Politicial notices and conventions loom in Sioux County Hull scene
The Hull Iowa area hosts Republican county convention calls for Sioux County officers including Representative, County Treasurer, Sheriff, Supt. of Schools, Coroner, and Surveyor. Delegates from townships and voting history shape representation. Local editors discuss candidates like Carter and Drangom, with warnings of campaign fallout and party unity in this preconvention period.
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Sioux County
Iowa
Hull
G L. Dobson
C. W. Carter
Dan Montgomery
Mr. Carter
Rock Valley
The Bird's Petition Poem Note
A poetic fragment from Charles Lugted in Gentleman's Magazine laments cage confinement for birds. It contrasts their desire for space and freedom with human restraint, urging readers to let birds sing and roam in woods, meadows, and gardens.
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Charles Lugted
Gentleman's Magazine
Sampson of the nineteenth century tours America
The article advertises a grand touring show featuring Herr Drayton described as the German giant of Strength and John Rosney the world champion somersault rider. It lists acts including gymnasts jugglers contortionists aerialists tumblers leapers riders and animals with a free street parade at 12:30 daily and a call for good grey draft horses in Hull on August 6th.
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John Rosney
Telephone Incident Sparks Drama at Henry Weeker’s Shop
A stylish woman visits Henry Weeker’s drug store and uses the telephone to confront him about a supposed infidelity. She threatens to bring witnesses to testify while detailing a night of alleged poker and club activities, leaving Weeker stunned as she exits.
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Henry Weeker
Beckman Street
Mr. Weeker
Frenny
Philadelphia
Tam
Cluelangti Enquirer
Barrage of Biblical Temple Values Cited by Chicago Record
The Chicago Record reports a Washington correspondent's claim on Bolomon's Temple wealth. Estimates include $50,000 in secular value, $12.5 billion for materials, $3 billion for labor, and gold and silver vessels valued in the trillions of dollars in modern terms, corroborated by Josephus.
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Wheats Bolomon
Washington
Bolomon
Villat Panda
Evmagati
Josephus
Chicago
Incredible chase between swallow and dragon fly
A naturalist recounts an exciting encounter where a swallow tried to catch a dragon fly, among the swiftest insects. The dragon fly darted and wheeled with such speed and precision that the swallow could not overtake it despite its utmost efforts.
Glove Cutters and Heirloom Knives in European Trade
The glove making trade in Brussels and Frangee yields higher wages than top tailors in London and New York. Master cutters are named in the trade and their distinctive knives are prized heirlooms handed down through generations.
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Brussels
Frangee
Tondon
New York
The Long Lived Elephant Across Ages and Texts
Aristotle Buffon and Cuvier discuss the elephant’s longevity. After defeating Porus Alexander displayed an elephant to the sun, honoring it with an inscription and setting it free. Centuries later the scene reappears in a narrative that implies an age between three and four centuries.
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Aristotle
Buffon
Cuvier
Porus
Alexander
Ajax
Fragmented quotes on virtue and merit from newspapers
The fragment lists quotes about happiness, work, merit, and self awareness attributed to Atchizon Globe and Bovee, with a Detroit Journal remark on digestion. It presents a puzzle of misattributed lines reflecting editorial clippings.
Not Much of an Eater and a Welshman Dinner Tale
A Pittsburg News item recounts Captain B. W. Morgan hosting a guest to a long Welsh dinner. The guest, claiming a small appetite, is coaxed into finishing a large portion of home made English plum pudding. The captain jokes about Welsh eaters, noting their hearty appetites.
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B. W. Morgan
Ife
Morgan
Pittsburg News
Autograph of Shakespeare Shown Aboard Admiral Luce
During the New Orleans Exposition in the winter of 188?5 Admiral Luce commanded the North Atlantic squadron. His flagship anchored at York Bay where a party visited including a pretty girl and a learned Englishman. Luce offered the autograph of William Shakespeare, intriguing the scholar who studied Shakespeare autographs.
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William Shakespeare
Lace
New Orleans
Autiral Iace
York Bay
Admiral Luce
Willian Shakespeare
Engishman
Genuine Shakespeare autograph debate ends with mock mayor claim
Admiral Lites asserts authenticity of an autograph amid a quarrel over forged manuscripts presented as originals in America. The Briton cites a signature reading William Shakespeare mayor of New Orleans dated Jan. 12, 1885, prompting the Englishman to retire in shock, per the Chicago Record.
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Aimerica
Lites
Thia
America
William Shakespeare
New Orleans
Chicago
The Clever Romans And Their Pottery Newsroom
The article notes ancient Rome used carved wooden blocks to stamp words on soft pottery and mentions a daily hand written newspaper as well as a hand written republic records style publication. It also recalls Roman children handling clay and tables of that material like modern kids.
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Rome
Oman Senate
Goats Milk Compared With Cow’s Milk Says Alodern Moenicine
Alodern Moenicine argues goat milk differs from cow milk not in digestion but in being less digestible and less nutritious. He notes goat milk has more solids but is the most indigestible of milks with a peculiar odor and flavor from bircle geld or bircine and is too rich for infant use due to excess fat.
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Crose Lake
Stonx City
Fort Dodge
Kreger
INDEX
Inpext
Capt. Kreger
Odie
Clear Lake
Colored waiter relays marriage gossip from Texas to Bostonian
An Austin waiter tells a Houston man in a hotel that a white man married a negro woman in eastern Texas. The Bostonian asks if the union was derided and the waiter confirms the derision occurred. The exchange is noted as a snippet in Household Words.
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Austin
Texas
Bostonian
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