Political clashes and postoffice picks ripple Iowa and nation
The piece surveys partisan sparks around Hiram Price and Exhelds, a Kentucky debate over national bank redemptions, and a wave of civil service reform undermining congressional control of local post offices. It notes the Anamosa appointment and argues government telegraph ownership merits renewed consideration amid Jay Gould era consolidations.
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Non
Thram Price
Carlisle
Kentucky
Mr. Price
Price
Congressional
Knox
Trice
National Banka
Ammosaureks
Wish
Sone
Hureka
Fish
Booth
Anamosa
Washington
Congress
Hooth
Government Should Own Telegraph Wires Like Postal Service
The piece argues Imperial Germany’s telegraph system should be government owned, citing favorable rates and government control of railways abroad. It urges U S adoption, claiming telegraph belongs with the postal service, reduced rates, and public convenience outweigh private monopoly profits.
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Imperial Government
Germany
Post-Office Department
Jos. Medill
Maynard
Congress
Tas Express
Belgium
Great Britain
Postal Service
Defects in Country Schools Spur Call for Reform
A letter to the editor argues country schools produce poor literacy and discipline due to underqualified teachers, lack of government control, and costly inconsistent textbooks. The writer urges compulsory education, state teacher institutes, unified books, and a government role in schoolbooks and standards.
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Africa
Asia
Germany
Wueyey
United States
Thns
Geo, Berrig
Iowa Lawyers Discuss Court Delays and Circuit Reform
Anamosa attorney notes a Chicago attorney cited a recent Iowa Supreme Court decision. Judge Sherman retirement ceremony described with a gold headed cane bearing an inverted G. City law office to host adjourned meeting to seek relief for court backlog as lawyers push for district split or docket merger to speed cases.
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Chicago
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa
Olin Recorder
Sherman
Dewhoye
Bia
State Auditor's Office
Des Moines Register
Bir
Shee
McConn
Wells
Linn
Cedar
Jones
Tll
Mureka
Decisive Battles of the World offered in cloth bound form
The volume by Creasy on fifteen decisive battles is praised as highly interesting and standard. It is now issued by the American Book Exchange in a cloth bound edition for 85 cents. The Acme library list features Macaulay England and Gibbon Rome with other classics at reduced prices. Catalogues provided on request.
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Creasy
Larper
Lisk
American Book Exchange
New York
Acme Library of History
Macaulay
Gibbon
Rome
Rollin
Froissart
Grote
Greece
Green
Momsen
Masson
Gui- 20
France
Carlyle
Schiller
Book Exchange
Tribune Building
The Choice of Books by Charles F Richardson
A compact volume issued by the American Book Exchange at 25 cents with a cheap edition for five cents. It guides readers on motive, habit, selection, and reading methods, and includes quotations from Aristotle to Emerson and many famed authors.
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Charles F. Richardson
American Book Exchange
Tribune
New York
Aristotle
Emerson
Addison
Bacon
Burns
Cato
Carlyle
Disraeli
Fenelon
Gibbon
Huge
Keats
Lamb
Locke
Luther
Milton
Petrach
Ruskin
Shakespeare
Thoreau
Worth Remembering Promotes Ginger Tonic for Health
A health advertisement urges readers to take Parker's Ginger Tonic to improve digestion liver and kidney function and ease a dry hacking cough. The copy claims it purifies and enriches the blood and promises renewed vitality at small cost. The message appears in a promotional column.
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Tod
Palmer
Monticello
Soetjie & Tiarks
Floods, Deaths, and Weather Tables From Monticello 1880
Monticello endured a severe September flood as rainfall reached five inches in three hours after a earlier storm. Lightning struck Rank Eller’s barn destroying hay grain and tools. two horses drowned. Rutherford died attempting to ford the river. Young survived after rescue. The article also presents monthly climate tables and notes May frosts history and wind directions for 1880.
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Beytember
Monticallo
Towa
Monticello
Rank Eller
Lown
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Davidson Slough
Mra. Grasamever
Main Street
Kitty Creek
Falls of
Niagara
Maquoketa
Enoch Young
James Rutherford
Casenne
Iron Bridge
Inez
Mr. Rutherford
Mar. Young
Haines’ Borat
Rutherford
Skelley’s Pond
Wey
Grnes
MAN'S New Nationa Dyes for Mrs. Fares and color durability
Brubaker of Vinton Iowa orders 34 gross of Wond's Worm Destroyer by express. A Fellows E Co. sells Worm Destroyer and promotes remedies as highly effective.
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Soetje & Trnnks
Fares
Nationa
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Anne
Pedmit
Parger
Pannon
Carlton
Clark St. Chicago
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Ercy
Ontario
Thomas
Soctjo &Tiarks
Soetje & Tiarks
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Suetje & Tiarks
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