Prohibition, sugar trust, and bank failures loom in 1900s notes
The dispatch lists upcoming state and congressional conventions in Des Moines Waterloo and Grinnell, notes the collapse of George Reed and Clemmer at Citizens Bank, and highlights the immense sugar trust wealth influencing politics. It covers egg price trends, tariffs, and transport influence on Dakota markets, with critique of federal actions and possible indictments for banking violations.
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George Reed
G. G. Clemitier
Citizens' Bank
Thampson
Teth
A.W. Carter
J. J.B. Robinson
Clemmer
Mr. Reed
Democrats Aim for House Majority in Next Congress
The Chicago Record analyzes party balance in the coming House, noting the solid South voting bloc could whip the Democrats to a slim majority with northern states and northeastern seats potentially shifting. It warns that the party must hold southern districts to gain or retain control.
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Chicago Record
Nest House
Bolse iii
Exports of Breadstuffs and Storm News Summary
The article reviews eleven month export data for 1893 and 1894 showing a $26,566,382 drop mainly from wheat, with corn and oats rising yet not offsetting wheat losses amid British demand. It notes Wheat and Corn price dynamics and questions policy effects, then shifts to a sequence of storm reports: cloudburst on Turtle Creek valley with drownings and wrecked towns, a devastating Sioux City wind and hail storm, a June cyclone near Fort Copex, and widespread wind damage in several towns.
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Chicago
Sioux City
Illinois Central Railroad
Peavey and Stevens
Dettysburg
Fort Copex
Here
Tvo
Callender
Moorland
Back Island
Odfur
Gedney Opera Heise delivers top baccalaureate address
ExperENDENCE June 18 reports Father ODoud spoke to Gedney Opera House crowd for the 1894 high school graduating class. The address, described as the talk of the city, won first place among similar speeches. He spoke for over an hour, holding the audience with original ideas and vivid phrasing amid semireligious exercises and tumultuous applause.
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Lev
Father Odoud
Muls
Ackley notices and events fill an active week
Local items report postponement due to illness of Baby Edwards, real estate offers including a 200 acre farm two miles east of Ackley, and purchases by Mr J A Fisher. A severe Grant township storm damages barns and windmills. Dr Marley offers free exams for chronic diseases at the Ackley Commercial House. The Lown Central railway lists July sale of excursion tickets to Cleveland and to Ashbury Park for educational meetings. A birthday gathering at the Schottle home ends with a late supper and best wishes. A new furniture dealer John Alfers invites inspection of low-priced furs and goods. A court ruling sets aside a verdict in a note case. The Howe and Cush ing circus is advertised for Ackley cleanup. A second 25 percent stock assessment is ordered for the Ackley Hotel Company. A long obituary note covers Mrs Luciada Gay’s death at age ninety. The DuBuque fire insurance company is praised for prompt loss adjustments. A family story mentions Miss Nurley teaching in California and a marriage notice for Miss Alice Hurley to become Mrs Boylan. Dr Marley’s ear nose throat clinic is announced with free consultations.
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Grant Township
James Milliken
Marley
Ackley
Lown Central Railway
Cleveland
Ohio
Christian Endeavor Society
Iowa Cental Railway
John Alfers
Lowa
Wessels
Weaver
Kiler
Grider
Howe
Cushing
Messrs
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Priday
Coxey
Onin
Miltitudes
Ehemred
Congress
Shorrow
United States
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Waterloo
Wiaterloo
Thearemeyer Sugar Trust
Lavemeyers
Senate of the United States
Wortup
Geo. Reed
Trampton
Reed
Town Lot and Land Company
Chamberlain
Marine Insurance Company
Mitchell
Dakota
Eves
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Roth
Bravpock
Lurtte Creek
Sandy Creek
Plumecreek
John Hoclosky
Tie
Michael Boschi
Margaret Mossell
Turtle Creek
Wayrency
Verdinand FP
Tunvemiler
Nremont
Carl Sehwer
Hunnemiller
Sehner
Tim
Prevsnure
Dunce
Iieng
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Baby Edwards
Ladies Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
J. A. Fisher
John Fahey
Hurley Place
Jie
Fahey
Franklin Street
L. A. Waain
Al.rank Schottle
Mrs. Schottle
Mr. Schottle
Ackley Hotel
Y. Egvert
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J. Lat
Aukley
Jane
Blood
Luciada Gay
George Earhart
Bloch
V. V. Roosevelt
Gay
Washburn
Black Hawk County
Weelip
Iowa Falls
Nurley
Redlands
California
No Morea
John
Golden Colo
Globe
John L. Boylan
Mardin County
Iowa
Ite
Sup't. Garrad
Boykin
Alice M. Hurley
John I. Boylin
Dubuque
Towa
M.C. Keenan
Mike
Barney McDonned
Shefield
Buckeye Township
Ma Thomas
Hidove
Hampton Jar
Independence
Iowa Central Railway
Ashbury Park
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National Educational Association
Tawa Central Railway
Philadelphia
Commercial House
Arly
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Dallas Fon
Herman Becker
C. F Folkers
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