Fires and floods sweep Iowa reports and losses
The column tallies several incidents across Iowa and nearby: Kautz’s Buffalo brewery destroyed by fire with losses around 5000. a man fatally run over near State Center. new electric illumination firm organized at Dubuque. Iowa City to build a 10000 dollar City Hall. a charter granted for a street railway. the Grimes estate sale in Burlington at 56900. workman killed on the Des Moines capitol site. diverse meetings and fires in Dubuque and Des Moines. and a fatal drowning of three children on the Des Moines river.
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James Donahue
Des Moines
Iowa State Dental Society
Davenport
G. W. Fuller
A. V. Eaton
Anamosa
C. Hunt
McGregor
FE. E. Pughes
Newton
Curtiss
Pavia
Mequoketa
Fairplay
Wis
Dubuque
E. H. Willey
Sac City
American Express Co
Jackson Township
Jackson
The
Sun
Express
Council Bluffs
Strange hawk on the Winter Palace foreshadowed tragedy
The St Petersburg Bechtte reports a tale linked to Alexander II. A hawk killed pigeons daily at the Winter Palace. A trap caught the hawk, but it toppled over the parapet to its death. The Emperor reportedly said the affair was of evil omen, alarming the court.
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London Telegraph
Alexander II
St Petersburg
Bechtte
Piazza di San Marco
Venice
Winter Palace
Boston Lady Adopts Hop Bitters After Cure
A Boston woman long tormented by sick headache and neuralgia found relief after one dose of Hop Bitters. She praised its effects and persuaded twenty two prominent families to use it as their regular family medicine, claiming a complete cure after years of misery.
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Boston
Desperado violence and confrontations reported across several states
Reports from May describe Henry Hall in Nokonus Illinois publicly confronting his sister over a young man. A May 20 telegram notes the killing of Sheriff John L. Davis and wounding of Collector Jas F. Halton in Missouri by desperate men who had earlier slain Lafarge in New Madrid. In Texas a May 19 clash at Fort Elwell left one ranger dead and two outlaws captured after a raid on horses and cattle headed for Mexico. Also noted are the death of cattleman William Patterson in Colorado City and the shooting of Lieut Cherry by soldier Thomas Locke during a pursuit, with Sgt Harrington suspecting betrayal by the same soldiers.
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Logan
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Nihilists Accept War Proclamation Amid Volatile Europe News
Reported by a czarist era wire, nihilists endorse the war despite oppression, while a powder cache is found near Ssarkoesto station. The czar nearly dies from poison on May 12 as palace staff face arrests for arsenic in a favored dish. An invitation to the czar’s funeral arrives as authorities report daily arrests. In Warsaw a conspirator’s den with arms and dynamite is uncovered. French forces claim Arabs suffer heavy casualties at Mateur as Beja falls with little resistance.
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Alexander
Hessy Helfman
Warsaw
Kidney Wort Promises Cure For Weak Kidneys
Evansville advertises Kidney Wort as a certain cure for long suffering weak kidneys and torpid bowels and liver. It is available in liquid form or as a dry vegetable powder offering the same effect.
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Dvansville
The Toilette of The Fly
A vivid, humorous description of a fly grooming itself. The insect brushes, rubs, and cleans its body and wings with detailed动作, ending pristine though the white cord remains defiled. The piece contrasts vanity with nature as the fly readies for a summer night.
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Floppy
The Winter Palace of St Petersburg
The Winter palace on the Neva riverfront in St Petersburg is described as an imposing structure. It was designed by Rastulli and built on land once owned by Count Alraxin, later passing to Peter II by will. It endured fires and rebuilds, finishing under Catharine’s reign by the 1830s.
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Junction City
Kansas
Bertie Drawance
Virginia
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Winter Palace
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Neva
Rastulli
Peter the Great
Alraxin
Peter II
Moscow
Anna
Catharine
Great and Mighty Is the Force of Rejected Love
A compact reflection on unreciprocated affection, portraying the emotional force behind a rejected love as powerful and enduring. The line suggests a universal, almost mythic, impact on the heart and mind.
The Country’s Awake Painted by Water and Wind
The poem depicts spring returning as bluebirds violets and clouds reappear. Rivers swell with rain and snowmelt flow from mountains to bays, powering mills and flooding streams. The verses celebrate renewal and nature’s awakening across hills and lowlands.
Spontaneous Combustion and Early Electrical Developments
Articles discuss Hoedicke on spontaneous combustion of an thracite and iron pyrites igniting in oxygen, a Holtz electricity machine with large rotating plates and charging apparatus, and a trial of a compressed air locomotive by Captain Beaumont. Also covered are vibratory therapy, nicotine and cigar chemistry, and dietary advice advocating fats for health plus cooking methods with pork and cornmeal breads.
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Herr Hoedicke
Dinger
Richters
Holtz
Who Should Bow First in Society Etiquette Debate
The Nation argues over who should bow first between a gentleman and a lady. Some say a gentleman must bow first regardless, others suggest simultaneous bows. The author endorses mutual bowing with exceptions for near sighted individuals, stressing consistent courtesy.
Frankville Resident Joel Payne Dies in Field
Joel Payne a longtime Frankville Iowa resident in Winneshiek county died suddenly in his field from apoplexy. The 28 year resident passed away recently leaving family and neighbors in mourning.
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Joel Payne
Frankville
Winneshiek County
A Soul Health Over Medics and Creeds
Carlyle declares a healthy soul the highest health beyond artificial medicines or creeds. A boy asks about the proper time for theft as a cautionary example. We hang pictures in our hearts to view in the shadows, and absence strengthens great passions while extinguishing weak ones.
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Carlyle
Earth
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