Fort Madison prison convict count tops August totals
August at Fort Madison penitentiary saw 362 convicts. Local items report a Birmingham show prize for an Iowa cheese, post office theft at Lewis Cass county, burglaries in Wiota, and a Dubuque fatality from a fall while playing. Several events include a Cedar Rapids Liberal League convention, Fort Dodge rail tax approval, and a county fair attendance milestone.
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Fort Madison Penitentiary
Birmingham
England
Lewis
Cass County
Wiota
Duane
Dubuque
Liberal League
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
St. Louis, Newton & North-Western Railway
Charles Walters
Pittsburg
Council Bluffs
Mahaska County
Oskaloosa
Wagner
Bashaw
Tom
Latter-Day Saints
Joseph Smith
James Kane
Wheatland
Clinton County
Des Moines
Story County
Col. Hoggatt
Ames
Godfred
Nicholas Parker
Fayette County
Sweden
Marsha Aiberling
Parkers
Judson Knapp
Waterloo
Wit and Laohr Jokes and Gentle Barbs From a Century Ago
A collection of short, humorous vignettes from an Ithaca church and Vermont centennial events. The bits feature wedding quips, farm miscommunications, a slander verdict over a cockroach joke, a mind reader and bridegroom exchange, and gentle social cartes. The tone is old timey, with misread phrases and regional humor.
Iowa State Fair Opens With Packed Horse Show and Races
The twenty-eighth Iowa State Fair at Des Moines opens with full horse stables from Iowa and neighboring states, large cow and hog displays, and crowded exhibits. On day two Mrs. McDonald wins the chariot race after a dramatic run, while Governor Gear and Elder Lucas address the crowd. The fair features extensive Fine Art and College exhibits and a ten mile equestrienne contest won by Mrs. Curtis of Topeka. Day three and four bring rain, weddings, and ongoing racing, with Miss Curtis defending her title and Miss Pinneo competing in ten mile events.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Fair Grounds
Shaffer
Porter
The
Agricultural College
Gear
Fine Art
Mr. Curtis
Loretta A. Wilkine
George Miller
United Brethren Churches
Curtis
Ohio
Lucas County
Loretta A. Wilkins
Winneshiek County
Gen. Olmstead
Miss Curtis
Topeka
Pinnee
Colorado
Miss Penney
Miss Minnie
Lizzie
Miss Pinneo
Piineo
Miss Prinee
Holt
al Holt
Binghampton
N. Y
Minnie Pinneo
Babe
Miss Minne
Burke
Equestrienne
Nellie Curtis
Fairgrounds
Jacobs
Lincoln
Grays
W. L. Jaquith
W. C. Kerr
C. Campbell
Newton
F. Lillibridge
Cedar Rapids
George Beebe
Marshalltown
Lillibridge
Jaquith
Kerr
Sourth
Campbell
Poppy Guess Sparks Guarded Virtue Remark
A spinster housekeeper and a widower's boy discuss favorite flowers in a field. The boy answers "Poppy" with a sly grin. The tale then contrasts a virtue that must be guarded with its value as a sentinel.
Cause and Effect Disease Cure Promoted by Kidney-Vort
An advertisement claims Kidney-Vort cures disease by removing obstructions to organs. It asserts health is preserved and urges trying a box or bottle, noting endorsements as a mirror and farmer.
James Shares Cakes With Brother In Equal Mock Heroism
The scene shows James deciding between two cakes, then bites one and passes it to his younger brother. He declares the bite is a smaller piece, though both cakes were the same size, revealing a playful gesture.
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James
Tommy
Remarkable Hop Bitters Cures Across Society
An era column extols a remedy made from hops buchu mandrake and dandelion as astonishingly effective. Testimonies from diverse groups including pastors doctors lawyers editors and all ranks claim cures, urging belief over doubt in this public testimonial.
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Rich
Dctor
Noonger
Draft Horses Elevate U S Stock with New Imports
Large imports of Norman-Percherons Normans and Clydesdales promise to raise the quality of American draft horses. The improved Clydesdale, with rounded sides and shortened back, is valued for heavy work and urban trucking. Hardiness, even temper, and load capacity appeal to truckmen.
