Northwestern permits for passengers on freight trains
Northwestern agents will grant permits allowing passengers to ride freight trains when long waits are unavoidable. Railroads sometimes accommodate. Iowa faces a small cattle and hog supply due to last year’s drought and cholera. Cuba hopes to defeat Spain as insurgents surround General Campos. The revolutionists tax wealthy planters and are financially stronger than royalists. Decisive battles may occur soon. Most Americans sympathize with Cuban patriots.
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Democratic decline and election notes in Iowa coverage
A Chronicle of political shifts with Representative Elect Reed in Des Moines and Drake’s steady votes. The piece reviews resubmission attitudes, manufacturing law sentiment, and Bonaparte’s caucus prospects, plus editorials on teaching, catalog shopping, and a 19th century fisheries law.
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Story County
Des Moines
Drake
Howard Township
Why Men Join Secret Societies and Ignore the Church
Rev. W. H. Mauss of Chicago’s Congregational church argues many men find religious needs in lodges and sympathize with secret societies. He urges churches to reclaim charity and practical care, contrasting lodge democracy with ecclesiasticism, and calls for the church to live its master’s life to draw men back. The piece also notes corn as fuel trend and profiles Rowena Stevens, leading figure in the Woman Suffrage Association.
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Boone
Louis Pasteur and the Quest for Immunity
The article recounts Pasteur’s work on attenuating bacteria and viruses to reduce virulence and protect animals and humans from disease. It notes his success with varied methods to weaken agents and the creation of hydrophobia vaccines, with immunity measures expanding beyond direct exposure to pathogens.
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Paris
Louis Pasteur
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