Bustling Iowa frontier notes and river steamship accident
The column reports travelers bound for Pike's Peak and Nebraska tempering plans with hopes of gold, and notes Emigrant trains heading west from Green Lake county Wisconsin. It covers a steamboat explosion near Eagle Point injuring a clerk and passenger, plus a local leather store boasting vast assortments and new boot crimping machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike’s Peak
Nebraskaerritory
Green Lake County
Wisconsin
Kansas
Nebraska
California
Manvers Lantazz Sronz
Messrs. L. D. Raxpatt & Co
Main Street
Buffalo
Ladie
Iowa News Roundup Includes Mayoral Victory and Gold Rumor
Ottumwa elects Mattied Goonen Gussery as mayor by two votes. Mahaska county bonds $200,000 sold to Mississippi and Missouri Railroad. Drowned man Partie Praszay after falling from Northern Belle. Davenport Gazette reports on chess games and Pike's Peak rush. Others note bank stock in McGregor and rail interests, rail bridge currents, and Mississippi River freshet impacts on Davenport and surrounding towns.
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Mahaska County
Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company
Partie Praszay
Tus
Davenport Gazette
Lous Pautasx
Anamoss Gacetic
Kowaxp Prex- Dergrast
Knelly
Mittse
Maquvoxera
Iowa Central Railroad Company
Sexaton Ruseu
Scott County
Davenport Democrat
Iowa City
Dubuque Street
Davenport
Alraxp
Cook
Destructive Flood Devastates City After Heavy Rain
A severe flood from Pappoose and Iowa avenues inundated streets, toppled a two story drug store, damaged several buildings, and caused losses estimated around $25,000. Mrs Spencer and family escaped from the wreck, with other residents and stores sustaining substantial damage and rail bridges torn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pappoose
Iowa Avenue
Third Street
Nevada House
Second Street
Firpiere Bridge
J. B. Kerry
H. Spencer
Broadhead
Eddy Broadhead
Teodore Krehe
Dougherty
Spencer
Krehe
Capes
Arte
Evans
Oppenheimer
Daugherty
Nevada
Winker & Co
Org
Water
Schwarz
Nealley
Man shot near Le Sueur ends in pond discovery
A man named Foarese of Le Sueur County Minnesota was shot by an unknown assailant on the 26th near Keeota. He did not return from a business trip and his body was found at the edge of a pond with multiple bullet wounds, with suspicions pointing to Native American involvement.
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Burlington
Tus North Lowe Times
Jonz Parreteox
Wagner Township
Clayton Co
Hardin
McGregor
Petésville
Carr
Ras
the Times
van Valkenburg
Mr. Reed
Wea
N. Y. Tribune
Carnochan
James Amsted
Belvidere
Boone County
Ill
Uniontown
Levee Rush and Rising Mississippi Flood Threat at Baton Rouge
Report from Baton Rouge notes the Mississippi at a level roughly four inches above the 1852 high mark and climbing about one inch per day. Mayor and constable labored through the night to close a levee crease while crews prepare to seal the breach near the west bank.
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Daily Times
Upper
Mississippi
Minnesota
St. Croix
Wisconsin
Chippewa, &c
Jones Street
Central Improvement Works
Dubuque and Pacific
Eagle Point
St. Paul
Baton Rouge
Accident at Law School Moot Court Ends in Fatality
Dreadful accident during moot court at a law school fifteen miles away. A student playing Sickles fired a loaded pistol, mortally wounding his friend who portrayed Key. The shooter, Tap, reportedly suffered mental distress and attempted self harm. Burke’s condition worsened. Shot ruled accidental.
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Sckles Trapaforce
New York Express
Gallaten
Tens
Law School
Sickles
Key
Tap
Mr. Burke
Mr. Tap
Rie
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Focal Ink Literary
Tus Raween Hovss
Breawberry Point
Iowa
Ev. P. Raween
B.C. Davin & Co
Fulton Fire Insurance Company
New York City
New York
Victssiopss
Humax
Jounsoy
Ostland
Ferrie
Exerosrox
Fred Loreng
Dalselle
Miss Buck
Virginie
Galena
Back
Goonen, Gussery
Ottumwa
State Bank
Moxey
D. C. Lee
Ma. Tatixaga
Fort Kearney
Tuz Davenport Democrat
U.S
Sumazes
Dubuque
Peter Mosroomery
Lansing
Montcomery
United States District Court
Keokuk
Graham House
Tut
War Department
Rock Island Bridge
Illinois
Gubpena
Cedar Rapids Bridge Company
Cedar Rapids
Pike's Peak
Iown
Indiana
Ohio
Washington Press
T. H. Stanton
Wickershan
Brarrox
Government Transportation Company
Davenport Gasette
Washington
The
Muscatine Journal of
Pappoose Creek
Cedar Street
Mad Creek
Gerard
Wilton
Tur Baton Rough Gazette
A. Dixon
Parish of
Ascension
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