Butterworth Appointed Commissioner of Patents Amid Gloomy Prohibition, Weather Notes
Ex congressman Butterworth named Patent Commissioner in a mixed regional notice. The piece also covers a heavy rain and wind, Ohio prohibition and liquor votes, newspaper-pulp prices, local drainage projects, and remarks on Harrison the boy preacher’s waning power. It notes state property values, rail and corporate stock figures, and a coroner's inquest into a railroad beating and a cautionary stance against vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.J. Anderson
Here
Henry
Putnam
Anderson
Literary Notes and November Ot Peterson’s Magazine Preview
The North American Review will publish Dr Norvin Green’s critique of government control of telegraphs and Rev David N Utter’s article on John Brown. OT Peterson’s Magazine November issue arrives with engravings fashion plates poetry and stories. The 1 cactus for 1884 promises value and will appear next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Review
Norvin Green
Western Union Company
Telegraph
John Brown
David N. Utter
Osawatomie
OT Peterson
Circuit Court Docket Remains As Jury Cases Resolved
Court adjourns for one week under Judge Burns to dispose of remaining chancery matters. Jury trials concluded with verdicts in several cases. several divorces granted. convictions for larceny and attempted rape noted. several liquor sale indictments found. A narrative aside comments on a transit story from the Caspian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Mary P. Thompson
Jos. A. Thompson
Carry
Irwin E. Thompson
Benjamin Turner
Bayard Wright
Isabel V. Garrett
Smith M. Garrett
Ella Pyle
Wm. Pyle
Christine Gaus
John Gaus
Stire & Gell
la Rose
Jake Burnham
G. L. Simpson
William Eldricks
Henry
Adin Brown
Christopher Matlan
Fred Peters
Oren Fitzpatrick
Samuel Outlier
Lacon Journal
Caspian
Hans Breitmann
Dr. Well
Persia
Marshall County
Hitnefs
Ephra Vogelsang
Towit
Holmes and Heacock
A. D
Oaths Through the Ages and Their Sacred Ties
The article traces oath rituals from the dark ages to Elizabethan times, noting swearing on crucifixes, sacred objects, and the eucharist. It cites Harold’s oath, Irish troubles claims in James II, and German customs of finger gestures to signal lying, drawing on the Cleveland Herald report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
England
William the Conqueror
William
James IT
Germany
Cleveland Herald
Poetic Note on Rhyming and Local News from Galva
Swift messengers crowd a door and a plan to write in rhyme prompts debate on form. The Galva News reports Rev M V B White moving to Galva with 12 children. Also notes the death of Asael F Albee, 20 years 9 months 16 days, in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pele Sly Meng
Kokomo
Iind
L.E
M. V. B. White
Kewanee District
Galva
J. C. Pepperdine
Galva News
Chicago
Perry Argonne
Englewood
Asael F Albee
Mra E
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ama Zrepublicary
Butterworth
Dairies
Ohio
Harrison
Eureka
State Board of Equalization
Supreme Court
George Dorr
Dorr
Oegister
Mary G. Hall
Jos. Halls
Reller
A. Kiefer
John Jeffries
Powell City
Senachwine Township
John 1, Long
TI Cook
Tiskilwo
Ill
Wests
Rutland
W .B. Webber
Samuel Holmes
Oodum, Henry, Marshall Co
Poland
Asso
Paira
Milo
Bureau Co
Tiskilwa
Geo. W Griswold
Jared W Jones
Henry, Ill
la Salle
Mutton
Ingle & CO
John Schurr
Second Street
Edwards Street
Flutchins& Moodey
Will
Astrachan
Cororad Wray
Hutchins & Moodey
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