Platform of Iowa Republicans in Convention
The Iowa Republican platform reaffirms loyalty to the national party, praises President Ison, and calls for protectionist policy, currency expansion using silver, and government finance managed for all regions. It supports farm interests, rail regulation, anti-monopoly laws, temperance, pension expansion, and state police power to regulate alcohol sales, urging electors to back Republican ideals.
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Republicans of
Iowa
National Republican Party
Repapien Party
Wendorse
Ison
Republican Party
South
Congress
Confessing the Truth and the Saloon Debate
The Creston Advertiser argues the better element accepts the saloon is unnecessary and that democracy can advance without whisky. It urges the Democratic party to focus on reform and public work rather than whisky defense.
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Democratic Party
Great Party of Reform
People's Try
Creston Advertiser
Urt
Iowa
Henderson Renominated by Acclamation in Iowa District
The Republicans of Iowa's third district renominated Colonel D. B. Henderson of Dubuque by acclamation for congress. A decided compliment.
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Iowa
D. B. Henderson
Dubuque
Congress
Capitol Muscles Through Des Moines Saying It Can Act
A Des Moines Daily Capital editorial asserts the Capitol will act freely and dismisses local opposition, warning smaller voices may be overwhelmed if challenged.
Grover Cleveland’s Unknown Letter Declining Candidacy
The Webster City Freeman muses on Grover Cleveland as a great letter writer and wonders if he ever wrote a letter declining to run for office. It notes there is no known example but praises him regardless.
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Grover Cleveland
Webster City
Compromise silver bill passed houses signed by president
The compromise silver bill, touted as a Republican measure, passed both houses and was signed by the president. It will enter history as the achievement of Representative Major Conger.
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Major Conger
Weaver Critique of Captain Hull Sparks Political Banter
The Iowa Tribune reprints Leader's critique calling Captain Hull an office seeker and labels it a humorous remark in politics. It notes General Weaver has run for office more often than any man in Iowa, highlighting the irony.
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Iowa Tribune
J. B. Weaver
Captain Hull
War on English Sparrows Aimed at Pest Control
The article urges a campaign against English sparrows calling them a major pest. It notes sparrows eat spring buds and later grain and fruit, and mentions a past shift by sportsmen to shooting sparrows from traps rather than pigeons as a correct move. It emphasizes farmers have no use for them.
Perkins Wins 43rd Ballot in District Nomination
In the Republican race for the eleventh district Geo. D. Perkins of Sioux City, editor of the Sioux City Journal, won the nomination on the forty third ballot over incumbent I. B. Struble. The piece notes Sioux City’s ambition and hints at eastern influence once Perkins goes to Congress.
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Geo. D. Perkins
Sioux City
Louisiana Senate loses majority over lottery amendment
The Louisiana Senate, by the death of Senator Smith, loses the majority to pass the lottery amendment over Governor Nichol's veto. The Senate directs the secretary of state to submit the measure to voters, likely deferring to the courts for settling the issue.
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Louisiana Senate
Smith
Nichol
Senate
Secretary of State
Judge Stevens Rules Charley Leonard A Common Rum Seller
The decision in the original package case against Charley Leonard of Nevada, backed by J D Vail & Co of Marshalltown, is quoted. Evidence shows agents not properly harnessed to their principal and Leonard was an ordinary rum seller as reputed for years.
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J. L. Stevens
Charley Leonard
Nevada
J.D. Vail & Co
Marshalltown
General John C Fremont Dies in New York at 78
General John C Fremont died at his New York home on Monday afternoon from peritonitis. He was eighty years old? No, seventy eight. Fremont explored South Pass in 1842 and gained fame in the Mexican War. He served as California senator, was the 1856 Republican presidential nominee, a Civil War major general, Arizona governor 1878 to 1882, and he married Jessie Benton. His life was romantic and his death removes a noted historical figure.
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John C. Fremont
New York
South Pass
California
Buchanan
Arizona
Jessie Benton
Thomas H. Benton
Luke named railroad lawyer false says Hampton attorney
L B Raymond of Hampton refutes the Dubuque Herald claim that Luke is a railroad attorney. He states Luke has practiced law about nine years, never served as Central railroad local attorney, and has only one brief connection with the road in an arrest matter. The Central Iowa railroad’s local attorney for Franklin County remains D W Drew.
