IOWA NEWS LETTER DES MOINES CORRESPONDENCE HIGHLIGHTS MONUMENT DEBATE
A lengthy Iowa piece reports on controversy over draping female figures from a Civil War monument design. It notes the commission’s rejection of Mrs. Harriet Ketcham drawings, the 150000 state funds for the monument, and claims of Ketcham as designer alongside other named figures and governors. It covers Iowa's notable men and a Knights of Pythias grand lodge session with appointed officers. It mentions Keokuk’s notable residents and a businessman trading a newspaper for land near Aberdeen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moines
Satdivers’ Ganuinent Commission
Gov. Tewond
Gov Grimes
Dig Linker
May Duncombe
United States
Harriet A. Keteham
Mount Pleasant
Tahill
Enterprise
Robert Evans
Hoston
Ketcham
Iowa
Davenport
John Ff. Dillon
Austin Corbin
Des Moines
Dubuque
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Keolulk
Keduk
Samuel
West Point
WW. Bellsnap
John A. Rawens
Galena
Jonn W. Noble
Interior
Harrison
Georgy W. McCrary
Hayes
J. B. Bowell
Bogova
Samuel Freeman Miller
Supreme Court of the
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Jon A. Gigbain
The
Treasury
Lincoln
George H. Williams
Grant
Keokuk
Ghand 'Thirunas
Order of Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
Marshalltown
H. T. Granger
Supreme Court
Tribunatie
First Tribune
Hh.j. Granger
E. W. Weeks
Guthrie Center
J. A. Smuils
le Mars
J.B. White
Adel
Earnard Murphy
Vinton
A. B. Shaw
Corming
B. A Ferguson
Maxwell
A. P. Peterson
Dann
Etsa M. Bud
Aned
Carria M. Baldwin
Ruthvan
Soldier’s flag tale reflects enduring stars and stripes respect
The Sandusky Register recounts Gen Lemgett’s account of a Civil War incident near Cleveland. A Confederate captain marching with a captured US flag drew mockery from a private, who threatened to shoot if the flag touched dust. The officer was spared after Gen Jackson praised the private’s reverence for the stars and stripes, noting Confederates also valued the emblem.
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Cleveland
Lepgett
United States
Tren
Stonewall Jackson
Cmp
Jackson
Lemgett
Sandusky
O.) Register
Fragments of Bear Fight and Discretion Debate From Old Paper
A San Francisco Call fragment recalls a hunter and a bear encounter in which Jim Duncan fights a bear near Wawona while the narrator escapes. It shifts to a note on age of discretion, contrasting findings with remarks about towns and a population ranking, ending with a dated reference to New York and Timbuktu figures.
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Renee
Ottinger
Guizary
Wawona
Jim Duncan
Mt Horsee
Hanter
Jim
Duncan
Antan
San Francisco
Iowa News Roundup From Story City To Sioux City
A jumble of Iowa items reports relationships and legal actions in Story City and Des Moines, including a contested marriage proposal, injunctions against Joliar Meurer, and traffic of liquor under old laws. It cites railway incorporations, a new town Uriby near Ruthven, a Sioux City tragedy, youths arrested with bank checks, a $40,000 lawsuit, a centenarian Keokuk resident, a fatal shooting in Des Moines, a major fire in Planchard, and reuniting veterans.
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Storia
Joliar Meurerschild
Wluich
Marshalltown
Jacov
Sam Goldstein
Des Moines
Citizens' National Bank
Park Gold Mining Company
Capital
Snake
Lowa Lalis
Universalist Church
Wausau
Wis
Pas
Burlington
Ellis & Howard
Boston
John F. Jewins
Henry Neinhart
Commercial Savings Bank
Sioux City
Mansen
Ding Stora
Keolak
John A. McElroy
August Shuman
Sibley
J. M. Rew
Grundy Center
Mercy Prindle
Castleville
African Methodist Episcopal Conference
Jaws
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Keokule
No Title But Chills Tale From Swamp Country
A Detroit Bree Press fragment recounts an arduous journey through swamp country where the narrator dispenses whisky and tobacco to frostbitten settlers while seeking quinine for chills and fever. Narrator encounters feverish family groups and a man so chilled he cannot move, illustrating hardship and superstition around medicine and morale in remote towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nerbin
Oge
Marion
Sam
To-Norrow
Sunday barber shop dialogue ends in odd comment
A fragment from a Chicago Herald page recounts a talkative barber in a Sunday shop and a reserved patron who remains silent through light banter about Genies Corbett reformers and synidlsy laws. The scene shifts to brief quips about fashion, drink and a punchy misquoted exchange from Youth's Companion and Detroit Free Press.
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Flaircute
Corbett
Hin
New York
Democratic Need for Wise Leadership in Election Tide
The piece argues that Democratic leadership is essential to ride a political pendulum back toward success, crediting past reforms such as tariff adjustments and currency policy. It contends Republicans caused distress via the silver-purchase act, while Democratic actions aided recovery and prosperity across agriculture, industry, and trade, urging capable leadership to repeat this shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Sini
Couise
Wpm
Avery
Senate
Sui Trust
Wilson
Democratic Congress
Pointed Paragraphs Reflect Republican Fear of Silence
A Detroit Free Press note mocks eastern Republicans worried by Hen Garrison's sonorous silence seen as silver. The brief item captures the editorial tone and political jibe of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hen Garrison
Detroit Free Press
Democratic doctrine on coinage cited from 1890s platform
The Ohio democracy reaffirms the national Democratic stance favoring equal coinage of gold and silver with no metal discrimination. President Cleveland’s letter supports sound money, urging equal intrinsic value for every dollar and cautious, lawful currency regulation to protect farmers and laborers amid monetary reform debates.
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Dlomocradc
Merton
Democratic Party
Agraos
Friends of Free Silver
Patterson
Calcvady
Cleveland
Alwoc
Universit
Ohio Democracy
Nations Democracy
Detroit Prep Press
The Republican Mistake and Force Bill Debates
A Boston Post reflection on the Republicans’ past Force Bill stance, noting Manley of the national committee and Thomas Reed, arguing the party erred by opposing federal election interference eight years earlier. It cites Harrison and Cleveland, predicting 1896 campaigns avoid the issue, and credits economic recovery as a contrast to 1894.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manley
National Republican Executive Committee
Thomas 3. Reed
Harrison
Cleveland
South
Sun
Republican split shown in quote from St Louis Republic
The St Louis Republic notes that Senis supporters will vote against Democratic candidates when needed and argues Democrats must organize a straight party behind a platform to succeed. The Toulsville Courier Journal calls the Maj McKinlay vs General Prosperity debate one sided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
Ohio
Maj. McKinlay
General Prosperity
Toulsville Courier-Journal
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Sage
Ant Sentinel
Jacob Zimmerman
Towatye
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EVONT
Postaiantan Forefer
Rueen
Ap Nevis
Galing Tato
Veyhe Sant
Lireulies
Galihor Skysetter
Ifo
Apett Vadelowe
Wieffer
Fowne
Wild Khie
Timoe
OWA State News
Sweel Ishmael
Mirshollowa
Stone
Obbury
Dramshop
Sioux
George A. Martin
Southern Pacific Company
Tie
Martin
Concert Street
Keolul
Mahala Robbins
B. G.incon
Siax City
Chicago Uost
Atristecuis
Detroit
Larrison
Chicago Chronicle
McKinley
Lafayette
Ind.) Journal
McKinleyits
Warrison
Bastan
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Meinley
Louisville Courier-Journal
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Boston Post
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