Governor Drake Reports Iowa Finances and Policy Debates
Governor Drake presents a fiscal recap for the Twenty-sixth General Assembly noting receipts of 4,101,376.84 and expenditures of 4,751,? with a floating debt rise from extended appropriations and major items like hospital support and a new code. He opposes a single board for all institutions, recommends tax tweaks and revenue methods, and urges cautious appropriations while praising state progress and urging prudent management into 1899.
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Iowa
Senate
House of Representatives
Comanwea
Twenty-Sixth General Assembly
Treasury
Gy Wing Assembly
Twenty-sixth
General Assembly
Eee Oe
Secretary of State
Drake
State Board of Control
Regents
Ees
Poard of Control
State University
Penitentiaries
Agricultural College
Normal School
Orphans’ Home
Board of Regents
Institutons
Industrial School
University
le Esks
Cannes
Paris Sewer Tunneling System Shifts Under Streets
A 1894 plan for the Collecteur de Clichy in Paris used a shielded tunnel system to lay a 20 by 16 foot sewer under busy streets and tramways. Electric power and hydraulic cylinders drove the shield forward, while lighting, ventilation, and a bucket conveyor kept work progressing with minimal surface disruption over two miles at about six yards per day. The contract price ran about $200 per lineal yard.
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Paris
Place de la Trinite
Seine
Clichy
Brunel
Thames Tunnel
House Committees Prominent Members List
House committers enumerates prominent standing committees and the first two members of minor panels including Ways and Means with a long roster of counties and names such as Potter Pottawattamie Brighton Jefferson Neuert Linn Johnson Franklin Frink Page Classen Marshall Eaton Mitchell Hughes Iowa Bowen Allamakee McCurdy Buchanan Whalen Emmet Dickens Wapello Hanson Winnebago Veneman Story Shambaugh Madison Beal Cherokee Miller Cedar Stallcap Sac Jackson Tama Jay Carroll Penick Lucas Jaeger Des Moines.
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Judiciary
Carr
Polk
Johnston
Franklin
Edwards
Johnson
Brighton
Jefferson
Lavender
Calhoun
Eaton
Mitchell
Blake
Webster
Gibson
Plymouth
Clark
Adams
Dickens
Wapello
Power
Lee
Porter
Appanoose
Penick
Lucas
Potter
Bremer
Hinkson
Guthrie
McGinn
Clinton
Alberson
Washington
Appropriations
Merriam
Delaware
Smith
Greene
Bowen
Alamakee
Neuert
Linn
Ray
Powshiek
Whalen
Emmet
Perrott
Dallas
Union
Pottawattamie
McCurdy
Buchanan
Prentiss
Ringgold
Geisler
Muscatine
Ladd
Butler
Parker
Millis
Klemme
Winneshiek
Miller
Warren
Jay
Carroll
Jackson
Tama
Lambert
Grundy
McCulley
Marion
Barrett
Woodbury
Nabstadt
Scott
Dows
Kiemme
Winnesriek
Jaeger
Des Moines
Sheehan
Jones
Sayers
Dubuque
Harrison
Bremner
Hathway
Manona
McCully
Banks
Buena Vista
Good
Boone
Harbert
Benton
Hansen
Winnebago
de Wolfe
Pochantas
Hughes
Iowa
Stewart
Hauger
Black Hawk
Santee
Hunt
Conley
Clayton
Alverson
Anderson
Clay
van Houten
Taylor
Merriman
Allamakee
Kliemme
Qarr
Reynolds
Mahaska
Newers
Pawshick
Hamilton
Letts
Louisa
Lyon-O’ Brien
Shuan
Classen
Marshall
Putnam
Towner
Fiedy
Shambaugh
Madison
Hanson
Bailey
Sioux
Baker
Cass
Boyd
Shelby
Davis
Fremont
Downing
Overfield
Howard
Hanson Winnebago
Frink
Page
Wemple
Decatur
Hinkle
Wayne
DeWolfe
Pocahontas
Farley
Kossuth
Day's
Emmett
Hazen
Monona
Miller Fayette
Madden
Adair
Builling
Loew
Bmrriam
Veneman
Story
Bird
Cerro Gordo
Henry
Beal
Mills
Wickens
Wilson
Keokuk
Fayette
Cedar
Nolan
Arnoll
Monroe
Blume
Crawford
Harriman
Poweshiek
Floyd
Stallcop
Sac
Christie
Hancock-Wright
Hansmann
Cherokee
Suc
Alto
Telegraph
Telephone and Express
Clarke
Lina
Perott
Salley
Lyon O’ Brien
Cook
Montgomery
Dempster
Arnold
Musecatine
Lee Adair
Nowers
Clar
Phenalee
Lane A Down
Reen
DONS
Cerre Ori
Santie
Allacy Industriat
Rink
Eeeen Clark
Hamilton Baker Ass
College For the Blind
Hubert
Parrott
Parker, Mills
Institute For Feeble Minded
House
Ways and Means
Stallcap
The Fashionable Parlor and Its Timely Focus
The New York Post notes parlors favor color with relief through a focal element. It contrasts formal rooms with pale carpets white and gold furnishings to practical setups like libraries, tables with magazines, and writing services that suggest use.
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New York Post
Women’s clubs grow nationwide forming vast federation
A 19th century social movement unites women across classes for progress. The General Federation of Women’s Clubs began in May 1889, with rapid growth shown by a Louisville report. By the third biennial it counted about 1,300 clubs and 100,000 members across 21 state federations and 495 clubs.
