Various Iowa blotter items span crime, weather, and society
A long list covers shipping prairie chickens illegal under Iowa law, river channel shifts at Dubuque, injuries from falls, a city lawsuit verdict, a jury foreman incident in Council Bluffs, and a September Upper Iowa Conference in Osage. Other notes include suicides, drownings, a horse trade killing in St Paul, a boy killed by a bull in Elkader, and the Gypsy Queen hunt across Iowa.
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Council Bluffs
Upper Iowa
Osage
Elkader
Wm. Brown
Jacob Putnam
Bellevue
Maquoketa River
Iowa
Iowa Democrats at Des Moines convene to back Hancock
The Democratic State Convention of Iowa opens at Moore's Opera House Des Moines with Ed Campbell presiding and Col Merritt delivering an address of welcome. Officers are named for temporary organization and speeches tout Hancock and English amid sharp attacks on Republicans and calls for unity and reform.
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Iowa
Moore’s Opera House
Des Moines
Ed. Campbell
State Central Committee
J. 8. Jencks
Campbell
W. H. Merritt
Col. Merritt
F. W. Lehmann
Polk
W. W. Garner
Louisa County
J.W. Dr
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Garfield
Arthur
Longstreet
United States
Akerman
Congress
Kasson
Hepburn
Samuel J. Tilden
Rutherford B. Hayes
Hancock
Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
J. Dodge
Des Moines County
M. R. Jackson
Cedar County
D. 8
Malven
Delaware County
Geo. R. Miller
Cerro Gordo County
L. G. Kinne
Tama County
E. H. Gibbs
Mahaska County
J. M. Walker
Polk County
R. G. Phelps
Cass County
Jno. Do
Appanoose
Committee On Permanent Organization
Daniel F. Miller
Lee County
T. C. Carroll
Henry Sty
Teecuna
P. Mitchell
Jackson County
David Bell
Fayette County
T. C. Medary
J. T
Davis County
W. A. Stowe
Fremont County
Miller
Cincinnati
Daniel Daugherty
Henry Clay
Montgomery Blair
Sumner
Horace Gene
Doolittle
Lincoln
David Davis
Illinois
General Brindley
New York
Conkling
English
Wilkes
Spirit of the Times
Forney
Pearson
Gen
Grant
Judge Miller
Julian
Charles Francis Adams
Beecher
Beecherism
Boss Shepherd
Belknap
Richmond
Rosencranz
McClellan
Antettam
Shiloh
Buell
Hooker
Howard
Frank Blair
Butler
Mosby
General Key
Gammon
Committee On Resolutions
Nominees Named for District Electors and Electors at Large
The convention adopted the report praising careful national administration and opposing sumptuary laws. Nominations for district electors were approved for eight districts with listed representatives. Capt J A O Yeomans and Hon J H Murphy were nominated for Electors at Large.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
J. D. M. Hamilton
Ft. Madison
G. L. Jackson
Maqueeta
L. E. Fellows
Lansing
C. C. Shaler
Grundy Centre
W. H. Stowe
Hamburg
Jno
B. Allison
Sioux City
J. A. O. Yeomans
Webster County
J. H. Murphy
Scott County
Wonders of the Indian Ocean and a daring reef dive
The account travels far from shore describing seaweed patches, jellyfish fields, glowing plankton, and curious creatures in warm waters. A tale notes Aden and the swift dive of a man chasing a dropped gold coin, ending with a gold piece recovered in minutes.
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Indian Ocean
Aden
Century Ago Wagons and Harsh 18th Century Justice
A Stamford and a London wagon fire in March of a century past destroyed merchandise valued around £3000, caused by lanterns left burning. The piece contrasts harsh old laws, public and private punishments, and a Tyburn execution list of youths aged up to twenty three, with contemporary headlines from 1880.
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Ottumwa
Isaac G. Wilson
Hubbert & Vernon
Malcom
Excelsior
Stamford
Hartford
London
Read
Tyburn
Hugh Mulvey
John Whiley
John Woodmore
John Howell
William Kent
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Ad Promises Cure All Coughs
An old advertisement touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a universal remedy for sore throats coughs and colds. The tag line claims it works for all cases at the price of 25 cents a tile.
Albany Journal advises whisky in months with letter K
A snippet notes The Albany Journal urging young men to drink whisky only in months whose names contain the letter K. Thompson playfully interactions with a haughty damsel follow, including a request for thanks.
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Albany Journal
Thompson
Lightning Strikes Home as Four Children Burn at Dinner
An August 29 lightning hit the house of John Weller near Mifflin Pennsylvania injuring four children during dinner. The same day an iron oil tank near Bradford ignited, consuming 26 000 barrels of oil with a 40 000 dollar loss.
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John Weller
Mifflin
Bradford
Murphy Returns After Long Absence to Find Family Gone
Mat Murphy, once a Dubuque youth, fled after a drunken spree believing he killed a man. He came back at age fifty on August 30 to learn his father’s relatives were dead from cholera in St. Louis. He seeks a burial place to erect a monument.
