Governor Shaw's Iowa Inaugural Addresses Currency Reform
Leslie M. Shaw sworn in as Iowa governor before a large capitol crowd. He urges a single gold standard, elastic currency, and stronger banking authority to stabilize national finance, while stressing value of education and gradual reform.
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Earth
Sky
Will &’O
Siemever
Towa
North
Laat
United States
Asia
Congress
Clearing House
Wildce Ife
Achoel
Iowa’s rural youth and dairy industry urged for state support
The piece argues for expanded opportunities for country students to reach higher education, warns of a growing gap between district schools and colleges, and calls for state measures to assist rural youths. It highlights Iowa’s dairy potential, urges pure butter and cheese standards, tuberculosis eradication, and protective tariffs, and notes a granite Civil War memorial awaiting dedication and a state preservation effort for historic relics.
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Iowa
Earth
Middle States
Towa
General Assembly
Jona
State finances and museum funding urged in address
The speaker argues for public support to secure valuable private collections for a state historical and art museum, noting previous and proposed funding, and compares Iowa’s debt and tax burden with neighboring states while urging prudent, transparent finance. He calls for reduced taxes only when expenditures are essential and praises businesslike governance and accountability.
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Capitol
General Assembly
Iona
Iowa
Aetiaas
Executive Department
Public Service Integrity and State Department Conduct
The excerpt argues that without specific complaints the public should assume state departments are fairly managed and that public servants are as honest as private individuals. It posits citizens are unchanged by stepping into public duty and that officials typically apply integrity and thrift to state service as in private life.
Political Senate Roll Call Totals by Committee Names
A dense list of senators grouped by committee and topic spans budget, law, agriculture, education, health, infrastructure, and public services. The document catalogs numerous names across categories such as Appropriations, Agriculture, Highways, Education, Public Health, and Elections.
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Funk
Berry
Junkin
Healy
Penrose
Carroll
Carney
Ericson
Perrin
Gilbertson
Haywad
McArthur
Wallace
Everall
Young
Lee
Wilson
Cheshire
Eaton
Blanchard
Iewin
Sey
Mitchell
Ellison
Hobart
Lothrop
Finch
Mullan
Ranch
Balter
Malloy
Garst
Harriman
Alexander
Trewin
Kilburn
Pack
Hotchkiss
Allyn
Lew
Titus
Hayward
Ranck
McIntire
Delaware
Druet
Sevteen Wallace
Lewis
Ailyn
Lyons
Byers
Hospers
Palmer
Emmett
Melntire
Craig
Chesnie Ericson
Bell
Gorrell
BANKS
Atlyn
Pusey
Bolter
Schell
Hurst
Ard
Younge
Palmer, Young
Planchard
McArthur, Wilson
Public Lands Meantere Gilbertson
Young of
Senators Ranch
Fish and Gane
Nutritional Claims From Fruit and Nut Values
An article from the Pacific Medical Record lists fruits and nuts by their claimed benefits and drawbacks. It notes figs and dried figs for nerve and muscle food, walnuts for brain and heat, apples for nerve and muscle fuel, oranges for refreshment, and cautions about liver conditions with several items. It ends with brief lines from the Datta News about a stolen or troubled marriage.
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Pacific Medical Record
Look out for colds At this season
An advertisement touts Jaki Hood's Sarsaparilla to keep blood pure and toned to resist exposure to a debilitated system.
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Jaki Hood
Lost a heart on Monday poem fragment
A fragment from New York Weeks describes a lost heart found in streetcar bustle. The owner hopes the finder will return it with her name and questions, the heart judged by its scars. A playful verse with Psyche head and lips evokes longing.
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Psyche
New York
Whiffers Strikes Out On Own After Acting Spouse
Independent dialogue reveals Whiffers leaving previous employer and starting his own business after revealing he married an actress.
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Whiffers
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Advertised in Toledo
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsements from West & Truax and Walding Kinnan & Co assert Cheney’s reliability. Note claims hall’s cure acts on blood and body surfaces. Price seven shillings per bottle. drugsellers sell. Young ladies collect at First Baptist church of Tren t, with rising attendance and satire from critics about future role of lady preachers.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Cheney
West & Truax
Dru
Walding, Kinnan & Wholesale Druggists
First Baptist Church
Klondike Route Notes and Odd Odderities
fragmented notes reference travel via Portland Tacoma or Ile to Klondike with personal departures from Chicago on Thursday. another line quotes Sebastian G P A Chik on happiness and discusses temperature preferences for cactus care reflecting quirks of the era.
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Klondike
Portland
Tacoma
Ile
Exen
Chicago
Thurad
Sebastian
G.P. A. Chik
The New York Post Office Profit in 1897
A fragment notes the New York post office made a profit of 4.9 million dollars in 1897. The text also contains unrelated, garbled advertising lines about tonics and teething syrups with questionable claims and archaic language.
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New York Post Office
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C. O.C. Tail Drugg'sts
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la Bel Chocolatiers
Olibr
Walter Baker & CO
Lit
Dorchester, Mass
Tat
Evans Onewio
Droge
Expres
Irculer
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