Numerous Iowa incidents and national briefs span tragedies and progress
An inmate of the Muscatine jail inherits a German estate worth 12000 dollars. Davenport mourns three scarlet fever deaths in two days. Davenport prepares for the National Teachers Association meeting. Fires at De Witt and Wapello injure and ruin property. Robberies, suicides, and a shotgun tragedy in Vinton. Railroad expansions and new company incorporations shape the region. National and foreign items cover trials, uprisings, assassinations, and political shifts with wide consquences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Stewart
Cedar Rapids
Wapello
Dora Phillips
Vinton
T. M. Sinclair
T. M. Sinclair & Co
Pork Packers
Thomas Burke
Ackley
John de Heer
Jtarion County
Darius A. Mason
Burlington
Wabash
Des Moines
Humeston & Shenandoah Railroad Company
Prairieville
Iowa
Shenandoah
Page County
John Dermody
Mattie Jacobs
Keokuk
Davenport
D. J. Ely
New York City
Cathedral
Barrie
Ely
Chicago
New York
Greene Press
John Hart
Mississippi River
Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad Company
Dubuque
St. Louis
Iowa City Republican
Hattie Deal
Aylworth
Miss Deal
Ellen M. Stratton
Omaha
Charles Duke
Duke
Miss Stratton
Frank Wagner
Will Huxley
Messrs. Hamill & Co
Marshal Hardin
Wagner
Cleveland
Kennard House
Rochester
N. Y
Detroit
Stutsman
Epitaph Dilemma Echoed by Dying Man
A dying man asks to be buried with an epitaph calling him a scoundrel and thief, then questions if epitaphs lie and if people will misjudge him as a good man based on the words. The quote reflects irony about legacy and truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Avery
Batavia
Iowa
Robert Kaestner
1St West Street
Wilkins &Tilson
Big Nose George
Rawlins
Wyoming
Orr
Todoroff
St. Petersburg
Count Baranoff
Muraiaroff
Trie
Nicolai Roussakoff
Andrie Tele
Micheneloff
Ritzkoff
Mano
Zena
Aronstadt
Beer Elpal Council
Greece
Turkey
Thessaly
Sufferers Benefit from Buall Cough Syrup, Says Philosophers
Philosophers argue affairs should seek the greatest happiness for the many and Dr Buall s Cough Syrup has proven beneficial to the greatest number of sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buall
Tormented Back Exclaims Overworked Kidneys Cleansing
Fragmentary cry notes pain from overworked kidneys and calls for cleansing and strength. The text blends improvised medical advice with political phrases, mentioning a “Wort Democrat” and urging health remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kidney
Wort Democrat
Bookkeeper Survives Camp Fight With Lumber Camp Bullies
A Detroit bookkeeper, on business at a northern camp, defends himself against a logger threat. After a tense exchange the logger misreads him as a preacher, then yields, and vows to tell the boys the man with two black eyes is Tom Sayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
America
Howe
England
Kenilworth
Detroit
North Woods
Lath & Shingle
Tom Sayers
The Height of Fashion and a Stained House Window
Oh lenborg sighs at the bon net blocking view and hears Mrs. Oldbody-Mrs. Spaggins boast of a stained new house window. The exchange ends with a joke about turpentine. The tower of Babel begins a continued story on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Oldbody
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Tribune
Fairfield
Motiho
Square
Ae. A
TH Square
Eugene Campbell
Wilson's Block
South Side
S. E. Corner
J. M. Hinkle
Wollin J. Wilson
Wilson
Blake & Lee
Boyd's Block
Fifth Street
Des Moines, In
D. H. Stever, M. D
Patent — Medicine
McElhinny’s
Diseases of
North Side Restaurant
Sampson & Acheson
Spencer Bros
Fairfield None
A. O
Middle Hall
Jordan Block
M. J.J. Cummings
Frank R. Fenan
Www
C. Lewis
T. L. James
Clarke & Son
J. Dahlman
H. H. Fulton
South Side Park
Howell
Chas, Brigham
Geo, A. Wells
BANKS
G. A. Garrettson
