London exhibits and figures from 1882 highlighted
A mosaic of notes updates on public figures and trends. Meigs aged eighty three. London housing in 1882 adding 508 streets and a new square over seventy five miles of built streets. Cost estimates for Georgia’s new Capitol at one million dollars. A Detroit hermit woman Odell vows never to meet men. An 1884 internal revenue snapshot totals eighty seven million, four hundred fifty four thousand, eighty four dollars, with shifts across spirits, tobacco and liquor. Barry Wall hosts a lavish hunting dinner for twenty five in Park Avenue.
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London
John W. Nissley
Mount Carmel
Paris
Hayes
Pblic
Cincinnati
Detroit
Hermitage
Odell
Tur
Pearce
Montague Marks
Union Square
New York
Barry Wall
King City
St. Joseph
Minneapolis
Denver
Crawford House
Colorado Springs
Easton
Amelia Barnet
Barnet
Pittsburg
Ellen Peck
Babbitt Beckwith
Julius Colombain
Owen
Hugh McSorley
Staten Island
Peck
Colonbain
Forestry Association
Public Schools
Eden Park
Judge Highley
R.D Warren
Gasoline vapors danger and safety cautions in confined spaces
An eastern chemist warns that gasoline in a closed barrel or can poses no explosion risk under a lighted flame, but rapid vaporization creates explosive mixtures when air is admitted. He cites experiments with lamps and cans, notes heavier-than-air vapors settle low, and urges avoiding storage in cellars to prevent deadly accumulations.
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Linndale
Germany
Virchow
Bremen
Presbyterian church built in Council Bluffs
A new Presbyterian church building was erected in Council Bluffs. The article notes payroll of local improvements and other regional happenings, including a tornado at Fort Dodge, a wolf bounty near Plymouth County, and various state notices.
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Council Bluffs
Fort Dodge
Plymouth County
Judge McDill
Executive Council
Major Anderson
Dubuque
Thomas Newlin
Cedar Rapids
Old Methodist Church
Wm. van Veek
Fort Madison
Burlington
Burlington Insurance Company
Iowa
Fire and Tornado Insurance Company
United States
Multiple Disasters and Crises Hit U S Towns and Railways
In rapid items from Portland to St Louis and beyond, fires destroy buildings in Presque Isle and Logansport, a steamer burns with loss of life in Maine, a county judge commits suicide in Colorado, the Mexican Central railroad opening is delayed, and violent incidents from bank robberies in Medicine Lodge to a fatal freight collision near Harmonsville unfold amid tornadoes, explosions, and arson.
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Miner
Garfield County
Colorado
Mexican Central Railroad
Dayton
Ohio
George Sampson
St. Louis
Mose Fraley
Donaldson & Fraley
Fraley
Chicago Board of Trade
Harmonsville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hicks
Bissell
Gallagher
Empress of Austria in Amsterdam seeks doctors for nervous disorders
News from abroad reports the Empress of Austria visiting Amsterdam to consult distinguished physicians about her nervous ailments. A War Office council on April 20 discussed strategies in the Egypt-Berber situation, with opposition to a Berber expedition until autumn.
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Austria
Amsterdam
War Office
Duke of Cambridge
Lord Woolsley
Marquis of
Harlington
Khartoum
Nubar Pasha
Assouan
Upper Egypt
Egg imports expected to exceed three million dollars
It is estimated that more than 3000000 dollars worth of eggs will be imported into the country during the current year.
Fifty Years in Prison Man Died in Juniata Township
Daniel Hawn, once confined since 1823, died yesterday in Juniata township near Huntington. He was 14 when imprisoned for insanity after a harvest field incident. His brothers kept him in a small room with a window blocked, chained in a corner, while they and four others amassed wealth and land totaling around 900 acres.
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Huntington
Dispatch
Daniel Hawn
Juniata Township
Daniel
Congress Debates Tariff and Naval Bills in April Sessions
Washington reports detail the Senate and House actions in late April with a focus on the naval and post office appropriation talks. The House passes the pork bill to aid the Merchant Marine while considering a broader tariff reform. the Senate reviews the pleuro-pneumonia bill, shipping measures, and land scrutiny amid foreign syndicate concerns.
