Rock Valley Ten Years Ago Business Snapshot Found
A 1887 88 volume recalls Rock Valley on the Rock River at the junction of rail lines with Yankton Sioux City. It notes 600 people and a dozen enterprises including banks mills hotels a creamery and a weekly newspaper the Rock Valley Register. Multiple named merchants professionals and town leaders are listed with their trades and roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Valley
Rock River
Yankton
Sioux City
Rock Gtownship
Sioux County
Des Moines
Orange City
Dakota Line
Rock Valley Register
Daily Mail
Doon
Telgraph
W. U. . Express
Mail
Adams
Wm. L- Adams
Albert Amelsberg
Edward I
Ash
P.A. Cummings
Basset, Huntting & Co
Me‘Gregor
Iowa
Berg
le Bervin
Boggess & Able
John W
Boggess
David Able
Harry
Berger
Margaret
Blau
Can
Farmers Bank
John Mulhall
Wm. Mulhall
Kittie Farrell
Josiah Lynch
Foppe
David C. Galbraith
L. P. Gilbert
H. M. Handy
Harrington & Harris
Grant D. Harrington
James ‘I. L. Harris
Z. D. Hollenbeck
A. J. Warren
G.G. Washburn
Schoolg
P. Jenison
Isaac A. Wetherby
Wi Aon
Liv
The Omaha Exposition Grand Court Features and Upcoming Days
The program lists a grand court centerpiece and rivaled midways with numerous upcoming social days. August events include Des Moines Day 23 and Missouri Day 30, plus August 25 Sioux City Day and Bohemian Day 27. September covers Kansas Day 1 and Editors Day 8 among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Sioux City
Missouri
Our Baby in a Mother's Poem From Woman's Journal
A sentimental verse celebrates a baby with muddy playtimes and cherubic features. The poem follows the child’s daily life from dirty shoes to quiet, sleeping eyes, ending with a prayerful plea for protection from a motherly voice.
The Crystal Hour Poem Excerpt by Mary H Leonard
A poem praising the sea’s beauty and power, describing amethyst and crystal imagery. The verse speaks of endless ocean reverberation, breaking surf, distant sea birds, and a treasured, restful moment that embodies earthly passion. credited to Mary H. Leonard in Independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary H. Leonard
Independent
Bread of the Nations How the staff of life is made among various peoples
The article surveys global breadmaking, noting rye in Sweden and barley in Lapland, pine bark breads in Kamchatka, Icelandic stone-ground flour, buckwheat in parts of Asia, chestnut breads in Italy, millet and rice breads across India, Egypt and Persia, and rice milk breads in China and Japan. It describes the Persian oven and a penny bread sheet, then mentions palm pith breads from the Molucca islands and root breads from manioc in Africa and South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Lapland
India
Persia
Molucca Islands
Africa
South America
Poisonous roots become bread after careful preparation
Roots are a deadly poison raw but edible when processed. Soaked for several days to wash out toxins, fibers removed, dried and ground to flour. Mixed with milk or water, the dough is shaped into small rounds and baked in hot ashes or sun air.
Elephants and Porters Across Malay Peninsula and Lao States
The article compares weights carried by elephants in Malay Peninsula and Lao states noting pens up to 900 to 1,000 pounds in the peninsula and about 800 pounds in Lao journeys. It cites prices in pounds for tuskers and females across Me Kawng Muang Nan and Obieng Mai, with figures ranging from £24 to £160.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malay Peninsula
Howdah
Lao States
Me Kawng
Muang Nan
Obieng Mai
Falsified Age Trial Reveals Russian Society Secrets
The New York Times reports a Moscow case where Princess Eugalytcheff was jailed for embezzling 140000 rubles and altering her birth year from 1847 to 1867. The bride’s husband received 8000 rubles for his name, but the jury spared her over the age falsification and she was sent to exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Eugalytcheif
Moscow
Olonetz
Prince Eugalytcheff
New York Times
Detroit Merchants Reflect On Angry Talks And Pigs In Yard
The tale opens with two Detroit merchants sharing a lunch and bantering about consulting wives in business, ending with a balked conference and a slammed door. It then shifts to Captain Bagot's saga of Levens Hall and a Kent River superstition about male heirs, plus a fragmentary children’s quip about pigs and a sly home remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Captain Bagot
South Westmoreland
Levens’ Hall
Kent
Nog
Fragmented query on a bashful man and mysterious mite
The readable pieces describe a curious line about a bashful man and a mite in a vague setting. No clear event, place, or names emerge to form a complete news item with verifiable details.
Colonel Cody to Tour Omaha with Buffalo Bill Exhibition
The notice announces August 30 and 31 in Omaha for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show and Congress of Rough Riders. Colonel Cody will appear with his world famous exhibition at the exposition grounds, drawing thousands to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Cody
Omaha
Buffalo Bill
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Rock
Valley
U. S. Large
Omaha Exposition
Georgeous Electrical
Grand Court
Kansas
Editors
Laborers
Colorado
Rocky Ford
Port Arthur
Fraternal Union of America
New Mexico
National Shriners
New England
Oklahoma
Chicago
Knox College
Tennessee
Woman’s Journal
Bread OF the Nations
Addamup
Boston Transcript
Lima
Peru
Ice
Des Cody
Coltesy Valley Tone
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