Republican Iowa Platform Endorses Unity and Reform
The Iowa Republican platform pledges loyalty to the national party, endorses tariff revision for domestic industry, pensions for veterans, and gold standard-leaning finance while praising administration achievements. It denounces the Democratic party for temperance setbacks, local option reversals, and alleged misrepresentations, urging continued opposition to saloon power and for honest state governance.
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Republican Party of
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National Republican Party
Republicn Party
United States
Republican Party
General Assembly
Qatamees
Democratic Party
Democratic Party of
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Horace Boies
Northwest
Grover Cleveland
Reform Club
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New York
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Republican Rally At Nevada Draws Large Turnout
The September term Bar Docket lists 113 civil and 8 criminal cases with Judge S M Weaver presiding for two weeks. Senator Allison spoke at Hoggatt’s Grove with A L Stuntz chairing and132 attendees from thirteen of sixteen townships. supporters credit the event with strengthening Republicans and motivating opponents.
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S. M. Weaver
Senator Allison
Butcher House
James Wilson
Judge Stevens
Wilson
Hoggatt’s Grove
A. L. Stuntz
Allison
Ammonia Engine Trial On Tug Hartley
A practical test of ammonia as motive power on a marine engine shows the ammonia generator system providing power to the E. W. Hartley tug. The method recycles ammonia and water with no waste, using heat from steam to drive the cycle and recharging ammonia through absorption. In a separate incident near Macoupin station a four year old child narrowly survived after a train passed over the track. the engineer Barker and crew avoided worse harm.
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E. W. Hartley
Philadelphia
Boies Speech and Iowa Farm Cost Figures Stir Controversy
Iowa Governor Boies faces questions over his New York remarks on farm costs. A Waterloo Tribune source recounts a Chicago and New York exchange disputing his claims and the Sovereign statistics cited to prove corn costs in Iowa. The piece links the debate to political tactics and potential electoral implications.
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the Tribune
Boies
New York
Chicago
Ness
York
Iowa
Gard
Woo
J. R. Sovereign
Commissioner of Statistics
Sovereign
Democratic Success Means a Stormy Iowa Vote
The Sioux Rapids Press argues that a Democratic win this fall would place Stormy Jordan and his supporters in power in Iowa. It warns of bitter temperance fights, unrestricted liquor sales, railroad influence on commissioners, and a perception that Iowa would regress.
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Sioux Rapids
Stormy Jordan
Iowa
Des Moines
Boies
Ex-Senator Lafe Young Criticizes Gazette Coverage Of Van Houten
Lafe Young editor of The Iowa Daily Capital denounces the Cedar Rapids Gazette for a Lennox visit aimed at the Van Houten family. He condemns the correspondent and artist as body snatchers and insists no political end justifies the intrusion. He praises Van Houten’s honesty and regrets the misrepresentation of his family.
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Lafe Young
Iowa Daily Capital
van Houten
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Fred Faulkes
Iowa
Missouri
Boy is Surprised by 2500 Volt Shock in City Display
A boy on Pearl Street Albany grasped an awning bar connected to a street light. Sparks and detonations flowed from his feet as the metal frame contacted the live line. A bystander helped, receiving a shock, but the boy recovered and walked home. The incident occurred in front of a store with the electric light nearby.
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New York Herald
Germany
Harrison
Congress
United States
Pearl Street
Albany
Chicago Herald
Tallest Man in Illinois Dies in Tazewell County
John Lohman, reputed as the tallest man in the state, died after a brief illness in Tazewell county at age seventy five. He was raised in North Carolina and recalled needing to stand on his toes to see the sun over the hills, noting his height of six feet nine inches in stockings.
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Iowa
Lowa
Towa
Wm. B. Allison
Ilinois
John Lohman
Tazewell County
Close Call as Boy Survives Freight Train Incident
A five year old boy named Eddie Quinther narrowly escaped serious harm when thirty six freight cars passed over him at East Buffalo. He stood on the track and was struck by a switch engine with no cowcatcher. He was pushed beneath a standing board and lay in the center of the track, but his only injury was a slight head cut.
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Macoupin County
Chicago and Alton
Barker
Brighton —Hillsboro
Ml.) Journal
Eddie Quinther
East Buffalo
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