Iowa Capitol Plans Split Between Decoration and Repairs
Special correspondence from Des Moines reports Iowa's Capitol Improvement Commission urging a $234,000 appropriation to finish and decorate the capitol. $78,000 is for decoration with wall tinting and stairway paintings, while $156,000 funds structural repairs such as re gilding the dome, roof replacement, lighting, elevators, heating and a fireproof warehouse. The article also notes a $50,000 request for a state arsenal and other educational and legal reforms including an appellate court proposal and an insurance department plan.
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Byers
Belding State Arsenal
Des Moines
State Capitol Improvement Commission
Capitol
Iowa
Statehouse
Commission
Adjt
Military Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Iowa
Grand Army
Washington
Washion
Adjutant Generals
Adjutant General
National Guard of
M. L. Temple
Clarke County
House
Senate
Temple
Supreme Court
Appellate Court
State Bar Association
Insurance Department
Merriam
Ilinois
Minnesota
Town
Iowa Railway Report Highlights Consolidations and Upgrades
The board summarizes annual improvements across Iowa rail properties and endorses 1899 crossing laws. It notes most rolling stock now has automatic couplers and brakes, cites 20 interlocking switch plants, and discusses consolidations that raise lines to higher classes and lower statewide freight rates. It calls for continued regulation of interurban lines and urges block systems to reduce rear rail collisions on fast through services.
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Iowa
C. R
K. C
St. L
Educators to Meet for Iowa State Teachers Meeting
Des Moines hosts the State Teachers association annual meet ing December 26 to 30 with a full slate of events. President A W Stuart will give the opening address, followed by lectures on women’s royalty moral education and a Sunday program featuring Gov Shaw and college leaders. A sacred concert closes Sunday and manual training discussions begin Monday with W L Tomlins and Gabriel Bamberger among speakers. State Superintendent Barrett will deliver the annual address Monday afternoon.
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Barrett
Iowa
Des Moines
Clinton
Missouri Valley
Marshalltown
Mount Ayr
Grinnell
Toledo
Bloomfield
Nevada
Council Bluffs
Clari
State Teachers’ Association
Shelton
A. W. Stuart
Association
Max O'Relly
France
Bishop Spaulding
Gabrial Bamberger
Chicago
W. L. Turner
Fort Dodge
W. L. Tomlins
New York
J. L. Hughes
Sentimental Trip To Battlefield Of Larrabee Father
Ex Gov William Larrabee traveled over a thousand miles to visit the LaColle mill battlefield in Canada where Capt Adam Larrabee was wounded in 1814 during Gen Wilsons Niagara frontier campaign. The bullet remains at the Iowa historical department after the elder Larrabees near mortal wounding and long life.
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William Larrabee
Adam Larrabee
Larrabee
LaCole Mill
Canada
Wilson
Niagara Frontier
Iowa Historical Department
Kansas Statue Debate Sparks Chief Fewclothes Joke
A Pittsburg Gazette quip cites a Kansas exchange editor weighing a proposed statue of Ceres for the statehouse dome. Critics question who knows the figure, suggesting Chief Fewclothes as a more fitting Indian ornament, joking about a nude departure.
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Kansas
Ceres
New Statehouse
Exchange
Telegraph
Chief Fewclothes
Kansas Statehouse
Pittsburg
Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette Praise for Walter Baker Cocoa
The Dorchester based Walter Baker Co U S A has dedicated years to cocoa and chocolate craft. They describe their machinery and processes as preserving purity palatability and top nutrients. Their preparations are world renowned and endorsed by doctors nurses and discerning housekeepers and caterers.
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Pd .Walter Baker & Co
Dorchester
Asa
Sparks and flashes in early electric age undergo rapid tests
A long distance underground telephone line links Buffalo and Washington. St Pauls cathedral in London receives $45,000 electrical equipment funded by J Pierpont Morgan. Chicago and Alton locomotives gain 2000 feet of electric headlight range. A small dynamo powers the engine atop the smokestack. Italy's Ganz system impresses with 45 mph preliminary tests and 21,000 volt generators.
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Buffalo
Washington
St. Paul’s Cathedral
London
J. Pierpont Morgan
Chicago & Alton
Ganz Electric
Italy
Physicians Much Interested in Kidney Cure at Northport
Northport Michigan December 9 physicians discuss a remarkable kidney disease cure in Byron C Leslie of Northport who suffered for years with kidney derangements. After using Dodd s Kidney Pills he improved for months and now proclaims himself permanently cured drawing a strong reaction from doctors and locals.
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Northport, Mich
Byron C. Leslie
Northport
Dodd
Hoped They Would Run Their Course Stray Stories Remark
A short Stray Stories item presents Mrs Vernon Brown urging her husband to stop shaving his mustache while Mrs Siniffian Jones resists, preferring growth to removal, capturing a domestic cue in brief dialogue.
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Vernon Brown
Siniffian Jones
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Ad Claims Health Boost
An advertising blurb touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the cure for all ailments from headaches to cancer by cleansing the bowels. It promises easy natural movements and minimal cost, warning readers to beware of imitations of the genuine product marked with CCC.
Cautious Woman Spreads Secrets Through Husband
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quotation notes a woman who never shares gossip aloud yet is said to reveal stories she hears in confidence to her husband, implying rumor travels through intimate confidants.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Flirthy and Roxley Tea Leaves Public Interest
Flirthy refuses to call on Miss Roxley citing her father’s influence. Ji suggests a player with unclear intervention, and Flirthy downplays it, saying not exactly a hand in the matter. Philadelphia press notes the exchange as a light social squabble.
