Investments in land a retrospective view in 1892
A Sioux City observer Joseph Sampson recalls a June 1881 land trip from Storm Lake to Primghar to gauge western Iowa real estate. He notes vacant farms and rising demand as rail lines expand from Eagle Grove to Hawarden and Sioux Falls, predicting rapid settlement of Dakota and Nebraska and promising higher farm prices and irrigation potential over the decade.
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Joseph Sampson
Sioux City
Wiost
Storm Lake
Sheldon
O'Brien County
Buens Vista
Clay
O'Brien
Primghar
Wes
Iowa
Alexander Peddie
Uloge
Coffin
Fort Podge
Willis Drummond, Jr
Chicago
Chicaigo
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Harape
India
Northwestern Iowa
Northwestern
Eagle Grove
Hawarden
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Northern
Grundy Center
Watertown
Sioux Falls
Minnis Central
Cherokee
Onawa
Great Lake
Prairies
Dakota
Nebraski
Lawa
South Dakota
Nebraska
The Play That Pleases and Wheat Panic in Market Scene
Dramatic dialogue about a new five act play and a sharp wheat market surge. The text shifts to a chaotic scene on a trading floor with bears and shorts, cables from London, and a deadly pistol threat as fortunes hang on wheat prices. Corbridge referenced as a man many thousand bushels short.
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Europe
Medias Var Times
Western Union
Alt
London
Muaney
Corbridge
Insane Man Murders Dr Wilder in Chicago
John Redmond, a blacksmith living at 2719 South Park, shot and killed Dr Wlavius M Wilder at his Wabash avenue office. Redmond, once involved in the 1888 Annie Redmond disappearance, said the doctor’s testimony in his insanity case drove him to the crime. The suspect claimed he was not insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Redmond
Dr. Wilder
Chcaco
Wlavius Mm.wider
Wabash Avenue
South Park Avenue
Redmond
Wilder
Cottage Grove Avenue
Annie Redmond
Nankakee
Twentieth Street
Annie
Gurley
Rankakee
Secret Conference Aims to Amend Interstate Commerce Law
Reported whispers of a secret railroad conference in New York or Washington seek an amendment to compel witness testimony under the interstate commerce law. Critics say the bill’s provisions remain onerous, and Supreme Court rulings threaten to render it a dead letter while rebates and passes loom.
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Jessi
New York
Custom
Senate
Congress
Boston and Maine Railroad
Cullom
Supreme Court
Miners Refuse Sympathy Resolution at Stoke Meeting
In the Miners Federation convention at Stoke upon Trent the delegates failed to approve a sympathy resolution for the prince’s bereavement. The session addressed the royal family and the miners' stance on the issue amid ongoing labor tensions.
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Loxpon
The
Miners’ Federation
Stoke-upon-Trent
Prince
Sioux Indians Funding Sought Sparks Ghost Dance Concern
The interior department asked Congress for an immediate 1.0 million dollar appropriation to support Sioux Indians. Officials warned that approving before February could revive ghost dances and prior disturbances, with the request referred to the appropriations committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smashington
Dan
Senate
Interior Department
Gordon
Georgia
Paddock
Committee On Agriculture
WasSevieron
Senate Taday
Cultom
Mllinois
Rogers
Railroad Commission
New York
Cullam
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Bo. Wilson
Iowa
Supreme Court of
Territory
Utah
Missouri River
Chamberlain
Brule County
Lyman County
South Dakota
Inventors urged to solve daily life problems now
A dramatic plea urges inventors to focus on practical needs over grand theories. The piece cites failed devices like a faulty door lock after a Montana man’s lethal revolver misfire, illustrating the demand for usable innovations and warning against idle speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funkwells
Philadelphia
Toledo Drug Ad Promises Cure and Reward
An 19th century advertisement claims one hundred dollars reward for a catarrh cure alluding to “Hell's Cataigh Cure” and lists companies in Toledo. It includes endorsements from West & Truax and Walpis, and claims internal use of Ball's Catarrh Cure with testimonials offered. It also oddly mentions cigar ashes as medical for ringworm and scarlatina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
BLY. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
FEF
J. Cheney
West & Truax
WaLpis
London business scene reflects bustling drafts and imports
An aged London notice notes unusually active business and drafts maturing early. It mentions a parasite killing forty grass to pers an hour to be imported in large numbers from Australia.
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Australia
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Erastus Wiman
Little Dot
Uncle John
Will
House
Wasangtoon
Breckinridge
Kentucky
McKinley
Burrows
Teller
United States
Washinstox
Bianad
Secretary of the Treasury
Houk
Watson
Holman
Weas
Heiman
Chris Andeaver
Lane
Wi Mars
Noble Sokl
Pdernorr
SS Kirby
Gaiesburg
Harry Noble
Valley
Frank Noble
Stella Storms
Mambrino Startle
Ness
Grand Rapids
Allerton
Nelson
Aim Hell
Doc Tansey
Osakosh
Wis
Jim Hall
Joe Tansey
Inin
Beby
Castor
Miss
Casto
Neners
Bethes
Lies Noman
Easies
Mosis
Cic
Fo Ome Nee
Forbes
Binghamton
Binghimtes
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