Judge Weaver Emerges as Likely Supreme Bench Candidate
The Intelligencer endorses Judge Weaver of Iowa as a strong contender for the Supreme Bench. Support from Story County and favorable remarks highlight his clear intellect, memory, and decisive manner, with praise for his district judge experience and up-to-date views. The piece notes a potential candidacy to replace Judge Beck, whose term ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iage Beck
Iowa
Judge Weaver
Ioil
Weaver
Inktin
Supreme Inch
Story County
Ann Arbor Tribute to Prof Alexander Winchell
A fragmentary feature recalls Prof Alexander Winchell's life work at Ann Arbor. The late educator and natural science teacher is portrayed as a prolific writer whose sketches of creation aimed to educate amid public ignorance and lay a broad scientific foundation for later geology and natural history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Alexander Winchell
Fie
Women of
U.S
Washington
Congress
Wisconsin
Pan-American Construction Company
Corpus Christi and
South American
Iowa Music Teachers Association Announces Composition Award
The Iowa Music Teachers Association sets a competition offering two gold medals to stimulate local composition. Entrants must submit anonymous manuscript works on large music paper with a real name hidden. A panel including J W Ruggles and others will examine entries and forward results to the president for notification and concert presentation in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
J. W. Ruggles
Willard Kimpall
A. Rommell
Pleasant
M. Sefton
Cedar Rapids
Ation
Des Moines
Ici
Emees
Aye
Young Men’s Christaan Association
Gordon
Ohio
W. B. Blake
Burlington
Ottumwa
Iowa City
Sioux City
Eldora
Deaths Among Congressmen Mark High Toll in 19th Century
The Philadelphia Times notes a surge of congressional deaths, listing lawmakers from multiple states across 1889 to 1891. It highlights a large mortality rate since organization, including Pennsylvanians Cox and Kelley and other veteran members, as the nation mourns lost representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Memphis
Nassau
S W. Hamnes
Missouri
Townsend
Linois
A J. Gay
Laird
Nebraska
New York
D. Kelsey
Penn
Wilber
el J. Randall
Ep. Walker
Miss
Watson
Phelan
Tenn
Pennsylvania
Father of the
Cox
Kelley
Cnt
Philadelphia Times
Cleveland Letter on Free Coinage of Silver
Grover Cleveland declines to attend a meeting in New York to voice support for unlimited coinage of silver. He urges careful study of the measure in Congress, warning against experiments that could harm business and the nation’s monetary system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sru
Uest
New York
Congress
Morrow
California
Francis Newlands
Nevada
House
Cleveland
Grosvenor
Ohio
MacGovern
Dramore
Parnell
Newry
Washington Post
Washington Letter on Porter and Sherman Deaths and Politics
The Washington letter notes grief over Admiral Porter and General Sherman, praising their lives and careers. It describes funeral plans at Arlington, with a large procession and notable pallbearers, and reports on President Cleveland's letter on free coinage, legislative debates, and upcoming silver bill proposals. It also covers Senate Canada relations, copyright bill doubts, and Pension Attorney circulars regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Admiral Porter
Sherman
Washington
America
Arlington Cemetery
Hiself
Phil Sheridan
Congress
Annapolis
Fort Meyer
Washington Barracks
District of Columbia National Guard
Naval
Philadelphia
Morton
Schofield
Stevens
Almy
Rodgers
Jewett
Howell
Crosby
Hawley
Manderson
McPherson
Boutelle
Gov
Pattison
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
House
Farmers Alliance
Boas Clare
Pacific Coast
Senate
Select Committee On
Canada
Hoar
Raum
Interior Department
Missing courier steals $550 from Oneida corn buyer
Thos. Dickson, a corn buyer at Oneida Kansas, sent $550 to Greely Bank for safekeeping. A hired hand, new to town, took the money and left for parts unknown. Detectives search for the missing man with no clues on his route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos
Dickson
Oneida
Kansas City Road
Bank of
Merit Wins For Dr King's New Discovery and Remedies
Citizens are informed that Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters have sold well for years. The seller guarantees satisfaction and offers a refund if results are not achieved. The remedies are presented as popular and reliable.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Reward Offer
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable catarrh cure. F J Cheney & Co Toledo props. Endorsers West Truax Walding Kinman Marvin testify to Cheney's integrity. Cure is internal and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. 2-19-4
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ex-Senator Griswold Receives Mementos From Russian Emperor
Ex-State Senator Stephen Griswold of Brooklyn holds a bouquet of pressed flowers from the Garden of Gethsemane given to Mrs Griswold by the late Emperor Alexander of Russia shortly before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Griswold
Brooklyn
N. Y
Garden of
Gethsemane
The Duke of Edinburgh Seeks Wealth for Crown Purchase
The Duke of Edinburgh is described as a notable stamp collector who manages his stamps frugally. He relies on his elder brother to uphold family dignity while pursuing funds to acquire the British crown if a sale ever becomes possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of
Edinburg
Indelicate Mass of Latterday Novels Labeled by Reviewer
