25 Dec 1891
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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1891
Page
1
Adler Bros. Fine Tailor-Made goods gain local attention as a specialty offering in men’s wear. The shop emphasizes custom fittings and quality fabrics to attract customers seeking individual style and durable may require.
Dr. Javo's Hygienic Underwear touted as the greatest invention for rheumatics. The clothing house claims to be the sole in the city displaying a complete 1891 production line.
Local landmark Coast and Easley sits four doors south of the post office. The storefront appears unchanged, with neighbors noting its long-standing presence in the block.
Senator Preston B. Plumb of Kansas died after an apoplexy strike early yesterday in Washington. He was a longtime legislator and held key posts on public lands and appropriations committees. Mrs Plumb, ill herself, learned of the death by telegram and is coping with grief as the nation honors his service. Funeral services and burial plans followed in Emporia.
European weather brings extreme cold with several degrees of frost. Reports say multiple people have frozen to death in French provinces and another in Naples.
Detroit December 22. The oil cake department of the Union mills was almost completely destroyed in an early blaze. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars with unknown insurance. Fire now under control and believed caused by spontaneous combustion.
Secretary Rusk and Senator Paddock propose a large gift of corn from western farmers to Russia to combat bread shortages. They aim to ship several hundred tons free across the ocean, with Buffalo mills contributing flour and total U S mill subscriptions surpassing a million pounds. The Russian chargé d affaires in Washington assures famine aid will be fairly distributed.
A mob of masked men seized the DeWitt county jail in Arkansas after a confession linked ex-husband Smith and his son in law Gregory to an assassination plot. They killed Smith Gregory and Mase Henderson with rifles after taking the jail keys.
Reports from Cincinnati Ohio on December 2 indicate about six thousand grip cases in the city and suburbs with the disease described as fatal beyond all measure. Local health officials warn of continuing spread and urge preventive measures to curb the outbreak.
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