Lincoln Quote Opens Democratic Ballot Features
The page includes a Lincoln quotation about reverence for the law and a Democratic State Ticket listing for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. It discusses Des Moines County issues, Cummins regarding mulct law, brewery investments, and questions of policy and manufacturing incentives in Iowa. The piece links party aims to state leadership and industrial concerns with broader political debate.
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Abraham Lincoln
Cummins and Manufactune
Des Moines
W. Porter
Cummins
Cumming
Eigar
Cunominog
Commercial Exchange of
Iowa
Beacon
Republican Party
Republican Party of
Congress Considers Funds For McKinley Funeral Obsequies
Congress will appropriate money to cover the expenses of President McKinley's funeral and may also provide for Mrs. McKinley. The Garfield funeral cost $57,400, and the McKinley funeral is expected to be equal or greater in total expense.
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Congress
Jata
McKinley
Garfield
Ist
Christians Across Sects Rally After McKinley Death
Amid religious controversy the nation witnesses a rare unity as leaders from Catholic, Protestant, Calvinist, Unitarian, Universalist, Episcopalian and Methodist traditions affirm McKinley’s life as Christian. The Boston Herald calls this a universal acknowledgment that a pure life proves true faith beyond creed or confession.
Political shifts and trial verdicts echo across the nation
A collage of notes reports reform efforts in New York against Tammany Boss Croker with Seth Low leading a mixed party bid for mayor. Iowa counties face 750000 yearly pauper costs versus state aid. Boer War debt rises as Britain seeks loans. The Shaffer plan on steel strike ends unfavorably for workers. Grinnell enacts a drinking ordinance, while Iowa governors claim Old Civil War claims. Indian Tama dispute, McKinley monument drive in Atlanta, and Botha’s Boer defense mark a broad news week. The Czolgosz conviction is upheld as law’s warning, with execution deemed necessary. The period’s decorum shows strict control.
Editorial Endorsement Conflicts With Synod School Access Plan
Chicago editors criticize the German Evangelical Synod of North America at St Louis for urging Protestant preachers to enter public schools to teach Christian doctrine for a period each week. C Hy Doepke, sent to represent the local congregation, seeks to refute the statement while prohibitionists vow to respond to Cummins. The response is deemed immaterial as they label it a “dead duck.”
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Chicago
Saya
Chronicle
German Evangelical Synod of North America
St. Louis
C. Hy Doepke
Allison on Anarchy and US lawmaking prospects
Senator Allison of Iowa predicts Congress will thoroughly investigate anarchy next winter and push for laws to deter future unrest against President McKinley. He expects many Judiciary Committee sessions, calls for penalties on assaults on the president, and potential bans on anarchist gatherings as the investigation guides constitutional methods.
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Allison
Congress
United States
McKinley
Iowa
Chicago
Judiciary
Not the Way He Wanted It and Other Teasing Lines
A collection of humorous insights from Chicago headlines and columns. It features witty lines about independence, marital trust, parental love, mission versus inclination, and playful exchanges on romance and appetite. Notable phrases include a bearded remark on a man in a straw hat and overcoat, and light banter from Yonkers papers.
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Thia
Chicago Record-Herald
Chicago Post
Fragmented quotes and adages from old papers
A collage of humorous lines and observations from vintage newspapers. It includes a bent memory remark, a quip about a man marrying, and a long joke about a woman performing many kitchen tasks at once, preserving the era's tone and style.
Cheap Excursions On First And Third Tuesdays
On the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern railway, low rate round trip excursion tickets will be on sale to pilots north of and around Bott Ab bott Shell Rock and Waverly Town. Tickets carry a 21 jay MWral, allowing time to review the situation. Some days offer at all BR&N stations round trip tickets with the same limit and privileges to points in other states and territories. New Janoy by early ate at Hate and all the Hew i Geb them at Ella Mille.
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Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Abbott
Shell Rock
Waverly
Standing mute plea in McKinley case echoes old English law
The article notes Tréatment for Czolgosz with standing mute resembled a plea of not guilty before trial. It cites Blackstone on harsh penalties for refusing to plead, including remand to a dungeon with extreme weight and scarce food until death or until answering.
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Czolgosz
McKinley
England
New York Times
Blackstone
Tila
Finishing Rumors and Fables Endlessly Repeating
A critic notes outdated patent medicine testimonials as vulgar satire. The column mocks a Water loodruggist pushing nostrums and recalls a blind man’s boast while arguing that modern society drifts from Anglo Saxon steadiness. Cultural musings include snippets on Mary and a lamb parable with social commentary.
Reverend Sheldon Promises Unusual Liquor Preference
Baltimore American notes with humor that Rev. Mr. Sheldon would prefer drinking red ink over beer and might also accept a blotter as a side order, reflecting a playful, gossiping tone about a local clergyman.
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Baltimore
Palace sleeping car experiences and patent medicines jostle aboard
A crowded Palace Sleeping Car scene blends comic verses with sales pitches for Hall’s Catarrh Cure and other products. The clutter includes lines about tumblers and varied drinking habits, followed by endorsements from Toledo druggists and wholesalers. The piece juxtaposes satirical verse with advertisements and local notices about buying poultry and other goods.
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ALG
Bricri
Taylor County
Arson
Carrall County
New York City
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Seth Low
New York
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Low
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Poor Relief Commissioner
Great Britain
London
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Shaffer
American Tin Plate Company
Milla
Grinnell
Shaw
Mullan
State House
Tama
Horace Rebok
Agen
Rebek
Atlanta
Georgia
William McKinley
Botha
Muinland
Washington
New York Tribune
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McKinley Islands
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Lord Lipton
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Yonkers
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Yonkers Statesman
Weary Walker
Danter
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Philadelphia Press
New Janoy
Hate
Ella Mille
Waterloodruggist
Tam
Moortuga Morida
Times-Union
Mary
Epsom Salta
Tlow
Tris
Hall
P.J. Cimnegy & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Traux
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Innan S Marvin
Arugelsta
Ohio
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J. A. Johnson
G. A. Payne
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Blirdep
Town Lumber Co
Robertson
OWA Lumber Company
Towa
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J. A. Johnson's
Pehle Eomes
Jonson
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