Various Iowa News Items From Across Counties
Iowa reports show Miss Nancy Hawley of Scott county as the oldest pensioner while a Marshalltown dealer nets about 25000 this season from butter. Grapes totaling around seventy tons, mainly to Minnesota, are shipped from Iowa City. Boone county fair ends financially strong with rich exhibits. Florence Dale of Eagle City wins red at Hardin County fair for pantry stores. Iowa casualties include two from Iowa in a Michigan Central railroad crash, H C Long of Algona and Mrs B B Mart of Clinton. James Boatright, 65, near Rising Sun Polk county, injured after wagon accident with slim recovery hopes. Timothy O Conner is discharged for lack of evidence in murder case of father in law Charles Grimes in Dubuque county. Gov Gue pays Mrs Lucy Edwards of Papillion Nebraska a large pension, aiding her indigence. Eighty young Indians bound for Carlisle Pa for government schooling. B H Harkness’ Humboldt store looted April 7 with safe blown and about 400 stolen.}
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Marshalltown
Minnesota
Iowa City
Boone County Fair
Michigan Central
Iowa
H. C. Long
Algona
Terrible Michigan Central wreck kills and wounds many
Dispatches describe a collision on the Michigan Central near Atkinson Junction when the Pacific express ran into a switch engine. Thirteen coaches were wrecked, with 20 to 30 killed or wounded, many emigrants among the victims. Surgeons and railroad workers aided the injured as authorities investigated the crash and blamed a late freight train being placed on the main line.
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Detriot
Michigan Central Railroad
Pacific Express
Detroit
Jackson
M. Sparklin
Philadelphia
Atkinson Junction
Air Line
Pacific Express West
Colwell
Jones
Pacific
Chicago
Rev. N. McDermot
Guelph
Canada
Pineries
B. B. Hart
Clinton
Iowa
Milton Gilb
Louisiana Democrats nominate L Wiltz for governor
The Democrats of Louisiana nominated L Wiltz for governor in the late news summary. Other items note Wales iron works set to reopen, Wisconsin cranberry crop valued at 120000, and various international and domestic notices.
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Louisiana
L. Wiltz
Cyfornia Iron Works
Wales
Wisconsin
Austro German politics and Afghan war updates headline reel
The Emperor of Austria opens Reichsrath session welcoming Bohemian deputies to resume their privileges. Military and budget notes in Europe with Roberts advancing on Cabul and Afghan fighting details. Western fronts in Germany and Paris politics show elections and fiscal reforms.
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Austria
Reichsrath
Roberts
Cabul
Khakistan
Simla
Bala Histar
A Sucker Giant The Wonderful Feats of Strength of Colonel John Redman
Buffalo Express profiles Colonel John Redman a Virginia native Illinois resident and cattle shipper famed for immense strength. It recounts lifting a 1 200 pound horse and a barn collapse rescue saving a carpenter with sheer power while noting his peaceful temper and role in cattle shipping.
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Buffalo Express
John Redman
Buffalo
American Hotel
Express
Colonel Ohn
Redman
Virginia
Ilinois
Patterson Creek
Hampshire County
Baltimore & Ohio
Missouri
New York
Eastman
Christain County
Illinois
Colonel Redman
Turtle Cove
Chillicothe
John
McLaughlin
Ohio
I. P. Bowen
English Treatment of Tramps in Merthyr Tydvil Policy
Pall Mall Gazette notes that strict police inquiry cut tramp relief in Merthyr Tydvil from 4274 cases to 142 in ten years. By screening applicants, officials discourage chronic wanderers, limit aid to illness or accident, and drive itinerants to other districts. The piece argues this method curbs nuisance while exposing tramps to public scrutiny.
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Pall Mall Gazette
England
Merthyr Tydvil
Merthyr Tydville
Set Back 42 Years with Hop Bitters Benefit
A 72 year old man with kidney troubles and blood issues reports using Hop Bitters restored health. He says he feels like a 30 year old and plans to recommend it to others as worth a trial.
Elastic bullet tale ends in fatal shot in Matamoros
In Matamoros Mexico Pancho Nieto known as El Tejon fired on a woman, his bullet wounded her slightly then rebounded off a brick wall and fatally struck Nieto in the heart. The community notes no regret over the fatal return of his own bullet.
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Texas
Esther
Aldridge
Charley
Land and Water
London
Matamoros
Mexico
Pancho Nieto
el Tejon
Badger
Nieto
N. Cortina
Deacon O Hell Urges Passage of Contribution Box
In a Chicago church a deacon named O Hell is mocked as the choir finishes a poor song. The minister impatiently shouts for the contribution box. The item notes the distress of crying babies and promotes J Bull’s Baby Syrup as instant relief.
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Mr. O. Hell
Chicago
The Cental System and the Weight for Measure Debate
The cental system is not the metric system but a shift from bulk to weight in grain and seed sales. It uses pounds as the starting unit and raises questions about decimal subdivision, standard weights, and regional adoption. The article contrasts imperial and US gallons and bushels, notes legal standards, and argues weight-based pricing in home markets may benefit fairness, while weighing the risks of broader adoption.
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Philadelphia
Ledeer
Paris
United States
Custom House
Congress
Treasury Standards of
New York State
Treasury
Pennsylvania
Commercial Exchange
New York Produce Exchange
Concrete or tar sand floor for cow stables
A Cul t ivator correspondent praises a concrete floor or a cheaper gas tar and sand mix for cow stables. The method can be laid directly on the ground, is easy to clean, prevents manure loss, and can be done by anyone with steps of spreading tar and sand then rolling and adding a cement top dressing.
Broom Market Steady Acknowledges Human Faults
The article notes that human cruelty sustains the broom market. It also reports a massive railroad project on the Utah and Northern line requiring over fifteen miles of lava-bed blasting to level the track bed.
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Utah & Northern Railroad
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