Inaugural Iowa Governor Speech 1896 State Growth
Iowa Governor delivers a lengthy inaugural address outlining 50 year state history, education expansion, monuments, rail and waterway projects, temperance, and national policy. He honors leaders Wright and Kirkwood, urges support for a state history building, and calls for improved roads and schools while urging Monroe doctrine support and Armenians relief.
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Iowa
England
United States
Europe
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Cristian Pee
Western Hemisphere
America
Shean
Facts and figures from a bygone era in a miscellany
A collection of curious statistics and claims from the era includes costs of US and English city governance, a new Hudson steamboat priced at 1 million dollars with 8000 horsepower, and US school figures: nearly 16 million children in school, nearly 14 million in public schools, and about 400,000 teachers. It notes the Pekin Gazette’s long run, farm sizes in Holland and Nebraska, unique facts about milkmaids, and rapid telegrams linking New York to London via Cauda Nova Scotia and Penzance.
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Iowa
America
Coleges
Agricultural College
Ames
United States
Pekin Gazette
Japan
Washington Street
Boston
Parisy
England
Scotland
Nebraska
Massachusetts
Holland
Yara
London
New York
Causa
Nova Scotia
Penzance
RAM''S HORNS and a Call to Bible Faith
A preacher-style meditation urges unrepentant sinners to seek repentance. It emphasizes Bible love as the path to salvation and the importance of prayer, study, and loving one another, noting wealth cannot fix happiness and joy grows from sorrow.
Rubber Trade Boom in Lagos Prompts Electrician Interest
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes Lagos rubber production surges from 1893 imports of zero to 29 970 last year and 75 000 value shipped to Liverpool by a single early month steamer. Clerks, traders, and professionals flood interior markets while royalties rise and natives expand processing.
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Lagos
Pittsburg
Liverpool
Africa
Madagascar
New Zealand
A $15,000 Gravel Walk in St. Louis
A St. Louis coffee company manager built a $15,000 gravel walk using Brazilian pebbles found in coffee sacks. The unusual path features tons of pebbles revealed during inspection of coffee berries, connected to the import business and a lighthearted tale of value and whimsy.
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St. Louis
Popular science tips from an old issue
Raisins seed easily after hot water and a 15 minute stand. Coffee with ammonia cleans and restores black clothes. Benzoin dropped on a aching tooth relieves pain. Scales now weigh very small objects, even pencil marks. A Lubbock note describes an ant lifting 210 tons by its teeth. Thunder can be a single crash when lightning is near. Rust stains on white fabrics: boil water over the fabric, apply muriatic acid briefly, then hot water and ammonia softened wash. avoid soap to prevent grease.
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Des Moines
Senate
House of Representatives
Iowa
General Assembly
Ely
Towa
Commonwealth of Av
Board of Commissioners
Peopel
Union
Wright
Commonwealth
Kirkwood
John Lubbock
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