Iowa house bills and senate actions summary
Iowa lawmakers debated animal cruelty measures patent medicine labeling and tax reform while considering voter registration and municipal funding. The house passed a road bill for compensation and a reception appropriation for former governors. Senate postponed several labor and municipal injury bills and advanced health and disability funding yet killed the wife desertion bill.
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House
King Road
Larrabee
Jackson
Senate
Ways and I2eans
Committee On Ways and Means
Municipal Corporationa Committee
Iowa League of Municipalities
Committee On Public Health
Clary
Greene
Epperson
Ditching Contract and Odd Clams Tale From Boston
Bancroft contractor J C Warrick secured a ditching contract for Kossuth county using two up to eighteen machines each as the work of a hundred men. Ditch walls are smooth with six inches to two feet width and steel cup elevators carry dirt to carriers dumping on either side. Also noted, Bill Handy of Marblehead, a Republican stalwart, sold clams while a Democrat customer demanded heads, and received real Democrats all bodies and no leads.
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J. C. Warrick
Bancroft
Kossuth County
Bill Handy
Marblehead
Brown
Boston Herald
Possible Explanation of Hen Eating Carpet Tacks
In the yard Homer notes a hen pecking at stray carpet tacks. His wife suggests she may be planning to lay a carpet. The piece adds a brief description of the American chameleon noting its color changes, diet of insects, docile nature, and ability to cling with adhesive toe pads.
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Homer
Chicago News
United States
Ranting and beard tales across papers mix humor
The fragment hints at comic exchanges about berths on a train and a taxi joke, mentioning a professor and a ticket seller. It references Chicago Tribune humor pieces and Punch magazine quips about beards and appearances, ending with a line on injustice and treachery from Demosthenes.
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Chicago Tribune
Allison area reads amid a gas stove kerosene scare
A Fort Dodge family near Allison discovered a stove with gasoline instead of kerosene. They survived the incident and live to tell the tale. L. E. Bourquin of Alitean planned a jewelry store while Allison neighbors prepare to open a local elevator with eighty five farmers involved.
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Ft. Dodge
Allison
L. E. Bourquin
Alitean
Sargent Bluffs
Under the Doctors Care Thomas Flessner Convalescing
Thomas Flessner was under doctors care for a week or more in convalescence. The notice notes his health status and ongoing medical care as the central fact of the item.
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Thomas Flessner
Lost $1,000 Recovered In Rural Money Mystery
A thousand dollars entrusted to a carrier for the Bank of Aplington was found days later along a roadside near the J. DeVries home after an apparent mix up and joke. Investigations traced the funds to February 1 with a return on February 3, while also reporting Franklin County Agricultural Review actions and financials for 1905 including fair grounds rent and receipts.
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Franklin
Bank of Aplinton
Relota & DeBubr
Kesley
A. J. DeBubr
Kealey
Aplington
Kageman
J. DeVries
D. B. Henderson
Faly
C.escae
MuMithantyre
Morgan Township
Carewright Sionon
Jubiber
Sae - Wor
Beste Bha
Indscellaneoux Supplies Ag
Mei] Uckels
oMeers
Occ Sirellaned
Hove
Ptlenee Sta Bay Jong
Franklin County
Franklin County Bank
BOO Cartwright & Son
Local Markets Show Mixed Grain and Livestock Prices
Markets remain quiet on grain offerings with several carloads of cattle sent to Chicago. Local quotes list hogs at 5.10 to 4.20, cattle 2 to 2.40, oats 24 to 25 cents, corn 28 to 30 cents, barley 30 to 34 cents, wheat 65 to 70 cents. Country produce prices noted: potatoes 30 cents per bushel, butter 8 to 20 cents, creamery 24 cents, online 1 dollar per bushel, salt 1 dollar per barrel. Chicago Board of Trade price changes for wheat and others are reported.
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Chicago
New Alaha Movement Calls Educators In Franklin County
A new educational movement begins in Franklin County led by County Superintendent E Campbell. It forms a Boys Agricultural club and a Girls Home Culture club with a meeting set for February 10 at Hampton. Noted educators will attend including Mrs Hattie Moore Mitchell of Drake University Des Moines and Superintendent Captain E Miller of Keokuk county. Contests will be held including a corn judging contest conducted by Miller, Fed Well, and Fared Walt. From five cows and a two year old berfer last year Dave Whalen received milk checks totaling over fifty two dollars per cow. The record spans from January 1905 to December of the same year. The cows were fresh last winter and Whalen fed each cow about two quarts of ground feed daily in summer, increasing in other seasons.
