Iowa Republicans Convene State Convention Nominees
The thirty sixth annual Iowa state convention will meet in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday May 11 1891 at 11 a m to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Supreme Court Superintendent of Public Instruction Railroad Commissioner and other business. Delegates: one per county plus one for every 200 votes or fraction thereof based on 1890 county results. County committees are urged to elect delegates and organize to select the county committee for the state convention. E M Mack chairman and E D Cassell secretary. Des Moines May 6 1891.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Wwe
Supreme Court
Intendent of Public Instruction
Iway
W. M. McFarland
Secre of
Republican Central
Eperar
E. Mack
E. D. Ceassell
S Moines
Berlin
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Edinburgh
Republican caucus call for June 15 1891 county nominating events
The Republican party calls a June 15 1891 caucus for township committees to select delegates to the Cedar City convention and the Senatorial District convention. Delegates are allotted per township and fractions over twenty five add one more. W M McFarland is secretary. state vote details and county committee actions are outlined.
Fragmentary Political Rhetoric Cited by Donnelly
The fragment references Donnelly asserting the people can command 4,000,000 votes and mentions patriots dead, a nation loving country, and liberty. It lacks clear dates, places, or specific events, leaving only garbled lines about ciphers and an immortal day.
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Tious Donnelly
Not a Question of Ability or Christianity in Clergy
Irregular wording notes debate among ecclesiastical circles about whether clergy should use their positions to spread opinions contrary to church doctrine. Mentions actions of the Presbyterian General Assembly and war dioceses as part of broader tensions.
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Prof
Res
Phillips Brooks
Presby
Miss Brackett’s Tech ie of Rest in June Harper
The text surveys the June issue of a magazine featuring Miss Brackett and poems by R. W. Sherman. It notes diverse content including fiction, poetry, and essays with references to Squirrel Inn Stockton Field and discussions on feminine education.
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Miss Brackett
Evg
France
Paraguay
Nmaber
Sherman
R. W
Squirrel Inn
Stockton
Jor Field
Catharine Balwin
S Yon Krockow
National Editorial Association Meeting in St Paul 1891
Article describes the National Editorial Association meeting in St Paul Minnesota on July 7 1891. Highlights Twin Cities development Lake Minnehaha Minnehaha and Lake Minnetonka routes via Great Northern Railway bridge and mills. Mentions committee head Eugene Ryan of St Paul and hotel facilities benefiting attendees.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Fred
Peapolis
Minneapolis
St. Anthony
Minnetonka Beach
Eugenethe Ryan
Weather Report From Central Iowa May 30 1891
Report from Central Iowa notes average May temperatures similar to last year and light rainfall unevenly distributed. Counties like Cass Harrison Pottawattamie and Mahaska report notable rainfall while Sioux City shows 0.72 inches. Crop prospects improve with moisture. replanting for corn due to cut worm damage expected. Hessian fly harms winter wheat in Des Moines and Louisa counties.
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Des Mores
Iowa
Cass County
Harrison
Pottawattamie
Mahaska
Moses Simon
Carroll
Sioux City
Des Moines
Louisa Counties
A Father Urges Daughters to Build Rich Vocabularies
The piece extols expanding vocabulary through varied phrases and diction. It praises bright young women for avoiding overused terms and suggests using a thesaurus to acquire new adjectives, proposing a family reward to encourage inventive word use and wider social impact.
Washington Letter: Blaine power questioned and court appointments
A Washington Letter reports a Indiana Republican denying Blaine’s weakness and noting a lengthy state paper from Blaine on the President’s desk. It says appointments of U.S. Circuit Judges may come soon with Attorney General Miller favoring immediate action. Ex-Representative Owen praises the President’s tour for boosting public regard and likens him to a statesman with strong social qualities.
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Washington
Indiana
White House
Blaine
U. S
Lincoln
Gen. Grant
U.S
Congress
Miller
Virginia
Barbour
Owen
Political forecasts and reciprocity talk amid party tensions
The speaker predicts Blaine’s renomination with Democrats backing Cleveland. A third party, if allied with the Farmers Alliance, could shake the race, while John W. Foster may lead pending reciprocity talks. Foster deflates pension-funding fears and argues the deficit is illusory under Republican finance. The Cincinnati third party draws skepticism over its national committee picks.
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Blaine
Cleveland
Harrison
Third Party
Farmers Alliance
John W. Foster
Spain
State Department
Foster
Treasury
Cincinnati Third Party
Alliance
Des Moines Iowa News Roundup of 1891 Local Events
Des Moines and Sioux City linked by through sleeping car service. Farmers Alliance held county convention with resolutions and a central committee elected. 4th Iowa Swine Breeders gathering to meet June 3–4 at Savery Hotel. Des Moines Holiness encampment June 5–15 on Clark Street. Dam repaired enabling water power and boating. Deaths, suicides, accidents and public notices across several Iowa towns summarized.
