Iowa Legislature Schedules Broad Bills and Debates
March sessions discuss penalties for disturbing religious meetings and crime, tax on collateral inheritance, county and city governance, and code work. Measures include auditing district judges, rail and streetcar regulation, sewer and water projects, and public library expansions. Adjournments and votes noted across Senate and House.
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Senate
Ims Motors
Druett
Fricson
Express
Junkin
Ikin
Worxes
Perrin
Typton
House
Waterman
Deemer
Drs Moines
Des Moines
Board of Commissioners of Insanity
Trewin
Cheshire
Lake Peosia
Dubuque
Pharmacy Committee
Board of Pharmacy
Hippolyte Death Confirmed In Haiti
Washington reports United States Minister Smythe in Port au Prince sent a cablegram confirming the Paris report that President Hippolyte of Haiti is dead. The cablegram gave no further details beyond "President dead."
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Washington
State Department
United States
Smythe
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Paris
Hippolyte of Hayti
Explosion in Brunner Mine Kills Five Entombs Sixty
A fire damp explosion at a Brunnerton mine in Wellington New Zealand kills five workers and traps sixty others with no hope of rescue. Nine injured survivors require medical aid as rescuers struggle to reach the scene.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Brunnerton
The Doll That Nancy Broke A Spunky Schoolma am
A fragment from YOUNG FOLK'S CORNER presents scenes of Nancy breaking a doll and a maid mending her, followed by a tale of a girl asking if a store clerk is an angel and a humorous composition on parents by Bobby, from Harper's Round Table.
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Nancy
Bobby
Pas
Mas
Willie
William
Harper
Round Table
Spunky School Ma'am Tames Rowdy Pupils at Maxwell District
Miss Blanche Maynard, appointed at Maxwell district school near Sodus Point New Jersey, quelled a student rebellion led by George Hardy and two others. She physically restrained Hardy dragged to his desk spanked him with a ruler and later warned and disciplined Dunbar and Pulver. Trustee John Mason intervened to demand apologies but the teacher insisted she could handle the pupils.
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Blanche Maynard
Maxwell
Sodus Point
New Jersey
Maynard
Miss Maynard
George Hardy
Hardy
Miss Maynardee
John Mason
Mason
Dunbar
Pulver
Christlike Deed Aided Boy In Need In New York
A 10 year old barefoot boy stood before a Broadway shoe store shivering. A richly dressed lady in a carriage stopped, asked why he looked in the window, and learned he prayed for shoes. She led him inside to request shoes from the proprietor.
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The
Register
New York
Broadway
Children in Africa and the gifts of shared wealth
A visitor at an Eastern African mission notes the remarkable generosity of native children who share food and discarded shoes, passing along garments until every child has had a piece. Bishop Mackenzie's party finds games common and learns a kite fails, prompting a clever remark about differences in how things rise and fall.
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Africa
Bishop Mackenzie
Never forgotten words of a mother and sons
A touching tale recalls three sons by their mother's bedside as she dies. Her final words praise her sons, and years later those words endure as the brothers carry forward her memory amid daily life.
The Angels Watching Us Sermon Insight
Reverend F B Meyer spoke on guardian angels in a recent sermon saying each person has at least one guardian angel and that our life is watched by both angelic eyes and by loved ones long since lost.
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F. B. Meyer
Max O'Rell on beauty of women in Buda Pesth and Dublin
The author notes that in the streets of Buda-Pesth and in Dublin drawing rooms he found the most beautiful types of womanhood.
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Max O’rell
Buda-Pesth
Dublin
Fitzsimmons Back Powers Knockout Legend
The article extols Fitzsimmons as world champion behind a unique knockout legacy. It attributes his power to massive shoulder blades and back muscles, describes devastating blows to Maher Hall and a Syracuse sparring partner, and notes his pride in a powerful back shaped by his training team.
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Fitzsimmon
Maher
Fitzsimmons
Jim Hall
New Orleans
Riordan
Syracuse
Bob Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Thomases
Sullivan
Hall
Fitz
Martin Julian
Nero
Bicycle Gearing and Wheel Roll Distances for Wheelmen
A historical guide explains gear ratings for high wheel and safety bicycles. It details how crank revolutions relate to wheel movement, with a table showing feet rolled per crank turn for gears from 59 to 90, based on wheel diameters and standard gearing.
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Charles Schwalbach
Ob. Eeene
Hamilton Yields Mile Pace Record Stirs Cycling World
W W Hamilton of Coronado California earns attention with a 1 minute 30 1 5 second mile on a circular course to near the record set by John S Johnson. He also set two unpaced marks including a two thirds and one third mile.
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Hamilton
Sanger
Baseball Briefs Spark Team Moves and Nominations
Charley Reilley is released to manage and captain Syracuse. First baseman Cartwright draws interest from at least six League clubs. George Burnham quits umpiring to resume work as a salesman. Sid Farrar tops Melrose political race for selectman. Cleveland signs catcher Lewis Creiger of Kalamazoo for Ft. Wayne. President Johnson notes Indianapolis as the sole Western League club not playing Sunday at home.
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Charley Reilley
Philadelphia
Syracuse
J. Earle Wagner
Cartwright
George Burnham
St. Louis
Sid Farrar
Citizen’s Party
Melrose
Mass
Cleveland
Lewis Creiger
Kalamazoo
Des Moines and Omaha Ad Agents Publicize Furnishings
An advertisement from Thomas Kilpatrick & These ads promotes furnishings and related goods placed through F.M.O CO Advt. Agts Des Moines and Omaha.
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F.M.O CO
Advt. Agts
Des Moines
Omaha
Meteoric fall and new insulating material reported
Popular Science notes twenty million meteors daily weighing several tons. A Cardiff firm introduces a cheaper telegraph insulating material that resists cracking. Barometer readings from London and near Chester on Jan 9 1896 are cited, with rare heights above 30.9 inches. A Palestine traveler warns the Sea of Galilee may become Dead Sea like, salt formations rising as the sea sinks. Entomologist Mr. George B. King questions insects freezing then thawing, and notes biology hinges on heat production.
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Telegraph
Cardiff
Ena
London
Chester
Palestine
Sea of Galilee
Mediterranean
Dead Sea
George B. King
East Coast golf society prizes and private courses
The article notes Theodore Havemeyer behind many golf prizes and Newport as a model clubhouse. It mentions private links owned by the Astor family on Ferncliffe-on-the-Hudson and new courses by Dr. Seward Webb and Frederick Vanderbilt at Hyde Park. English players and Lady golfers, including Mrs. Rider Haggard and Princess Beatrice, are highlighted along with golf attire trends.
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Theodore Havemeyer
Newport
Astors
Ferncliffe-on-the-Hudson
Mrs. Astor
Penncliffe
Seward Webb
Vermont
Rudyard Kipling
Frederick Vanderbilt
Hi New Estate
Hyde Park
Hudson
People of the Pen and Notable Literary Notes
The piece discusses Charlotte Bronte manuscripts sold by her husband, authors sending impressions from travels, and Robert Louis Stevenson remarks on sources for fiction. It also mentions banana flour in yeast manufacture and home canning tips with pickled eggs and beets.
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Charlotte Bronte
la Revue Des Deux Mondes
Paul Bourget
Japan
Pierre Loti
Persia
India
J. Chailly-Bert
Dutch Indies
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hyde
London
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Bonaparte Dam
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