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Senate
Naval and Post Office
House
Slocum
Deuster, Hewitt
Thompson
Pacific Railroad Committee
Barnes
Committee On Appropriations
Washmerton
Secretary of the Interior
California
Farley
Dawes
United States
Pacific Coast
Congress
Hoar
New York
Boston
Cullom
Bureau of Military Justice
Corps of Judge Advocates
Army
McPherson
Coke
Plumb
Wilson
Commissioner of Agriculture
Kansas
Illinois
Garland
Judiciary Committee
Thurman
Missouri River
Morrill
Committee On Library
Washington Monument
Logan
George
Committee On Patents
Iowa
Nebraska
Morrison
Hiscock
N. Y
Geddes
Turner
Kentucky
Beck
Frye
Washingtox
McMillen
Committee On Commerce
Wyoming
van Wyck
Estes Park Co
Great Britain
Colorado
Earl Duraven
Arkansas Valley Land and Cattle Co
Sykes & Hughes
Dakota
Falkner, Bell & Co
General Land Office
Story of a Chicago Courtship in Nimble Prose
A bronze haired Arizonan visits a Chicago beauty show and pursues contestant No. 6 amid a playful blizzard motif. He proclaims himself her prize, but she refuses to leave her mother. He returns home soon to plant spring wheat and sow corn, after obtaining a courtship pledge.
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Chicago
New Mexican Review
Arizona
Great Northwest
Farmer Reports Sorghum Stands Support Sheep
A Kansas farmer notes thirty acres of standing sorghum wintered his 700 head of sheep in good shape, indicating forage resilience. The farmer hints at forage quality and potential savings on feed through the winter.
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Kansas
Murder at Audubon as Old Man Hanged by Kin
A brutal murder near Audubon Iowa left Hiram Jefferson dead by hanging after a 2 am attack. His son Cicero Jefferson and son-in-law John Smythe along with another man are arrested, with Cicero later confessing that Smythe and Joel Wilson joined in the crime. The motive cited is alleged incest involving Jefferson and his daughter, though locals doubt the claim. The case sparked widespread outrage and a county jail hold.
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Henry Deakir
Academy of Music
Milwaukee
Geo. C. Miln
Remington
Logansport
Indiana
Rob Roy
Troy
N. Y
John Wilson
Mansfield
Ind
Union Pacific Railway
Medicine Lodge
Kansas
Payne
State ‘‘Register
Audubon
Hiram Jellerson
Pittfield
Ill
Jellerson
Greene County
John Smythe
Jefferson
Jelferson
Smythe
Carroll County
Cicero
Lucy
A. D Petty
Petty
Jefferson Place
Herbert
Cierco
Deuty Johnson
Cierce Jefferson
George
John A. Smythe
Cicero Jefferson
Joel Wilson
Wilson
State Register
Samuel Wilson
Coon Rapids
Alonzo Wilson
Alonzo
Heaven
Mr. Herbert
Jeremiah Smythe
Jeffrson
John
Smythes
O‘iers
Minnie
Reading and Study in American Life
The piece argues Americans read heavily but favor sensational and popular tales over high order literature and serious subjects. It attributes the fault to early training and a lack of taste for learning, urging steady study to build useful, substantial knowledge and ambition.
Father and Brother Meet Murderer in Audubon Jail Cage
A dramatic scene unfolds as Samuel Wilson and his son Alonzo visit Wilson in the Audubon county jail. The old man kneels in prayer as guards loosened the cage barriers, allowing a tearful embrace and heartful pleading for his son. The moment reveals profound grief, while neighbors Smythe and family observe a second, cooler visit.
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Wilson
Audubon
Tragic Story County murder suicide near Roland
A 22 year old Norwegian farmer Edward Thompson, drunk, killed his wife Cora Grindem with an ax near Roland after a dispute. The wife survived, but Thompson later died by suicide in a deep well. The couple had married two years prior and faced marital strife.
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State Register
Nevada
Story County
Roland
Edward Thompson
Young Thompson
Paul Thompson
Cora Grindem
Chicago
Thompson
Ater
Mises
Healthful virtue over valetudinarian caution in life
The passage argues that virtue should be healthful and willing to endure risks of spirited exertion. It contrasts such vigor with avoiding infection and tame foods. It extols education as a home friend, abroad introduction, solitude solace, and society ornament.
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Eagle Grove
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Chariton
Capital
H. N. West
Fairfield
West
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Sperintendent of Public Instruction
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College For
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Deaf and
Runnin Occ Chaite Logiacape Ckons
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War Department
Omaha
National Rifles
Crack
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Iowa City
Samuel Clark
Keokuk
Charles A. Clark
Edward H. Conger
Des Moines
M. C. Daugherty
Peoria
Knox College
G. D. Mackintosh
Wabash College
Iowa State Temperance Alliance
State Alliance
State Board of Health
State Board
R. J. Farquharson
E. M. Reynolds
National Meeting of Health Boards
Dr. Robertson
Adkin’s
Prairie City
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J. Solberg
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Mr. Solberg
Ed. Ward
Daniel & Gray
J. Cool
J. R. Gill & Son
H. J. Griffith & Son
Weekly Review
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Maine
Presque Isle
Bloomington
William Williams
Peter Mathews
Philadelphia
A. B. Leonard
W. H. Olvin
Olvin
Jackson Woods
Charleston
W. Va
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Miss Woods
Adkins
Boone County
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J. Opperheimer & Co
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England
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