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Roxley
Phi Delphia Ress
Lackawanna Railroad Smokeless Coal Blessing Travelers
Travelers hail the Lackawanna Railroad for burning smokeless coal. No smoke and no dust improve the journey, a policy that earns public gratitude and patronage. Outing notes the blessing as a major railway boon for long-suffering travelers.
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Lackawanna Railroad
Change of Base in Musical Notes Cited By Yonkers Editor
A Philadelphia composer wrote a quickstep and it is reportedly used in Chicago as a funeral march. The Yonkers Statesman notes the cross city reach of the new tune and its practical reception in contemporary ceremonies.
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Philadelphia
Crimsonbeak
Chicago
Grand Trunk Railway Annual Canadian Excursions
One fare for the round trip via Grand Trunk Railway system tickets on sale December 12 to 15 with return allowed to January 4 1902. City ticket office Chicago 249 Clark street phone Harrison 1757.
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Grand Trunk Railway System
Chicago
Clark Street
Harrison
Physician Advice and Smoking as Relief in Indianapolis News
A quoted exchange shows a youth urged not to smoke while a physician is cited saying it provides relief from business worries. The Indianapolis News framing highlights smoking as a coping mechanism amid stress.
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Indianapolis News
Piso Cure for Consumption Promoted in 1900 Ad
An advertisement claims Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds. The message, attributed to N. W. Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey, dated February 17 1900, promotes the remedy.
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N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Change From Job To Situation Sparks Embarrassment
The line from Puck notes a shift from a job to a situation can unsettle the incumbent, illustrating how political transitions may feel awkward when duties morph into awkward realities. The remark highlights discomfort at how authority adapts to new contexts rather than straightforward changes.
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Puck
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar Cure Claim
A historic patent remedy claim promises to cure colds with Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar while Pike’s Toothache Drops boast relief in one minute. This compact ad style summary renders the featured products as lasting local cures.
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Hale
Pike
Avoid Encounters by Walking Straight Ahead
Washington Louisiana’s Democrat notes a simple preventive method for avoiding unwanted meetings: keep walking straight ahead.
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Washington
The Cough and Works on the Cold Laxative ad
An old newspaper ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for cough and cold relief priced at 25 cents. It highlights the product as a quick remedy and cooling tonic, typical of midcentury medical advertising.
Sometimes a Man Is Judged by Appearance and Disappearance
A reflective adage from the Chicago Daily News notes that public judgment may hinge on how a person looks or vanishes, underscoring how perception shifts with presence or absence in society.
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Chicago Daily News
Putnam Faceless Dyes Quick Dye Method
A brief note touts a half hour dyeing process using PUTNAM FACELESS DYES claiming rapid, simple results for fabrics. The item emphasizes ease and speed of the method.
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Putnam
The modern millionaire counts pleasures as life’s needs
A concise observation notes that wealth now blends leisure with essential living. It hints at changing values among the affluent, where luxury items and pleasurable experiences become integral to daily existence.
Woman's Page and Man's Pager Quip Referenced
A quip from Youth's Companion contrasts a woman's page with a supposed Man's pager. Mr Pozenby mocks women’s pages, while Mrs Pozenby retorts that papers already have a Man's pager devoted to prize fighting and horse racing and similar pursuits.
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Mr. Pozenby
Mrs. Pozenby
Nickel Plate Road Promises Low Rates and Good Service
Travelers planning an East West journey are advised to use Nickel Plate Road which claims the lowest rates and efficient service. It highlights care for alta and second class passengers with colored attendants, top dining car service, and meals from 35 cents to one dollar. Semi weekly tourist cars run between Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Confer with a Nickel Plate Road agent.
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Nickel Plate Road
Atlantic
Pacific
Quiet Husband, Loud Collar Button Tales
A humorous exchange features Mrs Biggs teasing that her husband shuns show while Mrs Diggs recalls his surprising bursts of noise when a collar button slips under the dresser revealing a comic domestic contrast from Chicago Daily News.
Florida Special train to Jacksonville and St Augustine
Big Four Route announces a Florida Special service starting Jan 6 1902 from Chicago via Cincinnati and Crescent lines to Jacksonville and St Augustine. Through Pullman sleepers from Chicago and Indianapolis, with dining and observation cars. Daily at m. except Sunday. For details contact J C Tucker Warren J Lynch or W P B Deppe in Cincinnati.
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Florida
Chicago
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Big Our
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Q & Crescent
Son
R’y
Arel Fast Coast Ry
Usm
J. C. Tucker
Clark St
Warren J. Lynch
G.P
T.A
W. PB. Deppe
T. A
Cautious. Short Do you believe that a fellow feel ing makes us wondrous kind
A brief, clipped exchange from the Chicago Daily News questions whether present moods shape kindness. The dialogue hints at social sentiment and human frailty in a reflective, era-appropriate tone.
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Ong
Chicago Daily News
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Iowa State Retail Grocers’ Association
Dubuque
Doubuque
K. C. Barrett
State Board of Control
Beardshear
State Agricultural College
Leon Brown
Iowa Railway Report
State Railroad Commission
Iowa Railway
Werner
Sane
Aer Tenner
Battleground
the Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette
Alifornia
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
California
Wooster, Whitton & Montgomery
Market St
Calif
Woolrich & CO
Palmer, Mais
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