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Contents include but not limited to reports of local crimes and brutal assaults with victims rescued and hospitalized, a detailed Iowa agricultural census with acreage, livestock counts, crop yields and farm values, a weather and crop bulletin describing excessive moisture, delayed planting and prospects for hay and grain, violent cyclones and tornadoes in several states causing many deaths, injuries and property loss, a gasoline tank explosion damaging a clothing store and injuring clerks, jailbreaks and jailbreak rescues, extensive hailstorms with very large hailstones, suicides among prominent citizens, large forest fires devastating timber lands, political conventions and platforms stressing bimetallism and delegate instructions, labor endorsement of a presidential candidate, international incidents in Cuba, Corea and South America, and other topics.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 2, number 52, May 22, 1896
Date Created:
1896-05-22
Time Period:
1890s
Description:
Contents include but not limited to reports of local crimes and brutal assaults with victims rescued and hospitalized, a detailed Iowa agricultural census with acreage, livestock counts, crop yields and farm values, a weather and crop bulletin describing excessive moisture, delayed planting and prospects for hay and grain, violent cyclones and tornadoes in several states causing many deaths, injuries and property loss, a gasoline tank explosion damaging a clothing store and injuring clerks, jailbreaks and jailbreak rescues, extensive hailstorms with very large hailstones, suicides among prominent citizens, large forest fires devastating timber lands, political conventions and platforms stressing bimetallism and delegate instructions, labor endorsement of a presidential candidate, international incidents in Cuba, Corea and South America, and other topics.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people Natural disasters Politics and government Labor Crime Transportation Public safety International relations Religion Public welfare
Contributor (Person):
Ruff, Charles S. Ruff, Thaddeus S. Thompson, John L. (John Lay), 1869-1930
Location:
Iowa--Des Moines
Language:
eng
Contributing Institution:
State Historical Society of Iowa
Publisher:
Iowa State Bystander Pub. Co.
Extent:
4 pages
Genre:
Newspapers
Type:
Text Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9156m
Related Resource:
Library of Congress Control Number: sn83025186
Digital Object Identifier:
bystander1896052201
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w96688s8r
Metadata License:
This metadata record is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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"Iowa state bystander. volume 2, number 52, May 22, 1896", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w96688s8r
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No Copyright - United States
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