STATE LAWMAKERS PUSH PENSIONS AND ELECTION ISSUES
Des Moines and surrounding, Feb 27 to March 3. The Iowa Senate and House debated commissions and petitions for William Allison to the U.S. Senate, and for Governor Larrabee’s section. A joint committee was formed to study trusts, pensions, and mail carrier hiring. Lieutenant Governor Hull presided at Governor Boies’s inauguration. committee lists and standing committees were announced. numerous bills and petitions filed on mortgages, taxes, and election reforms.
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Brvate
Tes Motyns
Senate
Yostarlay
William Allison
United States
Laribee
Dangan
Congress
Iowa
Des Moins
Poynder
Wigpower
Aub Vale
Gajek
Davidson
Millis
Perkins
Mast
Barnett Bayless
Kent
Kepler
Cassatt
Holly
Woothen
McGoy
Reiniger
Barret
Lawrence
Winn
Leeds
Dungan
Clyre
Bolt
Wolfe
Dodge
Schmidt
Shields
Mouna
Parrott
Harsh
Price
Milies
McCoy
Gath
Vale
Eagle
Kelly
Stewart
McVay
Brower
Caldwell
Bailey
Cleveland
Kegler
Gates
Finn
Bilis
Gallingall
Weidman
Mills
Barnett
Gobble
Ruiniger
Caldwall
Barrett
Seeds
Perking
Smith
Kegier
Mosat
Clyde
Mosnat
Meservey
Seth Ron —Bolbat
Funik
Military
Bayless
Milla
Dugan
Mattoon
Rules
Woolson
Guteh
Bolter
Bochmidt
Engle
Woltznan
Aasaytt
Fish and Game
Funk
Dodyn
Groneweg
Wolla
Bille
Punk
Muck
Rich
Billa
Moservey
Hull
Gateh
Des Moines
Yale
Jefferson County
Wright
Linn
State Agricultural College
First
Iowa Legistare
House
S Tamilton
Mouse
Boics
Rothrook
Supreme Court
Des Motwea
Pardons
Wrill
Congressional Diatricta
Wallen
McContey
Eckles
Hoyle
Ulythe
Richmond
Penttantianas
Davie
Woods
Worton
Brooks
County Wnd
of Goons
Low
Ewart
Townsend
Board of Charities
Shipley
Institution
Roundy
Blythe
Lane
Young
Johson
Dubuque
Orphins
Horton
Dent
Koo
Paschall
Wedern
Ghase
Perioulsire
Chantry
Hotehills
Holbrook
Dobson
Byers
Molarland
Lochas
Dayton
Head
Luka Banks
Mitchell
Wandle
Yer Fey
Ball
Steele
Tossell
Agricultural College
Thornburg
State University
Briggs
College For Blind
Walker
Institution For
Wornish
Beom
Medicine
Maci
Des Mores
Justices of the Peach
Dent, Ware
Johnston
Richman
Clarke
Chamberlain
Gardner
von Reform
Boom, Knoll and
Bstes
Pharmacy
McDermid
Grosler
Boone
Davies
Russell
Hurt
Roe
Pioneer Law-Makers
Theodore C. Pargin
Goer
Wolbrook
Luke
L. Bestow
Incas County
Democratic Joint Legislative Caucus
Allison
Senate of
Murphy
Seee
E Whitney
Larrabee
T. G. Kinna
Aip
G. Ballengail
Leach
Bestow
Labor Conference Topics Shaped for Borlu Meeting
March 1 report from Tunis outlines expected delegates, including diplomats and labor experts, with France preparing participation. Discussions aim at Sunday labor limits, unhealthy industry restrictions, and child and women's work regulation. Debate on an international labor hour limit is likely to be limited or omitted.
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Borlu
Tunis
Hera Trance
M. Jules Simon
Paris
France
Germany
Hoe
Weather prophet Prof Drury dies in Ohio at 80
Prof James Drury, 80, famed as a weather prophet in Central Ohio, died at midnight from grippe in Serinokepp Springfield Ohio February 28. He predicted a past destructive tornado with exact timing and his forecasts were carried by major papers. He kept weather records for 25 years and devised instruments to gauge atmospheric conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Drury
Serinokepp
James Drury
Central
Ohic
la Grippe
Ohio
Case of Debts and Elopement From Kansas City
A bygone debt resurfaces when Alfred Barr and J K Woods receive double settlement from Cary Barr for a $3870 security note once paid 1 cent. Cary, now prosperous after years away, sends $3370 each to Alfred Barr and Woods. Also, Mrs La Fountain elopes from Kansas City with John Beattie, is captured at Davenport, and returns with her husband after a dramatic reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ratiby
Alfred Barr
J. K. Woods
Oskaloosa
M. Barr
Mr. Barr
Cary ©. Barr
Cary
Heronsen
Awarded 611 000 for Tile Leg in Jefferson County Court
In Fairfield the Jefferson County district court awarded H. L. Hall a brakeman formerly with the Rock Island road damages of 811 000 after being run over while coupling cars at Washington State. He sued for 30 000. after a three week trial the jury verdict stood and a new trial was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Jefferson County
Fairfield
H. L. Hall
Rock Island
Washington
Narrow Escape With Lamp Fire Shows Daring Rescue
An elderly man in West Keokuk nearly burned to death after a lamp broken during a epileptic fit spilled oil and caught fire. His daughter arrived just in time to save him from disaster, leaving him severely burned. A Catholic diocese letter by Bishop Hennessy orders parish priests to set up parochial schools and threatens dismissal if Catholic children do not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Keokuk
Hennessy
Iowa
Laughing injures Dubuque woman jaw breaked
Mrs Marshall of Dubuque laughed so heartily that she could not close her mouth. A physician broke a jaw bone to permit closing the mouth and feeding was by spoon. Davenport notes report Dr G G Parry, aged 66, eminent botanist for forty years and three years botanist at the Washington Agricultural Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. GC. Parry
Davenport
Mexico
United States
Agricultural Department
Washington
Wide-Ranging Iowa News From Mason City to Dubuque
The report outlines a new stock company to build a large hotel in Mason City, practical economics taught in Mapleton schools, and a new bank with deposits over 30 thousand. It notes fires in Ottumwa, deaths of local officials, a savings bank in Sibley, and a rising concern over panhandling in Northern Iowa. Also covered are a boy murderer at Anamosa, a Swedish Lutheran Conference, fraud against Webster County farmers, coal mining numbers in Wapello, a bridge project at Sioux City, and a high profile inheritance in Des Moines. The Iowa pharmaceutical convention in Des Moines selects officers and passes changes in pharmacy laws.
