Turbulent Fourth of July Preparations and Local Incidents
A scrambled Iowa City era notice lists July celebrations, among multiple local mishaps. Reports mention five youths arrested for disturbing an African Methodist meeting in Cedar Rapids, a Dubuque lumber stack issue, drownings, burglaries, accidental shootings, a pump-house smallpox spread risk, a fatal tree accident near Logan, and various personal calamities including suicides, elopements, and a later marriage abandonment case.
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Siow
Henry Chitwood
Eddyville
Jenale Titus
Albis
Cedar Rapids
Dubique Lumber Company
Thoreau's Highway Dream of a Quiet Road
A fragment evokes a longing for old meandering roads away from town. The narrator imagines a dry, uninhabited path where temptation fades, the spirit soars, and nature offers solitude, distant from prying eyes and social constraints.
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Thoreau
Walla
Nes
Pulse rates and health tips from a historic note
A fragmented health column explains how pulse rate reflects wellbeing from infancy to old age. It warns that a resting pulse above 70 per minute signals disease or fever, while rapid rises toward 110 to 120 may foretell danger and possible death, with further notes on infant and child patterns.
CAPITAL CALLING Report on fyllean release and Peru relations
Northern Pacific lands and government stance feature in a broad dispatch. Reports describe a letter from Peru’s government praising Minister Harburt and a presidential reply plan. Other items cover Indian famine aid, legal questions, and Secretary Howe on free newspapers.
Congressional Phogee: Almanac May 18
The House authorized receipt of United States gold loan in exchange for land and the land loan rate was set. Mr. Baulahary's amendment barring states from taking money to pay agents was debated and adopted with reservations. Mr. Vance supported a landowner amendment for railroad and education用途 in states.
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Nevada
Battle over naturalization and state funding debated
The senate and house debated naturalization rules and public works spending, approving a 500000 for a new courthouse and funds for Detroit and other cities, while discussing the Geneva award and five percent land acts, with filibusters and amendments shaping the session through May.
Walker's Vertigo Cause Sparks Adjournment Vote
In Harrisburg a Pennsylvania legislator, Walker, fainted from vertigo but recovered. Mr Kean moved to adjourn to Saturday while Mr Randall proposed Friday as substitute. The vote reached 140 to 40, Republicans voting yes. A call of the house was ordered and the session adjourned.
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Randall
Return of the Jeanelies Survivors From Livar pool-The Ninth law District Convention Called
Irreconcilable reports from Current History describe a range of Irish issues. Michael Turner, a passenger on the steamer Wisconsin, was arrested in New York on suspicions tied to the Dublin murders. Fears grow of arrests connected to Lord Frederick Cavendish’s murder as authorities crackdown, while many Irish travelers seek passports abroad. Irish judges, led by the lord chancellor, urge strong remonstrance against trial by jury abolition, fearing harm to public confidence in the judiciary. A general rumor claims assassins in priest garb are en route to the United States. The Irish parliamentary party meets amid condemnation of the government’s actions.
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Julia Wentworth
Wobater
Congress
Little Fort
Waukegan
Roverdy Johnson
Maryland
John A. Dix
New York
West Point
Thomas H. Benton
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Ife
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Supreme Court
Geo. Jenkin
Independent Party
Pennsylvania
Niske
Republican Party
James A. Garrell
Asgeseneota
Ad& Feu Bable
Apolia
Eclipse observations and notable 1889 news notes
Upper Egypt reports an eclipse observed by Bagtteb and others with a bright comet near the sun detected by photography. Surviving Jeannetta crew returned to New York aboard the Celtly after Liverpool. Iowa Republican convention coverage from Cornell Bluffs. Omaha merchants seek special railroad freight rates. debate on discrimination and relief. Grant’s last aunt dies in West Virginia. Kansas weather and crop reports describe a strong wheat season, frost damage in several states, and forecasts of a large yield. Garibaldi Monument fund updates. Mormon Constitution voting proceeds in Utah for statehood bid.
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Iowa
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Ander
Massacred families and political turmoil in late era reports
A chaotic dispatch outlines a disputed election in which around 20,000 votes favored a motion, the transfer of a $900,000 legacy to government aid, mass emigration warnings, a Pennsylvania independent Republican convention with a reform platform, and multiple violent incidents including a double murder in Kentucky, a suicide attempt in New York, and a killing in Missouri.
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New York
23D
Lewis
Davitt Voices on Irish Grievances and Law Reform
Michael Davitt spoke to Irish MPs in Manchester urging police and military presence to protect property and support abolition of landlord rule. He warned there can be no alliance with Irihmen and Knyllah until oppression ends while Parliament considers a new penal code and other reforms in the next session.
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Gladstone urged to tackle root causes of agrarian unrest
The piece argues Gladstone should address key drivers of agrarian outrage by ending landlord power, dismantling Dublin Castle, and proving Ireland can be governed with the same confidence as Canada, rather than merely reacting to secret movements framed as protecting the wronged.
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Ireland
Canada
Quotations on Women From Classic Authors
A collection of aphorisms and quotations about women from Byron Hugo Homer Segur Goldsmith Bulwer Lytton Karr and others. The lines discuss beauty, virtue, creativity, deceit, and social roles reflecting historical attitudes toward women.
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Bulwer Lytton
Rabbi Ben Azsi
Esuhylus
Thackeray
Origin of the American Dollar Sign
The article surveys theories on the dollar sign’s origin, citing options from U S initials and the eight figure to Roman units and Spanish coinage. It highlights a London editor’s dinner party account linking the sign to the Spanish dollar and the Pillars of Hercules with an inscription, noting the serpents around the pillars.
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United States
H.S
London Whitehall Review
Whochoo
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How the Queen Dines and Distribits Gifts in Windsor and London
In royal dining, family sit with the queen, others are invited by special command. Gold plate is rare at Waterloo gallery state dinners, used also at Buckingham palace events. On New Year’s, the queen gives gifts to family, including art, statutes, books, china, and other valuables, laid out for distribution with her presence.
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Waterloo
Windsor
Buckingham Palace
Emerson and Hig Doctrines in a 1438 Private Letter
In a private 1438 letter Mr. Emerson modestly judges his own arguments and admits difficulty answering how or why he dares to think as he does. He notes a preference for declaring his thoughts, trusting fortune, and finding support from older brothers who share sympathy and sometimes echo his ideas.
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Grant Guest At Hartford Wedding Sparks Grandfather Kiss Tale
A New York letter reports General Grant attending the Hartford wedding of John Russell Young to Miss Coleman. The bride kissed Grant’s granddaughter and then urged him to kiss the bride, causing a playful blush in the veteran who had faced battle. A doctor’s note about Kidney-Work ends the passage with medical prompts.
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