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Butts
N. Sth
Ouis
North St. St. St. Louis, Mo
Grand Lodge of Good Templars
Des Moines
Kate Cary
Daniel Cary
Clinton County
San Francisco
Harper’s Ferry
Harper's Ferry
Virginia
George Butler
Laporte City
Amos Crowell
Crowell
Samuel Thompson
Oskaloosa
Mabaska County
Lew Hopkins
Jack Foster
Black Jack
Gustave Held
Tom Evans
de Witt
Hudson
Pat Clifford
Grant City
Fred S. Finley
LeClaire Beil
Dubuque
Clayton
John Graff
St. Paul
Frank Sessions
Keokuk
Rome
N. Y
Cascade
Dubuque County
Timothy Davis
A. W. Cook
Spring Valley Brook Farm
Charles City
Iowa
Boston
France
North Holland
Mr. Cook
United States
Mat. Murphy
St. Louis
Mr. Murphy
Nature's remedy Kidney-Wort urged for liver and kidney complaints
A Mirror ad urges readers with severe liver and kidney ailments to try Kidney-Wort as a speedy cure, claiming it restores rest and comfort by nature's own remedy.
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the Tribune
Lowa
Avocation Department
J. W. Quillen
Wells’ Block
East Side Square
Mark
Fairfield
G. Eichorn
John Clark, JR. & Cos
Thomas Russell & CO
G. D. McGaw & CO
West Side Square
Harris
Harris Remedy Co
Mans
Sth & Market Sts
Eui
Batavia
W. H. Avery
Parsons College
Fairfield, Iowa
T. D. Ewing
Geo. A. Wells
BANKS
G. A. Garrettson
Wells & Garrettson, Bankers
Sam
L. C. Farmer & Sons
RST National Bank
A. McCalla
Moore & Hanson
J. F. Wison
Geo. D. Temple
Southeast Corner Public Square
B. & Q. Railroad
Towa
Fairfield Lodge
A. O
Middle Hall
Jordan Block
J.J. Cummings
Frank R. Fee
Iowa Legion of Honor
Queen City Lodge No
M.S. Crawtord
D. H. Stever, M. D
W. C. Lewis
Patent Medicine
McElhinny’s Block
North Side
Sampson & Acheson
Spencer Bros
Samson
U. S
Moline Farr
J. J. Case
Ward Lamson
Leggett House
Burlington
Chicags
Quincy, Kansas
City, Ichisey
ST. Joseph
Omaha, C
Horton
Chicago
Caasasity
Kansas
Texas
Arizona
Colorado
California
James R. Wood
General Pass
Ag’t
W. Smith
Robert Kaestrer
1St West Street
Wilkins & Wilson
Baxter & Hughes
City Omnibus Line
J. Dahelman
Southwest Corner Square
H. H. Fulton
South Side Park
And
Brighayes
Howell’s
Chas. Brigham
North St. St
Raape
Wied
Bent
Stamp- Harris Remedy CO. Mfg
Market
Sun Streets
Indiana
Missouri
Mich
West Virginia
Cinc
Maryland
Olume III
Lazarus & Morris
Cc. S. Clarke & Son
Inghram & Scrantom
Jordan’s
W. H. Jones & Bros
Geo. D. Clarke
S. Clarke & Son,dealers IN
GEO. Acheson
J. R.m’crackin
Shale
Acheson & McCrackin
Attorneys At Law
J. G. Mc’coy
R. F. Ratcliff
Ratcliff & McCoy, Attorneys At Law
Justices Courts
Jefferson County
Aftice
Public Park
First East St
R. H. Knight
Attorney At Law
Bell's
North Side Park
Attorneys-At-Law
J. Wilson
H. N. West
A. McCoid
McCoid & West
Law
DR. Worthington
Ill
Clarke's Drug Store
Eugene Camph
S. E
C. W. Slagle
DRS. Woods & Hammond
Freeman
Townley
DR. Mohr
Workman’s
Allen & Co’s
Calvin Snook
N. Steele
J. E. King
Negus’ Block
T. L. James
Clarke & Son
Sheward
South Side Square
S. Kaufman
Clarke’s
Milford
Dickinson County
N. M. Stanton
Illinois Central
Rock Valley
Mississippi
John Hawthorne
le Claire
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
E. G. Andrews
Andrews
Cedar Rapids
J. Baldwin
C. P. Mather
Dr. Clinton
Wm. Fawcett
Geo. Elliott
Oregco
B. C. Hammond
Waverly
Lehman
L. P. Wells
H. J. Lander
Muscatine County
E. M. Carr
Lewis Lichty
Black Hawks
J. J. Snouffer
Linn County
John A. Pearson
Appanoose County
J. M. Estes
Clark County
C. F. Chase
Wm. Gladden
Henry County
E. C. Holt
Jones County
T. F. Kenyes
Buchanan County
D. Daugherty
A.J. Morrison
Iowa County
J. B. Elliott
Marion County
Henry Mobley
Guthrie
M. C. Ridenour
Page County
Geo. L. Wright
Crawford County
Geo. F. Smith
van Buren
Becab
M. V. Gannon
Scott Hin
John van Staden
Claytonaty
Pourth
Jas. B. Adams
Butler County
L. H. Edwards
Tama Oogixte
W. R. Hollingsworth
Keokuk County
E. T. Best
Lucas County
C. W. Sherman
Mills County
Webb
Boone County
Democracy of
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