Republican County Convention to Choose Delegates
A Republican county convention will meet in Monticello on Wednesday April 7 1880 at 1 p m to select 19 delegates for the State Convention in Dew Monica April 14 and to appoint 22 delegates to the National Convention in Chicago. The Jones county representation assigns one delegate per township and additional delegates for every 25 voters. By order of County Central Committee T E Boorn Chairman.
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Monticello
Dew Monica
Chicago
Jones County
Wulfcat
Foun H. Gear
CAPA
Monticalio
Challe Grove
Sceery
Hloxford Sree
Guy
Richland Vies
Vaseree
Grove
Washington
Col
D. B. Henderson
Dubuque
Iowa
Col. Henderson
Ture Express
Political noise as Blaine surge and Grant boom swirl nationwide
The column notes Blaine’s nomination prospects and rivalries within the Republican base as the Chicago Convention nears. It mocks Grant supporters and cites regional shifts, Pennsylvania delegates, Rhode Island votes, and New England backing, while lamenting the waning Grant momentum and joking about a beleaguered political insider.
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Monticello
Grant
Chicago
Burlington
Pennsylvania
Blaine
Rhode Island
New England
Frank Hatton
Mr. Toots
Geology of North America and Kansas’s role in its history
A reader discusses the vast scope of North American geology from ancient times to present, noting two ancient ridges and evolving oceans. The essay describes lake formation, the Mississippi Valley’s geological upheavals, and Kansas’s notable fossil record as evidence of regional geological activity.
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Eaxptera
North America
Cape Horn
Behrings Straits
Georgia
Labrador
Gulf of Mexico
St. Lawrence
Lakes
Gulf
Mississippi Valley
Kansas
Kansas geology and fossil finds in Professor Mudge report
In a Glasco letter, T.S. HH reports Professor Mudge's 1878 findings: vast Kansas coal-bearing strata, sea remains, and the chalk near Trego used for white lime. Notes Upper Carboniferous beds, diverse fossils from pliocene to saurians, and unique rock formations like Pulpit Rock and Rock City. Describes rapid prairie-to-cultivation changes and town growth along rail lines.
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Letty Aattatoet
Mudge
Kansas
Jewell County
Pulpit Rock
Ellsworth County
Rock City
Ottawa County
Prairies
Indiana
Ohio
Glasco
T.S. HH
Clond Co
Kas
Across the Continent Journey of Novembril 18 to Oakland
A travelogue recounts an Illinois to California rail journey begun November 18, detailing stops at Council Bluffs Omaha and Cheyenne, Desolation through Nebraska and Wyoming, Echo Canyon and Donner Lake, final arrival in Oakland and insights on mountains, deserts, snow sheds, and the Great Salt Lake region.
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California
Iowa
Wamuton
Missouri River
Council Bluffs
Union Depot
Omaha
Nebraska
Platte
Cheyenne
Rocky Mountains
Sherman
Laramie
Old Tort Steele
Fort Rawlings
Wyoming
Table
Vulture
Sam Bat
Echo Canyon
Bell
Weber Canyon
Weber River
Thousand Mile
San Francisco
Sutis
Weber City
Ogden
Great Salt Lake
Corinne
Humboldt Valley
Nevada Desert
Humboldt Lake
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Donner Lake
Cape Horn
Sacramento Valley
Sacramento
Oakland
Bay
Monticello Adopts Tables License Ordinance
The Town of Monticello Iowa passes an ordinance requiring licenses from the Mayor for keeping billiard pool pigeon hole and Jenny Lind tables within the corporate limits. Fees: twelve dollars per year per table if single and eight dollars for each additional table. Fines start at twenty five dollars and rise to fifty dollars for subsequent offenses with jail for nonpayment. The measure, effective upon publication in local papers. Exe O. Diver, Mayor.
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Monticello
Iowa
Jones County
Dunes County
Exo. O. Dver
G. W. Hunt
Scientific Facts and Discoveries From December to Today
A digest of scientific notes covers heat reservoirs in lakes, malaria origins as a fungal parasite, chlorophyll production, autumn leaf color changes, enduring odors in ancient mortar, the first asteroid discovered in 1801, yeast killing insects, London street dust repurposed for iron and glue, Persian Gulf aridity and subsurface freshwater springs, submarine spring origins, and advances in telescope technology with the 37.5 inch English reflector surpassing earlier designs.
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Forel
Lake of
Geneva
Signor Tomasi
Rome
Klebs
Prague
St. Sophia
Constantinople
Dagen
Signor Parnetti
London
Persian Gulf
Babrin
Osman
Lord Rosse
United States Naval Observatory
Washington
A.A. Conmon
England
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