Iowa and Nation News Briefs From 1883
Estimates place 197 widows in Oskaloosa and Iowa leads in corn with over 300 million bushels last year. Iowa and Minnesota beekeepers meet in Davenport February 18. Senate passes consular appropriation and pensions bill reform. Missouri Iowa and Nebraska railroad mortgage suit filed in Keokuk. Ninth annual Iowa Batter and Cheese meeting set for February 17–19 at Strawberry Point. Navy authorizes Lt George W Stoney to lead Alaska exploration party. Grain shipments noted with 25 cars. the Sioux Indian chief Stanley Huntly elevated to lead after life‑saving aid years earlier. The death of the old chief and two sons leaves Huntly chief of the Sioux.
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Iowa Batter and Cheese Association
Strawberry Point
Clayton County
Stanley Huntly
January fire losses and Khartoum fall stir readers
January fire losses in the United States and Canada reach 1,000,000 above nine year average. Khartoum has fallen to the Mahdi and General Gordon is missing. The piece notes international excitement, local politics, crop prices, prohibition debates, and commentary on editors, mob law, and railroad safety innovations.
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United States
Canada
Khartoum
Gordon
A Plea for Brakemen on Railroads
The 1884 report of the Lews Railway Commissioners details that eight railroad workers were killed and one hundred injured nationwide in car coupling. Since 1878 the totals reach 108 killed and 6,635 injured in the same cause. The Town Commissioners estimate U S railroads show 1,836 killed and 11,305 injured from coupling carts, a fearful slaughter.
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