There Is an Angel in the House in Childhood Grace
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage’s Washington sermon honors childhood beauty and its sacred pull on parents. He recalls the Shunem boy in II Kings and urges parents to nurture faith, noting how children’s piety reshapes lineage, education, and future generations toward Heaven.
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T. DeWitt
Talmage
Washington
Shunem
Ruth
Bethlehem
Reapers
Earth
Heaven
Samuel
Timothy
Joseph
God
Christ
Rachel
David
Absalom
Scoville
Haynes McCollum
West
Jesus
Papa
Kingdom of Heaven
Peculiar Lawsuit in Greene County and Other Local News
A Greene county case features the sheriff's jury in a dispute over a warehouse tower floor claimed as part of a homestead. Col John Scott plans an overland trip with Mrs Scott and friends to northern states and Mexico. An Algona woman rescues her son from a 60 barrell cistern. A crowing hen at Odebolt Chronicle creates a local curiosity. The Montgomery County Farmers Industrial association at Stanton collapsed amid liabilities of 11 000 and assets of 24 000 due to unfair pressure.
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Greene County
Col Scott
Des Moines
Boardman
Illinois
Wisconsin
John Barnicle
Dana
Matthews & Son
Barnicle
Sheriffs Jury
Col. Scott
John Scott
Nevada
Odebolt Chronicle
Will Mullica
Algona
Montgomery County Farmers’ Industrial Association
Stanton
Wit and witless lines across papers and time
A collage of humorous quips from multiple papers contrasts jokes politics and social roles. It juxtaposes remarks about laughter politics marriage robbery and gendered spaces noting how readers interpret humor power and class across eras.
Bryan New York Speech Receives Wide Critique
A cascade of editorials brands Mr. Bryan’s New York acceptance speech as weak dull and tedious. Critics accuse its defense of free silver of misstatements and say it fails to inspire allies or deter opponents. Many deem it a cautious retreat from Chicago rhetoric and warn of its political risks.
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Publi
Detroit Free Press
Bryanism
Bryan
Brooklyn Eagle
Indianapolis Journal
Brooklyn Standard Union
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
United States
Louisville Courier- Journal
Tyro
Free Silver
Troy Times
N. Y. Journal of Commerce
Silver Trust
Congress
Toledo Blade
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Milwaukee Sentinel
Baltimore
N. Y. Press
Money for Postmasters in Iowa Towns
Acting First Assistant Postmaster General Lamar announced clerk hire allowances for the current fiscal year at presidential post offices. Des Moines receives 84372 dollars, with other Iowa towns including Ottumwa 4900, Carroll 1000, Cedar Falls 1700, Washington 100, Creston 1900, Decorah 2000, Airfield 1800, Mason City 1000, Ted Oak 1700, Waterloo 3200, Clinton 3400, Town City 3100, Marshalltown 1500, Mount Pleasant 1500.
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Lamar
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Carroll
Cedar Falls
Washington
Creston
Decorah
Airfield
Mason City
Ted Oak
Waterloo
Clinton
Town City
Marshalltown
Mount Pleasant
Centerville Saloons Under Mulch Law Sparks Tense Struggle
In Centerville Iowa a long banned saloon faces legal reentry under the mulch law after 14 years. Despite prior failed petition drives supporters finally obtain signatures this spring. Temperance factions react with arrests and threats of demolition as the town braces for action by Governor Drake.
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Centerville
Guv. Drake
Iowa
Mason City Driving Club to Host August Race Meet
The Mason City Driving Club will stage a race meet on August 25 26 and 27 with 2700 in prizes. Trotting and pacing races will be mile heats three in five with prize money split 25 15 and 10 percent and no horse to win more than one prize. Mason City claims the fastest mile track in the state.
