Legislature Begins Work With Bills On Oil Safety And Pensions
The Iowa Legislature convened with bills on impure oil in coal mines, labor office powers, and penalties for fraud and insurance practices. Debates covered adjournment timing, taxation rules, and various reforms affecting state institutions, highways, and public safety.
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Senate
Marxes
Carroll
Trewin
Waterman
Water
Priday
Cornwalls
Landers
Aden
Third General Assembly
Iblic
Cam
Ada
Lancutive Council
Des Moises
Palmer
Iowa Infantry
N. B. Raymond
Supreme Court
B. J. Salinger
Berry
Cheshire
Carney
British expedition moves to prospect new stations west of Schomburgk line
Reports note a British expedition departing Georgetown to create posts on the Cuyuni west of the Schomburgk line and to open a route to Yurvan as a protest against Venezuela granting rights to American capitalists in the Orinoco gola country.
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Georgetown
Demerara
Cuyuni
Schomburgk
Yurvan
Venezuela
Gola
Orinoco
Berlin
Northern Pacific Railroad
Edward Blake
London
House of Commons
Vienna
Servia
Athens
Greece
Macedonia
Chili
Prague
Sttikers
Matin
Baron de Courcel
Chamber of Deputies
Negus Menelek
Ramaign
Abyssinia
Mob Hangs Man for Insult in Tuvelo Mississippi
A Black man aged 18 was hanged by a mob in front of the Tuvelo court house after being charged with insulting a white woman. The incident follows a wave of violent crime reports across several states and ongoing legal actions.
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Tuvelo
Miss
James Patterson
Charles Shoup
Llyria
Ohio
Chicago
Israel M. King
Silver City
New Mexico
Juarez
Washington
San Francisco
Julius Feather
W. O. Gywnie
Pike County
John F. Madden
Delk
Edward Polen
Clinton
Moreland
Pittsburg
Annie Morton
West Newfield
Unwritten history of veterans and frontier courage
A Veterans Corner recounts Civil War memories and a frontier tale of forty Bozeman men marching 250 miles to Fort C. F. Smith to escort 200 Union troops back to the capital with no shots fired or scalps taken. The pieces stress reconciliation and frontier grit.
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East
Fort C. F. Smith
Gov. Smith
Capt. McCabe
Bozeman
Indiana
Territorial
Reed Endorsed At State Republican Convention Twist
At the Twelfth Massachusetts district Republican convention in Brockton on April 4, delegates elected with Reed endorsed by resolution. A move to make the vote unanimous failed and a second choice for McKinney was discussed.
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HOUSE
leAchran
Iowa
Senate
Es Moines
Everall
Pill
Waterman
Eaton
Carpenter
Tany County
Healey Ant
Ousa
Harrison County
Fifteenth Judicial District
Neuert
Brighton
Temple
Early
Brant
Evans
McArthur
Klemme
Smith
Tibbitts
Mayne
Bell
Gurley
McAchran
Spaulding
Dowell
Doubleday
Porter
Crow
Spirit
Okoboji
McArthur Manufacturing
McClelland
Knoxville
Home For
Congress
Big Sioux River
West Fork
Des Moines River
McGregor
McGregor & Western Railway
O’brien County
Burlington
Mintriet
Brockton
Mass
Mssachusetts
Indorsing Reed
Ingrace McKinney
Wag
Siege at Fort Co F Smith A Sioux War Tale
In the winter of 1866 a force of 200 U S troops at Fort Co F Smith Montana faced a siege by about 1000 Sioux. Gov Smith sought relief from Col Neil Howie who named Capt McCabe to lead forty men in a daring attempt to break the siege. The tale centers on quiet resolve and frontier leadership.
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United States
Fort C. F. Smith
Montana
War Department
Hancock
St. Paul
Green Clay Smith
Neil Howie
Philadelphia Times
Montana Volunteers
Gov. Smith
Fort Co
McCabe
Fort
C. F. Smith
Gev
Captain exposes fear through drill under fire at Se bastopol
At Sebastopol during a siege Captain Samoiloff commands a frightened young soldier to fetch wine. A French battery opens fire as they drill on the ramp, bullets tearing walls while the captain and soldier endure. The captain receives a wound yet pursues discipline and later receives care. the French halt fire in astonishment.
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Sebastopol
Samoiloff
Pearson
General Grant Clubbed by Policeman in New York Street Incident
Riis reports a 19th century New York scene when a small man with a cigar walked into police lines near 23rd Street and 6th Avenue. A patrolman struck Gen. Grant after a collision, shocking onlookers as Grant offered no resistance.
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Gen. Grant
New York
Grant
New York World
Jacob Riis
Associated Press
Masonic Temple
Mr. Riis
23D Street
6Th Avenue
Fifth Avenue
California's Big Orange Crop Ahead in Southern California
Southern California prepares to pick an estimated 2,800,000 boxes of oranges over the next three months. The crop is valued at about $5,000,000, reflecting a strong return for an industry only fifteen years old. Investments in orange groves total around $33,000,000, with 10,000 acres bearing and 80,000 more acres planted.
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Sam
Adam. Sweet
Chicago Times-Herald
California
The Cause of the Improvement in Scottish Railways
A London traveler reports on rough travel in northern Scotland railways, noting speeds near seven miles per hour, trains shaking, passengers rolling, and a native’s dry remark about being off the line as the ride improves gently.
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Scotland
London
Time and truth in public life reflects on Washington
A brief quoted exchange contrasts how honesty affects a career in public life, noting the era and its demand for truthfulness. The dialogue hints at satire of political roles, referencing Washington as a benchmark for public conduct.
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Washington
Notary Public
Eye Nose Throat Practice Promoted by Linseed Cake Premium
The Des Moines Linseed Company and Hawkeye Works Marshalltown offer a valuable dairying book as a premium with an order for Old Roseca Ground Linseed Cake and Best Foods. Request prices and pamphlets for stock feeders and farmers in Iowa.
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Marshalltown
Impostor Agents Target Drake Sanitarium Ads
Notice warns the public that individuals claiming authorization to solicit for Drake Sanitarium Co. are not agents. Readers should beware of impostors using the Drake name to contact patients. Des Moines contact details and an advertisement agency are noted.
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Drake Sanitarium Co
Drake Sanitarium
Damands
West Fourth Street
Des
Christian Endeavor leaders and global outreach efforts report
Eighteen young men led a ten day oral program by the Christian Endeavor society in Indiana. More than one hundred society members were baptized by the chaplain Ingersoll during a Kalam visit. Twelve Endeavor members helped distribute leaflets. A strong campaign of faith was waged by the Beye group with one hundred cottage prayer meetings. A Chilean Endeavor president raised thousands for missions and benevolence from her own efforts. A petrified peanut shell was found in Pompeii theater gallery.
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Tian Endeavor Society of F
Christian Society
Indiana
Chaplai Ingersoll
Kalam
Christian Endeavor Good Ship Committee
Hiar
Chrndeavor
Beye
Tiago
Chile
Ciety
Pompeii
Susthony
Mark
Wurday
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State Board of Medical Examiners
Executive Council
Second
Third Town
General County Fund
Nashville
Morrison
H. H. Jelly
Des Moines
Gorrell
CRIME
Ole Eaton
Sarrellton
Will Godwin
Lee Cunningham
O M. Shed
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Star
Board of Police Commissioners
Veterans Corner
Grey
Lee
Sherman
Old Georgia
God
Cupid the Cheat
Am Baster Idyl
Cupid
Farnire
Draperies
Rg Chase & West
Walnut
M. F. Patterson
Omice
Trepanier
Twenty-first St
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