Miscellaneous Gleanings From a 19th Century Wire Desk
A collage of short items notes auctions, medical quirks, knighthood rumors, and social quips. It mentions Jay Gould’s book at auction, Dr Osler knighthood talk, a chloroform bottle, a noon rest habit, Alabama editor fishing gigs, relaxation by proxy, Hugh O Pentecost overtones, a Pennsylvania man startled by lightning, a New York woman prisoner, longevity via simple living, a horse named Hoi Polloi, whisky laden Georgia tales, New York tax hikes, Calhoun Democrat banter, archery enticements, Capt Hobson wedding gifts, Jim Jeffries, Russian scribe Nemirevich Danchenko, and Oliver Sherford’s marriage plans.
Literary marriages as profits prove nothing new
A critic notes the trend of many literary men marrying recently and questions the idea that literary work yields rising profits. The remark treats marriage counts as a dubious metric, labeling the notion of profits as queer and unfounded.
Shooting incident injures Clay Grubb in Salisbury
Salisbury reports a shooting scrape leaving Clay Grubb hurt in a tense hour contributed by Nat Crump.
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Salisbury
N. C
Clay Grubb
Nat Crump
Noted Historical Figures Compared to Pirates
Col Witterson states that if Paul Jones were a pirate then Washington would be a footpad and Franklin a lobster. The court or panel judges that Paul Jones was not a pirate.
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Col. Witterson
Paul Jones
George Washington
Frantlin
Trade Invasion Taints New York Aristocratic Districts
The piece notes New York’s concern as trade penetrates aristocratic residence areas. It asserts that if trade can withstand the disruption, the aristocratic districts should endure a 50 threshold in some context.
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New York
Mr IKid McCoy to wed heiress amid saloon fears
Reportedly Mr. IKid McCoy plans marriage to a woman who inherits 5 million dollars. The union could remove him from pupilism and the saloon business, and the public may offer its good wishes if this change occurs.
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Ikkid” McCoy
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish Parades in Rain in Washington
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish wearing a magnificent gown parades through heavy rain in Washington. The piece notes a fashion trend ahead and warns the fool killer will act in due course.
Czar’s Investment in English and American Securities
The czar of Russia is said to hold about 25 million dollars in English securities and six million in American rails iron and coal. It is noted he would likely surrender all if that would win universal affection.
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Russia
Judge Kendall Sees Mothers in Law as Divorce Factor
Judge U S Kendall of West Virginia states that mothers in law are responsible for nine tenths of divorces. The remark targets those who thought a second woman was the typical cause of marital breaking.
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U. S. Kendall
West Virginia
Whiskey stored for owner benefit under federal plan
The proposal suggests warehousing whisky for the owner’s benefit and questions if similar storage for birons and counts could serve American consumers, noting potential demand from American girls for home consumption.
Bronze gate theft scare shocks Mr. Yerkes
It is painful to read that Mr. Yerkes has had to take in his bronze gate at night to keep it from being stolen. His faith in the honesty and goodness of his fellow men has received a severe shock.
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New York
Wedding of Gouverneur Morris Noted for Informal Boys
The Boston Globe reports the Gouverneur Morris wedding was notably informal for the men while the women wore splendid gowns. It notes an official detail that she calls him Guryey.
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Gouverneur Morris
Guryey
Boston Globe
Iowa News Roundup From Cantril To Dubuque Weathered Roads And Fires
A sweeping Iowa summary reports miles of washed out railroad near Cantril cutting off access, and extensive damage to bridges and highways. Onawa awards a 400 ft deep 12 in well contract to J H Hams of Sioux City for pure water. Audubon fire destroys a residence of August Delke with $50,000 in losses. a west wind aided the blaze.
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Cantril
Ace
Council of
Onawa
J. H. Hams
Sioux City
Gand Rock
August Delke
Audubon
Glen Selby
Sigourney
Henry County
National State Bank of
Mount Pleasant
Supreme Court
Smythe
McCoy
Oskaloosa
Smith
Osage
Charles City
State Firemen
Council Bluffs
Wabash Railroad
Grant Booten
Joseph Badger
George Lattimer
Sylvester Stucker
Harry
Dutch” Wall
Lattimer
8. M. Lindsey
New York
A. B. Cumming
Des Moines
T. D D. Brigham
Ties Moines
J. A. Loos
Iowa City
A. B. Storms
Ames
T. J. Fletcher
Marshalltown
Julia Clark Hallam
A. JL. Uriek
Cummings
Western Union
E. E. Bouyer
E.G. Bowyer
Algona
Catter
Supreme
Bowyer
District Court
Auduon County
Iowa Central
Hedrick
John, Humble
Marion
Ottumwa Hospital
A Quip-Laden Note from Florida Mme Union
A terse remark about matrimonial motives and social standing appears in a Florida Union column. It jokes that a man of few words may reflect his wife’s influence, while a woman’s popularity hinges on rumors of wealth. It also ridicules a conscience-less druggist and crowns an honorable woman as one who keeps another’s cook.
