The Unlucky Heir and the Final Will
A narrator recalls his eccentric uncle a writer with a grand library and a passion for edifying literature. After the uncle's death the fortune goes to a second cousin, leaving the narrator to reflect on money, legacy, and misread kindness.
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Ness
Ator
Ile
Savage Lander
Carlyle
Shelly's
England
Down
Reigate
Ennedith
Hazelmeres
Ipstead
Iowa Legislative Resumés of Acts and Local Reforms
Summary of acts proposing penalties for opium dens, state lands sale for Dairy Society, support funds for Eldora school, municipal property transfers, sewer taxes, hog disposal, road and drain construction, county debt bonding, city marshals, oil inspection, taxes and sidewalks, park taxation, and representation districts. Includes provisions on telegraph liability, interest rates, and health duties for infants.
Advice From The Sage: Take Each Day As It Comes
A compact aphorism counsels women to approach daily life with measured steps and calm acceptance, avoiding overreaction to past actions. The saying endorses steady progress and emphasis on present choices rather than dwelling on prior deeds.
Monument Resolution Omits Medallion Portraits On Soldiers’ Monument
The Twenty sixth general assembly directs the commission not to place medallion portraits on the Soldiers Monument and to inscribe each regiment with its muster and discharge dates and number of enlisted men. This action requires omitting already prepared medallions from the monument.
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Twenty-sixth General Assembly
Governor Veto Blocks Burlington Park Board Bill
Governor Drake vetoed the measure intended to create a Burlington four member Board of park commissioners on grounds of unconstitutionality.
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Drake
Burlington 4 Board of Park Commissioners
Legalizing Acts for Towns and Counties Across Iowa
Acts to legalize municipal and county actions including incorporations annexations and ordinances in counties such as Carroll Dallas Story and Muscatine. It lists towns and towns like Ames Cedar Falls Hawarden and Woolstock and references a 5 cent per value tax for a bridge fund and the organization of fairs and associations.
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Bly
Glurg
Delandin
Milegreli
Ioden
Carroll County
Colesare
Whitten
Harnburn
Dallas County
Ionia
Chickasaw
Leland
Winnebago
le Grand
Marshall County
Mitchell
Mitchell County
Roland
Story County
Gray
Audubon
Cumberland
Cass
Davis County
Salix
Woodbury
Cenn
Page County
Milne Wauken
Pulaski
Marysville
Marion Wapello
Louisa County
Ot Wapello
Pleasantville
Jumwa
Marion County
Williamsburg
Iowa County
Cascade
Vienna
Dubuque County
Urbana
Benton County
Clinton
Lyons
Marion
Woolstock
Wright County
Jolly
Clair Calhoun County
Ames Nda
Rose Hill
Mahaska County
Iowa
Hawarden
Iving and Fair Associa
Senate Resolves to Complete State Code Revision by January 1597
The senate adopts a resolution affirming the need for code revision and the qualifications of the revisers. It mandates completing the work at the earliest feasible date, no later than January 1597, to benefit the state and ensure economy and lasting value.
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Senate
House
Tate
Joint Resolutions From Iowa General Assembly
A set of resolutions requests admission for Caroline Crocker Robinson to the Iowa Soldiers Home. It urges government land price concessions for war warrants and scrip, authorizes distribution of railway maps, and endorses the Trans Mississippi Exposition. It funds stationery for lawmakers and reporters and allocates code copies and chairs. It also appeals for Muscatine Island levee repairs and special pensions for imprisoned Union soldiers.
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Iowa
Caroline Crocker Robinson
United States
Railway Commissioners
Twenty Sixth General Assembly
Omaha
Congress
Secretary of State
General Assembly
Congresso
Muscatine Island
Appropriations for Iowa state institutions and services
The report lists numerous appropriations across Iowa for 1890s state actions. Allocations cover penitentiaries, insane hospitals, industrial schools, educational institutes, and veteran care. itemized amounts fund transportation, land purchases, libraries, weather service, Shiloh battlefield commission, inaugural expenses, and the Fort Madison cell capacity project.
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Scott County
N. B. Raymond
Supreme Court
Iowa
Wor
Orleans
Executive Council
B. I. Salinger
G. West
Ma Sarrier
Twenty-fifth General Assembly
Iowa Agricultural Society
State Executive Council
Finance Committee
Fort Madison
Shiloh
Come
G. Godfrey
Drake
Various Iowa Local Acts and an Extra Session Codification Plan
Numerous local legalizing acts cover jurisdictions in Clayton, Winnebago, Worth, Van Buren, Louisa, Greene, Jasper, Keokuk, Jefferson, and other counties. A concurrent resolution discusses codifying state statutes, noting the commission’s 4000+ case code and the need for time for proper examination before passage.
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J. H. Ellsworth
Clayton County
Manchester Cemetery Company
Independent
Larrabee
Cohrokee County
S. R. Cross
Ward of Supervisors
van Buren County
Louisa County Board of Supervisors
Cooper
Greene County
Stockport
Clare
Iowa
Pella
Poweshiek
Jasper County
West Fayette Township
Keokuk County
District of
Eagle
Jefferson County
Twenty-sixth
General Assembly
Fragmented Poem Fragments and 1838 Sirius Arrival
Readable lines describe white violets and fairy imagery with snow, broken string of pearls and slippers among ferns. The passage notes a Canadian or Chilean bed warmer practice and mentions the Sirius steamship crossing the Atlantic arriving in New York from England on April 23 1838.
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Atlantic
Tootowa
New York
England
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HG Vwvells
Prince Bismarck
Ted
Sam
Holloway
Boutter
Raney
St. Louis Globe- Pemocrat
Rick
State Agricultural Society
Rn Act
Eldora Industrial School
Board of Supervisors
Iowa State Dairy Association
Pem
Boards of Health
Philadelphia Ledger
Telegraph Company
Knoxville
Benedict
Des Moines
Artment
Ora
Ieee
Moines
Council Bluffs
Ames
Mt. Penang
Anhamo
Yatvere
John L. Brown
Hospital For
Clarinda
Ene Hofse
Niildren
Davenport
Madison v
Oaureeeree
Allon
Cedar County
Stella Lupton
Soldier's
Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Cherokee
Independence
Mitchellville College For the
Vinton Institute For
F. Mclelland
Omasnessaee Commission
Vicksburg National Association
Locatin
Town Troops Agricultural College
Ark Ee
College For the Blind
Vinton
Hood & Co
Lowell
Tall Hood
L. Douglas
Wolo
W. L. Douglas
Ls Douglas
Brockton
P Geeen & Sons
Atlanta
H. Hu
Columbia
Pop
Lyon & CO. Tobacco Works
Durham
Mer
Seana & Price
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