Iowa State News Roundup with Trials Deaths and Daring Feats
Grand jury in Warren County failed to indict Gilbert after a teen girl was entangled in an abortion scheme. Vigilantes carried him out of town and gave him ninety days to leave. Supreme Court reverses Foster v Clinton County over whisky raid fees.Edward Long dies suddenly in Des Moines at 23, heart disease suspected. A Johnson child near Mechanicsville gravely injured by a horse. Emmetsburg shooting kills John Shea. Nolan on trial. Ottumwa tax vote passes for Central Railroad aid. Clinton sees a man shot at three times. no suspect found. Center Point burglary nets 145 dollars and a gold watch. Belcher who killed Sweezy has fled. bail seized by state. Cedar Rapids house struck by lightning. occupant shocked. Two Ottumwa prisoners escape jail by wall drilling. Presbyterian Synod North to meet Waterloo Oct 2. Burlington worker crushed in rail yard accident. Volga City fire devastates railroad elevator and grain and lumber. Black Hawk County lowers levy to 8 mills. Boone harvests 2000 pounds of hops from 2 acres. Miss Jennie Anderson teaching in Chin Foo China. Richland man Cowgill hanged himself. Five inmates escape Marshall County jail. one recaptured. Ned McBeth sentenced to 18 months for bigamy. Frank Warren, 19, drowns near Burlington.
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Gilbert
Supreme Court
Council Bluffs
Hayes
Clinton
Foster & Foster
Clinton County
Board of Supervisors
Edward Long
J. H. Long
Morgan House
Des Moines
Isaac Johnson
Mechanicsville
Johnson
John Shea
Pat Nolan
Emmetsburg
Michael Nolan
Pat
Nolan
Shea
Ottumwa
Central Railroad
Scanlon
Cowgill
Richland
Keokuk County
Marshall County
Ned McBeth
Indianola
Harvest yields and sea disasters across regions
Reports up to Sept 10 show Nebraska counties produce 12–15 bushels wheat per acre and up to 50 bushels oats. corn and stock rise statewide. The steamer Loraine with 84,979 bushels wheat and 120 cattle lost after a storm. 23 new yellow fever cases reported in Memphis with 9 deaths. fires, accidents, and political notes follow in multiple states.
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Omaha Republican
Platte River
Republican Valley
Burlington & Missouri River
Loraine
McCau Jey
Baltimore
Tyre
England
New York
Bermuda
Gulf Stream
Memphis Board of Health
Corporation
Memphis
Howards
Citizens Committee of Chicago
The
Daniel Drew
Milwaukee
Germany bars Russia and Austria livestock imports amid cattle plague
A Berlin dispatch reports Germany forbids frontier access to livestock from Russia and Austria due to the cattle plague in Russian Poland. The piece also notes political tensions across Europe with debates on Afghan affairs, strikes in Lancashire, and monarchic diplomacy.
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Berlin
Germany
Russia
Austria
Fritzche
Two Seasonal Shifts in Global Air Pressure Findings
M L Brault reports two key findings from global barometric data. First, summer continental pressures are lowest in the north and highest in the south, with winter reversing the pattern. Second, overall, summer lows become winter highs and vice versa, with the North Atlantic and South Pacific storing the greatest pressure contrasts.
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French Academy of Science
M. L. Brault
Central Asia
North America
South America
Australia
Africa
North Atlantic
South Pacific
Dr Bull’s Baltimore Pills Touted in Survival Rant
Ad claims the product survives the test of fitness and improves with use, urging readers to count it in as a superior remedy. The promotional style emphasizes longevity and efficacy over competitors.
Notable praise for Hop Bitters as healing remedy
A column extols Hop Bitters as a life saving cure, praising its ability to revive sick and ailing people including women and children. The writer calls the remedy glorious and invaluable, inviting readers to view additional commentary in another column.
Ground breaks on rail line to connect Austin with Union Pacific
Ground has been broken on a railroad project to connect Austin Nevada with the Union Pacific system. The line is to be finished next February, promising regional rail access and improved transport links for the area.
