and Kidneys
Life and health are preserved by aiding nature when it falters. For torpid liver, bowels or kidneys no remedy equals Kidney-Wort. Sold in dry and liquid form by all druggists. Cal.
Harcourt receives threat after Irish protection bill progress
In Parliament the protection bill for Ireland advances as Fenian activity surfaces in Lancashire. McCarthy opposes the arms bill, Mundell cites pork import limits, while Parnell may depart for London. Dublin warns of eviction risk for tenants amid coercion measures and hostile clerical reactions. Boers beat British in South Africa. Gen Colley reportedly killed with Gen Wood confirming.
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John Devoy
New York
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Commons
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Chicago
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Designing a Sick Room For Comfort and Peace
The article urges modern homes to include a clearly planned sick room with sunny exposure and ample light. It highlights a liberal fireplace as essential for warmth and mood, decorative wall elements with peaceful imagery, and furnishings that soothe the sick, while preserving a sense of connection to the outdoors and freedom.
Cough Syrup Sells With 25 Cent Cure Hint
A man endures a hacking cough and is urged to buy Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup for 25 cents, suggested as an easy cure. The line hints at a common period advertising jab in a newspaper column.
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Capitol at Albany Faces Possible Collapse
Indications point to the Albany Capitol tumbling soon amid statewide unease that the structure may fall when the Legislature is not in session, risking total waste of the building.
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Albany
New York
Shrewdness and Ability in Hop Bitters Sales
A note on how Hop Bitters are heavily advertised in secular and religious papers, driving large sales. The Hop plant’s virtues are praised as palpable, with proprietors credited for shrewdness and ability in compounding their bitters.
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Zzner and
Chronicle
Inauguration Day Fete Draws Washington Crowds
Washington observes the inauguration with vast crowds, 20,000 troops, and 50,000 visitors. General Garfield takes the oath and reads a long inaugural message as the city glows with illumination and grand balls.
Death of Lottie Merrill Killed by Six Bears
The Elmira Gazette reports that 18 year old Lottie Merrill of Wayne County Pa was killed and eaten by six bears after returning home with a deer carcass. Her cabin burned as the bears died following the blaze. she reportedly killed two bears before being overpowered. The funeral drew about 300 mourners with preacher William Budwick praising her bravery and virtues.
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N. Y. Sun
Lottie Merrill
Elmira
William Budwick
The Most Beautiful Hand
A king holds a royal feast to find the most beautiful hand among the city women g throbbing with jewels. A humble mother argues that hands stained by work and serving others are the true beauty and deserve reward. The king honors her hands and assigns her husband a high office to propagate the deed.
Family Row Over Cake Ends With Shared Nighttime Plaster
The scene shows siblings quarreling over cake allowances with their mother. The sister claims she will persuade their mother to apply mustard plasters at bedtime while ensuring the younger brother receives the larger portion.
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Annie
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