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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1879

Page

4

Village in Pocasset rocked by brutal recorded murder case

Town faces shock as Charles Freeman confesses to killing his youngest child after a supposed divine command. The report details Freeman and his wife being taken into custody, the reaction of Adventists, and local officials’ inquiries amid a wave of fear and calls for action against those at the meeting.

Pocasset Edith Freeman Charles ¥. Freeman Seth Redding A. P. Davis Adventiers Davis Redding Mr. Redding Freeman David Nye Edith Sam Barnstable Monument Cohasset Narrows Mass Boston Globe Brooklyn Talmage van Dyke Synod of Long Island

Revolutionary Associations of Europe meet in London in June

Berlin announced on the 6th that a Congress of Representatives of the Revolutionary Associations of Europe would convene in London during June. Also reports from Philadelphia describe a fatal stabbing by Edward Parr, Milwaukee forger Alex Cohen arrested in Richmond, and the National Colored Conference at Nashville electing leaders J. R. Lynch and Robert Nichols amid a Mississippi Valley Labor Convention in Vicksburg.

Berlin Revolutionary Associations of Europe London Philadelphia Edward Parr Wiinola State Pententiary Susan Erwin Alex. Cohen Milwaukee Richmond National Colored Conference Nashville, Tenn J. R. Lynch Mississippi Robert Nichols Indiana Mississippi Valley Vicksburg Mixs Nashville United States Congress South

Colored convention calls for civil rights migration aid

A National Colored Convention statements urge constitutional equality and civil rights for the colored race while proposing migration support, with resolutions pushing for freedom to relocate for better living. Reports note Southern refugees returning to Mississippi and other disaster and political events across the country in this dispatch.

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River Crossing Tragedy Claims Four Lives

A party crossing the Mississippi at St. Louis in a skiff was drawn under the bow of a steamer on the THth, resulting in the drowning of four men. The incident interrupts ordinary river travel and alarm spreads among locals.

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Insect epizootics hit barns and forests across regions

A Boston reader summarizes reports of epizootics affecting insects from 1857 onward. Caterpillars of moths and other species suffered mass deaths from fungal infections, devastating pine forests and various moths. Similar outbreaks occurred in Europe and America, including silk moths and honey bees, with broader parasitic and fungal threats noted.

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President Waver's Message on Prohibiting Military Election Interference

The president returns the bill to prohibit military interference at elections. He argues the measure would favor state over federal authority, extend executive power, and threaten constitutional principles. He cites precedents from Washington to Lincoln and warns against allowing military force to influence voting.

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Iowa State News Fatalities and incidents in Burlington and area

Joan McQuimon died suddenly at the Teedrick House in Burlington. The coroner’s jury found unknown causes but suspected poison. In McGregor a fire damaged property of C Walden and a barn with corn. A Burlington & Northwestern Narrow Gauge Railroad contract to Washington has been let. James Johnson, a convict, drowned after escaping Fort Madison penitentiary near Smith Island. Burling ton dya hour proprietor died. cause appoplexy suspected. Onaitus Stewart, Davenport dry goods merchant, died aged over seventy.

Joan McQmunon Teedrick House Burlington McGregor Haves Odebalt OG. C. Walhun Aarth Burlington & Northwestern Washington James Jonnson New Lond Des Moines Moser Penkind Duriington House Onaiius Stewant Davenport Hoe Insane Asylum Independence Hartin Fiatt Okoboji Spirit’ Lake Showie Lanpens Cass County Pottawattanie Casa County Dubuqueta Rush Clark Mudler Schneider Nic Sunnyside Park John Miller Sioux City Charles Pappee Hugh Edwards Town City Smith & Far and Rindskopf Bros Fort Madison Chicago & Rock Island Road Audubon County Rio

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