Iowa Republicans rebuke Democrats over temperance and reforms
The Iowa Republican platform denounces the Democratic party for saloon support and misrepresentation of reform laws. It pledges loyalty to Republican governance, endorses temperance, tariff, and pensions, and opposes Horace Boies. It highlights pride in Iowa industry and calls for lawful commerce and fresh trade policies.
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Cedar Rapids
Republican Party of
Iowa
National Republican Party
Republican Party
United States
Iito Sen
Conger Lord
General Assembly
Democratic Party
Democratic Ac
Democratic Party of
Horace Boies
Lowa
Northwest
Grover Cleveland
Reform Club
City
New York
Seliers
Postage Stamp Museum Opens in Vienna With Curiosities
A new public postage stamp museum in Vienna showcases stamps from 1840 to 1891, balloon letters, pigeon post, and Paris siege era mail. It features forged stamps, curious objects like hieroglyphic wood pieces, world-travel postcards, and rare coins from Emperor Francis Joseph. The collection totals about 3,000,000 items, including a Dundee stamp valued at £500 and a Cape of Good Hope stamp at £100.
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Vienna
Paris
Dutch Indies
Francis Joseph
Dundee
Cape of Good Hope
Store Uniforms Spread From One Boss to Many
A Bristol storekeeper wore a white duck coat and ordered all employees to wear white duck coats during business hours. Two clerks quit rather than obey. Uniforms spread to store girls, judges, railroad hands and waiters, with the aim of public recognition of the employer.
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Bristol
Philadelphia Inquirer
Hail Stones Formed Around White Peas in Palmyra Mystery
In Palmyra a hailstorm yielded stones that formed around white pea sized cores with shells inside. Several residents report finding similar stones and shells, puzzling investigators who seek the source of the strange hail.
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Palmyra
Oswego
N. Y
Electric street railways and early lighting tubes
The piece notes widespread use of electricity in U S street railways with paper soaked tubes for insulation and potential wiring uses. It highlights Sir William Siemens methods to light growth of flowers aboard a West Indian steamer. It mentions Westchester Electric Railroad plans for a Pelham surface railway linking to the New York Athletic Club grounds and connecting with major regional lines.
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United States
William Siemen
Westchester Electric Railroad Company
Pelham
New York Athletic Club
York, New Haven
Hartford
Charles H. Taylor Shaped Boston Globe Leadership
Colonel Charles H. Taylor rose from a sixteen year old Civil War enlistee to reporter and editor of the Boston Globe. He took charge in 1878 guiding the paper from peril to prominence in American journalism. The Governor's House in Perth Amboy links colonial governance to Franklin and historic official residences.
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Charles H. Taylor
Boston Globe
Port Huron
Globe
New Jersey
Perth Amboy
George III
England
Benjamin Franklin
Biography of F. M. Ames Patron leader and farmer
F. M. Ames, 54, vice president of the National Order of Patrons of Industry, farms at Brooklyn Wisconsin. He formerly taught school and is well informed on political affairs, especially farmers burdens and taxes. Born in 1837 at Oregon Wisconsin.
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F. M. Ames
National Order of Patrons of Industry
Brooklyn
Wis
Oregon, Wis
Hon J J C Abbott Canadian Statesman Biography
Senator J J C Abbott of Canada was born in Argenteuil Quebec in 1821 and educated at McGill. He joined the Lower Canada bar in 1847 and began political life the same year as a member of the Canadian assembly. He served briefly as solicitor general in 1862 and acted as legal adviser to Sir Hugh Allan during the Pacific railway scandal. He led the senate in 1881 and formed a new ministry after Sir John Macdonalds death.
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Abbott
J. J. C. Abbott
Argenteuil
Quebec
McGill College
Montreal
Lower Canada
Canadian Assembly
Sandfield-Macdonald- Sciotte
Hugh Allan
Senate
John Macdonald
Reverend Dr. R Heber Newton Biography Highlight
Dr R Heber Newton rector of All Souls Episcopal Church New York was born in Philadelphia in 1841. His first ministry post was as assistant at St Pauls Philadelphia and his first charge at Trinity Sharon Springs. He assumed his present charge in May 1860. His broad liberal views and orthodoxy have been questioned, including by Father Ignatius the Welsh Anglican monk.
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R. Heber Newton
All Souls’ Episcopal Church
New York
Philadelphia
St. Paul’s
Philadel
Trinity
Sharon Springs
Ignatius
Christ at the Feast Lesson IX and Gospel Context
Commentary on John chapter seven verses 31 to 44 with notes on the feast of tabernacles, Jewish opposition to Jesus, and the coming Spirit. The piece links the festival to messianic expectations, Galilee origins, and prophecy, citing Acts and Psalms while noting World’s Columbian Exposition roles.
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Elijah
Galilee
David
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Egypt
Fish with two tails and a giant nurse in Florida
A fish with two tails draws attention in Madison Georgia. A carnivorous cow in Randolph County Missouri preys on young chickens and goslings. In Dunedin Florida James Barnes and Billy Marston landed a nurse fish weighing over 300 pounds.
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Madison
Randolph County
Dunedin
Fla
James Barnes
Billy Marston
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