World Exposition bid and state political shifts noted
The article notes Chicago offering 5 million dollars for the 1892 Worlds Exposition, Senator Leeds of Delaware county as a probable lieutenant governor candidate, and Murat Halsted likely to succeed Senator Standard Oil Paine amid a Davenport flour mills trust. It also mentions Jay Eye See trotting lame, Axtell’s fast three year old mile, and the authors of Sweet Home and Homestead law nearing poverty.
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Leeds
Delaware County
Murat Halsted
Standard Oil Paine
Emmons Blaine to Wed Anita McCormick of Chicago
Emmons Blaine son of the secretary of state announced engagement to Anita McCormick daughter of a Chicago reaper manufacturer. She has $2,000,000 of her own estate.
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Emmons Blaine
Secretary of State
Anita McCormick
Chicago
Tacoma Bachelors Petition for Marriageable Maid Help
A group of Tacoma bachelors sent a petition to Boston’s mayor asking that all marriageable maids from Massachusetts be sent to them. They claim ten bachelors exist for every available woman in their western region.
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Tacoma
Boston
Wooly West
Sea Serpent Killings Reported Off Galapagos
A sea serpent was reportedly killed by Capt. Smith off the Galapagos Islands. Authorities warn that many more sea serpent killings are expected in the coming months, potentially becoming epidemic.
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Smith
Galapago Islands
Convict Pardoned After Poem Eulogizing General Harrison
A California state prison inmate serving seven years for forgery while intoxicated wrote a poem praising General Harrison’s bravery at the Battle of Reseca. Through the efforts of Mrs. Harrison, the convict has been pardoned.
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Pen
California
Gen. Harrison
Reseca
Harrison
County’s courthouse effort questioned in Dubuque county
A new Dubuque county court house is planned for fall while critics say a county that spends heavily on paupers and poor farms, feeding and housing dogs, fails to provide decent care and facilities for its needy.
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Dubuque
John L Sullivan Returns to Mississippi in Custody
The famous fighter John L. Sullivan was arrested and escorted back to Mississippi. He claimed he would voluntarily surrender and expected fair treatment, while observers hope the case exposes any prejudice against northern men and seeks a year in a county jail.
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John L
Sullivan
Mississippi
Bruiser
Whipper
Audit figures on Iowa insurance misread by Auditor says Republican
The Cedar Rapids Republican questions the MonvicreLo Ex PRESS claim and says the figures came from the wrong source. It notes the Auditor’s footing errors affected fire and life insurance percentages and credits the Republican with catching the mistake.
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MonvicreLo Express
Iowa Insurance
Cedar Rapids
Tur Express
Republican
State Auditor
Iowa
Lawyers under scrutiny for crime defense and accountability
Wyoming writer argues attorneys defend guilty parties and evade punishment, urging stricter accountability for embezzlement, perjury, and related crimes. The piece cites local examples and lauds reforms, noting few lawyers compared to other professions. Also discusses Delaware governor on whipping post as deterrence.
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Wyoming
Prohibition In Kansas Proves Daring Social Reform
United States Senator John J. Ingalls of Kansas argues in The Forum that Kansas has abolished the saloon and seen a 75 to 90 percent drop in drinking. He says prohibition spares personal liberty, boosts growth, and shifts the liquor trade underground as evidence.
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United States
John J. Ingills
Kansas
Missouri River
Colorado
Nebraska
Oklahoma
The President's Official Flag Described
The article explains the president’s official flag, never displayed except in his honor. It is dark blue with a white eagle clutching a shield, seven stars above, six below, and mirrors the original Washington design unchanged to this day.
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Washington
Dry fodder beats silo say Missouri professor
Professor Sanborn of the Missouri Agricultural College argues after experiments that dry fodder stored in lofts yields more beef or butter per acre than corn stored in a silo, and at lower cost, preferring dry storage as the better method for utilizing fodder corn.
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Sanborn
Missouri Agricultural College
Mr. Doron of Mt. Vernon Honored by Square Trust
Cedar Rapids Gazette notes a 36 year old business anecdote via Mr. Miller. In a Des Moines to Linn County journey, Dr Doron traded horses and cash for Indianola lots, receiving verbal deeds later. Miller never saw him again yet praises the surgeon’s square dealings. The Doron in question is Prof Doron’s father, superintendent of Monticello schools.
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Mr. Miller
Miller
Doron
Monticello
Mirthful Graveyard Mound At Main Street Barber Shop
In Memoriam notes street cleaning on Main Street Wednesday. Dave Kelly shaped heap dirt into a graveyard mound before his barber shop and added a head board reading Sacred To the Memory The Alumnben Nine. Forget-me-nots atop the mound were supplied by E. J. Wood as Tuesday’s calamity drew notice in Anamosa Journal.
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Main Street
Dave Kelly
E. J. Wood
Republicans elect 12 delegates at City Hall caucus
The Republican caucus held at City Hall last Saturday elected 12 delegates to the county convention. Henry George, chairman of the township committee, called the meeting to order. J. R. Stillman was chosen chairman and M. W. Herrick secretary. Delegates named included H. H. Sherman, S. Farwell, I. Hicks, Henry George, Ike Rigby, James Davidson, L. Stice, M. W. Herrick, A. Matthiessen, I. Maar kle, Col. C. J. Rider, and Robt. Wicks. Adjourned.
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Henry George
J.R. Stillman
M. W. Herrick
Farwell
HH. D. Sherman
S.farwell
AL. Hicks
Ike Rigby
James Davidson
L. Stice
M. W
Precocity and Paths Not Taken in a Domestic Moment
A terse exchange reveals tensions over ambition and celebrity. A child argues for an acting future while a mother voices doubt, noting the man’s existing marriage. The scene hints at family dynamics and social expectations.
Iowa towns plan canning factory and fairs
Dubuque will host a new canning factory while Mechanicsville reports diphtheria outbreak and various communities announce fairs and picnics. Dyersville firefighters set August 14 for their annual picnic. Harvest Homes in Delaware county run August 1 at Spring Branch. Strawberry Point hosts district fair August 27–30. Brush Creek holds its second annual fair September 10–13.
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Delaware County Harvest Homes
Spring Branch
le Mars
Watson Baker
Farley
Strawberry Point
Brush Creek
Monticello
Nellie Klingman
Volga City
Dutchman Jake Klein Captures Rebel Picket at Night
In Williamsburgh on a Civil War front line a Dutch soldier named Jake Klein defies orders to chase Rebels. He returns with a Confederate infantryman prisoner, earning the nickname Corporal Klein as comrades recount the daring capture documented by the Philadelphia Times.
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Williamsburg
Jake Klein
Jake
Dot Feller
Feller
Shtill
Philadelphia Times
One of Ben Butler's Cute Sayings
A historic anecdote recalls Benjamin F. Butler in early legal practice. When asked to name a newspaper for notice insertion he feigned ignorance of the Lowell Advertiser, then quipped that the clerk should not interrupt with what he does not know, lest they adjourn.
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Benjamin F. Butler
Butler
Lowell
Advetiser
America
Burglars Rob Depot Safe In Warrington Ga Heist
Burglars in Warrington Georgia robbed the depot and made off with the safe using a hand car, investigation unseen. No injuries reported. authorities seek clues and suspect description.
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Warrington
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