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Winterset
Andrew Carnegie
W. J. Shrock
Waterloo
Shrock
Keokuk
Walter Tucker
Yeager
Tucker
Frank McKim
Scoffy
Clinton
William Jeffries
Northwestern Railroad Company
Northwestern
Edward Larson
McKim
James Murray
William Boler
Pierce Miles
Eleventh Avenue
New York
Portland
Signor
Liberati
A. Liberali
Philadelphia
Portland Exposition
JE. E. Blackman
University of Nebraska
Mills County
N. J. Miller
Council Buffs
Professor Blackman
Florida
Mme Union
Poison Woman Aims At Tipton Doctor's Family
Laura Miller, once jailed for lye attack on Gail Campbell, returned to Tipton from Independence and was found prowling the Bandy home with lard jam and food stolen from the refrigerator. A vial of strychnine and wood alcohol sparked talk of an attempted poisoning. She was declared insane and committed to Independence hospital.
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Davenport
Tipton
Laura Miller
Independence
Lye
Gail Campbell
Campbell
R. S. Bandy
Miller
Bandy
Board of Insanity Commissioners
H. R. Porter
Polk Outlines Policy Show Interurban Freight Potential
Des Moines June 13 President H H Polk of the Interurban Railway company told the Iowa Railway club that interurbans have not yet developed freight business. He cited U S earnings 91 percent passenger 5 6 percent freight and power. He contrasted with steam roads 70 percent freight 30 percent passenger and urged policy to add side tracks stockyards and loading chutes to aid farmers hauling garden trucks to market.
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Des Moines
H. H. Poll
Interurban Railway Company
Iowa Railway Club
United States
Polk
Fairbanks Delivers Address at Iowa University Commencement
Charles Warren Fairbanks vice president of the United States received the LL D degree at Iowa University as 2,500 spectators watched. Judge W S Babb presented the degree and applause marked the address on A Chapter in American History. Following the ceremony prizes and honors were announced and a luncheon followed hosted by the Johnson County Bar Association with Congressman Dawson among attendees.
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Iowa City
Iowa University
Charles Warren Fairbanks
United States
W. S. Babb
Mount Pleasant
Patform
Fairbanks
Country Club
Johnson County Bar Association
M. J. Wede
Dawson
Midland Chautauqua promises greatest program in history
Des Moines June 14 aside from Gov Jos W Folk of Missouri the Midland Chautauqua will feature Bryan Sam Jones Holden Tay okich Iyenaga Booker T Washington Thos McClary and many others. A season ticket costs 1 00 covering July 4 with Folk single day tickets are 25 cents. Those wishing to camp or attend between June 24 and July 4 should write the Midland Chautauqua Circuit Des Moines Ind for details.
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Des Moines Assembly
Des Moines
Rostare the Magician
Zwickey
Hinton White
Flood Damage at Davenport Reported at Twenty Thousand
Davenport reports flood damage totaling 20000 dollars as riverfront homes are swept away and two families escape with their lives.
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Davenport
Residence breakin at Baer farm reported
Robbery occurred at the Baer residence west of Clinton on June 12. Thieves entered while inmates were away, finding the door and bedroom key, taking about $25 from two pocket books. Two gold watches left untouched. intruders appeared familiar with the premises. A stray moral line follows.
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Rob
Clinton County
Clinton
Jacob Baer
Supreme court bars basement saloons in Iowa case
In Des Moines on June 15 the Iowa supreme court ruled the basement or second story saloons cannot operate. The decision in A. J. McColl vs Bally & Fisher declared the north side partition and a basement saloon illegal for lack of plain view from the street.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
A. J. McColl
Bally & Fisher
Iowa Loan and Trust Company
Wu Jong
Lifesaving attempt ends in brothers’ deaths on Mississippi
Fay Fowler aged 11 and his younger brother fell into the Mississippi near Muscatine while playing. The elder boy jumped in to save the smaller one and drowned. rescuers pulled the younger boy from the water in time to save him. Fay Fowler was the son of prominent locals.
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Matthew Kienzle
LaCrosse
Wis
Clinton
Calamus
Rock Island
Muscatine
I. G. Fleming
Osceola
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Fort Madison
Santa Fe
Chares C. McChord
Cottonwood
Hawking
Creston
Iowa
Omaha
Fannie Frish
Globe
Iowa City
Catelde
A. Norstrum
Burnside
Chicago
Norstrum
Harvey Tubbs
Charles City
Tubbs
Abe Cramer
Robert Bennett
Cherokee
Aurelia
Gillette
Cramer
Bennett
William Sullivan
Des Moines
Clayton Hurley
Newton
Marshal Agnew
Sullivan
Western Union Telegraph Company
Hurley
Congress
David B. Henderson
Dubuque
Mississippi
California
Henderson
Harry
Frank Schumacher
Fay Fowler
Board of Control Criticised Over Hospital Food
Davenport June 9 Attorney J A Hanley Dr Fred Lambach and County Clerk William Gruenwald members of the Scott county board of insanity commissioners return from inspection at Mount Pleasant hospital for the inland and mail a report to the state board of control criticizing the evident economy in feeding patients and urging more varied and larger rations.
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Board of Control
Davenport
J.A. Hanley
Fred Lambach
William Gruenwald
Scott County Board of Insanity Commissioners
Mount Pleasant Hospital
State Board of Control
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the Herald
Jay Gould
Dr. Osler
Alabama
Hugh O. Pentecost
Pennsylvania
Hoi Pollof
Georgia Darky
Calhoun Democrat
New York Sun
Capt. Hobson
Jim Jeffries
Nemirevich Danchenko
Oliver Sherford
the News
Randy
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