Claim Jumpers and Settlers Clash in Iowa Land Fight
An Iowa settler recalls 1850s land fever and the Settlers club battling claim-jumpers who tried to oust homesteaders. A tar description and standoff at dawn illustrate frontier justice amid Monterey Center and Vandemark's Folly Marsh.
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Iowa
Quick
Vandemark
Settlers’ Club
Monterey County
William Trickey
Ebenezer Junking
Absalom Frost
Peter
Amos Bemisdurfer
Wlavius Bohn
Dunkards
Pennsylvania
Hell Slew
Folly Marsh
Dick McGill
Monterey Center
Willing to Pay Spurs Crowd in Baseball Tale
A crowd watched a crowd-pleasing newcomer fill in as fielder and batter after a missing player. He homered on his first strong at bat, then shouted he would buy another ball rather than run. A second item notes six thousand soldiers’ graves in Canada to be marked and cared for by the Imperial War Graves Commission, including some enemy interned graves.
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McGil
Jow
McGill
Aanun Cnume
Man Jewkes
Dyersville
MeQul
Celebrate
Sarajah
Ma Fewkes
Pewkes
Leatherhead
Fort Donelson
MeGi
Rebecca
Dick McGin
Canada
Imperial War Graves Commission
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Royal Air Force
Marriage Contract Says It Binds Man for Life
The New York Sun quotes Kriss asking if a marriage contract is binding and Iross answering that it keeps a man strapped for life, reflecting a skeptical view of marital obligations.
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Kriss
Iross
New York Sun
What Has Been Outstanding Feature of Woman's Emancipation
The judge notes the era's progress with a sharp remark that women now speak less in speech yet show more through action and achievement, signaling evolving social roles and agency. The quote frames a shift from rhetoric to visible contribution.
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Goodyear
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United States
Mississippi Valley
Herbert Quick
Dutchy
Smith
Vandemarks Folly
Putnam
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