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Rock Island
Wabash
Lynch
State Executive Council
Mexico
Des Moines
St. Louis
United States
Iowa
Iris Heimbaugh
Montrose
John D. Mets
Dubuque
David W. Miller
Railway Rail Joint
John J. Carmody
Cedar Rapids
Jans Nilssen
Cedar Fails
Batteries Power House Backup System Under Hess Patents
Batteries built under the Hess Electrical Storage Battery Co. patents at the power house promise extended operation hours without recharge from the generator. Des Moines based Hess supplies tech for storage units used in station reliability.
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Hess Electrical Storage Battery Co
Des Moines
Community notes and events for the week
The item records social greetings among local residents Messrs and R Boyd and E Furnas visiting on Friday. It mentions party support in a convention and a church service with addresses by Rev Henderson and Rev McFarlan. A runaway near an airplace caused a buggy damage and a slim occupant. Pierce family plans Cal home move. Future service at the Congregational Church announced.
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Messrs &. R. Boyd
E. Furnas
Botlemen
Congress
Congress S. S.and Will Be Purchased At Sabbath Rev. Douglas Deli
Sioux
Henderson
McFarlan
Pierce
Daughters
Cal
Con
Behring Sea Question Talks Publicized
Public disclosure shows sbury and Secretary Blaine discussing the Behring Sea question with no agreement reached. The official correspondence remains under review.
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Sbury
Blaine
Behring Sea
I A C Notes and Graduates in Early Student News
A collection of short items notes visits and studies of students and staff. A A Bennett visited Boone. Alice Ford 92 visited on a cold Monday. Geo L Foster visited by his father. Bert Bisbee 89 assisting Prof Patrick at the Experiment Station. James Bake 89 visited the I A C. Jno Shelton 89 taking a law course at Ann Arbor. W R Shoemaker 89 pursuing mathematics at Cornell. Jno McBirney 89, assistant State Veterinarian, married recently. RE A Kreger 90 attending law school at Iowa City. Geo H Schulte 0 studying law at Iowa City. Benj Hollenbeck 92 at Manitou Springs for health. Prof Geo Bacus visited by his mother Sunday. R E Hinds has a new buckle. It is a beauty.
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A. A. Bennett
Booneay
Alice Ford
Geo. L. Foster
Bert Bisbee
Prof
Patrick
James Bake
Jno
Shelton
Ann Arbor
W. R. Shoemaker
Cornell University
Castoria Advertisement Echoes Through Ages
An old promotional verse touts Castoria for infants and children across generations. The slogan traces use from sickness to childhood and motherhood, ending with a claim that mothers still rely on Castoria for their own children.
Dying Canadian Premier and Notable Deaths Reported
Sir John A McDonald premier of Canada is reported to be dying. John Bauvard, famed as the father of American panorama for his Mississippi roll, died recently at Watertown New York. The Presbyterian General Assembly plans to meet in Portland. Mrs McKee and Mrs Russell Hanson expected to sail Europe for a summer trip.
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John McDonald
Canada
Portland Gan
McKee
Russell Hason
Patina
Europe
John Bauvard
Waterto
Waters
Mississippi
The Best Salve for Cuts and Skin Ailments Sold
Advertisement touts a universal salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers eczema and more with guaranteed satisfaction and refunds. Sold by L. M. Bosworth Druggist as a pharmaceutical product. The note also mentions summer boarders as a principal rural New England industry.
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L. M. Bosworth
New England
Miles' Nerve and Liver Pill Discovery Ad
Advertising copy touts Dr Miles pills as a new principle that regulates the liver stomach and bowels via the nerves. Claims speedily cure biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles constipation for all ages with 50 doses costing 25 cents and free samples at L M Bosworth's.
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Miles
L. M Bosworth’s
Heavier Engines Bound to Come
The demand is to move weight over distance at the least cost on trains. Hundreds of locomotives weigh about forty tons and haul trains of a hundred tons at sixty miles per hour. Managers prefer sixty ton engines that can pull 300 ton fast trains for profit. It is an interesting study on safe high speed with larger drivers, yet not practically changing American railroad operations.
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National Car Builder
A Cinch for the M. D.
A San Francisco tale recalls a doctor who advised a patient to visit springs and entrusted a letter of introduction to a fellow physician. On the way, the woman opens the note and learns the doctor’s blunt line about her ailment, prompting a family moment and a swift return.
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San Francisco
Detroit Free Press
Global race mix and historical notes span continents
The article cites Brazil's population as mostly white and mixed, with minorities in various regions, and notes European seaports. It recalls medieval English military dress, Tibetan and Peruvian high elevations, early pumping engines, and a broad claim on lightning mortality alongside rainfall and population density.
Free American Farmer Subscription Offer for Subscribers
The message promotes a mail subscription drive for the American Farmer journal based in Cleveland Ohio. It offers free direct mail copies to subscribers who pay all arrears and subscribe for one year in advance, and to new subscribers who pay for one year in advance. The aim is to provide a high quality illustrated rural paper with national circulation amid aims to elevate culture through education for farmers and their families.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Canada
I Farmer
I Tural
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