Niagara Falls Voyage on the Maid of the Mist
A traveler aboard the Maid of the Mist describes a stormy passage near Niagara Falls. The ride skirts the American Fall with rainbows and spray, passing Goat Island and Sam Patch’s leap site while thunder rolls and lightning lights the curtain of water.
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Dubuque
Mrsaana Faisa
Faux Patuna
Times
Niagame
Goat Island
Maid of the Mist
Sam Patch
Sam
Bee Goat Island
Echatta
Gan and
Arouiades
Bull Fights Stir San Francisco Society in 1850
Correspondence describes a bull fighting show at the Willows near San Francisco with multiple bulls, banderilleros, picadores, and injuries including a horse death. Local court action follows as authorities question legality and license, while police efforts to curb vice and uphold public morals are praised. The writer urges broader enforcement in Dubuque.
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the Willows
Banderilleros
Tor
California
Campbell
Sie
Spain
England
Yanez
Coon
Burge
Police Court
Dubuque
Freeport and Frankville: Early Iowa settlements seen anew
A described visit covers Freeport three miles below Decorah on the Upper Iowa River, detailing its 1864 founding by Fannon, Heckart, and Strayer, water power, local shops, churches, and a 300-strong population. Nearby Frankville is noted for its pleasant site and stagnation, while Washington Prairie yields large grain acreage and promising wheat and corn prospects for Winneshiek County.
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Freeport
Decorah
A. H. Fannon
Adam Heckart
John Strayer
Fannon & Jarvis
Frankville
Washington
Winneshiek
Anon
Decorah Flourishes With Town Growth and New Buildings
A summer tour notes Decorah’s scenic Upper Iowa area and a wave of new construction. Weiser & Brother Horace H. Eaton plan a two story brick block on Water Street. Eleworth & Landers nearly double their store length. A Bradish adds sixty feet to his hardware shop. Helvely finishes a two story brick building for store and offices. Hunter & Scott build a stone block opposite Tremont House. Curtin & Brother build a livery stable. J Kennedy adds a two story wagon shop. Samson & Gideon expand to compete in grain and fur trade. Addican nears completing a stone brewery and distillery. Sawyer & Bucknum erect a stone tannery. Decorah House renovated by Crexhorn & Mason. Farran builds a neat frame house and Cowley adds a semi-gothic collage. Farther north banker Filbert completes a western English gothic villa named Unkland.
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Iowa
Dacorah
Decorah
Messrs. Weiser & Brother
Horace H. Eaton
Water Street
Eleworth & Landers
General Varieties
A. Bradish
D. Addican
Sawyer & Bucknum
Daniel's
Crexhorn & Mason
A.C. Farran
E. E. Cowley
Thomas J. Filbert
Westless
Oakland and Decorah Rural Life South of Town
The scene describes Oakland cottages and suburban Decorah farms with carriage roads, barns, horses, and poultry. A West Decorah tour with Mr Protheroe notes neat gardens, a mill on a bluff, and a John W. Taylor farm of 1200 acres with Durhams and deer in enclosure. The piece lists mail contractor C Scripture and driver Samuel Goddard operating three weekly trips and daily routes.
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Oakland
Decorah
Protheroe
Tremont
West Decorah
Mr. Morgan
John W. Taylor, Esq
Dubuque
Franklin Prairie
Durham
Mt Garcer Anp
C. Scripture
McGregor and
Samuel Goddard
Walker
Information Wanted. Dubuque Times note on state taxes
A reader from Dubuque asks the Dubuque Herald to explain a $4,000 loan said to be from the State Treasury to its political editor and Doc Eaps. The letter accuses Democratic officials of levying the three mill tax and seeks repayment details amid criticisms of state finances.
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Burrons
Dubuque
the Herald
Doc Eaps
Letter from Borroz on Dubuque and Pacific Railroad
Borroz replies to charges about a newspaper article on the Dubuque and Pacific Railroad clarifying he authored it alone and criticizing Lower Harbor positions he says threaten the road Land grant preservation and city interests are his aim guards and editors know the author and he will publish his own language and signature to defend his stance
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Borroz
Dubuque and Pacific
Guurvee
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Tereapin
Niagara
The
Dubuque Times
San Francisco
Cal
Ana
JRO
C. Bolbroue
C.C. Osan
Kewtah
Dubuque and Pacific Railroad
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