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Dubuque Herald
Luke
L. B. Raymond
Hampton
Raymond
Central
The
Sheffield
Marshalltown
D. W. Drew
Central Iowa Railroad
Franklin County
How many States in the Union Now
Senator Hawley notes the Union will have forty four states after Wyoming’s approval and a minor Senate amendment related to Yellowstone National Park holds up concurrence. He cites Idaho seeking to join by July Fourth and explains federal rules delaying flag changes until the next Fourth.
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Idaho
Wyoming
Senate
Hawley
Washington Letter notes on tariff river bills and flags
The Washington Letter reports Senator Morrill opening the debate on the McKinley tariff bill, with Democratic threats to stall the session over the Federal election bill. It details flag-raising at the Capitol, currency debates on silver, Idaho’s statehood, Wyoming, Behring Sea tensions, and various international and domestic items. The dispatch also notes public notices on naval matters and a fatal wind storm in Minnesota, plus other scattered items.
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Washington, D. C
Morrill
Committee On Finance
Senate
House
Fifty-first Congress
U. S
Huston
Valentine
United States
Goddess of Liberty
Capitol
Congress
Committee On Elections
Blaine
Maine
Navy Department
Rio de Janeiro
Idaho
Wyoming
Postmaster Row Over McKeesport Soles Nomination
A McKeesport post office contest exploded after Edwin Soles was named by the Postmaster General following a telegram from Representative Ray. Voters and locals protested, revealing Elmer Soles, Edwin’s uncle, actually held the stronger paperwork. Edwin’s nomination was withdrawn and Elmer was appointed.
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Ray
Pennsylvania
McKeesport
Soles
Edwin Soles
Elmer Soles
Edwin
Elmer
San Francisco Chronicle
Hail in California Three Inches Deep
Farmer F J Baldwin reports a Saturday hailstorm three miles east of Belotta that traveled from the south into Calaveras county. The storm lasted about ninety minutes, leaving three inches of hail, with thunder and lightning and widespread livestock distress. It extended into Amador county with hail sizes like marbles.
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California
F. J. Baldwin
Belotta
Calaveras County
Amador County
Marbles
Stockton
Lilacs and Handcuffs on a Jersey City Train
A narrator recalls a Pennsylvanian royal train leaving Jersey City with a gentlemanly man in the smoker carrying lilacs and handcuffs linking his wrists. A rough fellow follows, raising questions about who devised the poetic display as the scene unfolds aboard the parlor cars.
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Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Julian Ralph
Uncle Sam Medicines Sold By All Druggists
Uncle Sam's Condition Powder and Uncle Sam's Nerve and Bone Liniment are advertised as two leading medicines sold by druggists.
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Uncle Sam
Mrs Harrison Guides White House Domestic Machinery
Mrs Harrison is described as the first mistress since Mrs Hayes to supervise the White House interior. She oversees the entire domestic establishment from cellar to attic, checking most of the work daily. The president and Mrs Harrison rise early with the day’s tasks starting by eight o'clock.
Electric Bitters Promised To Bring Eupepsy
Thousands seek the boon of Eupepsy and better digestion. Electric Bitters are advertised as a cure for dyspepsia and liver, stomach, and kidney complaints, with claimed guarantees if used as directed. Sold at 50 cents and 1 dollar by drugstores.
Wedding Day Delayed by Silkman’s Bargain Day
The couple notes their wedding is tomorrow and laments Silkman’s bargain day. They consider the coincidence amusing and mildly frustrating as plans hinge on both events.
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Silkman’s
Shortest Way to the Almshouse Riddle
Aged pauper asks for the shortest route to the almshouse in New York while addressing a passerby as Lambkin. The reply hints at Wall Street, framing a terse street exchange in a grim urban vignette.
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New York
Lambkin
Wall Street
Georgia Editor Walks Through Town and Woes
A Georgia editor laments on his walks noting many poor people he sees yet confesses his own poverty feels deeper and sharper than theirs reflecting ironic self critique. He contrasts external wants with internal deprivation while observing neighbors and fellow townsfolk.
Mrs Sophia Astor Learns English At Night School
Mrs Sophia Astor aged 52 attends a New York night school to learn English. Her husband, a blood relative of the Astor family, runs a small restaurant and beer saloon on Second Avenue. They have been in the country only a few months.
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Sophia Astor
New York
Astor
Second Avenue
Kansas Youth Secures It From The Original Package
A Kansas young man spots a rougish girl in a hat rack mirror and declares he must have it in the original package. He then obtains it.
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Kansas
St Patrick's Wills endorsed by Bristol official
Justice of the Peace Alnois Doten of Bristol testifies to the effectiveness of St Patrick's Wills for constipation and biliousness. The remedy is described as prompt and pleasant in its cathartic action and is sold by Westerman & Arnold and L. M. Bosworth.
