Dabneys New Bill Favors Direct Vote for Senator
Iowa House advances Dabney measure to implement direct election principles. It would require a governor called special election when a majority of the assembly promises to back the top vote getter, with notices and applicability to U S Senate selections. The move accompanies broad support for direct primaries and constitutional convention calls.
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Slaughter house of the general assembly looms in Iowa judiciary panel
Des Moines reports the judiciary committee with sixty bills uses its power to prune the pile. Four bills were indefinitely postponed including Hickenlooper’s 5000 dollar bond filings for abstractors and Perkins’s wills cancellation. Other measures moved forward cover contracts, census laws, and trials against bonds firms.
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General Assembly
Hickenlooper
Monroe
Perkins
Delaware
Campbell
Ida
Senate
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Dunlap
Clinton
Ainley
Hancock
Smith
Decatur
O'Connor
Chickasaw
Iowa
Iowa Senate Bill Seeks 1 Million State Institutions Fund
Des Moines Iowa Senator Mattes chair man of the senate appropriations com mittee has introduced a bill for 1 033 600 to support maintain and improve state institutions under the board of control The allocation details include the Soldiers home Bluffs school for feeble minded children Glenwood and more plus a 200 400 request to erect a state hospital for epileptics Also notes on bills to limit attorneys from serving as commission ers and a petition to ban alcoholic beverage production in Iowa A memorial day address and a note on women’s eligibility for state office
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Mattes
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Board of Control
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Bluffs
Glenwood
Iowa
Davenport
College For the
Vinton
Council Tuberculosis Asylum
Oakdale
Eldora
Mitchell- Wely Tenable
Bine Ware
State Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Clarinda
Independence
Cherokee
Knoxville
Fort Madison
Reformatory
Anamosa
Miss Margaret Draper Debuts in Washington Society
Miss Margaret Preston Draper, daughter of the late Gen. William F. Draper, heir to a fortune over 12 million, is celebrated for her Washington society prominence. Raised in Massachusetts and Italy, she now plans to establish the Draper mansion on K Street as a permanent home after her debut in the grand Chinese legation ballroom. She is known for outdoor interests and health, with many admirers but no chosen sweetheart yet.
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Home Market Club
National Capital
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Hopedale
Mass
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Massachusetts
Italy
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McKinley
Draper
K Street
Miss Draper
Washington Society
Czar's Cousin May Wed American Woman
The article notes Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch of Russia will study naval affairs in the United States and may marry a Philadelphia woman. The potential union would be morganatic, not recognized by the czar or the church.
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Philadelphia
Cozer
Not Tree Yet It Ought to Be Lord Derby Tale On Legibility
A London Chronicle item recalls Lord Derby remarking on forming an administration while naval cadets pass exams. A tale about Lord Lyttelton’s handwriting claims he offered an illegible amendment to the 1867 reform bill allowing only those who can read and write to vote, later deemed illegible by the clerk.
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Lord Fitzmaurice
Eohat
London
Hobo King Honored by Brotherhood Association
Robert M. Wilson dubbed King of Hoboes, leader of the Union of American Hoboes, was honored at a Brotherhood of Welfare meeting in St Louis attended by 150 hoboes. He spoke of cleansing elites and reuniting the homeless with land, praising supporters among rich donors and his eight-year association with James Eads How.
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Union of American Hoboes
Brotherhood of Welfare Association
South Third Street
St Louis
Wilson
America
James Eads How
The
Well known journalist and dramatist Henry Guy Carleton dead
Henry Guy Carleton, 64, prominent journalist turned playwright, died in Hot Springs Ark. He wrote in Life magazine first editor and created works such as Mennon and The Pembertons. He married three times Effie Shannon and Olive May among wives, with alimony quip noted. He was descended from Gen Guy Carleton and served under Gen Miles.
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Ark
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Carlton
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Carleton
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Miles
Life
Mennon
Victor Durand
Pembertons
Imperial decree bans Chinese subjects marrying foreigners abroad
The decree prohibits Chinese subjects living outside China from marrying foreign women and makes disobedience a penal offense. The Prince Regent handles cases, reflecting the belief that child betrothal binds the youth more than marriage, seen as a sacred bond protected by law and custom.
Better Than Medicine
A sick man asks if his wife was told he left her all. The lawyer confirms she cried briefly and inquires about the property value. The punchline notes the undertaker lost a job over the tale.
Beefsteak and Braised Tongues in Savory Dishes
A vintage recipe collection describes Beefsteak En Casserole with mashed potatoes, a rich egg glaze, and browned meat in a tomatoy sauce. Vegetable Stew combines onion cabbage and potatoes in milk and butter. Braised Tongues are simmered with carrots turnips and herbs and finished with lemon juice, stock, and gravy.
Making Soup Without Scum
A cookbook note extols boiling meat in hot water to prevent scum and preserve albumen. It claims French cooks avoid scum by starting with hot water, compares egg poaching in hot versus cold water, and asserts scum is the undesired byproduct while the gravy’s best part is the scum.
Victorian Vegetable Soup Recipe Steps
A historical recipe lists ingredients for vegetable soup including one cabbage one turnip two onions two carrots two potatoes parsley pepper salt two quarts water and bread. It instructs frying one onion in oil until brown to flavor the base then adding vegetables and simmering three to four hours before mashing and reheating to reach the desired thickness serving six.
Fresh Things to Tell Good Fruit and Vegetable Quality
Fresh guidance on selecting produce notes oranges should be heavy and juicy but not too hard, radishes and turnips should be firm not spongy, pineapples top edges smooth, celery should snap and not bend, asparagus must be stiff, nuts judged by weight and crackability, hinting at overall good quality indicators.
Porterhouse Steak Waste Reduced by Chopped Balls Method
A historic cooking tip notes the tough end of porterhouse steak is often wasted. It suggests chopping the tough portion with suet into balls and broiling with the rest, serving each person a ball and a piece of tenderloin, with optional onion and parsley flavoring. Chopping may be done at the shop if desired.
Senate faces fight over federal control of senatorial elections
Washington report notes rising pressure in the upper chamber over a proposed constitutional change to empower states to elect senators. Senator Sutherland proposes a federal control amendment, while Democratic and Republican factions clash over timing. President Taft engages with Red Cross, visiting Miss Mabel Boardman’s Washington home for relief work.
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Sutherland
Utah
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Thomas Jefferson
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Jefferson
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the Republic
Taft
Red Cross
Red Cross Society
The
Mabel Boardman
Cleveland
Ohio
Lee
Boardman
Sulphur Mining Near Mapped Site in Japan
Forty million pounds of sulphur a year are mined in an almost pure state from mountains on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. The deposit is located in rugged terrain, with operations focused on extracting nearly pure mineral from surface and shallow underground seams.
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