Iowa political notes and legislative session updates
A wrap of the Iowa General Assembly week covers caucus outcomes, retrenchment talks, and the Cassatt-Young contest resolution. It notes Governor L's address and comments on legislative handling of corporations, with attention to the Senate and House composition, cases of notable figures, and adjournment timing.
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Iowa
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Bill Thompson
M. Weaver
M. Sutton
Judge Casey
Schmidt
Scott
Dodge
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Trade figures list sugar and mo ranks first
The report cites monetary values for several nations with sugar leading at 190000 dollars in 4985 and Austria Hungary at 96300, France, Russia, and Cuba also noted with specific amounts. The dated figures imply a sequence of ranking among countries.
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Cuba
Austria- Hungary
France
Russia
Fragmented OCR Salience of 19th Century Public Finance
The text cites scattered financial figures for various nations and regions, with references to Chicago public costs and a Georgia school fund. It mentions Payson and Governor Oglesby in relation to public policy and interstate law, reflecting a historical political economy snippet.
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Ressmman Payson
Inter State
Oglesby
Free trade theory on quinine prices challenged
The piece argues that price drops in quinine are not caused by duty removal. It cites oversupply of raw material, increased English market prices when duty existed, and large bark forests as factors. It notes no tariff impact on quinine in England and suggests supply dynamics drive prices.
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Tates
England
Assembly drama and gossip clouded by old political lines
In the Iowa scene the speakership struggle remains spirited with Redman of Poweshiek as a pivotal figure after gains amid factional shifts. Other posts see Kolp of Ida Grove as chief clerk, with competition continuing for minor seats as varied cliques form and dissolve under a tense political mood.
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Akers
Wie
Redman
Poweshiek
Timothy recommended for quick lawn cover by Saunders
William Saunders of the Department of Agriculture in Washington recommends timothy as a fast growing green lawn cover. The New England Farmer notes it is not a permanent lawn grass but offers quick growth and good color in the first year, better than oats or millet, though it dies in a few years from close clipping.
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John Pawson
Eric
Edith
Mr. Burtonford
John
Swarston
Burtonfords
Burtonford
William Saunders
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Timothy
New England
English Officer's Stupidity In Cairo Map Room Cleared
The Boston Transcript reports that Gen Parr, commanding the British army in occupation, ordered Maj Mantell to clear the Cairo citadel map room and destroy vast Egyptian map archives. The act wiped out extensive records covering Sudan geography from the Red Sea to El Obeid and El Fasher.
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Nile
Parr
Cairo
Maj
Mantell
Nile Valley
Great Lakes
Red, Sea
el Obeid
el Fasher
Boston Transcript
Spanish Pair in Paris Captivates Audiences with Bull Fight
A Paris circus adds a Spanish fair with beggars mandolinists peasants and merchants in costume. Audiences enjoy songs and a bull fight making it one of the most amusing and picturesque spectacles in Paris in many years.
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Paris
Boston Transcript
Tariff Debate Over Potatoes Faces Domestic Rivals
In the recent years ending 80,000 bushels of potatoes arrived in New York at fifteen cents per bushel, totaling about 12,000 dollars. The tariff is argued as inadequate protection against foreign potatoes from Nova Scotia Scotland and elsewhere. Farmers from Rensselaer and Washington Counties fear competition if free trade prevails and tariffs on potatoes are removed.
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Rensselaer
Washington County
Ford
Hotels Backing Chicago Bid for National Conventions
Chicago hotel men have formed a pool to raise funds to secure both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. About $3,000 funded sending committee men to Washington, with hotels pledging more to back the bid. They expect to profit if the conventions bring business and prestige to Chicago.
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Chicago
Ution
Ney
Palmer House
Green's August Flower Promises Relief From Dyspepsia
An abridged relief advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. It blames greasy and irregular meals for digestive woes and claims the product reforms digestion and restores happiness.
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Green
August Flower
Tramps Ridiculed by Mountain Slide Plan
A Baltimore and Ohio station agent uses a long mountain slide to remove tramps from the waiting room. He lures them inside to warm up then drops them down the slide, creating a comic scene seen by workers and trainmen according to a Chicago Herald Train Talk feature.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Maryland
Chicago Herald
Family Resemblances
A Newburyport Herald reprint argues about perceived likenesses across races and groups. It suggests Chinese, American, and other populations are distinguished by familiarity, not inherent sameness, noting police context in Chinatown and broad human likeness.
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New York
Chinatown
China
Newburyport Herald
The Barber Business in Germany
A Globe-Democrat report describes German barbers using outside tradesmen who visit homes to serve elite customers with personal cups and razors. These aristocrats avoid barber shops, paying about 8 to 10 dollars annually for the service.
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Germany
Globe-Democrat
Chicago’s busiest men wear least careworn looks
Notable Chicago millionaires such as Phil Armour Marshall Field Potter Pullman Palmer are described as busy executives whose smooth foreheads contrast with the lines seen on modest success. The passage notes their high activity and status without signs of stress.
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Chicago
Phil Ar
M Marshall Mour
George Field
Potter
Pullman
Palmer
Forgetting Their False Teeth Puzzle Stumps Planters' Staff
In recent days four sets of false teeth were left in Planters' rooms by hurried movers. A particularly large set challenged readers to imagine carrying such a mouthful unnoticed. The report notes the odd tendency amid the escape from Jake.
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Jake
Globe
Age and blush a light of tire and rage
A brief quoted line from Traveller's Magazine notes a woman's blush changes with age from under twenty to over twenty, shifting from shy to irate as age increases. The item credits Drake's.
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Traveller's Magazine
Drake
Syrup of Figs touted as superior liver remedy
An elegant substitute for oils salts pills and cathartics, Syrup of Figs is praised as more easily taken agreeable to the stomach and truly beneficial. The advertisement notes sale by Hl. W ng physicians and H. Westerman Co.
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Hl. W Ng
Eby H
Two Faith, Two Places Jesus Meets the Canaanitish Woman
Rev William Newton reflects on Matthew 15 21 31 focusing on Jesus journey to Tyre and Sidon. The Canaanitish woman pleads for her daughter and gains healing through steadfast faith despite Jesus testing her resolve. The lesson links sickness as enemy to healing as sign of Jesus mission and notes divine patience with Israel and Gentiles.
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Jesus
Tyre
Sidon
Jerusalem
Jacob
Samaria
Jordan
Queen of a Lincoln household praises Chamberlain cough remedy
A Lincoln Nebraska family credits Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with saving their six month old baby from bronchitis and easing the older daughter’s croup. The letter from Wilber E Wells and Luke L Wells at 1631 C Street endorses the remedy after doctors failed to relieve the illness.
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England
Lincoln
Nebraska
Chamberlain
Wilber E. Wells
Luke L. Wells
C Street
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