20 Jan 1897
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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1897
Page
1
Levi Downs announces a winter cloak clearance with substantial markdowns to move overstock after a delayed season. The store cites unfavorable weather and a planned three month window to offer losses as a benefit to customers, promising the greatest cloak trading event in years.
Reports from Jackson and several cities recount Hon. W. J. Bryan speaking to a large Jackson crowd on his way to Texas. Other items note Missouri panel probe of police, Colorado Cuba recognition resolutions, Ohio coal operator wage hike, a hunter’s death in South Dakota, Hopkins and a crowded Illinois senatorial race, British Guiana gold land grant, and Alger cabinet induction support.
In Lancery Neb Jan 19 the Iowa Senate caucus and readings highlight Speaker Gaffin's bill to punish bribery in elections while other measures target paid influence and illegal voting. A fourth ballot selects George A. Newman of Cedar Falls as secretary of the Senate amid a broader session.
The Senate voted to take up the Nicaragua canal bill, giving it the unfinished-business status and signaling daily consideration toward an early final action. The package envisions a $100,000,000 stock issue, with the Treasury subscribing $70,000,000, bonds guaranteed by the United States, and control by American engineers with a five member presidential board.
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