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United States
Europe
Michigan
Mississippi Sheep Breeding Company Planned in Ozark Region
An isolated company for sheep breeding forms in south Mississippi about 150 miles from St Louis. It plans to claim 30 000 acres on the Ozark side, begin with 4000 sheep, and fence land at low cost. It expects to cultivate land soon and graze on blue and tame grass, with shelter and winter feed and other improvements as needed.
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Orp
Mississippi
St. Louis
Ozark Mountains
Michigan
Weekly Review: Fires, crops, and rail rate turmoil across the nation
A digest of widespread disasters and developments includes fires in Hanover Massachusetts Chicago and St Louis with millions in losses, drought-stricken North Carolina crops, a vast ore and mine boom in Dakota, Comstocks and comet sightings, Apache and Colorado disputes, and a fierce rail rate war among eastern trunks led by Vanderbilt lines, affecting Chicago to New York and Boston routes.
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Saginaw Valley
St. Louis
Tuscola County
Mich
Saginaw
Clio
Richmondville
Carson
Charleston
Tice
Delaware
M‘nden
Custin
Santa County
Bingham, Sherman
Paris
Huron County
Remond
Henry Cole
Tusula
Paris Township
Diebut
Watertown
Dennison
Thornton
Lee
Board of Trade of
Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Grand Trunk
Vanderbilt Lines
Pennsylvania Road
Boston
Vanderbilt
Buffalo
Erie
Michigan Central
Pennsylvani Company
Detroit
Lake Shore
Cleveland
Toledo
Multiple Shocking Crimes and a White House Incident Reported
A string of violent events unfolds from Jamaica Long Island to Chicago. John Kemmel kills his wife, burns his tavern, and hangs himself. A Wall Street trader’s wife may have fatally shot herself after a quarrel. A Warren Virginia duel is noted with an insured principal and arrests. Rebel George is captured in Chicago awaiting Dakota transfer. A mistaken arrest follows a fatal shooting by a bailiff’s posse in Georgia. In Milwaukee a son kills his father in law and injures his wife. An alarmed woman at the Executive Mansion seeks the President, later identified as Mary Louise Reminger, and is confined to an asylum. Chicago violence follows as John Neal shoots two inmates and a bystander, then flees to the armory.
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John Kemmel
Jamaica
L. I
Milton Andrews
Wall Street
New York
New York Sun
Warren
R. Y. Camp
Jas. C. Scott
George Knowlton
George
David Ranett
Fort Pierre
Chicago
United States
Dakota
New Hope
Georgia
Dennis
Posse
Milwaukee
Herman Hilton
Paul Kimmer
Kimmer
Hilton
Executive Mansion
White House
Mary Louise Reminger
Broadway
Brooklyn
Paris
John C. Neal
Park Street
David Fagin
William Springcord
Clark Street
Henry Johnson
Polk Street
Thomas Flynn
Mr. Wolf
Wolf
Springcord
Johnson
Troy
Bradlaugh to Contest Commons Amid Security Call
Bradlaugh issues a manifesto urging English voters to protect him from unlawful violence as he plans another Commons bid in the next session. In England eight U S marked cartridges found in a bale at Abbey Spinning near Oldham linked to Fenian rumors. France waits as Grevy may offer Gambetta the premiership amid possible Algeria famine risk and Tunisian occupation. Roustan seeks 120000 French troops in the regency. One hundred Jews flee Russia for America and 40 tobacco workers in Kiev quit.
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Treland
Bradlaugh
House of Commons
England
U. S
Abbey Spinning Company
Oldham
Russia
America
Kieff
Guarding Guiteau Sparks National Debate on Vigilante Violence
The Philadelphia Ledger condemns mob violence against Guiteau, urging Washington to uphold lawful process. It cites Colonel Ayers defending troops to deter lynching, warns of national disgrace if vengeance oversteps due process, and asserts the President’s sorrow and rule of law.
