Toledo suspends two rural routes over bad roads
Postmaster W. D. Lee reports the U S Department orders immediate suspension of rural routes Nos 1 and 2 from Toledo Iowa. The action, blamed on very poor road conditions, is feared to be temporary unless patrons improve road maintenance. Agent Boylan had recently laid out the fourth route as a recommendation. This may mark a broader departmental policy to discontinue underused routes with unmaintained roads.
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Toledo
W. D. Lee
Department
Washington
Boylan
Iowa
Abrams Leaves Iowa for North Dakota Temperance Work
Rev Abrams and H H Abrams prominent in the anti saloon league depart Iowa to start enforcement work in North Dakota on April first. Abrams, long based in Des Moines, is expected to resign his Iowa superintendent post with a replacement to be chosen.
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H. H. Abrams
Anti-Saloon League
North Dakota
Ake
Abrams
Iowa
Oit
Des Moines
Senator Allison Repeatedly Offered Cabinet Posts
The record notes that Senator Allison has been invited by three presidents to join cabinets but declined each time. Garfield, Harrison, and McKinley reportedly solicited him for the positions of secretary of the treasury and secretary of state, yet he refused.
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Allison
Garfield
Harrison
McKinley
Dubuquet
Treasury
Chinamen Wingabe Discharged as Gamb ling Case Ends
Webster City Celestiala Accused by gambling are discharged. The cage of Sam Lee and others with W. G. Bonner J. P. was decided in court.
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Webster City
Celestiala
Sam Lee
W. G. Bonner
J. P
Settlement in gambling case amid raid on Sam Lee laundry
The case ends in favor of the plaintiff after a long court dispute. Police raided Sam Lee’s laundry and arrested three Chinese men for fan tan gambling. They were fined by Justice Bonner. The Chinamen challenged jurisdiction in district court via writ of certiorari, claiming gambling is indictable and beyond the justice’s authority.
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Sam Lee
Fan Tan
Justice Bonner
Iowa at Washington news items from Fernald to Dubuque
The report lists several local civic updates including a Fernald Story county postoffice with Ella Drake as postmistress and May 1 rural route expansions near Fort Dodge with two carriers over 48 miles serving 72 square miles and 615 people. It also notes the comptroller approving reserve agents for multiple banks and a London 1798 estate heirs claim involving Chas Haney. It closes with J Kegler of Spring Brook Dubuque county failing in business.
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Washington
Ponatmaaters
Eleanor
Butler County
Benj
Oldenberger
Joseph Nickelaua
Postoffice
Fernald
Story County
Ella Drake
Fort Dodge
Webster County
Comptroller of the Currency
Merchanta National Bank
Cedar Rapids
Graslay Center
National Bank
Grundy Center
First National Bank
Gladbrook
Rockford
Seneca City
Toledo
Northwood
North Dakota
Cedar Rapids National Bank
Anamions of
Anamons
Flrst National
Emmetsburg
Fetherville
Jows Falls
LaPorte
Manchester
Montezuma
Nora Springs
Rock Rapids
Chas. Haney
Burlington
Creston
Philadelphia
London
Haney
California
Palace
Rock Island
Kansas City
el Paso
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Rail freight rates favor Iowa over Wisconsin
Governor La Follette cites Wisconsin freight costs in his legislature message, noting Iowa towns report rates about 40 percent lower. Governor Lattabee directs Col. Palmer to review the comparative figures from La Follette’s annual address, highlighting a state railway commission in Iowa versus none in Wisconsin.
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William Lattabee
D. J. Palmer
Iowa
Wisconsin
LaFolette
Walkout at J Downie glove firm over cutter pay raise
A strike of 120 workers at the J Downie glove company occurred Saturday as cutter Ray Brennan sought a 5 cent premium to trim glove tips. The dispute triggered the walkout and affected production across the shop.
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J. Downie Glove Company
Ray Brennan
Late Iowa Briefs Roundup Highlights Local Scandals and Plans
A gas lighting plant is proposed for Gowrie and David Kramer of Burlington is fined sixty dollars for allowing a horse to starve. Congressman Aull denies planning a war against Governor Cummins at the Republican state convention. Des Moines seeks the 1904 National Conference of Charities and Corrections meeting, to be held in Atlanta. Dr E Burroughs sued for malpractice in Maraballtown for six thousand five hundred dollars. Osceola grapples with a drinking and gambling licensing dispute while two residents vanish, likely eloping. Mt Ayr Masonic lodge plans a three story temple with 800 seat hall. Iowa Republican central committee likely to set dates for the state convention in Des Moines in May for a July or August gathering. Iowa Editorial Association itinerary to Texas includes Des Moines to Dallas April 3 to 11. Judge A Van Wagenen supporters push government ownership plank in Democratic platform. Town to build five hundred miles of electric rail this season with twelve extensions statewide.
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Aull
Cummina
Des Moines
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Atlanta
Georgia
Maraballtown
E. Burroughs
Ehemerelda _Peregrina
Osceols
Stockdale
C. Bi
Masonic Lodge
Mt. Ayr
Republican State Central Committee
Iowa Editorial Association
Texas
Kansas City
Muscogee
Galveston
Houston
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Dallas
A. van Wagenen
Sioux City
Bedes
Civilizatio n to Threa tenld Inebriate Study At Mt Pleasant
Dr Applegate, superintending the Mt Pleasant insane asylum's inebriate treatment, outlines a study linking civilization to rising drink abuse. Of 15 admitted, six were women, ages 18 to 84, with a critical window 16 to 26. Most patients were American educated, with varied occupations and religions, and whisky proved the chief source of liquor, mainly from saloons and drug stores. He condemns weak distribution controls.
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Mt. Pleasant
Handsome Ball Gown Trends In Crepe de Chine Fabrics
Latest fashion notes feature a pastel blue crepe de Chine ball gown with silver lace chiffon rosettes and two flounces. The gown uses Corticelli sewing silk and pale blue taffeta lining, while white textiles dominate for viewing wear and broadcloth remains premier for daytime attire.
Silk fabrics and decorative trims in ceremonial attire
The article notes satin faced cloths crepes de chine and voile in silk as attractive for ceremonial functions. It mentions self colored or contrasting laces may serve as main decoration with delicate panne touches and tency passementerie ornaments, prophesying fringes tassels.
Pendants and lace adorn green gown with pearl grapes
The description notes extensive use of ball pendants. A gown in leaf green broadcloth with a foreign stamp features pearly grape ornamentation on the corsage and entredoux of white and black lace decorating the waist and skirt.
One Hundred Dollars a Box and Dewitt Salve Claims
An advertisement touts De Witt's witch salve and salve-like products for piles and skin diseases with testimonials from Tisdale Summerton and Wm Williamson of Amherst Virginia. The copy describes a long history of illness and claimed cures, promoting the salve as a remedy for piles ulcers eczema and other conditions.
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Tisdale
Summerton
Dewitt
de Witt
Schultz
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