Jail Bonds Approved by Story County Amid County Proceedings
A detailed 1890 Story County Iowa record shows the county voters endorsing a ten thousand dollar Jail Bonds proposal. Proceedings list elected officials, tax levies, and successive daily actions from November 10 to December 1, including aid to the poor, claims, and county farm management.
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Board of Supervisors
Story County
Iowa
Said County
Nevada
Ames Intelligencer
Governor Proclaims Thanksgiving Day in Town State
Governor Horace Boies issues a proclamation designating Thursday November 27 1890 as a day of thanksgiving. Citizens are urged to cease labor attend worship or gather at firesides to thank Almighty God for peace and plenty and seek future protection.
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Merica
United States
Washington
Horace Boies
Horace Boris
Harper's Magazine December 82nd Volume Start
The eighty second volume of Harper's Magazine begins with its December issue. It introduces the new period and marks the annual release cycle for the publication.
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Volu
Harper’s
Farmer Alliance to Send Judge-Elect to Ann Arbor Lectures
The Kansas Farmer's Alliance will send the man they elected as Judge in the twenty fourth district to Ann Arbor for a course of lectures, noting he is not quite up to the times.
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Kansas Farmer's Alliance
Ann Arbor
Cleveland Speech Reframes Lincoln Garfield Love
Grover Cleveland in Columbus defends his party while avoiding the “cheap coats” remark and reflects on popular affection for Lincoln and Garfield. The commentary suggests strain between party elites and general sentiment in the era.
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Grover Cleveland
Columbus
Ohio
Lincoln
Garfield
Suffrage Delegates to Be Chosen in Des Moines Meeting
The state suffrage group will meet on the fourth to select delegates. Three delegates for the first ten members and one for every additional ten or fraction. Those wishing to join should contact the Des Moines association at 5th Street. All counties invited.
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Navy
Suffra
Des Moines
Ieties
Suffrage Debate Sparks Iowa Press on Ballot Cause
The Iowa press weighs the suffrage issue as likely beneficial to the cause. The old slogan Woman does not Want the ballot is fading as changes advance and older men may vote for a time.
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the Press of
Iowa
Andy
Teachers’ Institute Programs Announcement
The thirty sixth annual Iowa teachers institute session was sent out on the sixth inst. The session is anticipated to be unusually successful and pleasant. Teachers in the vicinity are urged to participate for professional advancement in larger numbers. Send to Frank B. Cooper, Iowa City, for program and information.
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Frank B. Cooper
Iowa City
Story County Supervisors Meeting November 1890 Results
Proceedings show voters cast 3366 for District Court Clerk with Morse 2341 and Graves 1025. Recorder votes totaled 3359 with Duen 2292 and Thompson 1067. County Attorney totals 2319 with Webb 2313 and 6 scattering. Board member votes 3355 with Stewart 2314 and Craft 1041. Bond proposition to be canvassed in November 1890.
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C. M. Morse
H. C. Duen
M. P. Webb
J. R. Stewart
Board of Supervisors
Story County
Anfin Ersland
R W. Liddle
District Court
A. J. Graves
John Thompson
J. B. Stewart
John E. Craft
County Supervisors of Story County 1890 Fee and Expense Roll
A fragmentary list from Story County Iowa records for November 1890 shows names of officials and items paid. Entries include clerk fees in state cases, jury and bailiff payments, poor farm expenses, med services, printing, and transportation costs.
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of Supervisors
Story County
Iowa
Fee Bill
Edwinson
Schmeitzer
Ldg
Kibbee
Slocum Co
John Itt
J H Guthrie
EM Wilkineos
Bo Benson
M Kelley
Pauli
Teidner
Henry Wilson Jr
When
Fitton
Elley
Hardesty
Johnson
Harris
J H Shammo
Chas McCord
Ing
McClure
1500 & Son
D Soule MD
John T Kirk
le O Roe
R Kirk
St Va
R McClure
Jno T Handsaker
Sowers
W M Kelley
Geo W Hemstock
T J Miller
E F Bartlett
Chas Christian
J M Whitney
Geo W Pease
John V Kassam
John Evenson
Milkel Erickson
AH Laura
H H Robinson
G Ashford
James Robb
Nee
Rmstrong
Geo
Ole O Roe
Pee Bill
Engle
Matt Parrott & Sons
Blanks
T J Sowers
W Harris
E Campbell
Onco Farm
FS Smith
Med Services
Alien
McIntosh
Airhart
American Ex Co
Purinton
HH. Ruth
Banks
SBFS
Balione
Is &A
Peterson
H&s Wilson
Fee Bill and Public Poor Farm Expenditures Listed
Itemized charges including attorney fees, wages, and supplies for the poor farm and courthouse. Entries show fees for Stave Eckard, Hunter insanity, Erickson, Ringheim and Webb, salaries for clerks, mdse for the poor farm, coal, and farm labor. Totals approximate and include multiple individuals and local vendors.
