Oxus repairs in Gulf of Mexico as telegraph reports boxing results
The British steamer Oxus repairs between Galveston and Tampico on March 17 while a telegraph operator aboard relays every round of the Fitzsimmons Corbett fight from Carson City. A trio of human-interest items follow including two Indiana girls walking home after losing a horse, and temperance statistics in Britain.
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East Side Sign Promises Old-Fashioned Laundry Appeal
A sign on a side street on New York's east side appeals to men with strong standards. It reads: Old-fashioned, careful aundrylig. The phrasing suggests a bold old-time laundry ad, emphasizing traditional care.
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New York
Iowa Legislature Proceeding Highlights Des Moines April
Des Moines reports from April describe Senate debates on the Temple amendment and railroad issues, with test votes on debate omission and various substitutions. The insurance bill nears a vote, mutual assessors debate, and printing investigations loom. House actions include state printing inquiry, building and loan bill amendments, tax and liability questions, and a busy sequence of bills across both chambers.
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Chicago
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Iowa Supreme Court Decisions Today Involve Several Appeals
The Iowa Supreme Court handed down rulings on numerous appeals this morning. Cases include Bank of Wilki vs Creamery Manufacturing, Waterworks Co. vs Cresten, and State vs Union Stock Yards, all affirmed or dismissed as listed in district decisions.
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Feels Certain of the Road to Webster City
The Webster City committee Myson and Blerrill, visiting St. Paul, met with Chicago Great Western President Stickney. He said a Hampton to Webster City line would be built this summer if finances allow, with rails already piled at Ottumwa. He did not guarantee Webster City as a division station, but noted the policy favors good towns.
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B. C. Myson
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WALSH ON THE GOVERNORSHIP DEMAND FOR A STRONG MAN
Ottumwa April 12 Charles A Walsh said he has no personal preference for governor. He favors a candidate in harmony with the Chicago platform, well known, strong intellect, and able to attract votes. He would prefer a farmer type who can hold the 1,900,000 Bryan votes cast in Iowa last fall.
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Towa
No Work For Thames Boats In London Summer
London faces a summer with no river steamers above London Bridge as two successive companies fail to cover costs. Population and metropolitan activity rise, yet the Thames revenue from passenger service dwindles while civic water displays fade from memory and few attempts are made to revive it.
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Jonah’s dash toward Ninevah in desert tale
In a coastal New York setting a whale boasts triumph as Jonah angrily declares he will face the coming theologians. The scene ends with Jonah storming across sand-dunes toward Ninevah amid a hoarse chuckle and a vow.
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Grant Memory and Civil War Reflections In April Century
The April Century presents a memorial on Ulysses S. Grant and his career, with essays and letters including John R. Pross ley contributions. It covers Grant Buckner relations, Mount McGregor, and Grant’s postwar messages about harmony, peace, and national strength. It notes Jubal Early and Full as remaining unspecified units, and reflects on the war’s cost and the value of inheritance as Grant traveled Europe after its end.
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Denyer Cols To Wave Building Fees For Doctors
A plan proposes waiving building fees to house medical facilities. Twenty physicians can be accommodated and a common operating room will be installed in the approved manner, creating a dedicated space for doctors.
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Od Reece Duep
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Beneficiary rights set in doubt by supreme court ruling
The Iowa Supreme Court holds that absent contrary provisions an insured may change beneficiaries at will in mutual life and endowment policies. The case D. C. Carpenter vs Clarence C. Knapp involves a policy tied to J. T. Knapp & Co. and an interposer. the decision states beneficiaries have no vested rights to the certificate and the member may alter or revoke designations during life.
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W. H. Kusapp
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A. S. Blair
Kinne
Equitable Mutual Life and Endowment Association of Waterloo
J.T. Knapp
Fife
WILL CLOSE MANY SALOONS
Des Moines reports a ruling by Judge Holmes threatens widespread saloon closures. Saloons must obtain yearly consent statements from nearby property owners, city council resolutions, and new bonds. Withholding consent could force many establishments to shut without Supreme Court relief. Public officials and saloonmen weigh next steps.
