Turbulent Iowa Legislature Sees Bills Kill and Pass
March 24 to 30 reports show the Senate and House debating and defeating or advancing measures. Bills range from tax and inmate reforms to rail and streetcar regulation, code revision, and county funding. Key actions include a tax on inheritances, a ban on disturbers of horses, sewer and water works committees, and code completion efforts with adjournments.
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Howe
Hill
Lown
Woodbury County
HOUSE
Senate
Cornwall
Bonaparte Dam
Committee On Appropriations
Brown
Des Mores
Bowen
Iowa
City of Dubuque
Lake Pessia
Death of Haitian President Hippolyte Confirmed
Washington reports confirm via cable from U S Minister Smythe in Port au Prince that President Hippolyte of Hayti is dead. The message offered no details beyond stating the president is dead. Also reports a deadly fire-damp explosion at Brunnerton mine in New Zealand with five killed and sixty entombed.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Smythe
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Paris
Hippolyte of Hayti
Wellington
New Zealand
Brunnerton
The Doll That Nancy Broke and the Angelic Shopkeeper
The piece recounts a distressed doll narrator scolding Nancy for broken toys and harsh words. A compassionate shopkeeper helps a hungry boy by providing stockings and shoes, and a young man asks if she is an angel, highlighting kindness amid hardship.
Spunky School Maam Subdues Rebellious Pupils
In Maxwell district school near Sodus Point New Jersey Miss Blanche Maynard a slim teacher faced down large pupils led by George Hardy Will Dunbar and David Pulver. She dragged Hardy to the desk spanked him with a ruler and later used a cordwood on the door to enforce order. After trustees Mason and the students secured apologies order returned and the school reopened with discipline affirmed.
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Blanche Maynard
Maxwell
Sodus Point
New Jersey
Maynard
Miss Maynard
George Hardy
Hardy
Mason
Dunbar
Pulver
Christlike Deed in New York Shoes Required
A ten year old barefoot boy stands before a Broadway shoe shop shivering as a well dressed lady in a luxurious carriage stops, asks why he gazes in the window, and learns he is praying for a pair of shoes. She leads him inside and requests the proprietor to provide footwear for the child.
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New York
Broadway
Bobby's Composition on Parents
A humorous Harper's Round Table piece reflects on parents through a boy narrator and anecdotes. It contrasts Pas and Mas with stories of a college boy skipping chores and a boarding school son nicknaming his father the Governor.
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Bobby
Pas
Mas
Willie
William
Bill
Harper's Round Table
Children in Africa Show Generosity and Shared Play
A visitor to an Eastern Africa missionary station notes the Africans generosity and communal sharing, where children give biscuits and even shoes to companions. Bishops Mackenzie’s party find local games familiar, and a kite fails until a child remarks that theirs rise while the missionaries’ go down.
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Africa
Bishop Mackenzie
A Touching Story Of A Mother's Last Words
Three young men stood by a bedside as a white form lay silent. The mother spoke softly, Never mother was blessed with better sons. Years later the memory of her words lingers amid their busy lives.
Angels Watching Us and Guardian Angels in Sermons
In a recent sermon Rev. F. B. Meyer asserts everyone has a guardian angel and that life’s path is watched by angelic eyes and by kindred loves long lost. Max O'Rell describes beautiful women in Buda Pesth streets and Dublin drawing rooms.
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F F. B. Meyer
Max O'Rell
Buda-Pesth
Dublin
Fitzsimmons Shoulder Blades Make Knockout Power
A detailed profile attributes Fitzsimmons knockout strength to his large shoulder blades and back muscles. It notes historic knockouts of Maher Hall and a Syracuse sparring partner, and explains how his physique channels leverage into his fists.
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Fitz Simmon
Maher
Fitzsimmons
Jim Hall
New Orleans
Riordan
Syracuse
Fitz
Martin Julian
Nero
Bicycle Gearing: A Pointer for Wheelmen to Keep Posted On
An early 20th century guide explains wheel gearing for high wheel and safety bicycles. It details gear meanings by wheel diameter and how many feet a crank revolution covers, with a table showing distances for gears from 40 to 90 and wheel sizes from 60 to 90 inches.