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Dubuque
Sibley
Iowa
Wesley Aikins
Anamosa Penitentiary
Swedish Lutheran Conference
Webster County
Wapello County
Martin Kane
Donald McLean Bridge Company
Missouri River
Sioux City
James T. Gwathmey
M. Cga
Des Moines
England
George Jamison
Newport
Iowa Pharmaceutical Convention
W. H. Torbet
Rosa Upson
Marshalltown
J. B. Webb
Dowstt
Blizzard's Death Toll Mounts Across Plains States
A vast winter blizzard plunges regions from Wichita to Oklahoma and Wisconsin into record cold. Temperatures drop to 42 degrees below zero at Geneseo and near ten inches of snow fall in Milwaukee with up to eight feet in Neenah vicinity. Cattle losses mount as fruit and winter crops are destroyed across Kansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Texas. Deaths are reported in Stevens and Morton counties as relief efforts struggle to reach distant districts without fuel or adequate provisions.
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Mansas
Wichita
Kan
Cherokee Strip
Morton
Stevens
Hodgeman
Stevens County
Sam Woodsdale
Ira Canfield
Henry Wedd
C. Campbell
Woodsdale
Zanesville
Morton County
Stavens County
Boise City
I. T
Geneseo
Miaaukee
Neenah
Plymouth
New Orleans
Marchi
Austin
Tex
Mercury
Mississippi
ST LOUIS BRIDGE READY FOR HANDING OVER TO OWNERS
The last nail was driven Friday night and the new Mississippi bridge near St. Louis is ready to be turned over to the Merchants' Bridge Company after a thorough inspection. If accepted early, a $33,000 bonus may be paid for early completion before June 1.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
Merchants’ Bridge Company
Union Bridge Company
Dick Hawes
Ohio River Flood Raises Alarm in Cincinnati Area
Cincinnati reports the Ohio River rising two inches per hour reaching fifty-two feet four inches by midnight with forecasts of fifty-three feet. Farmers move stock up river. heavy damage expected as the flood reaches business basements and train depots. Across Kentucky and Tennessee reports of wrecked mills, flooded towns, and a cyclone in Brownsville add to a day of widespread destruction.
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Ohio River
Ternenses
Atkanana
Cincinnati
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Commarciel-Gazette
Beattyville
Kentucky River
Gammion
Miami
Seven Mile
Thore
Four Mile
Memphis
Tenn
Brownsville
Louisville & Nashville
Northern Methodist Church
Brownsville Savings Bank
J. &. Phillips & Co
S.A. Boynson
Washington Street
Keathley
Wenn
Winslow & Beard
St. Louis
Hot Springs
Ark
Hot Springs Mountain
Wichita River
Little Rock
Alexander
Disaster at Walnut Grove dam devastates Arizona towns
Prescott dispatch details Walnut Grove dam flood that wiped out Hassayampa area. Reported death toll ranges 50 to 60 with about a dozen bodies recovered and many more missing. Describes immense destruction, floating debris, and ruined ranches as floodwaters carried away dam structures and property.
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Prescott, &T
T. J. Willeams
Ben Williams
Bisbee
James Douglass
Walnut Grove Dam
Sheriff O'Neill
Hassayamony
Robert B. Row
William Akard
Hassayampa
Charles Thompson
Wickenberg
Brill
Remarkable Wreck Kills Two on Evansville Rail Line
A high speed Chicago express on the Evansville and Terre Haute line collapsed Snapp creek bridge near Vincennes Indiana killing Engineer Al Lyons and Fireman Frank Bowden. The baggage and smoking cars derailed, passengers suffered injuries, and rescue efforts reported Bowden's body recovered while Lyons remained in wreckage. Most plausible cause cited is washed away bridge timbers leaving only rails and ties.
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Vincennes
Ind
Evansville & Terre Haute
al Lyons
Frank Bowden
Chicago Express
Snapp Creek
Piso
Bowden
Lyons
A. T. Padigo
Glasgow
Shout
J. Wiseman
Danville
W. BR. Cole
J. C. Lavelle
Washington
Peter Clark
H. H. Putnam
Minneapolis
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Ballingall
Mosaat
Dodie
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Maservey
Hagie
Bills
Moroon
Hovéee
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Dus Momnes
THE
Labor Conference
Jenking
Ann Digpetcher
Illinois Central Railroad
Weier Valley
Misa
Dugey
Iowa State News
ST. Louis’ New Bridge
Birmingham
A. Birsmollam
Ala
John Wylie
Hawes
Story
Columbus
Miss
McClellan
Kansas City
Globe
Oklahome
Shawnee
Holmes
Gapansins
New York
Ems
Junge
Gaptain
Ana Ee
Sial
Foo
Arizona
Pearls
Sehnaeh
Lake Erie
Hilton
Town
Benjamin
Sith
J. G. Hay
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