Prairie and regional storms in a busy Illinois week
In a long 1888 Illinois note, farmers face chinch bug plagues causing bankrupt losses while railroads show high activity and earnings. Major R W McClaughrey declines Knox College presidency. William Beally's vast Illinois estates face citizen-ownership pressure. Century’s August issue previews three-part fiction and astronomy features from Thomas A Janvier and Professor Holden.
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Thomas A. Janvier
Holden
Lick University
Janvier
Buena Vista
Icelandic colonists seek new life in Manitoba fields
Over 700 Icelandic colonists are expected in Manitoba this month seeking relief from harsh North Iceland conditions. Geologist Throddsen notes Iceland’s size and rough, largely unexplored northwest coast, with limited overland highways to southern settlements. The isolated farmers hope Manitoba wheatfields will seem like an elysium after years of struggle.
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Illinois
Iceland
Manitoba
New York State
Throddsen
Bro. Longman
Malthus
Jesus
Henry George
Thore
Longman
Curup
London Sights and Museums Tour Recap for July
A reader recounts a London itinerary visiting Kew Gardens and the British Museum, Kensington Museum, Natural History Museum, Madam Tussauds, and the Tower of London. Highlights include the Royal Jewels, ancient sculptures, mummies, and portraits, with reflections on historic sites and artifacts.
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Korelan
London
England
Java
British Columbia
M. North
British Museum
Library
MBS
Kensington Museum
Natural History Museum
Madam Townsand
William I
Tower of London
Edward V
Richard of
York
Wolf
Quebec
Jane Grey
Anne Boleyn
Katherine
Sir Walter Raleigh
Fragmented voice mocks sarcasm in newspaper world
A speaker complains that a journalist lacks a quick temper for sarcasm, calling the notion “preposterous.” The text shows a jokey, self-mocking tone about newspaper life and its rough verbal exchanges.
Senator Cullom seeks inquiry into CPR monopoly on St Marys River bridge
Washington letter reports Senator Cullom offering a preamble and resolution to probe the Canadian Pacific Railway Company monopoly over approaches to the border bridge at St Marys River. It directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to report if extra legislation is needed to safeguard U S interests.
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Washington
Cullom
St. Mary’s River
United States
Canada
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
The-houte-commistios
Ou—Agriculture
Union Pacific R R Co publishes voter guide for 1888 contest
The Union Pacific R R Co releases a handbook listing party platforms and acceptance addresses for the 1888 presidential contest and the 1884 electoral votes. It notes the Overland Route as the shortest best line between the Missouri River and the Pacific coast and offers the book through E. Br. Knox, land agent at Princeton, Ind.
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Union-Pacific
R:r-Co
Excy
Union Pacific
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Br. Knox
Princeton
Log Cabin Campaign and Kansas Land Suit
The 1840 campaign minted the log cabin image around William Henry Harrison as a common man. In Kansas, about 200 settlers in Allen County face a Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway suit over roughly 80,000 acres claimed as land granted by Congress in 1882, a description dispute with the railroad.
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William Beally
Illinois
Sangamon
Logan
McLean
Scully
London
Tippecanoe
Harrison
Warner
Supreme Court
Allen County
Kansas
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Congress
Political rumors and pension bills stir opinion
War records office delay prompts quiet disputes over truth. A service pension bill would grant a Civil War pension after three months service. Greenback leader Geo O Jones tours for a national convention while debates swirl on tariffs and foreign policy. Talks of a house deadlock and a senate amendment accompany a Neb home stead painting tale.
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House
Lee
Senate
House of Representatives
Callias
Tharely
Internal Revenue
United States Land Court
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
Smith
War Records Office
Government Printing Office
Senator Hiscock
Geo. O Jones
National Committee
Greenback Party
Ingalls
Carlisle
Atlanta
Colquitt
McKinley
John C. New
Indiana
Harrison
Morton
Frank Hurd
Ohio
Cleveland
Thurman
Representative McShane
Neb
Capitol
United States
Gage County
Daniel Freeman Fouxy
California Fig Syrup Company Natural Laxative Claim
The advertisement proclaims Syrups of Fixes as nature’s own laxative, easy to take and highly effective for cleansing the abdomen when bilious or costive, with promises to dispel headaches, colds, fevers, cure habitual constipation, indigestion and piles, attributed to Dr Powell.
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California
Roralet Cta
Powell
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