Iowa News Items A collage of accidents and events
A string of Iowa items reports: Charles Harris dies after a fall near Dyersville. Ida Grove builds a new National Bank at 11000 dollars. Osceola sees the death of Joseph Mutchmore in a cess-pool accident. Dubuque lodges form Monkler Lodge 74. law cases involve lard sales and seduction charges. diverse local projects and misfortunes populate the state news.
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Dyersville
National Bank
Ida Grove
Osceola
Joseph Mutchmore
Mutchmore
How Hotel
Dubuque
Fred Moritz
Mary Morton
St. Louis
Morton
Doings in Congress Pass Chinese Exclusion Bills
In Washington several days of Senate and House actions conclude with the rejection of Blair's motion to reconsider the Chinese exclusion bill, which now heads to the President for approval. Debates cover the Department of Agriculture and foreign relations with Canada, while other civil and postal issues move through committees and chambers.
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Sultan's Harem A Gigantic, Lavish Palace Kitchen
A detailed account describes the Dolma Bag house as feeding 6,000 daily with three meals and constant snacks. It outlines the rigid hierarchy, vast staff, and strict controls, noting huge annual costs for food, furniture, clothes, and other royal luxuries.
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Tutunkiassi
Espapkiassi
Bosporus
Belcos
Kanji Karak
Black Sea
Dolma Bagthe
Beschiktasch
Gomgeser LL
Cyclone in Cuba Causes Widespread Havoc and Loss
A Havana sent letter to the New York Tribune details a cyclone sweeping Cuba for fifteen hours. It struck from Sagna westward toward Havana, leaving ruin in cities and seaboard districts, flooding fertile lands, destroying crops, and crippling ships. Death toll estimates range from five hundred to twelve hundred.
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Havana
Cuba
Sagna
Seaboard
Ilavana
Havana cigar strike drags on as 8,000 out of work
New Orleans dispatch reports Havana cigar makers' strike remains unresolved after four weeks with a lockout delaying settlement. About 8,000 workers are idle and their families face severe distress amid ongoing tensions. A separate note from Opeiousas, Louisiana, covers a fatal racial incident and a Texas tragedy where four children burned to death at Devine station.
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J. W. Merrill
Rockford
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State Board of Medical Examiners
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Kresswick
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Henry Howard Hanna
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Louis Turner
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London Morning Post
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Henry Alexander
Atchison
Kansas
Pardy Butler
Butler
United Cotton Spinners’ Association of Manchester
Liverpool
Jacksonville
Fla
Medica 1
Havana
Picayanee
Key West
Opeiousas
Platte Prairie
Jean Pierre Salet
Dideare
Devine Station
San Antonio
Texas
No Shiver No Penny Girl Draws Rainy Crowds
A girl in the Mac and Express story uses a scheme to attract attention from ladies in a rainstorm. She opens carriage doors and keeps her umbrella down to make shoppers notice her and earn pennies, explaining she must shiver to be seen.
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Mac and Express
Almanac Needed for a New Year in Texas Siblings
A humorous dialogue between a husband and wife turns on reading habits and companionship. The husband jokes the wife is an avid reader but quips she’d prefer a book you can renew yearly. The exchange plays on the idea of a husband as an annual almanac.
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Gentemen
Texas
Why They Separated From Oaklands Unconventional Marriage
A prosperous Oakland bachelor after a week of marriage and no quarrel chose separation. He continues to do all housework, insisting on his own methods, while the wife asserts her contract promises her a life of inactivity and seeks to dissolve the partnership.
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Oakland
Cal
Dong
Old Woman Mystery Frays Nervous System in A Relaxed Scene
In a strained dialogue, a character jokes about an elderly woman nearby as a mother-in-law. A playful scare escalates into comic chaos and unsettled nerves as misunderstandings unfold in a domestic setting.
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