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Charles Schwalbach
Hamilton's pace record push at Coronado Beach draws cycling notice
Denver cyclist W. W. Hamilton gains fame for a series of unpaced record attempts at Coronado Beach Cal. He clocked a mile in 1 30 1 5 on a circular course close to John Johnson's straight mile record. He also set two unpaced records for two thirds and one third of a mile. His unpaced mile mark fell short when paced starts caused disqualification, but Sanger's record time was tied by Hamilton prior to an unsupported finish. He is expected to contend on the national circuit next season.
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W. W. Hamilton
Cal
John 8. Johnson
Tonawanda Boulevard
P. J. Berle
Hamilton
Sanger
Baseball Briefs Show Players Shifting Roles and Interests
Charley Reiley wins release and will manage and captain Syracuse. Cartwright sought by six League clubs as a veteran first baseman. George Burnham quits umpiring to return as a St. Louis car-wheel salesman. Sid Farrar nominated for Melrose selectman by Citizens Party. Cleveland signs catcher Lewis Creiger of Kalamazoo likely assigned to Ft. Wayne. President Johnson notes Indianapolis the sole Western League club not playing Sunday games at home.
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Charley Reiley
Philadelphia
Syracuse
J. Earle Wagner
Viret
Cartwright
George Burnham
St. Louis
Sid Farrar
Citizen's Party
Melrose
Masa
Cleveland
Lewis Creiger
Kalamazoo
Ft. Wayne
Johnson
Indianapolis
Notions and When in Des Moines Ad Agency Notes
Local ad agents M. OAKLEY & CO. Des Moines and Omaha place notices for Thomas Kilpatrick & Co. and their assorted goods and recommendations.
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Thomas Kilpatrick & Co
M. Oakley & CO
Advt. Agts
Des Moines
Omaha
Popular Science Notes on Meteors Barometers and Seas
A digest of science items notes meteors falling daily and Cardiff’s new insulation material cutting costs. London barometers reach 30.934 inches with rare 61.053 inch readings. A traveler reports the Sea of Galilee region sinking and the Dead Sea likeness. Entomology claims insects freeze solid, sparking debate on heat evolution in biology.
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Telegraph
Cardiff
Eng
London
Chester
Palestine
Mediterranean
Dead Sea
George B. King
Psyche
Eastern golf society and notable enthusiasts noted
Eastern society's devotion to golf is highlighted with Theodore Havemeyer credited for many prizes. The Astors maintain private links Ferncliffe on the Hudson. Mrs. Astor and friends host early coffees before meals on the links. English girls excel in golf while privacy and fashion influence attire.
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Theodore Havemeyer
Astors
Ferncliffe-on-the-Hudson
Asta
Seward
Vermont
Letterlike Fragments On Authors and Food Print
Read fragments discuss Charlotte Bronte manuscript sales and future publications. Mentions La Revue des Deux Mondes sending Bourget to Asia and India, Lot to Persia, Chailly to the Dutch Indies, with travel impressions. Also notes Stevenson on Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde inspired by a London doctor. Then shifts to banana flour and yeast production and a domestic pickle jar tip with boiled eggs and beets.
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Charlotte Bronte
la Revue Des Deux Mondes
Paul Bourget
Japan
Pierre Lot Persia
India
J. Chailly
Dutch Indies
Robert Louis Stevenson
Wington
Dr. Jelys
Mr. Hyde
London
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Indepen
Perrin Intrate
Judit Waterman
Deemer
Eldora Industrial School
Riggin
Lee County
Correctionville
Funk
Des Marxes
Board of Commissioners of Insanity
Trewin
Cheshire
Lake Peosta
Dotaque
Pharmacy Committee
Board of Pharmacy
Hippolyte
Young Folk’s Corner
Nancy
Nancy Gay
Miss Nancy
Fitzs
Corbett
Blades
Bob Fitzsimmons
Thomases
Sullivan
Bo Corbett
Hall
Coronado Beach
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