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America
Lippincott’s
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Sorosis
New York City
Louisville
Rocky Shores
Maine
Golden Gate
Mountains
Idaho
Florida Keys
Judge Hammock Remembered for Fearless Courtroom Outbursts
The Glasgow News recalls Judge Wilson Hammock of Lebanon Tennessee a noted yet fiery jurist who once paused a Hartsville district court then broke a chair over an attorney’s head in a calm display of authority. He died last February and remains cited as a gifted if troubled figure.
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Wilson Hammock
Lebanon
Tenn
Glasgow
Judge Hammock
Hartsville
Hammock
Bismarck Paid Ransom in Rye Field Custom
The story recounts a German harvest custom in Lauenburg where passers by must pay a ransom after being tied with rye. Chancellor Bismarck and his son Count Herbert encountered workers on the Schonau estate. rye bundles were tied to their arms and two gold coins paid for relief. Bismarck kept the rye tokens until returning home.
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Bismarck
Duchy of
Lauenburg
Count Herbert
Schonau
Bismarcks
Loyal and Industrious Ants Demonstrated in Bedtime Test
Sir John Lubbock tested ant loyalty by making fifty drunk and incapable and then attracting twenty five sober ants. The twenty five carried the fifty home to bed, showing sustained cooperative effort despite impairment.
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John Lubbock
Japan's Growing Export Trade Doubled in Five Years
The article notes Japan's export trade has doubled over the past five years. It highlights the rapid expansion of shipments and growing demand in overseas markets.
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Japan
Man Knows When to Say Neigh With Horse Sense
A concise admonition notes that a man with horse sense should judge the right moment to speak. It underscores practical judgment and common sense in handling animals and situations, reflecting a proverbial literacy in everyday affairs.
Smarth Sought After This Easterner’s Hinted Leads
The exchange hints a man named Smarth, once from a local section, may have fled with money. Clues point to his possible whereabouts among New Street palaces or in the nearby poor house as authorities or witnesses discuss his fortune.
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Smarth
New Street
New Inventions Patent Office Issues 4389 Patents
Report notes 4389 patents issued last week including a unicycle from an Iowa inventor and a centrifugal cream separator. A Utica New York inventor offers a baby carriage running gear allowing front wheels to drop and hold the body level while climbing stairs, addressing safety concerns in transport. Inventors may obtain information from Sues & Co. in Omaha Nebraska.
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United States
Iowa
Utica
N. Y
Sues & Co
Omaha
Neb
Horace G Burt Began Rail Career in 1867 on Vandalia Lines
Horace G Burt rises as president of the Union Pacific Railway after starting as a rodman on the Vandalia lines in 1867, marking a long ascent through the railroad industry.
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Horace G. Burt
Dnion Pacific Railway Company
Vandalia
Alaska Gold Fields Information Via Great Northern
Readers seeking current details on Alaskan gold regions can obtain maps and materials by sending four cents in stamps to W. M. Lowrie General Agent Great Northern Railway 220 South Clark St Chicago or visit the office. The Great Northern advertises as the short line to Seattle and Portland with vestibuled trains tourist sleepers and dining cars linking with Alaska steamers.
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Alaska
Alaskan
W. M. Lowrie
Great Northern Railway
Clark St
Chicago
Great Northern
Seattle
Portland
Steel pens in use for seventy years
The article notes steel pens came into use about seventy years ago and a gross of pens now selling for 10 cents was valued at over 35 dollars in the past.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Ad Claims Clean Blood
An advertising notice touts Cascarets as a blood cleansing candy that stirs the liver and purges impurities. It promises improvements in complexion and skin issues like pimples and boils and markets dosages of ten, twenty five, and fifty cents with druggists selling the product.
Favorable impression on a bore curses a busy man
A witty observation notes that the worst luck for a busy person is to leave a positive impression on dull company. The quip contrasts energy with tedium, suggesting social fatigue and time wasted in trivial chatter.
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement
It keeps the feet warm and dry and is the sole cure for chilblains frostbites damp sweating feet corns and bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes at druggists and shoe stores two cents. Sample sent free. Ad dress Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
First Suitors Benefit After Refusal to Marry
The quote notes that many men begin dating after a woman refuses marriage, suggesting a social shift when suitors gain freedom following rejection.
Grafting Tomato on Potato and Cure Claims
An old advertisement notes a French agriculturist grafting tomatoes onto potatoes yielding underground potatoes and above ground tomatoes. It also promotes Piso’s Cure for Consumption and Coes a Cough Balsam 4 the oldest and best with testimonial from J B Palmer of Seattle dated Nov 25 1806.
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Piso
J. B. Palmer
Seattle
Wash
The Secret to Tire Some Self May Be To Stop Too Soon
Voltaire quotes on restraint and self discipline suggesting that tiresome effort comes from not knowing when to quit. The line emphasizes moderation and awareness of limits in pursuit of goals.
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Voltaire
No-To-Bne for Fifty Cents Promotes Blood Pure
Fragmentary ad claims a product named No-To-Bne costs fifty cents and promises to make weak men strong with blood purity claims and dubious medical credibility. The text is garbled but suggests a sale pitch from a dubious vendor.
Star Tobacco Brand Promoted As World Leader
A pro tobacco ad claims Star Tobacco is the leading brand of the world, asserting it is the best. The copy frames virtue and vice as moral stakes around tobacco choice, presenting Star as superior.
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Star Tobacco
Grapes Backed by Doctors for Voice Strength
The article notes doctors recommending grapes to strengthen the voice, while remarking that the Lord is not as deaf as some ministers suppose. The strange juxtaposition underscores concerns about speech and health.
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Beker
Bull
van Buren
Putnam Pottawattamie
MecCurdy
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Kreiger
Chickasaw
Hathaway
Clerk
Veal
Mt.Pleasant
Independence
Clarinda
FIM
Anamosa
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Daily Herald
Dr. Williams
John B. Coon
P. Barker
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
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