A Night of Dancers and Duel in Gautarica
In San Jose a festival scene ends with a dramatic knife fight as rival lovers contest a dancer. Dona Juanita’s favor sparks a ritualized exchange, pledges paid in silver, and a gladiatorial bout that leaves both combatants wounded. General Barrajo plots fortune for American Jack Overton while warning him of looming upheavals on Gautarica’s eve of change.
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Terpsichore
Chammara
Circe
Vivas
Bomba
Estrada
Dona Inanita
Sylvan Temple
Jack
Dona Juanita
Jaci
Gautarica
San Jose
Traples
Senor Overton
Pedro Alphonso Barrojo
Little Republic
Overton
San Jian
London
Barrajo
Carramba
Senor
Dubbnly
Pedro Barrojo
Senor Jack
Foud
Roblado
Montejo
Prand
Helios
Postmen Across Nations Show Striking Styles and Pay
The article describes Natal postmen as picturesque runners with sandaled feet and leaf headwear earning £1 a month, notes Holland's 30000 mile routes and military style uniforms, and outlines Austrian postmen receiving yearly tunics and periodic coats with war years counting double. A later exchange mocks gender questions, ending with a quip on bloodtelling.
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Natal
Holland
Postvisn
Austria
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL IN IOWA 1902
Des Moines reports legal actions against city loaning 60000 to Des Moines Water Company and a May court review. Interurban Railway trust deed to Chicago bank for 475000 in bonds. State education funding bills and budget debates feature prominently with appropriations for Vicksburg park, stock pavilion, and a state arsenal. Greenland reports no infectious diseases. German violins gain favor. elderly New Jersey man lives on 73 cents daily.
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Des Moines
John B. Lucas
District
Water Works Fund
Des Molines Water Company
J. M. Work
Army Post
Interurban Railway Company
H. H. Polk
W. J, Haskit
County Recorder
American Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Frank H. Jonas
Chicago Bank
Colfax
Jasper County
Fred Crane
Daddstdale
Eldon
Rock Island
Ottumwa
Towa
St. Louis
Elmer
Santa Fe
Iowa Central
Centerville
Chicago and Northwestern
Buxton
William Koefick
Kansas City
Gates-Lambert-Mitchell
J. E. Brainard
Brainard
Missouri Valley
Algernon Sartoris
U. S. Grant
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Wesitinghouse
Pittsburg
Miss
Uaith Davidge
W.C. Davidge
Ex-Governor Altgeld Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Former Illinois governor John P. Altgeld died in Joliet at Hotel Monroe after a sudden collapse during a pro-Hour meeting. He suffered dizziness and vomiting spells before death at 7:40 AM. The record notes his birthplace, war service, legal career, and term as governor from 1893 to 1895. The article also covers related political notes on the Nicaragua Canal route and other current events.
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Joliet, II
John P. Altgeld
Hotel Monroe
Altgeld
Consciouness
J. B. Herrick
Rush Medical College of Chicago
John Peter Altgeld
Illinois
Germany
United States
Mansfield
Ohio
Missouri
Andrew County
Chicago
Congress
Superior Court of
Ilinois
Fielden, Schwab and
Neehe
Panama
Senate
Washington
Senate Committee On
Morgan
Hay
Colombia
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Molsberry Bill Passes With Narrow Senate Vote
Des Moines reports the molsberry bill removing the two thirds debt limit for railroad corporations in Iowa passed the senate 28 to 7 after debate. Crossley Dowell Garst Healy Porter Wilson Winne voted no. The measure is tied to the Northern Securities merger plot and a Burlington relocation for Iowa.
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Des Moines
Molsserry Bil
Iowa
Senate
Yeas
Crossley
Dowell
Garst
Healy
Porter
Wilson
Winne
Harriman
Mossberry
Molsherry
Solons Visit Ames College for Legislative Junket
Ames March 14 Members of the legislature were royally entertained at the agricultural college. Demonstrations showed college work from butter and cheese making to beef raising. Speakers included Governor Cummins and Lieut. Governor Herriott with a silent toasts program at the dairy lunch.
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Ames College
Ames
The
Agricultural College
Chicago
Stevens
Boone
Beardshear
Cummins
Herriott
Wyempie
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ITV TV TV
Stakar & Suita
New York
Jonathan
Benedict
Industrial School
Industrial School For
Knoxville
Ways and Means
State Agricultural College
State University
Iowa City
State Normal School
Cedar Falls
Dunham
House Committee On Schools
House
R. ©. Barrett
Committee On
Committee On Appropriations
Vicksburg Park Commission
State Fair Grounds
Mullan
Auditor of State
House Committee On
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Capitol Avenue
State House
General Fund
Harper
Bilding
Governors Gear
Sherman
Larrabes
Boies
Jackson
Drake and
Shaw
Hull
Judge Prouty
Greenland
Rudolphus Bingham
Merchantville
N. J
Philippines
Taft
Carter
Department of Justice
Canada
Gaynor and Green
Savannah
Aberlin M. Carter
State Department
General Methuen
Pretoria
Lord Kitchaner
Klerksdorf
Phil Brick
Phil Ossifer
Solons
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