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Mason City
Destructive Storm Drops Hail and Rain Across Towns
Adel records over 3.40 inches of rain with heavy hail four inch stones, nearly wrecking corn and shattering windows. Hundreds of sparrows killed and trees broken. Perry Dallas Center and Waukee also hit by heavy rains with fruit crop damage.
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Adel
Perry
Dallas Center
Waukee
Perpetual Franchises Upheld by Iowa Judge
Judge Woolson in Des Moines writes a significant opinion in Lovin versus the City of Newton. He holds that before 1888 cities could grant perpetual franchises even without explicit statutory authority. The ruling notes that nearly every city in the state had franchises granted prior to 1888.
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Woolson
Des Moines
Lovin
Newton
Hotel Ven Dome Clerk Dies After Beer Bottles Found
William Scott, a clerk at the Hotel Ven Dome in Sioux City, suffered heat prostration and, while his nurse briefly left, obtained and drank four bottles of beer in his room. He collapsed and died shortly after.
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William Scott
Hotel Vendome
Sioux City
Col and granddaughter killed by lightning in Arkansas
Remains of Colonel 8. B. J. Bryant a noted mason and Grand Army of the Republic member and his granddaughter were brought to Atlantic from Rogers Arkansas for burial after both were killed by a bolt of lightning during a light shower.
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B. J. Bryant
Grand Army of the Republic
Atlantic
Rogers, Ark
Storms and Fires hit towns from Keokuk to Des Moines
A string of disasters and notices from Iowa includes Adam Zimpher’s barn near Walker burned by lightning with losses valued at $7,000. New Sharon mill and electric plant destroyed, $10,000 loss. Steel & Co. assignment in Keokuk and Omaha. and many injuries and legal actions. Also reports a lightning strike at Farlin and Jester's Des Moines tragedy. a railway fatality near What Cheer. and cultural notes on a Mexican supper description by Edward Page Gaston.
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Wirlef
Adam Zimpher
Walker
Guy Rambo
Harvey Rambo
Richland Township
Oscaloosa
of Steel & Co
Keokuk
Omaha
C. J. Patterson
Iowa Falls
Methodist Church
Ackley
Sioux City
Lodge of
Sons of Tiermann
Germania Park
John Lawson
Shenandoah
Albia
Hunt & Co
Anthon
John Draudt
Lemars
Third Iowa Cavalry
Nineteenth Iowa Infantry
EF. B. Holmes
Greeley Township
Try
Farlin
J M. Jester
Des Moines
Jester
Col
S. G. Knee
Colesburg
Thomas Hull
Patrick Featherstone
Cheer
Chapultepes
Diaz
Mancha
Mexico
Edward Page Gaston
Ladies’ Jlome Companion
Humorous Bits From 19th Century Gossip Columns
A collage of quips and exchanges from various papers including remarks on a tonsorial artist, broken engagements, Newport gossip, flirtatious suitors, and London linguistic habits. Humorous asides touch on social manners and mistaken assumptions, with a dash of expatriate humor and police humor.
Fish Sense in Bait: Smell Guides Anglers
The Atlanta Constitution notes fish show strong smell and taste senses. Tobacco tossed overboard is seized by mackerel and halibut then rejected. Halibut cod are drawn from distance by certain baits while fresh herring attract cod but stale herring fail.
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Atlanta Constitution
Miss De Billon to Wed Artistic Husband Says Husband
A fragment from a Detroit Free horrible critique notes Miss De Billon to marry. The conversation touches on perceptions of beauty and artistry with a joking exchange about a future husband described as artistic. The Buffalo News adds a remark on electricity driving horses from work.
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Detroit Free Press
Buffalo News
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Daniel
Abraham
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Therr
Eyrie
Zion's Gates
Claudius
Tere Iuwa Newsletter
Young Whittle
Washington Star
Detroit Tribune
Jicaven
Renee
Boston Transcript
Iowa State. News
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Niall
Johnny
Biggs
Angelina
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Lobaters
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Bertha
Sabina
Iia
London
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