Vast Population Shifts And Wealth Legends From 19th Century Accounts
Estimates place Dakota Territory population between 600000 and 760000 with 200000 more expected this year. A Bangor Maine-born child belongs to the fifth living generation. Wealth notes include W H Vanderbilt at 140 million and the Duke of Westminster around 200 million. Jay Cocke rises again in Pennsylvania finance. Aspinwall Panama’s population surge to 8000 and land expansion are noted. Rhode Island fencing joke imagines 25000 acre ranch. A tomato canning poison claim warns against partial opening. Valley Mills Texas prairie fire yields 2300 in gold and jewelry beneath a fireplace hearth, tied to a newspaper 1850.
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Bangor
W. H. Vanderbilt
Duke of Westminster
England
Easter gift egg from Paris for Spanish lady
A Parisian house crafted an Easter egg for a very wealthy Spanish lady at 4000 dollars. White enamel shell hides a gospel inscription and a bird mechanism that sings twelve operatic airs. Washington belles chase the costly smelling-bottle trend with debts of sixty dollars per bottle.
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Washington
Utah’s irrigation and salt wealth described for era
The piece notes Utah has 10 000 email farms averaging twenty five acres with full irrigation, one large farm owned by a company, and claims the Great Salt Lake holds salt enough to supply America for centuries. Salt is loaded from the lake edge with a wagon and boots, then ground to table quality.
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Utah
Great Salt Lake
Elder Cannon
America
Century articles on liberal education and honorary degrees
A June issue discussion by President Eliot of Harvard outlines what constitutes a liberal education. The July issue will feature ex-President Woolsey of Yale with a comprehensive paper on honorary degrees, followed by pieces on Greek, co education, and the study of women by Arthur Gilman of Cambridge.
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Eliot
Harvard
Woolsey
Yale
Arthur Gilman
Cambridge
Harvard Annex
Morocco Slave Trade Likely Abolished Soon
The French Tangier minister issues a decree banning slave trade by French subjects and French protegés in Morocco. A British circular, backed by England Austria Denmark and the Netherlands, mirrors the move. Tangier has seen 100 to 200 slaves sold daily since April 1, with additional private and external sales.
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Morocco
Tangier
Musselman
England
Austria
Denmark
Netherlands
John Hay
Mare Thief Caught After Colt Ordeal In Village
A thief rides away on a stolen mare with a foal in pursuit as the mare stops suddenly when the foal is recovered. A Quaker apprentice calls to catch the colt, aiding detainment. The thief is captured amid alarms and blows as villagers pursue. The passage concludes with reflections from François R. A. and Donald G. Mitchell.
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Francois R. A
Vicomte de Chateaubriand
Donald G. Mitchell
Spirit Lake season opens as Iowa items flood in
The region notes Spirit Lake excursion season opened, Dubuque enforces dog license law, coal shaft work at Peterson continues, and costs $8507.78 yearly to support local orphans. Cedar Rapids reports 26 vagrants slept there. a May 17 fire burned Charles Blattner’s Pella brewery. Decoration Day speaker planned in Jefferson. and a June 3 convention of County Superintendents slated in Okoboji.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Blattner
Pella
Okobeji
Dickinson County
Iowa Association of Veterinary Surgeons
Des Moines
Davenport
Muscatine
Burlington
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F. Hooker
Walter Hinder
Marysville
John Whitlatch
Boone City
Preston, Keene & Co
Chicago
Argus
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Rockwell City
Fred Dietrich
Jas. W. Doughty
J. M. Dixon
Mr. Doughty
Virginia
Alexander Gibson
Washington County
Ida Grove Pioneer
Blanchard
F. M. Hubbell
B. F. Allen
Terrace Hill
Allen
Polk & Hubbell
Wilton
Johnson County
United States Circuit Court
David J. Brewer
Dillon
McCrary
Brewer
Circuit Court
James G. Day
Clark Warning
Newton
O. L. Brinford
Marshalltown
A. P. Chamberlain
Mr. McVey
Father Marries Daughter in Embarrassing Philadelphia Ceremony
In Philadelphia at the Church of the Epiphany a clergyman marries Miss Fannie Kessler to Wilson Mitchell amid crowding spectators. A locked vestry door delayed the groom and his best man, causing a pause before the service restarted and concluded successfully.
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Philadelphia
Fannie Kessler
Wilson Mitchell
Kinselow
Multiple Disasters and Crimes Mark May Scene Across Cities
The report tallies several May incidents including Mayer’s brewery fire in New York with $200000 loss, A B Meyers bone factory blaze in St. Louis, and Kentucky Lumber Company mills in Williamsburg burnings. Also noted are robberies, suicides, political shifts, and large-scale industrial fires across Cleveland, Canton, Altoona, and Greenville with extensive insurance figures and casualties.
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Mt. Sterling
Car
Neilson
W. H. H. Holt
Tucker
Illinois Central Railroad
Jeffrey
Cleveland
Sherwin Williams & Co
Narragansett Suspender Company
Webb Company
O. B. Wattles & Co
Canton
Mass
A Midget's Romance at the Museum
The Philadelphia Press reports Lucia Zarate the four pound real midget on exhibit crying when glimpsing a face recalled her betrothed, a cradle engagement with a rancher’s son. Once a cradle betrothal, she waited six years apart as doctors weighed her future and romance.
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Lucia Zarate
Philadelphia
M. Uffner
Lucia
Iowa Crop Prospects Across Twelve Counties
Brief Iowa crop reports from Adair to Ringgold note spring wheat sowing varying, oats planted late with rising acreage, and corn plowing under way. Conditions range from ground too cold or wet delaying growth to fair stands and good seeding progress in several counties including Buchanan Cedar Cerro Gordo Decatur Jefferson Johnson Ringgold and Iowa.
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Farmer's ‘Review
Chicago
Iowa
Adair
Benton
Buchanan
Crawford
Cerro Gordo
Decatur
Hamilton
Jefferson
Johnson
Eye’s gaze and crude longing shape public speech
A historical note on how the human eye reveals more than words ever display. It contrasts street life and polite circles, arguing that eye contact exposes crude curiosity that language withholds. The eye’s broad stare remains an unedited liberty.
Indian Appropriation Bill Discussed in Congress
The brief outlines Senate and House actions from May 10 to May 16, detailing debates on Indian education funding in Alaska, lottery prohibitions, and various bills. It notes General Grant’s retirement, Alaska exploration expenses, and legislative moves on territorial government, pensions, and the New Orleans Exposition funding.
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Gost
Washinna Ton
Frightful Collision Kills Fifteen and Injures Many
A west bound freight collided with a gravel train near Connellsville on May 14. Fifteen dead and many injured as crews battled flames on a sharpe curve. Investigators blame carelessness of Train Dispatcher Gilbert Lewis. track expected clear by evening.
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Parasore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Connellsville
Speer Sandwerks
Pitsburg
Ohio Pyre
Sis Jif
Revaine
Gilbert Lewis
Tribune Job Printing Services in The Tribune Rooms
The Tribune advertises job printing of every description neatly and promptly executed at reasonable prices. Estimates for pamphlets or brief work are furnished, with solicited work from any part of the state. Commercial stationery is described as a specialty.
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the Tribune
Tribune
Bismarck Prepares for Departure After Sharp Social Session
At a private gathering in Bismarck, the German statesman delivered biting sarcasm toward friends and foes. A host weaponizes a wagging dog to mirror the mood, prompting a grim compliment and a forced smile. A proverb advises women to talk to peers as if ladies are present.
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Bismarck
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