Calliope
Sioux County Independent reports on Calliope items from the Calliope column with brief notes and announcements from 3took Bros publishers in Sioux County.
08 Feb 1883
Page 1
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Newspaper
Sioux County Independent
Location
East Orange, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1883
Page
1
Sioux County Independent reports on Calliope items from the Calliope column with brief notes and announcements from 3took Bros publishers in Sioux County.
A scrambled Iowa wire brief reports saloon declines, a $2,000 fire harming two buildings, union steps in Storm Lake, and the Fairfield Opera House transfer to Odd Fellows. Also noted are a graveyard of incidents including robberies, a farming loss of four horses, counterfeit plate arrest, a Mapleton merchant’s assignment, a presumed wedding in Davenport, a Waverly thief sent to prison, and a Keokuk boy’s near fatal well accident.
A Newark Advertiser note reports on a patented muff with an inside receptacle for hot water or fluid, used through a mouthpiece to warm the wearer. It claims the muff can heat hands and body, with social speculation on women’s display. Magnetic hats with alvanic lining promise disease cure and prevention, including baldness treatment. The piece muses on the grand possibilities for humanity and progress.
Congressional actions stretch from Jan 26 to Feb 1 with Senate and House debates on tariff bills and naval and census funding. Memorials, Indian treaty recognition, and amendments surface alongside proposed duties on ore, steel, sugar, and coal, with adjournments interspersed.
A stray sketch of a traveling artist met a rugged man in Union Square who matched his ideal type. The white haired, bearded figure claimed a life of peril from California to Indiana, mine towns, and sea mishaps, weaving a tale of shipwrecks, medicine, and strange relics while hinting at grand journeys and a pressed later life. The narrative ends with a dated note about Romanians arriving in England in 1924.
Richard K Fox authorizes Harry Gill to announce Fox plans to back Blade Austratian to light any moo d worldwide. A committee has collected 759 to aid Rhine sufferers. three thousand marks will be remitted to the president.
Five bodies recovered from medical students list. Campbell shoots himself at his doorstep in St Louis amid heavy drinking and domestic trouble. Texas advices report a safe belonging to W Wood treasurer of Jackson county blown open by court order. Wood's absence for medical reasons fuels speculation of defalcation. Large private funds and per diem sums reportedly missing.
A Washington telegraph column reports on suffrage protests before the house judiciary, census funding reductions, and various government actions. It notes Brady and Dorsey tied to star route cases, a Br. Eads death, and appointments, with overseas briefs from Europe and Ireland. The piece mentions crimes, audits, and political friction shaping Congress and executive actions.
Fragmentary reminiscences recount Whittier era schooling at Whittier's time and a vivid Zuni Sun Festival scene from February Century. It recalls the Whittier schoolhouse fate, the master’s desk, benches, and children, plus a detailed, ceremonial night in Zuni involving priests, dancers, masks, and ritual offerings amid a singing and drumming vigil.
In a February Century piece Mr Cable reviews Creole history around the American Revolution era. He argues the October uprising failed due to ill planning and delayed action, noting French and Spanish pressure, weak self-government aims, and the Creoles' courage without mature political thought, which postponed a successful revolt and helped birth the American nation through eventual alignment with independence.
One of the county superintendents urges surveyors and school superintendents to seek an amendment to law to require county commissioners to provide office rooms and stationery for these officers. The omission from Sec 25 Art 1 Chap 14 of the 1881 compilation is likely unintentional, but furnishing offices would advance public interests and relieve these officers from paying for necessary requisites from limited funds.
The Boston Journal of Education weighs Nebraskan schooling amid Doane College Crete plans and state university roles. The piece notes Nebraska’s rich college landscape, cites Brownell Hall and Creighton, and mentions wartime cholera deaths and rising health concerns in Modia and Modina.
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