Work of Iowa Circuit Rider in 1856
Rev. F. X. Miller of Cedar Falls, a veteran Methodist minister, recalls his 1856 Delaware county circuit serving Manchester Greeley Earlville and Yankee Settlement Edgewood, riding four towns each Sunday and preaching four sermons daily. He earned 100 a year from the church with board and keep from local households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Towa
Methodist Episcopal Church
Upper Iowa
Miller
Newcastle
West Union
Delaware County
Manchester
Greeley
Earlville
Yankee Settlement
Edgewood
Iowa
Illinois Central
Enriville
Sevices
Central Organization
The
Methodist Church
Indiana Dunes Highway Opens Connecting Gary to Michigan City
The million dollar Dunes highway opens from Gary to Michigan City linking the west Michigan pike with Chicago. The route traces the old Detroit Chicago trail of 1823 and passes the Calumet Portage with historic ties to Marquette and La Salle. Over $1,000,000 more is planned for completion and a bridge over the New York Central railroad is to be built west of Baileytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Gary
Michigan City
Chicago
Baileytown
James Monroe
Calumet Portage
Marquette
la Salle
Ford City
Lake Calumet
Ary
Ind
Lake Michigan Harbor
Halley
Batleytown
White Pigeon
Mich
New York Central
Adler collection makes Jewish Theological Seminary world’s largest Hebrew library
The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York becomes the world’s largest Hebrew library with the Adler collection from London arriving in 66 cases. It includes over 40,000 printed volumes and 4,000 manuscripts dating from the ninth century to present, forming a vast historical treasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Jewish ‘Theological Seminary
Europe
Asia
Africa
New World
Adier
Jewish Theological Seminary
Mortimer L. Schiff
Adler
Faithful dogs save woman after overturned wagon near Wasco
Mrs Ruby Pettis of southern Wasco County credits two shepherd dogs named Jack and Pup with saving her life after her wagon overturned on a rural Wasco County road near Sherar's bridge. For 15 hours the dogs kept the team from moving and protected her from suffocation while a neighbor freed her and she was taken to hospital.
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W. Dalles
Jack
Ruby Pettis
Wasco County
Tenis
I’ettis
Pettis Ranch
Deschutes River
Sherar
Boy Strangled While Reenacting Movie Scene
Eleven year old Fred Ronch died after his nine year old brother Richard tied a cord around his throat while reenacting a Western in their attic. The pair mimicked a scene from a film, and neighbors and medical staff attempted to save the boy before he died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ronch
Richard A. Ronch
Wilson Avenue
Queen of the Angels
Richard
Freon
Villaig
Fred
Pred
Stareh
Tie
Achool
Duels Fall From Fashion Across Nations and Centuries
A survey traces the decline of dueling from 14th century France to modern times. England, Germany, Italy, Russia and the United States show laws or norms eroding the practice. Notable episodes include Wellington and Winchilsea, Byron versus Chauvert, Mussolini duels, and Russian officers in a deadly courtship.
Lived Like Pauper Died Amid Treasure Genon
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a person who died after a long life of poverty while owning valuables. Mentions Italy, a three year period, an apartment, antiques, and rooms filled with treasure. Details are garbled.
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Italy
Duel Legends From Stage To Balloons In History
The article recalls Garrick as comic partner in Sheridan s The Rivals and notes his restraint when urged to shoot. It recounts the Burr Hamilton duel shaping U S attitudes to dueling and offers strange duels such as two rivals in balloons armed with blunderbusses and a fatal gas bag puncture at some height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr
Hamilton
Alexander Ham‘ton
Aaron Burr
Hamiton
United States
Alzht
France
Five Family Deaths Linked by Tragedy in Hugo Story
The body of Gottlob Kaiser, twenty nine, was brought to Hugo for burial after being killed near Canon City when his team of horses ran away. Kaiser, a WWI veteran, lived on a north Canon City homestead and died instantly. His father Gottlieb Kaiser Sr. was killed in a similar hay wagon accident twelve years earlier near Canon City. The report notes a prior December death involving Kaiser's stepsister Minnie Patterson Talladay, her five year old daughter, and others in the same family.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Hungary
National Assembly
Russia
Red Army
Hugo
Cole
Gottlolb Kaiser
Canon City
Kaizer
Kaiser
Gottlieb Kaiser, Sr
Here
Minnie Patterson- Talladay
Pawned Ring to Aid Penniless Relative
In New York just before James J. O'Brien’s death his niece Mary Ellen Glynn pawned a ring to pay for medicine. She later learned of a will leaving her about 13 000 dollars and a bank balance, then disputed a 1 500 dollar attorney fee before Surrogate Foley, who ordered the fee paid.