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Holmes
John Weber, Jr
Supreme Court
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The Long Murder Case Opens in Hampton Court
The April term opens this afternoon before Judge S Weaver with the Long murder case scheduled early in the term. The trial concerns the death of J C Long’s daughter from strychnine poisoning and whether it was self administered or caused by another with murderous intent. The father and stepmother are held on bonds.
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J. C. Long
Granta Grants Temporary Stay in the Johnson Case
Governor Drake grants a further temporary stay in the John Smith Johnson case. Smith, sentenced to four and a half years for attempted murder of ex Sheriff Jones, remains in Iowa county jail at Marengo while awaiting a Supreme Court ruling. Damages from parents of twelve children injured in the crossing incident have not yet been tried.
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Drake
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Sheril Jones
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Marengo
They Adopted the Troubled Son From War-Torn Atlantic Garrison
April 4 10 1876 a baby boy was abducted from a nurse and spirited away by a man named Myers after a nurse lost sight of the child. Myers allegedly kept the infant hidden for years, then arranged a return by reconnecting with the Britton family who had adopted him. Mrs Myers later sent a report from England detailing the abduction and return, with the boy now grown.
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Grand Parade for Memorial Celebration in New York City
A new feature adds a parade of city guests from the Fifth Avenue hotel to the monument the morning before public ceremonies. Cars will form a regular two abreast procession, weather permitting, led by Press McKinley, ex president Grover Cleveland, Mayor Surang and General Harrve Porter aboard a four-horse carriage. The following carriages carry the diplomatic corps, cabinet members, state governors, senators, congressmen, generals and admirals among other notables.
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Not Friendly to Oom Paul
London April 14 The speech of the first lord of the admiralty Goschen at the farewell banquet for Sir Alfred Milner the new high commissioner for Great Britain in South Africa caused a sensation It signaled possible war between Great Britain and the Transvaal as Goschen described British naval power backing Milner and loyalists to maintain British rule in the region.
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Preparing for Higher Water in Missouri River
Kansas City April 14 Weather Observer Conner says Missouri River will rise rapidly and pass danger line by Wednesday then be about a foot above it by Thursday. Gauge at noon was 19.6 feet, up since yesterday. Leavenworth shows a six inch rise since daylight. Across the river in Harlem citizens organize to guard against flood damage and reinforce river precautions.
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Shandler Seeks Armor Plant Control for Battleships
Senator Chen proposes bills to seize or defer mercy to the navy secretary for armor plate production, targeting Bethlehem works and Carnegie companies to ensure armor plate output for new battleships including Illinois and Wisconsin, with possible temporary Bethlehem control under limited authority.
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Indemnity Recommendation Increases After Mob Attack
Washington April 13 The president recommends to Congress an appropriation as indemnity for the mob actions last August in Hannyeile Port Island involving three Italian citizens.
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Congress
Hannyiile
Jealous Man Hanged in Sassy City
April 13 report from How Loken recounts Paul ens hanging Ned, contrasting Clara Arnim’s alleged role. note mentions August 18M as the managing period and a tavern motive said to involve a rival lover.
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Silverite Banquet at Washington echoes Jeffersonian ideals
The fourth anniversary dinner of Jefferson’s birthday drew national Democratic leaders at the Metropolitan Hotel. Guest of honor William J. Kryah, with speakers including Bryan and James K. Jones, praised Jeffersonian principles and sought equal justice. The event featured regional dishes and songs, with parliamentary rows over seating and late-night remarks criticizing Yale’s treatment of Bryan.
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Jefferson
Metroplitan
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Wm. J. Kryah
Demn Orite Party
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W. J. Bryan
Nebraska
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Ohio
Andrew J. Lipsconsh
West Virginia
Ifram Jefferson
William Sulzer
New York
Senator Jones
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Bryan
Yale College
Rev James Hail Mellvaine resigns from Presbyterian ministry
A letter read at the New York presbytery meeting announced Rev James Hail Mellvaine would resign from the Presbyterian ministry to join the Episcopal Church. Dr McIlvaine explained the move as an expiscipation. the resignation, written in Rome on March 37, was accepted with regret amid uncertain reasons.
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