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Eckard
Dyer
Lockridge
Ber F
Jai
Simser & Humphrey
H Boynton
Boynton
Hunter Insanity
Erickson
Liddie
Aersland
Ringheim
Gates
D House
RO Ithey
King
Sabe
Serpent wreck off Spa. only three saved from 250 aboard
Reports say the British cruiser Serpent foundered off Spa with 250 on board. only three survivors. The bulk of the text covers varied historical news notes, accidents, scientific and political updates, and social anecdotes from different regions.
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Serpent
Spa
Kipling Linked to Art Family In Unclear Claims
The text notes Rudyard Kipling as a nephew of artist E Burne Jones and mentions another uncle Henry J Macdonald, a New York financial writer, in a fragment about excavations and family ties.
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Rudyard Kipling
E. Burne-Jones
Henry J. Macdonal
New York
Historic debates on ship safety and agricultural unions cited
The passage cites 19th century naval committee findings on water tight bulkheads and ship safety, then shifts to agricultural co operatives like the Fruit Growers unions in New York New Jersey and Delaware with details on cooperatives price setting and quality control. It notes the Daughters of the American Revolution and a bill to mark Columbus day sites and Mary Washington monument plans.
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New York
New Jersey
Fruit Growers’ Association
Pennsylvania
Board of Trade
Union
New Jersey Fruit Exchange
Hammonton Fruit Growers
New Historical Society
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Harrison
Mary Washington
George
Sherman
Congress
Columbus
America
State News round up from The Evening News at Cc
Snow storm blankets the state while voters, deaths, and accidents populate the week. Veterans at Marshalltown vote Democratic. A M Abraham of Oskaloosa dies suddenly. Henry Rogers of Grundy Center marries. John M Spencer of Van Buren County dies aged 76 after long residency since 1840. Burglary in Wyoming Jones county nets hundreds. a Dubuque brewery wagon driver is shot for $100. Daniel Markham near Emmitsburg dies after being run over. his injuries include loss of a leg and fingers. Mrs Sena tor Grimes sculpture bequest debated for capitol display. legal notice mentions Larkin Meade, Fessenden link. Pel Beam’s hired man injures Mrs Stone, shoots self. inmate conditions imply possible recovery for Stone family.
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Marshalltown
Linton
A. M. Abraham
Oskaloosa
Will Clayton
F. Clayton
Macedonia
Err
Henry
Rogers
Grundy Centre
John M.spencer
van Buren
van Buren County
Ft. Dodge
Wyoming
Jones County
Key West
Dubuque
Daniel Markham
Emmitsburg
Senator Grimes
Sena Bass
Tor
Larkin G. Meade
Ngton
Tor Fessenden
W. B. Allison
EB Nealley
Marcena Stone
Althy
Shall
Pelbeam
Local druggists tout cures for consumption and more
Rome Georgia dealer W D Hoyt & Co markets Dr King’s New Discovery Electric Bitters and Bucklin’s Amica Salve praising strong cures in the city. They claim several pronounced consumptions were cured with limited bottles, guaranteed. Sold by L M Bosworth. A Pullman farmer found a rich onyx bed after digging a well.
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W. D. Hoyt & Co
Rome Ga
Dr. King
Bucklin
Dr. Covery
L. m. Bosworth
Pullman
Wash
Assassin Mobs Prompt Anti Italian Violence Calls
A letter condemns the murder of Chief Hennessey and urges punishing criminal Italians without inflaming a race war. It defends Italian workers as industrious and essential to railroads and large projects, urging lawful action against criminals while avoiding broad ethnic persecution.
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Hennessey
New Ns
Hennessy
Ocean Steamer Design Advocated by Sir Nathaniel Barnaby
Sir Nathaniel Barnaby describes a future ocean steamer built to avoid rolling and to feel like a residence. He envisions a ship so steady that passengers would be reluctant to disembark and would travel at higher speeds, aiming for fifteen knots or more.
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Nathaniel
America
Nathaniel Barnaby
Irom and Steel Congress
Sir Nathaniel Sue
Surge in New National Banks Counts 296 in 1890
Since 1865 there has not been a year with so many new national banks. By September 1890 the total reached 296 with capital of 24.595 million dollars. The growth concentrates in the southwest and northwest, led by Texas with sixty three banks.
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Southwest
Texas
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