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New York
James J. O'Brien
Mary Ellen Glynn
Opossum Slayer Tracks Down Zoo Death Toll
A large opossum roaming from the Hudson Valley to the Bronx zoo killed two to three wild turkeys two peacocks and several pheasants prompting staff to hunt the predator. Dogs tracked scent searches failed as foxlike thieves and other animals confused tracking. Zoo officials and keepers pursued the killer amid a wild investigation at the Bronx Zoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hudson Valley
Bronx
Bronx Zoo
Lynx Shot Near Wurtsboro Ends Prolonged Search
A 100 pound bay lynx roaming along the Shawangunk range was killed by a posse after days of pursuit. It was found in a cave on the Captain Krune property between Wurtsboro and Bloomingburg New York and had been sighted at night near the towns.
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Battersea
Winchilsea
Wellington
Winchilser
England
Lord Byron
Chauvert
Byron
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Matthews
Wurtsboro
Bloomingburg
N. Y
Walletsboro
Shawangunk Mountain Range
Mail Robbery Loot Located in Refrigerator Mystery
Post Office Inspector Pfaffenberge reports recovered loot from a Texas mail robbery found in a refrigerator. The cache includes two hundred thousand dollars in canceled checks, uncanceled checks, money orders, and assorted mail matter tied to the Alamo National Bank of San Antonio and a Seguin destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
I Texas
Post
C. W. Pfaffenberge
Alano National’ Bank
San Antonio
Tex
Iowa Legislature Faces Code Revision And Budget Talks
The session debates code revision limits and plan to split the Iowa code into two volumes covering state administration and court procedures. Workers discuss salaries for extra sessions while lawmakers weigh city road funding and the potential for increased auto fee allocations amid ongoing legislative activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Sénate
John
Hammill
Joe” Anderson
Town’ Farm~bureau Federation
Code Commission
Iowa
Supreme Court
Lawyers” Code
General” Assembly
Storm
Committee On
Hammond
Women's Christian Temperance “Union
Antisaloon League
Therat Ang
General,assembly
Houses of Representatives
Code Commissions
Senate
Clie
Hawkeye
Des Moines News
Clyde H. Doolittle
Manchester
Doolittle
Commission
Fortieth General Assembly of
John ©. Briggs
Jacob van Ek
State Historical Societ of
Unclear historical notice fragment near St Josephs plant
Fragmentary OCR text references St Josephs and a manager linked to a plant. Mentions auditing payer, a sum around 92 450, and reference to 1924. Content is garbled with detached phrases about burning, apples, and business feeding. no coherent event or outcome can be determined.
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St Joseph's
Cath Gon
Clarente Johnise
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Indiana Dunes
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U. S
Adams
John Adams
Sulgrave Institute
Coolidge
Flore
Northamptonshire
Parla
Jacques Richepin
Norwood Huckaby
Charles A. Williams
Texas
Paris
Germany
Spain
Virginia
Heidelberg
Duke of York
Wimbledon
William Pitt
George Tierney
Duke of Wellington
Napoleon
Earl of
Tripoli
Arogg
Colo
His
Sunshine ‘Valley
N. M
Grand Junction
N Sheridan
George “Garrick
David
Garrick
Teaving
Naka
Siice
Washington
Inbleh
Stacey
Sf Wahl
W. T.hornat
Seguin
N. “E Kendall
Fortieth
Poe
Lowa
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