A book reviewer in the Indianapolis Journal quips that the table groans under the indelicacies of the season as mass novels accumulate during the reviewer’s absence. The piece note references Paul and Barnabas debating and eventually parting ways without name-calling. Brethren be calm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Dr King New Discovery Offered For Consumption
An advertisement promises Dr King’s New Discovery will relieve throat lung and chest ailments with guaranteed satisfaction or money back. A trial bottle is offered free at L M Bosworth’s Drugstore. The page also notes the hereditary Prince of Nassau visiting England and his potential marriage to a British royal family member, highlighting his vast fortune and appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
L. M. Bosworth
Prince of
Nassau
England
Europe
Edward A. Wilson
Williamsburg
Kings County
New York
Restorative Nerve Vice touted as cure all
An advertisement promotes Dr. Franklin Miles Restorative Nerve vice claiming to cure nervousness dyspepsia headaches dizziness sleeplessness and more. Free trial bottles and a book are offered through L M Bosworth with a safety claim it contains no opium morphine or dangerous drugs. The piece also notes a published English list of aristocrats and MPs who own brewery shares aiming to protect trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Miles
L. M. Bosworth’s
England
House of Lords
House of Commons
Tvo
Neo Man
Eamelly
Shang
London
New York
New York Sun
Portraits and planning stir old gossip in society pages
"It was a beautiful day when I had my portrait taken" remarks Gen Growler as Mrs G. quips a likeness was missed. The King of Siam contemplates authorship about travels in his own country and perhaps could have gained fame sooner by visiting U.S. slums for an "Impressions of America" book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretzman
William Pretzman
Brandon
David C. Brandon
Belknap
Davis County
Thursby
McCormick
Morris McCormick
Gen. Growler
Siam
United States
America
Engineer M Eiffel Seeks Legislature Endorsed by Electors
M Eiffel, a town celebrity and celebrated engineer, announces ambition to join the legislature. He pledges to work for fair returns to workmen in cities and rural areas and addresses the senatorial electors of the Department of the Cute d Or.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Eiffel
Department of the Cute
d’Or
Warning on nerv ous prostration tonic and Cosmopolitan staff update
The ad promotes a nerve tonic and electric bitters as a treatment for nervous prostration with a 50 cent bottle offered by L. M. Bosworth. It also notes Cosmopolitan Magazine gains Bran Mathews as president of the Nineteenth Century Club and reviewer duties, joining Edward Everett Hale and Murat Halstead in a strengthened staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Bosworth’s
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Bran Mathews
Nineteenth Century Club
Terateur
Debot
Mathews
Edward Everett Hale
Murat Halstead
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Ge S. M. Weaver
Supreme Bench
Mary- Lee
Grover Cleveland
State News
Indianola
State University Library
Cecilian Club
Musical People of
Grinnell
Black Hawk County
Tama County
Jonas M. Cleland
Grundy Center
H. E. Bramwell
Denison
John Ingleden
Tipton
Wednesdy
Iowa State Saving Bank
Creston
Jones County
Orange Kenyon
Irving & Zetagathian Literary Societies
State University
Firmenith Manufacturing Company
Marshalltown
Henry Hefert
Mercy Hospital
Mason City & Fort Dodge Railroad
Ft. Dodge
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
Stephen
St. Paul
Mason City & Fort Dodge
Winona & Southwestern
B. F. Gue
Fred H Hunter
Polk County
Farmer
Northwest
H. G Gue
Gue
Lowa Homestead
Fred Hunter
East Fifth Street
Lowa
The
Duncan
Daily Hawkeye Company
Burlington Hawkeye
Hawkeye
Charles Foster
Windom
Secretary of the Treasury
Northern Pacific
New York City
C. V. McChesney
Cincinnati
Herr Leurssen
Garfield
Berlin
Alleghanies
Great Eastern Railway Company
Channel Mail
North Sea
British Columbia
Mansfield
Buenos Ayres
Celman
Pellegrini
Nova Scotia
Spring Hill
Jordan
Frazer’s Crossing
Savannah
Brooke
Lieut
Cleman
1St Infantry
Casey
Henry Miller
Minneapolis
Columbus
W. J. Elliott
Sunday Capital
A. C. Osborn
Sunday World
Hughes
J. P. Elliott
Allen
Jay A King
Brown
Vail
Siara
Cole
C Hidy
AH McNall
Collins
Williamson
Christa Williamson
Larson Ad
Story City
Edmund Lindsay
J M Tanner
J E Jones
C E Southwick
Cambridge
Clift
Belden
Richardson
Zearing
J$ Hutchins
Rinehart
Geo Jones
Wto
RC McDaniel
Wise
Michael Smith
Fatlin P Kalsem
Ole P Kalsem
Daniel Pointer
Rasmus Larson
Wm Huffman
Nancy Brown
Walter G Shotwell
Stuart B Shotwell
St Nw
Mahala Giles
Frances W French
Fitchpatrick
JW Reagan
Wto Coe
Catharine
Henry Young
Joseph Yazell
Oleo Lee
John Leske
Scott Bradford
Isabella Moses
Baldwin & Maxwell
John
Paul Ry Co
Jinks
Éumbrella
Dr. Tanner
Jarcus
Sirro
Jules Simon
Father O'Donnell
Boston
Kallberg
Fanny Man
Washington Star
Paul
Barnabus
Brethern
Bate City
the Home Magazine
John A
Black Carat
Lang
Scotland
Marshall County
Pemapereen Asag
Ade
ME. Andrews
Capro
Cosmopolitan
Benj. F. Butler
Massachusetts
James W. Hyatt
Treas
U. S
Jas
Csagith
Brook
el Serta
Seyee Ya Ee, Co. Co Ae
Qin Toe LM Sanford
Feack
Newcastle
Keutesage
Georgia
L Taylor
Tennessee
BF Mano Concord
Montreal
Ra Road
Newshire
R True
Treasury
Wasabi Heory
Suffolk Trust CO
Maes
Washington Street
Sea
Beaten Ae Road
Piedmont Glass Works
Georgia-Pacific
Tallapoosa
Pro Ols Company
Ala
Investment & Development Co
Globe Building
Mass
Ceipe
Ames
the Cosmopolitan
New York Times
Mae
Magazin Corres
the Cosmopolitan Fursie
Splendid
Moden
Philadem9
ST. Lou
Lara
Bert
Joe
Anne Austie
Texas
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