Iowa and National Affairs Mixed in March Reports
The State and League meet in Dubuque on March 17. Sibley votes 400 for saloon licenses. Spencer seeks 4000 bonds for a new school. Iowa real estate value 1881 stands at 320,372,465. Bear story from Cattauragus County adds local color. Des Moines 1881 business totals 50,572,583. Fort Madison tax breaks lure manufacturing. Polk County receipts 508,433.01. disbursements 486,015.34. balance 22,418.67. Mild tragedy in Dubuque as Mrs Leonard dies after tumor removal. Jennie Carr’s marriage license setback. Indianola girl dies from fire injuries. Guthrie county court house loss capped at 15,000. Iowa abstractors form state association in Des Moines. Bear tale from New York adds rural humor. weekly review rounds out with various national items.
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Senate
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Hawk
Register of the State Land Office
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Board of Railroad Commissioners
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Steel
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Union Hall Association
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Jasper County
Lime Rock
Ryan
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van Buren
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Grundy
Butler
Bremer
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Howard
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Jord
Johnson
Linn
Benton
Iowa
Tama
M .Rehall
Keokuk
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Davis
Monroe
Mahaska
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Polk
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Madison
Guthrie
Adair
Audubon
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Clarke
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Ringgold
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Taylor
Page
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Shelby
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Story
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Wright
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Greene
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Emmet
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O’ Brien
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Lyon
Sioux
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Woodbury
News From Abroad: Ireland and Russia Tensions Highlight
Lowell reports British and American law oppose coercion in Ireland but it remains the law for proclaimed districts. In Russia the Czar seeks to show amity on William’s birthday while clemency for political prisoners is expanded and executions reduced. Cork authorities warn of unrest as St Patrick placards are torn down.
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Lowell
United States
Behal
Ireland
Cork
Czar
Nicholas
Grandma
Grandpa
Iowa Legislature Reports Broad Reforms and District Maps
Des Moines scenes reflect passage of dozens of bills. The Senate and House approve measures on railroads and highways, school funding, and governance across multiple counties, with an eleven congressional district apportionment and a prohibition amendment vote shaping the 1882 agenda. The joint convention elects university regents and agricultural college trustees, and the governor’s veto on defective acknowledgments stalls one bill.
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Marengo
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Pacific City
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Hill
Castalia
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Kenesaw
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Committee On Roads and
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Williamson
Downing
W.E. Webster
Page County
Griffith
Supreme Court
Yeas
Des Moines
Strate
Iowa
Executive Department
General Assembly
Baren R. Sherman
Supreme Cour
Anumos
Committee of Pharmacy
Rabia
Appanoose
K Breeders’ Association
Sta E Normal School
Winterset
Conference Committee On the
Congressional District
Committee On Constitutional Amendments
Park C. Wilson
Agricultural College
Mississippi
Davenport
Bills
Nichols
Wm. Lowrey
Polk County
Larrabee
State University
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19Theneral Assembly
Robert
Capital
Mason
Wm. Lowry
Council Bluffs
Agricultural Colege
Kts
The
A. H. Burrell
Washington
D. N. Richardson
Thomas
Wright
R. Willard
Lee County
G. Graten
Allamakee County
Tryker
Marion County
Life in old homes and Louisiana sugar era contrasted
The essay contrasts aging in place with uprooted elders and recalls plantation life in 1795 Louisiana. It recounts Bore’s sugar venture, slave labor economics, luxury in New Orleans, credit culture, architecture of planter homes, and the social milieu before and after U S possession.
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Jean Etienne Bore
Louisiana
Pontalba
United States
New Orleans
Europe
New York
St. Charles
Mississippi
Conception
Magnolia
St. Andrew’s
Louisana
Dovements Recipe Instructions for Dough and Boiling Paste
The passage lists ingredients for a dough and paste: three pounds flour one pound butter one and a half pounds sugar six eggs two wineglasses yeast one pint milk cinnamon mace and nutmeg. It describes mixing cutting boiling salt pier and letting the dough rise before cooking.
Anger Arrives San Francisco From Hong Kong News
The steamer Anger reaches San Francisco with limited news. Reports say the Hunan revolutionary movement has been suppressed and leaders executed. Gorman troubles persist as conservatives seek to overthrow the government over foreign trade privileges. Henry Watterson defends his Southern life writings amid calls for changes postwar relations.
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Anger
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Hunan
Gorman
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Salt Gargle Proves Effectual Cure for Sore Throat
A writer with forty years of throat trouble reports using pure table salt dissolved in water as a gargle three times daily. They claim the winter passed free from coughs and colds and the dry hacking cough disappeared, recommending others with throat diseases to try the gargle.
Knowledge and Morality in Historical Thought
A reflective remark contrasts worldly knowledge with moral purity, suggesting ethical integrity is compromised by the pursuit of information. It frames knowledge as costly to virtue and invites scrutiny of intellectual ambition versus conscience.
Best Medicine for Constipation and Kidney Support
Doctors may disagree on cures for constipation and liver and kidney detection. Those needing Kidney-Wort agree it is by far the best medicine known. Its action is prompt thorough and lasting. Get a box or bottle and try it.
Leibig's Cure for Intemperance Experiment
The Scientiffic American reports a test of Leibig's diet theory to curb drunkenness. Twenty seven people followed a farinaceous diet of macaroni beans peas and lentils boiled with butter or olive oil. The diet supposedly makes alcohol less appealing by supplying carbonaceous starch. Cragin Co Philadelphia offers a cook book free.
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Scientffic American
Leibig
The Tribune Printing House Advertises Card Printing
The Tribune Printing House offers printing of envelopes statements invitations note heads bill heads programs letter heads business cards and more with latest styles. Orders by mail receive prompt attention and stock is always used with satisfaction guaranteed.
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