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Mount Pleasant News Then

Mount Pleasant News Then

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A weekly wrap of news happening in and around Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 150 years ago. Listen to what people were most concerned with in the nineteenth century, from politics, to fashion, to town gossip.

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Recent Episodes

  • January 8, 1875: Christmas Brawls, Dances, and a Case of Identity

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  • November 20, 1874: Civil Rights, Temperance Tolerance, and The Klan in Keokuk?

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  • November 13, 1874: Schurz Lecture, Thanksgiving Proclamation, and Why People Didn't Vote

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  • November 6, 1874: Measuring the Heavens, Major Victories of the Democrats, and A Little Variety

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  • October 30, 1874: Railroad Roundup, The Eclipse, and Cow Kleptomania

    9 months ago

  • October 23, 1874: Lincoln Dedication, Gambling, and Oxen Racing

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  • October 16, 1874: Decision '74

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  • October 9, 1874: Train Centralization, Liquor on Trail, and Election Call to Action

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  • October 2, 1874: An Afflicted Letter, Book Recomendations, and the Ledgend of the Lake

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  • September 25, 1874: Throwing Stones, Emancipation, and Deutsch Education

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