Pike's Peak Expedition Visit by Moline Club Members
Special correspondence from Manitou details a July 16 1874 ascent of Pike's Peak by Mrs E Nye Mrs Chas W Johnson Dwight Benham D W Gould and A W. The party rode ponies camped near Halfway House ascended timber line to the weather station at the summit and descended amid clouds snow and dramatic views of South Park Lincoln and Gray's peaks. They described the rugged trail weather conditions and a playful slide down a patch of snow during the descent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike’s Peak
Manitou
E. Nye
Chas. W. Johnson
Worcester
Mass
Dwight Benham
D. W. Gould
Dan
South Park
Lincoln and
Gray’s
Colorado City
Colorado Springs
Number
Dwight
Sone
A. W
Mr Hawley's Congress Record Highlighted In Chronicle
The Cambridge Chronicle reviews Mr Hawley's long service in Congress from 1869 onward. It cites committee roles on public lands and Freedman's affairs, leadership in the claims and military affairs committees, and his railways and canals transportation reforms. It notes his Rock Island canal project support, public lands stewardship, and stands on tariffs, salaries, and temperance.
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Cambridge
Henry County
Chicago
Hawley
Congress
Congressional Globe
Fourth
Committee of Claims
Rock Island
Des Moines Rapids
Rock Island and Hennepin Canal
Committee On Railways and Canals
Senate Select Committee
Seaboard
Commissioners of Commerce
Hich
Committee On Commerce
Sus Ad
United
Chicago Journal
Committee On
McCrary
Hayley
Sta Léhall
Ilowa
Rock Island Company
Omar Terere Aes
Committee On Public Lands
House
Treasury
Ohio
Indiana
Finois
Dangers of Nitro-glycerin and Rail Land Debate
A fragment recounts nitro-glycerin dangers with a Jersey City moonlit incident where a discarded tube exploded injuring a man and his partner. It also analyzes a Rock Island Union critique of a Iowa land grant dispute tied to the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad, detailing line relocations, land allotments, and legal questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
New Delaware and Lackawanna
Parker City
Safle Fc
Religion and the Courts on Spiritualism and Sunday Rail Travel
A Massachusetts trial examined if Spiritualism is a religion. A verse injuries case after a camp meeting led to a $5,000 verdict in favor of a Spiritualist rider. The supreme court refused to disturb the verdict, ruling her right to travel for religious reasons protected like a Methodist returning from worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Molina
Pope Ion
Pew
Massachusetts
Middlesex Railway Company
Supreme Court
Balloon voyage from Buffalo to Salem in New Jersey
Professor King and two companions completed a balloon flight from Buffalo to Salem New Jersey. They started on July 4 and landed the following morning at 7 after covering about 400 miles in eleven hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor King
Buffalo
Salem
New Jersey
Wright County Farmers Repel Grasshoppers With Smoke
The Wright county Iowa farmers faced a grasshopper infestation threatening abundant crops. They used a preplanned method by burning dry straw along wheat borders and smothering it with green hay creating smoke that drove the swarms away, giving hope of saving their harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright County
Iowa
Incomplete OCR Summary of Local Event
Fragmentary text shows garbled phrases likely about town matters and individuals but lacks clear names, dates, or outcomes to identify a single news event. Unable to determine a specific person, place, or action from the readable segments.
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Williiams
Warre Co
Main Street
Postopfioeh
Molfhe
Bucy Ces
Merming Aecevice Artier Kes Puea FF Bortitena
Pastor Kory
Sundar Soho
Halog
Ganda
CotriNa
Nnndas Solo
Atten Terning
Barroo
Sue Coker
Dro
Hone
Tony
Hoo Clobk
Elon Moya Nathenal
Fela Soy
Mithon
Levi Guede Detar
Hon Coar Hoan
County
Vunne Beck
Pthek Ds
Pop Stare Bok
Tam
Sry K
Abe
W.J. Entrikin
Aed da
Maui
Eugene Lewis
Forney
Neds
Mye
Jamleson
Ntro
J. W Spjark
G. H Hill
M. D
Prur
Vuom
C.F. Gran Tpz
Anne Market
Dealiwr
J. G&. Salisbury
Wells Street
Oo. Tee and
Atkineon Streets
Zrompliy
Ff, Dorey
Chirre
Rock Island, IL
Dbeke's Bldy Hk
Moline
Ill
PIANK
Cineca Te
Clende Sin & Martin
Verpool
England
I. Peet
al Bank
JosLei
Goffe
Moline Natioal Bank
Lork
Moline National Bank
Ommercial Union Assurance CO. of London
C F “Temenway
Ka Pringfield Fire and
MA 4 Kine Insurance Co
Springfieht, Mase
Tannaland
CF Hemenway
Sthang & Company
Phiadelphia
Orlinived
Hostom
Irdby F Hemenway
Moling National Rink
Ant
Wii Dew
Yana
Insurance
Insurance Agency
Officee
LYNDE
Moline, Illinois
Liverpool
London & Globe
Rwiters Agency
New
PRT
Brooklyn
National, of
Thartiered
National
Missoun
Guved
Fire
Philadelstea
Mitual Life Ins
Colot N.Y
Tim Astes
Clendenin & Martin's
Postotlee Rating
A. M. Hubbard
Ftas
Hubbard's Corner
Emercon
Matbushek
Geo. Woolf & Co
Whitney & Holmes
Reed
Lancashire & Turner
Asc
John Lancashire
Plance
Or Kane
Great Mountain
Manitou, Col
Midland Pacific
Northern Pacific
Portland
Astoria
Oregon
Missouri Valley Railroad
Actu
Senate
Des Moines
Virginia
College of William and Mary
Rev. H.R. Rarer
Chicago, Rock Mind Pacific Railroad Company
Seenan Railroad
Missouri
Davenport
Missouri River
Tta
Land Department
Washington
United States
Rock Island Union
Lown House of Representatives
Kasson
Augustus Picard
Rochester
St. Louis
Louisville Courier- Journal
8. Louis
Rehigago
Ed Miet Brownlow
Snes
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