Legislature Debates and Votes Across Senate and House
March sessions show bills on medical examiners swine disease tax, railroad penalties, and county justice changes. Committees advance code work while several measures pass including libraries, water works, and public health, with adjournment planned for April 9 1807.
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Nes
Senate
Drs Mores
Bowen
Woodbury County
Iowa
City of Dubuque
Lake Pessia
Waterman
Judiciary
Hippolyte Dead Confirmed by Cable from Hayti
Washington reports United States Minister Smythe in Port au Prince has confirmed the Paris notice of President Hippolyte’s death in Hayti by cable reading simply President dead. A separate mine explosion in Wellington, New Zealand at Brunnerton kills five and entombs sixty.
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Nautian
Washington
State Department
United States
Smythe
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Paris
Hippolyte of Hayti
Wellington
New Zealand
Brunnerton
The Doll That Nancy Broke A Spunky Schoolma am
Young Folk corner poem about Nancy and a broken doll and clothes. The speaker vows to mend her ways after misdeeds. It presents child misbehavior, a broken toy, and a moral lesson in verse.
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Nancy
Bobby
Spunky Schoolma’am Tackles Rebellious Pupils at Maxwell District School
Miss Blanche Maynard, a small teacher, overcomes a large boy’s refusal to approach her desk by grabbing his coat collar and forcing him to the desk. After incidents with other tall pupils, she uses discipline, including spanking, to restore order, with trustees backing stricter apologies or expulsion.
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Blanche Maynard
Maxwell
Sodus Point
New Jersey
Miss Maynard
George Hardy
Hardy
Maynard Hees
John Mason
Mardy
Mason
Dunbar
Pulver
A Rich Lady Helps A Barefoot Boy In New York
A ten year old boy in Broadway stands barefoot outside a shoe store when a richly dressed woman in a carriage stops. She asks why he looks in the window and learns he prays for shoes. She takes him inside and asks the proprietor to provide footwear for the boy.
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New York
Broadway
Woman Helps Struggling Boy In Store And Receives Praise
A charitable woman in a shop buys six stockings for a poor boy and brings him water and a towel. She washes the boy's feet kneeling in the back of the store, then buys him shoes and gives him remaining stockings. The boy asks if she is an angel.
Bobby's Composition on Parents
A humorous piece from Harper's Round Table contrasts boys views on parents with practical farm life. It riffs on Pas and Mas roles and a boarding school tale where a boy calls his father Governor, sparking a cut in allowance while noting parents' flaws yet overall usefulness.
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Bobby
Pas
Mas
Willie
William
Bill
Onge Fmar
Harper's Round Table
Curious Africa Children Share All They Have
A visitor at an Eastern Africa missionary station notes the remarkable generosity of native children who share biscuits and even gloves until none remain for themselves. They trade with peers in a constant relay, while local games like whip tops and kites delight them, and a child’s quip highlights different notions of ascent and descent.
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Africa
Bishop Mackenzie
Mother’s Last Words Remembered by Three Sons
A touching tale recalls three sons by a bedside as a mother dies. The white lips speak, Never mother was blessed with better sons, and the gesture lingers in memory despite years of busy life.
The Angels Watching Us Guardian Eyes and Womanhood
Rev. F B Meyer states every person has a guardian angel and is watched by kindred and loved ones. Max O Reill praises the beauty of womanhood seen in Bude Perth streets and Dublin drawing rooms.
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F. B. Meyer
Max O’rell
Bude-Perth
Dublin
Fitzsimmons Backed by Huge Shoulders and Power
The article extols Bob Fitzsimmons and attributes his knockout power to oversized shoulder blades and muscular back. It cites events against Maher and Hall plus a Syracuse sparring incident, notes his rival Corbett cannot withstand a single blow, and mentions trainer influence and Fitzsimmons’ pride in his back and shoulders.
