Odds and Ends From Various Places and Times
A mixed clipping recounts scattered items from Michigan City to London. Notable notes include a traveling grinder in Michigan City, a debt paid by six Philadelphia women, a train brake device from Ewart Mich, a noxious gas spring in California, and high land values near Bank Mall in London. Various curiosities cover Cain incomes, a peddler's cash, South Carolina cotton acreage cuts, a London fard novelty, Oregon water hauling, ants in a Shenandoah hotel, Strauss anniversary bands in Vienna, Maine cloth for annual parades, Dresden boots, Sweden’s telephone growth, a Minnesota family with 29 children, and divorce patterns by region.
Iowa Notes Sketch Diverse Local Happenings
A sprawling Iowa column reports town news from Lawsen to Algona, noting popular sports like lawn tennis and fishing parties, shipping activity at Whitton, electrical lighting plans for Grange City, and local crime incidents. It mentions developments such as new dams, paving projects, theater plans, and cultural events across communities including Fort Madison, Davenport, Council Bluffs, and Keokuk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawsen
Whitton
Grange City
Electri Fey
Humboldt
Sloan
Fort Madison
Algona
Dr. Hitchen
Creston
Sid
Xold
Cherokee
Hood
Keskuk
Alcana
Thass
Reokuk
Tows City
Hansen Gregg
Lows
Downey
Webster Citr
Bridget Nugent
Des Moines
Philip Nugent
Zora
Palmer Todd
Ylinton
Forte Ie
Keokuk Park
Won Barnes
Council Bluffs
Opening of a New Market
The Spanish reciprocity treaty and its diplomatic correspondence were published by the president in a proclamation. The treaty outlines free entry after September 1 and duty terms for various U S goods, with a provisional schedule ending July 1, 1892 and a definite plan replacing it. The talks began with Secretary Blaine sending a tariff copy to Spain and ending with a note awaiting the president's consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasimneros
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Blaine
Senor Guanes
Congress
Plagiarism Charge Hits Bishop Perry of Iowa
New York Aug 1 The case centers on an accusation of extensive theft of passages from Rev George Bisk in a Exeter Hall lecture and later claimed to appear in Bishop William Stevens Perry’s Life Lessons from the Book of Proverbs The charge arose amid debates over Rev Phillips Brooks confirmation and involves a rare 1852 Exeter Hall lectures volume and the publisher Thomas Whittaker of Bible House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de W
Perry
Iowa
New York
Tos
Episcopal Church
Phillips Brooks
William Stevens Perry
Potter
Astor Library
Exeter Hall
George Bisk
Litchfield
Bishop Perry
Thomas Whittaker
Bible House
Episcopal
A Wild Insurance Swindle Reported in Iowa
A pair of men posing as Phenix Insurance agents in Hancock and nearby counties target farmers by using county mortgage lists. They claim to refinance loans at lower rates and induce purchase of insurances on buildings. Victims pay cash or notes, but the loan falls through, forcing higher premiums and possible policy cancellation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Crry
Hancock
Phenix Insurance Company
Brooklyn
Ex-Judge in Trouble in Alaska
Crorrawa Fars Wisconsin August 1. Reports say W R Hoyt ex municipal judge and former sachem of the Republican party here has run afoul of Alaska. He held the office of court commissioner but discord with returns and with the government led to his departure from Alaska never to return. Hoyt was appointed court commissioner in early 1890.
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Crorrawa Fars
Wis
W. R. Hoyt
Republican Party
Alaska
Hoyt
Uncle Sam
Mr. Hoyt
Ley Mountains
Barred the Pastor Out in Homer Church Row
In Homer Iowa Aug 1 a clash in the United Brethren church between liberal and conservative factions culminated at a prayer meeting. Anti liberals barred the door before the pastor who had voiced liberal views. The pastor and his family stood on the steps as an opposition deacon conducted services. Several members sided with the pastor and further trouble is threatened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Donce
United Brethren Church
Homer
Cricketers From Belmont Head West For Strong Schedule
The Belmont Cricket club members left Philadelphia for the west. They will face Chicago Detroit and Pittsburg next week and meet All-Chicago in Chicago. The team then returns to Philadelphia for the Inter City series championship of the United States.
