Election results show Democratic gains across states
Reports recount Tuesday voting with Democrats winning New York and Pennsylvania governorships and expanding majorities in Congress. Butler loses Massachusetts governorship. Kansas votes pro prohibition. Illinois, Wisconsin also trend Republican losses while some Western states resist. Silver and debt data, land area shifts, and a Salt Lake speech on education appear in updated notes.
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Editor Meets Country Farmer in Humorous Visit
The Arkansas Traveler recalls a rural dinner with an editor who jokes about his profession. The piece also notes Dr. J B Newbrough’s self published Bible the Cuhape claiming inspiration and 24000 years history with mixed modern and ancient English and Egyptian linkages per Egyptologist Prof Thomas A Wood.
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Arkansas Traveler
Little Rock
New York
J. B. Newbrough
Newbrough
Moses
Thos. A. Wood
Dr. Newbrough Iz A
Oahspe and Heavenly Systems Examined in Spiritualist Treatise
A preface discusses the revised revelation Oahspe, its claim that many gods aided Jehovah, and heaven’s structure under a constitutional monarchy with paradings like Fragapatti and Divan laws. The piece critiques the book as lacking literary value while detailing its cosmology and divine governance.
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E. P. Conser
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Conser
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Nan
Hame
Fragapatti
Orion
Obgo
Goomathala
Varnt
Lumptz
Witchka
Schleinaka
Dows
Gies
Fetisi
Mark
Vaga
Jehovih
Nefarious Armstrong Elopes With Brother’s Daughter
Town roiled by a domestic scandal as William Armstrong elopes with his brother James Armstrong’s daughter Laura Ellen. Neighbors report repeated refusals of duties, accusations of cruelty, and premarital intimacy leading to the pair fleeing to Monticello Hopkinton and other towns.
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Cello
Farley
Nols
Wisconsin
Sheriff McCann
Armstrong
James Armstrong
James
Henry Ward Beecher
Armastrong
William Armstrong
William Armatrong
Laura Ellen Armstrong
Willian Armstrong
Monticello
Hopkinton
Monti
Midland extension debate stirs Linn county towns
A letter from W. H. Waup discusses Northwestern Midland extension surveys near Anamosa Prairieburg and Story's Bridge. He asks which route will be chosen and warns of depots near Prairieburg or west of town affecting Waubeck and Hill Bros mills. He notes local taxes and donations to railroads and ends with a Kidney Tea advertisement.
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Anamosa
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Waubeck
Central City
Paris
Vinton
Gladbrook
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Bro'’s
Frairieburg
Egypt
Story’s
Railroad
W. H. Waup
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