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Doten
Bristol
Alnois
St. Patrick’s
Westerman & Arnold
L. M. Bosworth
German inventor Lilenthal lifts 160 pounds with 80 pound counterweight
A German inventor named Lilenthal after twenty three years of experiments with artificial wings has succeeded in raising himself by 160 pounds using a counterweight of eighty pounds. He can lift eighty pounds but not the remaining eighty.
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Lilenthal
Alow
An Unappreciated Organ at Budge's Chapel
A Budge's chapel congregation near Mount Pleasant Texas raised funds via suppers to buy an organ. The organ arrived but split the church, and a conservative faction opposed it. Last Sunday night someone stole the organ and burned it, leaving only ashes and hardware.
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Budge's Chapel
Mount Pleasant
Tex
China and Japan Face Possible War Over Islands
London Figaro reports in informed circles the threat of war between China and Japan over the Lui Chin Islands. China is said determined to fight unless Japan yields, with China preparing a squadron for active service. The note suggests Russia increases near the Far East.
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China
Japan
Lui Chin Islands
Russia
Far East
London
Figaro
Singing Mice on Shipboard
Captain J F Chelton of the schooner Anna Lloyd at Woods Cross Roads Virginia captured a singing mouse in the cabin off Gloucester Point. A second musical mouse was trapped on Thursday, joining the first in a lively round the clock concert aboard the vessel.
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J. F. Chelton
Woods Cross Roads
Anna Lloyd
Gloucester Point
Chelton
Baltimore Sun
Bishop Potter Described In City Portrait
The bishop is praised as one of the citys handsomest men in evening dress and not aged much from twenty years ago when rector of St Johns church in Troy New York. The Potter family is noted for pale, clean cut faces with bilious temperament and longevity. They are described as highly educated and well to do, with a renowned family name.
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Bishop Potter
St. John’s Church
Troy
N. Y
Potter
Sale of Dickens and Collins Manuscripts in London in June
The sale includes original manuscripts of Dickens and Wilkie Collins plus autograph programmes from private theatricals featuring both authors. The collection contains Collins works No Name The Moonstone The Woman in White and several of Dickens poems.
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Charles Dickens
Wilkie Collins
London
Woman In White
Collins
Dickens
Boston West End electric railway plan details engines and boilers
The Boston West End electric railway station plans 13 engines of 1000 hp each with triple compound cylinders 21 36 and 52 inches. Two belts per engine 5 feet wide transmit power. Steam supplied by 24 water tube boilers rated at 500 hp each.
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West End
Boston
Count Arthur Potocki Dies in Cracow Leaving Vast Wealth
Count Arthur Potocki died in Cracow in his fortieth year leaving an estate and fortune of 300000 pounds. His lands pass to his younger brother who is also very rich and has a wife from the Liechtenstein family, a renowned beauty in Viennese society.
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Arthur Potocki
Cracow
Galicia
London
Portland man’s body found in ravine after winter storm
The body of Matt Caruthers of Waterville Washington was recovered in a small ravine about three-quarters of a mile from his ranch in Portland Oregon. He lay reclining as if resting with his hat clenched in one hand and a handkerchief in the other.
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Portland
Ore
Matt Caruthers
Waterville
Wash
Boy receives skin graft from dog in medical trial
A school boy with a severely burned leg underwent an experimental procedure where a greyhound puppy was chloroformed, shaved, skinned, and its skin grafted onto the boy. The graft healed quickly with a uniform color matching the surrounding skin.
Bald False Prophet of the Cheyennes
An Indian runner reports Cheyenne couriers found the new messiah. They describe an old bald man with long white beard or shaved head wearing a wig. The Cheyennes perform a four night and one day dance and await further instruction. Authorities view the movement with alarm. The Christ is rumored to be on Green River. Crow delegation may meet him. Fort Custer guards await capture.
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Tongue River
Messiah
Christ
Salt Lake
Rosebud
Maj. Carroll
Green River
Fort Custer
Helena Cor
Portland
Oregonian
Horses plunge from truck into New Haven harbor
A heavy truck owned by Smedley Brothers, driven by Louis Woods, broke loose near Long Wharf New Haven and plunged into the harbor after the off horse fell. The one horse swam to East Haven shore, was aided, and reached deep water, but the other horse drowned. The truck was recovered with a derrick.
