31 Aug 1885
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Newspaper
Le Mars Evening Sentinel
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1885
Page
1
A wire report cites Commissioner Atkins ordering removal of the Crow Creek Settlers amid rumors of German plans to annex Cuba. The dispatch mixes parliamentary items, boxing match play by play, and mid Atlantic political chatter, noting tensions in Virginia politics and international maneuvering.
Treasury officers plan to counter a Cuban destabilization attempt while duties at Port Haven and Detroit aim to curb disease spread from Canada. A German canal scheme gains support, a Khartoum escape belief prompts a new search mission, a Bradford nitroglycerine blast wrecks a factory, and a self immolation incident in Indiana destroys a home and injures a resident.
Aug 31 reports from Lospon say peace between England and Russia on the Afghan question is nearly assured. Governments are finalizing mutual understandings and rapid, harmonious negotiations proceed. Baron De Stael, the Russian ambassador to England, must forgo his vacation and stay through August heat to oversee the final terms.
A playful exchange between a mother and son centers on South Africa. The boy Johnny Figures mentions slippers and pants in a humorous misreading of a distant land, with Tecus Siliigs cited as the source of the remark.
Grain and provisions listed with prices for wheat corn rye flax oats and related commodities. Appears to include figures for barley butter cheese and live cattle with listed per unit costs and totals from a market page.
A lengthy political speech defending the Republican platform, praising temperance laws, and contrasting Republican progress with Democratic opposition. The speaker cites prohibition, the Cedar Rapids platform, and calls for public trial of policies, urging unity and patience before the next election.
Fragmented reminiscences recount Sam Patch the famed jumper from Genesee Falls and other locations. The texts describe leaps from rocks and ladders, crowds gathered, and Patch’s final fate after a perilous fall near Carthage. Diversions, bravado, and public spectacle frame the chaotic tale of early daredevil jumps.
In San Francisco during the Civil War era a theater crowd cheered the Star Spangled Banner after singers heard heckling from rebels. James Lick, present in the audience, later dictated in his will a 25 000 bequest for a monument to Francis Scott Key, author of the anthem.
The author cites disproved claims about a polar sea and polar magnetic currents. He argues the magnetic center lies south of Williams Sound, auroras originate near the Antarctic circle, cold tides form in British America, and blizzards arise there, not at the North Pole.
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