Wells & Carrettson, Bankers
Sam
L. C. Farmer & Sons
General Banking and Exchange
First National Bank
Capital
J. F. Wilson
Gro
D. Temple
Southeast Corner Public Square
North Side
W. H. Jones & Bros
Geo. D. Clarke
Co. S. Clarke & Son,dealers IN
Pure Drugs
Avitorn
Attorneys-At-Law
W. Slagle
Geo
Acheson
J. R. M’cracken
Slagle, Acheson & McCracks
Lw. Fairfield
R. F. Ratcliffe, J. R. MC
Justices Courts
Jefferson County
Public Park
First East St
M. A. McCoid
H. N. West
McCoid & West
United Counsel
Gar
DR. Worthington
Clarke’s Drug Store
DRS
Woods & Hammond
East Side
Freeman and Townley’s Jewelry
Moha
Ffice
North Side Park
Workman’s
Allen & Co’s
Swit
FAI Field
Calvin Snook
N. Steele
J. B. Monfort
Sheward’s
South Side Square
Gee
Parsons
T. D. Ewing
A. McCalla
Baxter & Hughes
City Omnibus Line
Leggett House
Muscatine
Germany
Dannaher
National Teachers’Association
de Witt
Clinton County
A. H. Runyan
Clinton
Lottie Mackle
Clinton City
General News
Gulf States
Congress
Jersey City
Ripley
Ohio
Springfield
Rock Island
Bush Electric Light Company of
Cincinnati
J. Rogers
Genesee, Mich
Charles Steitz
Lager Beer
Texas
Russia
Middlefield
Joseph Hamilton
Seldon Sprague
John Patchin
Willie
Mississippi
Monroe
Louisiana
Rhode Island
Horace M. Kimball
W. L. Segar
Col. E. A. Roberts
Titusville
Treat
United States
Singer
Kirkwood
R. D. Trowbridge
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
John V. Pettit
Maraham
Brazil
General Grant
Hugh J. Jewett
Commission
Santa Fe
Puerto D. Chocolo
New Mexico
Gannon & McGrath
Greenwich Point
Pennsylvania
Samuel L. Vanderslice
Great Timber Belt Railroad Company
Wisconsin
Green Bay
St. Croix
River
Wis
Castle Garden
West
Friends
Nice
France
Indiana
Daniel Hayes
F. C. Herrin
Union County
Dakota
James Tollen
St. Peters
Minn
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Nottingham
John Lace
Henderson
Rochester Hydraulic Company
Joseph Schell
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Amasa Stone
Western Reserve College
Adelbert College
Western Reserve University
St. Paul
Sioux City
Mankato
Krank
Kate. Lehan
Erie
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Commissioner of the Land Office
Dardanelle
Arkansas
Little Rock & Ft. Smith
Crime
James Black
Marion
D. C
Eli Wilcox
Oakville
San Francisco
del Norte
Lizzie Barton
Joliet
Yousz
Las Vegas
J. H. Curry
Atchicon
Topeka & Santa Fe
R. B
Joseph Bright
San Antonio and
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Pat Ebert
National Bank
Rolla
Ebert
Ed. M. Clark
Russellville
Ed King
King
Clark
Lake View
John MM. Crane
Doggets, Bassett & Hills
Wm. Seymour
Seymour
John E. Maurphy
Beatrice
Neb
Kansas City
Frank McLaughlin
Plac
M Phy
Jackson County
Murphy
Mary
Leavenworth
Schultz & Boothyyooo
Dr. Ward
Perkins
Lakeview
Cram
Cyprian
Elk Mountain
Union Pacific
Medicine Row
Tip Vincent
Widdowfield
Trelani
Dillon
Woodford
Land
House of Commons
Gladstone
Transvaal
Manchester
William Harcourt
Harcourt
Mansion House
Count Peece
Pope
London
Parnell
Scotland
Land League
Home Rule Confederation
Agence Russe
Paris
Switzerland
Dorjibky
Martin
Golos
Geneva
Vladimire
Nicholas
Czar
St. Peter and St. Paul
Winter Palace
Teflis
Babu
Senegal
Finta Djallon
Great Britain
Laignsuch
Spain
Madrid
San Juasto
Duke Ossina
Royal Theatre
Congressional
Washington
Voorhees
Merrill
Ferry
Conkling
Senate
Henry G. Pearson
Wm. C. Coubey
Geo. Crane
Edward Russell
Thomas F. Hall
James H. Clark
Mattoon
Ill
Hiram W. Hubbard
Centralia
Clark E. Carr
Galesburg
Geo. F. Dick
Bloomington
Orlando H. Merwin
Evanston
Grenville M. Mitchell
Charleston
Priscilla W. Wilson
Braidwood
Wm. H. Hartman
Waterloo
Morrill
House
Chase
Seward
Douglas
Dawes
Davis
Illinois
Brown
Hoar
Beck
Logan
Pendleton
Ingalls
Secretary of War
Johnston
Robertson
New York Senate
Bayard
Burlington Hawkeys
Who He
Was
Nea
Ohlenborg
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!