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Austin
Nev
Union Pacific Railroad
Treaty seals evacuation of Kuldja and Chinese payment
A correspondent reports the Kuldja treaty is signed. Russians will evacuate Kuldja in installments this year with China paying five million rubles. Russia keeps a strip of land along the Kassgar military road. The Chinese Embassy will visit Livadia to thank the Czar.
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Russia
Kassgan
Lividia
Too Near the Stove A Story of Tom Placid
A New York Dispatch tale follows comedian Tom Placid on a Mississippi steamboat. An Indiana backwoodsman bets on a gambling table while crewmen joke about a large pine box containing a bass fiddle, leading to a raucous hoax about human bodies and a shipboard prank.
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New York Dispatch
Mississippi
Tom
Tun
Indiana
New Orleans
Madison
Placy
Growler
Treat
Tomato Pudding with Graham Bread and Tomatoes
A demoralized appetite for drink is described as never satisfied without excess. The recipe instructs layering sliced tomatoes between thin Graham bread or gems in a baking dish, cover, and bake for an hour, then serve with sweet sauce.
Harvest in Russia by a Odessa merchant in 19th century field
A Pall Mall Gazette writer visits southern Russia where Odessa trader Benjudas surveys vast corn fields near the Black Sea. He notes a hundred carts needed to ship grain to Odessa, the use of Prince Nokine’s machinery, and peasant labor under strict supervision with kwass as daily pay.
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Russia
Benjudas
Prince Nokine
Barine
Nokine
Denisons
Windsor Castle Round Tower Crown of the Structure
Richard Grant White describes Windsor Castle from the round tower during an October visit with an Eton friend. He praises the tower as the defining feature, noting the view across twelve counties when skies are clear and comparing the scene to a grand symphony of architecture blending man and nature. Eton impresses with its reserve and winding streets.
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Essex
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Wilts
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Surrey
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Eton
England
The Late China Mania and Its Decline
The Spectator argues genuine china collecting rests on love of representative works and personal craft. It notes past potters’ hardships, the rise and fall of eighteenth century taste, and a shift from revival to activity such as lawn tennis as the new outlet for vigor.
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China
Burns and the Birth of Scottish Song
A reflective overview of Scottish song’s distinct spirit and form, tracing Burns as the pivotal figure who elevated the tradition. It notes the unique frame and authentic peasant roots, and highlights Burns’ role in shaping national lyric craft from childhood songs to his final reminiscences.
Balloons Used for Military Communications in Besieged Town
In Nancy on August 4 a balloon ascent tested wartime signaling. West wind 16.5 kph, altitude measured by the Marleville officers with a theodolite. Signals used flag and Morse via sun reflection. balloon distance over six kilometres. system devised by a garrison officer for orders between besieged forces.
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M. Thier
Nancy
Marleville
Marseville
Number question stories and a wheat fire loss
A Salem Mass teacher tests children's counting with a puzzle on bags and oranges. most choose none but one boy prefers three bags with two oranges to burst them. Nearby Mr. Rice, near Waverly, reported losing 11 stacks of wheat to a fire.
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Salem
Mass
Wise Father Ends Girl's Vassar Plans By Housekeeping Trial
In central Iowa a banker’s daughter engaged to be married is kept from marriage until she masters housekeeping duties. Her mother steps back as she runs the home with a fixed monthly allowance, learning economy, market skills, and prudent food choices for future happiness and wealth.
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Iowa
Vassar
The Songs of Scotland and Burns in Context
A Northern critic argues that Scottish song shaped Burns more than the poet created it. He describes Scotland as a nation of singers, from milkmaids to reapers, weaving melody into daily life and laments the decline of traditional fireside gatherings.
Lincoln letter hints at fewer offices for seekers
President Lincoln, struck by small pox, wrote Colfax that he might curb the army of office seekers as he has something to give them. In Newark New Jersey, cutlery manufacturers reportedly have more orders than they can fill.
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Lincoln
Colfax
Newark
N. J
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