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Franklin County
E. Campbell
Hampton
Hattie Moore Mitchell
Drake University
Des Moines
E. Miller
Keokuk County
Miller
Walt
Berfer
Dave Whalem
Wait Restaurant Weather Damage Noted In Saturday Morning
Saturday morning wind blew in a porclog on the aectirnal glass front at the Wait restaurant. Limbs of trees were broken off.
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Wait
City Council Session Reviews Public Matters and Alfalfa Plant
Last evening the City Council discussed public concerns and noted alfalfa at the municipal electric debt plant is running smoothly with no interruptions and service is good. Agingtot bills were presented and allowed and the collector position held by Miss Berg will invite bids from all applicants within ten days. Mayor Biller presided as all members attended. semimonthly meetings aim to expedite and focus on major matters.
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Lowa
Berg
Connect
Biller Presidita
Fire destroys family home in Oleg horn Iowa
Henry Whiteside reports from Reint Tutler about a house fire at their Oleg horn Iowa residence during the early hours of Monday January 2Nob. The dwelling burned to the ground but most household goods were saved. the blaze is believed to have started from an overheated stove.
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Henry Whiteside
Reint Tutler
Oleghorn
Iowa
Local deals move Kohlman stock to new buyers in Cleves
Mesara King and Jaonasen of Cleves acquire the stock of general merchandise fixtures and goodwill from HM Kohlman in business for twenty years. The deal broadens influence and union activity in the community. Also noted: attorney Aymer J. Davis opens permanent office at the county seat Idora, Joseph Ryan travels to Rochester for hospital care with Kate Ryan.
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Mesera
King & Jannesen
Claves
Mesara
King & Jaonasen
Cleves
General Merchandse
Kohlman
Moegra
King & Jamasen
Aymer J. Davis
Idora
Eldora
Births and political note mix in early spring report
A four baby girl birth at the Harms home and a baby boy birth at Walhhelm Daniels occurred over the weekend. The county party press signals possible Republican primaries to be held around April 1.
Marriage of Miss Avon Banvaaser and Arthur Gyllen at Freeport
The marriage of Miss Avon Banvaaser and Arthur Gyllen is set for today at Freeport Catholic church. The couple, well known in Wonrnp readers’ circles, will reside north of the city and plan to return after the ceremony.
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Freeport
Avon Bab~eager
Matthew Banvaaser
Arthur Gyllen
Oacenta
J Township
Mints
Wonrnp
Lyoch Tard
Elevator operator cites crippling shortages at Faulkner facility
Whitney of the Atalo elevator in Faulkner warns the facility is badly overextended and cannot operate due to ongoing shortages and inability to procure car parts. He says the outage has persisted for several weeks, hampering normal loading and shipping activities.
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Whitney
Faulkner
Amazon River described as vast yellow waters and wide mouth
The article recounts the Amazon River with its vast network of 1200 tributaries and over 100 large divers, noting its near year round sunlit height, shifting banks, and early explorers who doubted the opposite shore. It mentions the river mouth at 180 miles wide and navigability for ocean steamers for 1000 miles from the coast with the flood coloring the sea yellow for 400 miles.
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Amazon
Para
Hravil
Achnean League and Greek Resistance Against Rome
The Achnean League formed by twelve Achnen towns for mutual protection. Reorganized in 280 BCE and again dissolved in 147 BCE. The Peloponnesian feudling cities formed a broader league that opposed Rome, ultimately defeated by Metellus at Scarpheae and Mumilius near Corinth, then dissolved as Greece submitted to Roman domination.
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Achnen
Alexander Thevent
B.C
Agin
B. C
Peloponnesus
Greece
Fis
Metellus
Scarpheea
Mumimilus
Cor
Inth
Unclear historical note on dining customs and terminology
The passage comments on peacocks and switches as signs of rough diction, noting that familiar "diabspency" or taste influenced English cutlery. It recalls a time when bastard’s and ports heads were common and vegetables were scarce to accompany them, reflecting outdated dietary habits.
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Iowa
Rockford
Why Ye Wan Timid and the Misanthrope Tale
An odd exchange probes social timidity and attraction to agreeable people. The misanthrope cites Law 1 about avoiding bad company. Washington Star notes Daniel Euler and Eldora, while piano tuner Tughes from Waterton works locally this week. Leave orders with Mack the Jeweler or BITS.
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Washington Star
Daniel Euler
Eldora
Tughes
Waterton
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