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Smedley Brothers
Louis Woods
Long Wharf
New Haven
Conn
Woods
East Haven
New York Sun
Care of Asparagus Practices for Yield and Season Extension
The article advises using hands to snap asparagus stems rather than knives, breaking below ground to protect buds and maximize harvest. Keep beds clean, limit spindling shoots, cover with litter in frost, and stagger crowns near the surface to extend the season. Discontinue picking earlier when crowns emerge.
Ant Shower Dazzles Main Street In Ansonia
Derby Transcript reports a two hour event on Main Street Ansonia where ants emerged from the ground near the post office in a five inch wide stream then filled the air several yards long before many wings fell to the pavement and a midair contest left numerous dead and injured with unknown cause.
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Main Street
Ansonia
Derby
Conn
Cutting Mixed Grass Timing in Clover Timothy Hay
The article advises cutting mixed grass when most clover heads begin to pass blossom and Timothy seed heads form but not ripen. It notes clover should be cut slightly earlier than Timothy and suggests averaging cutting times due to days between cuts.
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Timothy
Future of Beet Sugar in Our Country Promising
The Indiana Farmer discusses beet sugar potential across a diverse territory with soil and climate suited to beet culture. It suggests that extensive beet acreage could soon supply domestic sugar, as in France and Germany, with census data to track acres, output, and value.
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France
Germany
Indiana
Plan to guide letter carriers with resident name cards
Postmaster Sperry of New Haven Connecticut originates a plan to be adopted at all free delivery offices nationwide. The plan calls for at each house a filled out card listing the full names of all residents including servants and guests to aid letter carriers.
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Sperry
New Haven
Conn
Ice Cream's Air at Amphion Provokes Monopolist Warning
In a New York Herald excerpt Mother Frochard stands by her ice cart outside the Amphion theatre. She declares two cents a lick this summer and scolds a wealthy youth, warning monopolists not to overstep on the ice question as the crowd eyes her.
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Mother Frochard
Amphion Theatre
Simon
Lazarus
Mother Brochard
New York Herald
The Chinese Way and a German Eiffel Tower Plan
A segment from the Atlanta Constitution recalls a basement Chinese laundry scene with a pigtailed worker tied with a log chain and mixed language banter. It also notes a naval architect proposal for shallower life boats and a Bavarian plan to build an Eiffel Tower style monument near Starenberg lake in honor of Bismarck.
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Gin Sling
Canada
Atlanta Constitution
Institution of Naval Architects
Germany
Starenberg Lake
Bismarck
Baltimore to See Unique Byzantine Synagogue Architecture
A Baltimore synagogue will be erected described as the only pure Byzantine style building in the United States. In Prussia, steam heating for railway carriages was introduced last winter, using steam from locomotives and reduced to thirty pounds per square inch under the cars.
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Baltimore
United States
Prussia
Shilohs Vitalizer Promoted for Digestive Ailments
An advertisement for Shilohs Vitalizer claims it cures constipation loss of appetite dizziness and all symptoms of dyspepsia. It lists prices of 10 and 75 cents per bottle and cites Wes terman and Arnold as sellers.
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Shiloh
Westerman & Arnold
Vedder Returns From Nile Trip With 180 Works
Elihu Vedder arrives in Rome after a four month Nile voyage with 180 drawings sketches and paintings. The article notes public gratitude for Ayer s Sarsaparilla and claims long standing rheumatism cures as the medicine purges poison from the blood.
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Elihu Vedder
Rome
Nile
Ayer
Miss Fawcett’s Arts and Bookbinding Craft
Miss Fawcett shows skill in mathematics needlework and embroidery and enjoys binding books. She designs and makes her own covers for continental volumes, displaying talent in decorative craftsmanship.
Ayer's Hair Vigor Praised for Shine and Health
The public prefers Ayer's Hair Vigor as a top hair dressing for gloss and scalp health. It is favored by ladies and used by gentlemen to prevent baldness and treat scalp humors. Prince George of Wales plans May return from the West Indies and may be named commander on a royal yacht after Thrush promotion.
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Ayer
Prince George of Wales
England
West Indies
Ordinary wrap ping paper saves life story
A patient near death from consumption weighed under seventy pounds. A sample of Dr King's New Discovery prompted recovery, growing to 140 pounds with continued use. Trial bottles offered free at drug stores. send a stamped return for further details from W H Cole, Druggist, Fort Smith.
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Dr. King
W. H. Cole
Fort Smith
Philadelphia Normal School Graduates 164 in Cooking
The Philadelphia Normal School for girls reports 164 graduates in cooking. The news may delight makers of dyspepsia remedies and reflect strong home economics instruction.
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Philadelphia Normal School For
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