Prohibitory amendment debated amid Iowa Senate action
The Iowa Senate debated prohibition language with amendments and substitutes, addressing manufacture and sale of intoxicants, penalties, and enforcement. Sessions covered court costs, county pay asks, and related measures as lawmakers advanced or rejected key amendments and moved toward final votes.
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Pea
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Johnson
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Eens Lewellen
Russell
Thrill
Wall
A Wilson
Young
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Garber
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Henderson
Alee
Larra Madison
Committee On Schools
House
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Tilton
Brown
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Jordan
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Shuasre
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Senate Bill Co
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Gaylord
aGeinst
Neve
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Parker
Des Moines
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Committee On Claims
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Descriptive Bad Lands Expedition and World News
Dr Clinton Miller writes from the Cantonment Bad Lands along the Little Missouri river detailing the landscape from summit to canyons. The note describes coal seams on fire in red deposits, petrified trees, and dramatic geology as the party travels toward Sully Creek and the Little Missouri. Weekly reviews cover fires, deaths, crop reports, ship and rail incidents, and Indian tensions across North America with multiple city, state, and international updates.
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Cheyenne Daily Leader
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Proclamations and political stirrings across Europe
Reports from London Paris and Berlin describe Melikoff’s proclamation in Russia and public reactions in England France and Germany. Election rhetoric in Gladstone’s Midlothian tour prompts clashes at a Lambeth Radical meeting as revolts and conspiracies are debated.
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Scotland
Gladstoms
Midlothian
Radical Association
Lambeth
Henry Labouchere
The
Truth
Paris
Winter Palace
Russia
Hartman
France
Berlin
Prince Gostechakoff
Warsaw
Gen. Mellikoff
Viadetsky
England
Virginia Colonels and newspaper tenure in state notices
The piece contrasts two Virginia colonels, those earned by arm service and those named by newspaper appointment. It cites Governor Walker’s 500 colonel appointments, lampoons the newspaper class, and critiques attitudes toward capital, labor, and race with a digressive anecdote about a clerk's honesty and a New York store.
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Richmond
Commonwealth
Gov. Walker
Walker
Little Charley Bobbed Hair Stirs Family Quip
A comic exchange has Charley telling his mother he squawked in his thoughts after a barber brushed his hair. He says the brush made him squawk though no sound came from him. The mother replies she did not hear any noise.
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Charley
Spring Health Alert Uses Hop Bitters
Workingmen prepare for spring work with a health warning about spring sickness. The Burlington Hawkeye urges using Hop Bitters to cleanse and strengthen the system to prevent ague biliousness or fever and avoid illness, expense, and lost time.
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Burlington
Weather report fragment hints at cold rain and illness
Fragmentary text mentions cold driving rain and stormy weather with references to coughing and illness. Includes scattered phrases about a fall season and a rebel price tag, though details are unclear.
Odd Visual Charge Sparks Laughter in Assembly Session
The report describes a Wisconsin Assembly scene where Indian John, a Winnebago chieftain from Shawano, enters with a petition. A wag mocks Naber with crude language, drawing laughter and coins. The chieftain backs toward the lobby door as a nickel is thrown, and the door closes.
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Shawano
Wisconsin
Naber
Sohn
Charity Haze At The Old Pohoel Benefit
A witty street vignette describes a lady and a suitor at a crowded fundraiser. She praises the beau then asks for aid for the poor, prompting a donation, a polite reply, and a playful, old time tone.
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