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Philadelphia
Belmont Cricket Club
West
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburg
United States
Commander MacGregor Dead in Cincinnati at 43
Commander Charles McGregor of the United States Navy died here this morning at age 43. He served aboard ships in multiple fleets and was widely known for his leadership in the line of duty. Funeral arrangements are not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor
Cincinnati
Chas. McGregor
United States
Davy
Passenger Train Wreck in Ohio Injures Many
A Bellaire to Cincinnati line passenger train No 4 derailed three miles south of Bellaire near a curve. Fourteen people were injured, four seriously and one fatally, as cars toppled, passengers were hurled from seats, and aid arrived from trainmen and other travelers. Doctors were dispatched from nearby cities to treat the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Brenarnr
Bellaire
Zanesville
Cincinnati
W. John Morris
Herles McElroy
William McElroy
John Irwin
Bethel
G. P. Wildox
York
Pittsburg
Inoculated Chinch Bugs Report Boosts Wisconsin Experiment
In Dane county Wisconsin experiments used inoculated chinch bugs from Kansas. Frank Sink’s farm at College Grove and Mr Link’s wheat field near a stock showed dead insects. Bugs released in July died by the millions. though wheat was already lost, the project is seen as a promising early season method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madisox
Wis
Dane County
Kansas
Frank Sink
College Grove
End of a Long Peerage Contest in Berkeley Case
The House of Lords as a privileges committee upheld Randall Mollray Thomas Berkeley as Earl of Berkeley and Viscount Dinsley. He claimed the fifth Earl’s line died in 1820, making him the eldest male heir of the fourth Earl. Francis William Fitzhardinge Berkeley’s challenge, asserting kinship to the fifth Earl and Mary Cole, was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
Committee On Privileges
Berkeley
Randall Mollray
Thomas Berkeley
Earl of Berkeley
Viscount Dinsley
Baron Fitzhardinge
Mary Cole
Yellow Envelope Day in Census Office
Washington reports a mass discharge as about 900 envelopes were distributed with notices that named staff are no longer needed by Uncle Sam. Such a large layoff is rare, occurring roughly every decade as census work ends and contracts reduce a clerical force that once neared 3,000. About August 15, another 460 clerks will be discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Uncle Sam
Grant Monument Fund Reorients Toward Construction
The Grant Monument association moves to concrete business principles as salaries end. The secretary’s $2,496 annual pay is cut off and all future contributions will fund the monument. About $155,000 sits in the bank, with interest nearly enough to pay for the crypt foundation excavation under James Brady’s supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Monument
New York
Grant Monument Association
Bed Rock
James Brady
Crops Ruined by Rain Halts Rail Traffic in Bogue Valley
Rain has fallen nonstop for forty eight hours in the Bogue valley. Crops are ruined and railroad traffic is suspended, affecting the region around Deexni Mississippi on August 1.
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Deexni
Miss
Bogue Valley
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Ireton Clipper
He, Wheeler
Ireton
TOWA
Michigan City
Ewart, Mich
Mendocino County
California
London
AL Taxas
Shenandosh
South Carolina
Herney Valley
Oregon
Smdington
Mich
Toran
Minster
Strauss
Vienne
Sigan
Stephanie
Rudolph
Waterville
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Dresden
Martin Luther
Waris Theresa
Sweden
General Telephone Company
Stockholn
Robert Packard
Ving
New Hartford
Lowa
South
Colorado
Lawa
Mn. Wt. Hover
Keokuk
O'Brien
Red Oak
Frank Ritson
Muscatine
L. G. Bodum
George
Lyon County Grand Jury
Abe van Hack
Tingley
William Eupher
Belle Plaine
Tabor Creamery
Hed Oak
Denison
Hawkere
Bourlington
Washington, D. C
Pennington
Burlington Stock Company
Osborn
Chicago, Burlington & Quiner Railroad
Hops
Hamburg
Et S
Charles Taf
Colid
Spain
Harrison
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