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Philadelphia Ledger
K.p
Washington
Gaiteau
Guiteau
Ayers
United States
The Old Highland Chieftains and Their World
A portrait of Highland chiefs and their clans describing pride mixed with poverty. The text notes education abroad, narrowed outlook, and imitation of chiefs by tenants, plus hospitality and insular tastes. It highlights local, hard drinking gatherings and limited exchange of ideas despite occasional guests.
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France
England
Omens in Marris marriage customs in India
The Marris believe a wedding journey with the groom and male kin is guided by omens. A bird chirp, hare, squirrel, wild boar, or mountain cat signals bad luck and halts the trek, while a stag, bullock, buffalo, or a young maiden signals good omen and continuation. A failed search is considered profane.
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Marris
India
General and Major Exchange Ranks and Advice
A short aphorism contrasts a General and a Major over rank. It cautions not to rush success, urging hard work to earn fortune, implying recognition will follow merit.
Train Robbery on Westbound Express Near Glendale
Dispatches from September 8 report a Glendale, Missouri based train robbery on September 1 involving a westbound express train with about 100 passengers. Robbers halted the train with obstructions, looted the express car and passengers, and fled into nearby timber after a volley of gunfire. Local officials and Governor Crittenden mobilized at least a thousand volunteers. several suspects were reportedly arrested and a two-bushel sack of loot recovered.
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Glendale
Fodecenienes
Frank Lombard
Jack Hazelbacker
Independence
Hazelbacker
Express
Fox
Burton
F. T
Frank Burton
Jesse James
Alton
Rock I
Pullmans
Westlake
Winston
St. Louis
Kansas City
L. Foote
Missouri Pacific
Messenge Fox
Crittenden
Jackson County
Dr. Leinistran
Milwaukee
M. Mead
Savannah
N. Y
A. 8
York
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Peter Berry
Wm. Haynes
Gunnison
Col
J. C. Long
L. A. Yerkes
Detroit
Julia and
Fannie Smith
Indianapolis
Fleet
Ohio
Eling
Gov. Crittenden
Milk Handling Quietly Affects Butter Quality
The article explains that milk is secreted from blood and that exciting cows before or during milking reduces butter quality. It notes many cases where milk from excited cows given to children caused fever, and states that such milk is nearly unfit for use. Emphasizes utmost gentleness in handling dairy cows to ensure good results.
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Fonva News Preuss
Lahor
Ithaca
Mose
Vermont
Rhode Island
John
Iowa State Fair
D. R. Lucas
Weekly Review
Castroville
Texas
Prince Frederick
Netherlands
Hendrick B. Wright
Wilkesbarre
Clapp’s Rubber
Hanover
Mass
Lake and
Franklin Streets
Arizona
Bradford
North Carolina
Algeria
Turner Packing Co
Scranton
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
New Haven
Standard Coal and Iron Company Incorporated
Columbus
Hocking Valley
Pacific Coast States
Eastern
Western
Southern
Midge
Cincinnati
M. Huston
Galveston
Lexington
West
Senator Brown
Central Hills
Deadwood
Homestake Company
Rosebud
Crow Dog
Black Crow
Spotted Tail
Fort Niobrara
Hooper
Corwin
Arctic
Jeannette
Siberian
Cape Serdze
Samuel Rider
Northwest
Griggsville
Ill
Illinois River
Missouri River
Tiffany
San Carlos
White Mountains
Fort Apache
Cebisque Creek
Camp Thomas
Mountain Courier
Richmond
James River
Tucson
Toto Basin
Price
Movation
Gila
Pedro
Carr
Old Fort Grant
Verde
Wilcox
New Mexico
Guilfoyle
Here
Bowie
Apache
Clifton
Star's Special
Gen. Carr
Citi
Zens
Rocky Canon
Department of Arizona
Crime and Criminals
Grevy
Gambetta
Jules Ferry
Chamber of Deputies
Africa
Tunis
Roustan
Missouri Desperadoes
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