31 Dec 1880
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Newspaper
Sioux County Independent
Location
East Orange, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1880
Page
1
The piece catalogs varied dispatches including Russian and Irish conflicts, Irish and Indian affairs, and U S military appointments. It notes Governor Fontrafina withdrawing from Ohio Senate race, hints at Secretary Sherman’s expected election, and mentions military moves under Howard and Miles while detailing land and agricultural reports, ethnic tensions, and economic concerns across regions.
The report surveys shifts in the Garfield era cabinet prospects, noting Blaine and interior secretary possibilities, Indian policy rhetoric, and diplomatic maneuvers with Sioux and Ponca leaders. It highlights ongoing debates over treaties, reservations, and congressional actions affecting Native nations and government appointments.
Amid scattered dispatches a Prussian general is named to a foreign command while alliances tighten. Reports cite Chilean and Peruvian actions, Greek and Irish tensions, land disputes, and border rail schemes. Domestic incidents include crimes, accidents, political upheavals, and evolving public notices.
The senate discussed an additional appropriation of 18.5 million for penitentiary payments this year while confirming civil service vacancies. A long House debate on February 2 adjourned without action. Other actions included a public lands committee report favoring a settlers relief bill and appropriations for a maritime canal company and a post office building project in Minneapolis.
Reported malignant diphtheria leaves seven in one Meta mors family prostrated. A Brownaville Demnenec fire razed ten buildings valued at 830,00 on December 23. A motel blaze destroyed three stores in Corsicana.
General note outlines Phal Kannan optimistic on winter wheat prospects and Lyne Massachusetts elects Henry Gi Lavering as mayor by a large margin. Caldwell Kansas authorities supply Payne's raiders with provisions and forage for thirty days as Risnor Keane allocates thirty.
The piece notes midmeya disorders as formidable and cites Disbot Bright's disease and urinary complaints as often incurable yet preventable with timely medicine. It praises Heetttars Blom ao as a stimulant improving kidney and bladder activity, purifying blood, and aiding digestion. It also reports the deaths of Francis T. Buckland in London and Michel Chaslas in Paris.
A chaotic collage notes wide limits of 19th century life including London streets, diphtheria in Brooklyn, wealth estimates for Jay Gould, ministerial losses and slipper makers in San Francisco. It mentions regent heathen festival in Lydia, a $17,000,000 idol offering, a Dec 1 Springfield event, a California wine crop doubling, and other scattered items across politics, society, and science.
Reports from Northern Mlinoia note Pioneer Days observances and mark Uncle Dick as a leading pioneer Methodist preacher since Peter Catright's death. Mentions birth and family ties of notable figures, illness updates, a Jackson theft case, a Montreal boy’s bottle house, Gen Hazen at Riggs House, and Senator Logan’s Washington duties.
Fragmentary market notes list grain and crop terms with unclear spellings. Mentions flour, wheat, corn, hay, barley, and fertilizer terms alongside dates and buyer references in a rural Wisonsin area.
The Drover's Journal reports mixed activity in Chicago markets with wheat and corn showing slight gains and various seller prices listed. Cattle and hogs show firmer tones, with pork values around 12.25 and mixed notes on futures, while sheep receipts and shipments firm into fall pricing. overall, market data remains uneven amid limited readable specifics.
The text links nervousness to indigestion caused by weak stomach and promotes Hop Bitters to strengthen the stomach blood purification and liver and kidney activity. It then shifts to a biographical note about Paul Hong, famed for a Whil ters poem, born and long-lived in Sandwich, New Hampshire, with Quaker hospitality noted.
Mr George Barnes of Bagnall Barnes reports his wife endured neuralgia for years, trying many remedies. He claims St Jacobs Oil provided relief. The item also notes Lady Florence Dixie’s Africa trip and a jaguar incident in South America with a tame cub later in London, plus a reference to the fast trotting horse St Julien earning $28,060.
An old advertisement touts Kidney-Wort as a remedy for kidney ailments and related bowel regulation. It urges immediate purchase of a liquid medicine labeled Vermantioen 17 elegraph and promises direct action to purify and restore health.
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