New Measures Proposed for Iowa Legislature Massive Tax and School Reforms
Des Moines dispatch outlines proposed laws and two constitutional amendment resolutions for the 1902 Iowa legislature. Items include a teachers training school expansion, reformatories for men and women, juvenile courts, child labor limits, railroad property reassessment, funding for state institutions, state universities and colleges, an appellate court, and a larger governor salary. Also proposed are annual to biannual election changes and women voting rights.
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Des Moines
Cedar Falls
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Iowa
State Board of Control
State Railroad Commission
State University
Iowa City
State Agricultural College
Ames
State Normal School
Ser Falls
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Des Moines Courthouse Drive Complicates Army Post Fate
Des Moines begins work on Polk County courthouse amid state court litigation. City risks losing the $2,000,000 army post site as water mains costs and city funding disputes strain the project. War department questions promised improvements, while Congress man Hull is ill in Washington. Des Moines faces growing discouragement.
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Des Moines
Polk County
State Supreme Court
Congress
Army
E. 8. Otis
Philippines
War Department
Army Post
Water Company
Hull
Washington
Judge Brannan rules mulct taxes on Muscatine cigar houses
District court at Muscatine finds Herman Gremmel and associates liable for mulct taxes as a wholesale and retail cigar business. The ruling upholds similar assessments against other local cigar houses and rejects interstate commerce objections. An injunction petition to halt sale of property was granted then addressed.
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Brannan
District Court
Muscatine
Herman Gremmel
Muscatine County
Gremmel
Jury Awards $2,160 to Widow in Atlantic Damages Suit
The Atlantic jury found the city liable for a June sidewalk fall causing damages to Mrs. Katherine Wissler. Initially expected to grant nominal damages, the verdict awarded $2,160, with the city likely appealing.
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Atlantic
Katherine Wissler
Wissler
Peruna Promoted as Cold Cure and Preventive
Advertisements extoll Peruna as a preventive and cure for catarrh and colds. Testimonies from Memphis and Brooklyn readers claim quick relief and restored health after winter illnesses, with Dr. Hartman offering gratis advice from Columbus Ohio.
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Dr. Hartman
The
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Cresco Capitalists Plan Interurban Electric Lines
A Cresco based organization led by Senator Lyons plans two electric interurban lines, one southeast to New Hampton then south toward Waterloo, another west to Mason City, with surveys to begin in spring and connections to extend regional transport. Also notes unions, a large Chicago bascule bridge, and Georgia child labor law developments.
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Senator Lyons
New Hampton
Waterloo
Denv
Cresco
Bly A
England
Rochdale
Lancashire
New York City
United Textile Workers
Trust
Chicago
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company
Taylor Street
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Sanitary District
Georgia
Committee On Labor
A Wonderful Cure from Dodd’s Kidney Pills
Medical men in Wright City Missouri discuss the Symes case. Joseph G Symes suffered inflammatory rheumatism with severe pain preventing work sleep or rest. After using six boxes of Dodd’s Kidney Pills he improved markedly and regained full health, with doctors calling the recovery miraculous.
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Wright City
Symes
Joseph G. Symes
Dodd
Handsomest Calendar of the Season Reproductions Offered
The Handsomest Calendar of the season in ten colors featuring Moran paintings, issued by the General Passenger Department of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. Six sheets measure 0x12 inches and are priced at twenty five cents upon receipt. Address A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
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Moran
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
A. Miller
Cago
His Mistake Behind the Coal Counter
A Yonkers Statesman anecdote recounts a dry goods worker-turned coal office clerk who, while dreamily tipping ashes from a cigarette, assists a lady demanding two tons of coal, prompting a cautionary tale about the clerk’s undoing.
Baker's chocolate and cocoa trade mark verified
The notice urges checking packages for the Baker’s trademark of the chocolate girl and warns of imitations. A free copy of Miss Parlon’s choice recipes is offered by Walter Baker & Co. Limited, Dorchester, Massachusetts, to any housekeeper.
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Baker’s Chocolate
Baker’s Cocoa
Miss Parlon
Walter Baker & Co., Limited
Dorchester
Mass
It Wasn't Smallpox Says Quarantined Porter
A colored porter on the Hannibal and St. Joe line told acquaintances in Kansas City that his three week quarantine was not smallpox but “celluloid” illness, per Chicago Chronicle.
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Hannibal & St. Joe
Kansas City
Chicago Chronicle
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Ad Promotes Health
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a natural cure for a wide range of ailments from headaches to cancer. It claims quick bowel relief with no pain, costs six cents to start, and warns to beware of imitations.
Dream Contraries Stirred By Talk Of Automobiles
In a witty Smart Set exchange Mrs Hoon-I recalls dreaming you gave me an automobile while Mr Hoon-H'm quips that a horse would be the dream’s opposite. The dialogue ends with a light note on how dreams often run contrary.
Holiday Flowers and Greens From Chicago
Chicago florist 8 S. Muir offers holiday flowers and greens with express shipping nationwide. Order a trial bouquet from 3530 Michigan Ave Chicago long distance Oakland 319, establishing 1865.
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Chicago
Muir, Florist
Michigan Ave
Oakland
Habit of searching for a husband as time passes
An agitated woman seeks her husband for two hours, while a calm woman replies she has been seeking a husband for 25 years. The exchange appears in the Tammany Times reflecting a humorous social quip.
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Tammany Times
Piso’s Cure for Consumption Endorsed by Indiana Reader
A reader from Trinity Springs Indiana writes February praising Piso’s Cure for Consumption as unmatched for coughs and colds. The note highlights strong belief in the remedy’s efficacy.
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Sous J . Boyer
Trinity Springs, Ind
Delia Phwat Describes Copper Company Talked by Policeman
In a Philadelphia Press quip a man asks about a copper company the man of the house mentions, while Bridget suggests it is a police union matter.
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Delia—Phwat
Bridget—Shure
Polissman’s Union
Philadelphia Press
Putnam Faceless Dyes Reveal Color Fastness
A brief note states that sweat or fruit acids will not discolor pods dyed with Putnam Faceless Dyes. Sold by druggists for 10 cents per package.
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Putnam
City committee formed by mayor approves team
The mayor approves Morris and Bissell to form a committee. The action signals municipal effort to address a local issue and outline upcoming steps.
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Hughes
Warried
Appovell Morris and
Bissell
Posts for Sale and Advertisers Promote Foley Remedy
Classified item notes Foley's remedy advertised by Sprina & Son and Lougbran & Bauer. Claims it is a splendid cough and cold treatment for sore lungs.
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Sprina & Son
Foley
Lougbran & Bauer
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