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Fitzsimmon
Maher
Fitzsimmons
Jim Hall
New Orleans
Riordan
Syracuse
Bob Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Thomases
Sullivan
Hall
Fitz
Hal
Martin Julian
Nero
Hamilton's bold record chase lights up Coronado Beach
W W Hamilton of Denver has sparked cycling buzz with a string of record attempts at Coronado Beach Cal. He clocked a 1 30 1 5 mile pace close to the straight mile record set by John Johnson on Tonawanda boulevard. He also set two unpaced records for two thirds and one third of a mile. His early additional seven second surge in Sanger's mile unpaced was disallowed due to pacing. Hamilton plans to compete strongly on the national circuit next season.
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Hamilton
Sanger
Understanding Bicycle Gear Ratios From Wheel Diameters
The article explains that wheel diameter determines gear rating for both high wheel and safety bicycles. One crank revolution moves the bike the distance equal to the wheel circumference, shown by a table of gears from 40 to 90 with corresponding feet per crank revolution.
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Charles Schwalbach
Oeeben
Baseball Briefs Highlight Player Movements and Moves
Charley Redley wins release from Philadelphia to lead and captain Syracuse. Six league clubs seek First Baseman Cartwright. George Burnham quits umpiring to return to St. Louis car-wheel sales. Sid Farrar named selectman candidate for Melrose Massachusetts. Cleveland signs catcher Lewis Creiger from Kalamazoo, likely to Ft Wayne. President Johnson notes Indianapolis the only Western club not hosting Gee at home.
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Charley Redley
Philadelphia
Syracuse
J. Farle Wagner
Cartwright
George Burnham
Saleamia
St. Louis
Sid Farrar
Citizen's Party
Melrose
Mass
Cleveland
Lewis Creiger
Kalamazoo
Ft. Wayne
Johnson
Indianapolis
Oeetsy Gees
Des Moines Call to Buy Dry Goods and More
A Des Moines notice invites customers to explore a broad range of dry goods and recommended items. Shoppers are urged to visit for pricing and selections.
Kilpatrick Ads Through P M Oaklens Des Moines Omaha
Thomas Kilpatrick & Co advertise via P M Oaklens Co Agts Des Moines and Omaha for insertion across markets.
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Thomas Kilpatrick & Co
P.M. FM Oaklens CO
Adyt. Agts
Des Moines
Omaha
Meteors Fall Daily and New Insulation Material Debuts
Popular Science notes twenty million meteors daily, Cardiff firm develops a new insulating material claimed to be cheaper and unbreakable, London barometer hits 30.934 inches on Jan 9 with historic highs, Sea of Galilee sinking and Salt formations form as predicted, insects freeze and thaw with seasonal heat, questions raised about thermoregulation and biology.
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Cardiff
Enaners
London
Chester
Sea of Galilee
Mediterranean
Dead Sea
George B, King
Psyche
Golf in the East Matches Elite Taste and Clubs
Eastern society embraces golf with Havemeyer shaping prizes and Newport’s clubhouse as a model. The Astors and others maintain private links, while Mrs Rider Haggard and Princess Beatrice compete in tournaments. Gowns favored include Norfolk skirts and Tam O Shanter hats in dark tones with vivid trims.
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Theodore Havemeyer
Newport
Astors
Ree Ee
Mra
Cliffe
Dr. Seward
Vermont
King’s Place
Frederick van
New Estate
Hyde Park
People of the Pen and Literary Echoes Abroad
The article notes Charlotte Bronte manuscripts sold by her husband for publication. It mentions La Revue des Deux Mondes sending Paul Bourget to Japan and India, and J Chailly in the Dutch Indies to report impressions. It quotes Robert Louis Stevenson on the basis of his stories in part from real incidents noted by a Washington writer. It also touches on banana flour used in yeast production and home canning tips for eggs and beets.
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Charlotte Bronte
la Revue Des Deux Mondes
Paul Bourget
Japan
Pierre Persia
India
J. Chailly
Dutch Indies
Robert Louis Stevenson
Washington
Jesyll
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