IOWA BALLOT MUDDLE AND BOOMER RELEASE EFFORTS
Iowa ballot chaos centers on the middle-of-the-road Populists dispute with the regular Populist line. Courts order review as the state moves toward certifying ballots. Governor Drake may seek clemency for B. F. Boomer of Waukon after a five year Anamosa prison sentence for a bank deposit case. Insurance firms probe the death of Jacob Posner, a Des Moines merchant, with swift, unexplained end.
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Bankey Boomer
Waukon
Bevoma
Jacob Potner
Des
Election Board
Fusion
Polk County
Supreme Court
District Court
Secretary
Dobson
B. F. Boomer
Dupreuu
Drake
Bank of Waukon
Anamosa Penitentiary
Boomer
Nebraska Farmers At Work Amid Rainfall Boosting Grain Acreage
Taxcom reports Nebraska soils show improved agricultural prospects after a week of heavy showers. Plowing and seeding accelerate, virgin ground turned for next year, with range conditions up 16 percent and grain outlook up 25 percent since drought. Also notes United Democracy ballot status and a Mitchell sermon event by Bishop Warren to a thousand attendees.
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Taxcom
Nebraska
Refuse to Surrender Guerra
The state department refused Mexico's request to extradite Jesus Guerra, linked to the 1892 Garcia raid. The case, involving murder, robbery, and kidnapping charges, rose to the Supreme Court over committing magistrate authority. the court held the lower court lacked jurisdiction.
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WashingTon
State Department
Jesus Guerra
Garcia
Mexico
Guerra
United States Supreme Court
Texas
Remove Their Hats In Church In Kansas Congregation
At a Kansas northeastern counties meeting in Centralia the proposal for women to remove hats and bonnets in church drew strong support. Many returned home planning to bare their heads at worship with several Congregational women already doing so in towns like Frankfort Whiting Centralia.
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Kansas
Torrica
Congressional Association of
Centralia
Congregational Church
Frankfort
Whiting
Powderly revokes cattle reentrance certificates
Washington October 19 Commissioner Powderly revokes the 1894 circular that allowed reentrance certificates for cattlemen crossing to Europe. Reports from American consuls say certificates are sold to anarchists and others. Native status proof and immigration checks now apply to non citizens.
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Powderly
Washington
Europe
Cholera Strikes Shropshire Regiment in India
London reports cholera has attacked a battalion of the Shropshire regiment stationed at Sitalur in Northwest India. Forty noncommissioned officers and privates have already succumbed. Separately, Mrs. Lily Langtry withdrew all her horses from the turf following Edward Langtry’s death in an asylum at Chester.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Shropshire Regiment
Sitalur
India
Lily Langtry
Edward Langtry
St Chester
Alma National Bank Granted in Alma Kan
New National Bank in Washington reports authority granted for the organization of Alma National Bank of Alma Kansas with capital set at fifty thousand dollars.
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New National Bank
Washinton
Alma National Bank of
Alma
Kan
New York City Mayoral Fight Echoes in Borough Meetings
Dozens of meetings lit up boroughs as General Tracy and Senator Thurston urged voters. Mayor Strong defended Nebraska meddling while Seth Low and Perry Belmont led campaigns. Dayton and Van Wyck drew cheers and hisses amid a tense party clash in Brooklyn and Manhattan venues.
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New York
North Brothersland
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Nebraska
Mr. Thurston
General Tracy
Clearmont Avenue
Brooklyn
Tracy
Low
Thurston
Thorn
Henry George
Lexington Avenue Opera House
George
Dayton
Strong
Seth Low
Murray Hill
Ohio
Robert A. van Wryck
Hisses
Union Pacific sale unchanged yet no postponement seen
Attorney General McKenna would not confirm a government plan to delay the Union Pacific sale set for Nov 1 in Omaha. Officials suggest a temporary postponement could be sought if bona fide bids requiring extra time arise, but no such move is evident.
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Washington
McKenna
Union Pacific Railway
United States Circuit Court
Omaha
Reorganization Committee
Prrrspura
Wright
Riverside Penitentiary
Mint Director's Report on Gold and Silver Coinage Year 1897
The director of the mint submitted to the secretary of the treasury the fiscal year 1897 report. It covers gold deposits of $129,105,500 and silver bullion coinage values, with breakdowns of original deposits, redeposits, domestic and foreign contributions, and details on coinage outputs. Also notes the world production figures and stock estimates, plus a section on counterfeiting and other global notices.
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Preston
Washineton
Mint
Secretary of the Treasury
London
United States
Made Blankets American With Each Succeeding Year
American manufacturers show improvements in blanket quality and price. A 10-4 blanket is offered at 2.75 dollars and an 11-4 at 3.50 dollars, with pure wood and fancy borders. The ad urges bulk buying to depress prices and preempts higher raw material costs.
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Atlantic
Trade Department
October land transfers listed from Brown to Hodge
A series of October real estate transfers details assignments and deeds. Names include James Brownetux Chas Laartz BPAN White Hiram Wells John H Yarger Kurtz L A Dawson John Albert Barber Jas Callahan Frederick Wohlentaus Theo G Steinks John E Locke CE Perkins Jas Glascos Ernest Hadaway Talitha ardes MB Doll WCG Hodge and Nicholas P Henning with properties in Massena Anita and Atlantic areas and values ranging from 200 to 3500 dollars.
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James Brownetux
Chas Laartz
Nishnabotna River
Aj Qehaina
Bp&an
White
Anita
Hiram Wells
Gcd
JB Bruff
Geo Biel
Ass d
Atlantic
John H Yarger
H Kurtz
Tg&o
Massena
L A Dawson
John Albert Barber
Jas Callahan
Frederick Wohlentaus
Theo G Steinks
John E Locke
Perkins Et Ux
Jas Glascos
Swd
Divorce petition notification in Cass county Iowa 1897
Notice to Jessie A Pearson in Cass county Iowa dated October 13 1897 announces that a divorce petition will be filed by L D Pearson Jr in the November term of the district court at Atlantic and requires appearance by November 23 1897 or default will be entered. Attorney H M Boorman represents the plaintiff.
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Uie District Court of
Iowa
Cass County
L D Pearson, Jr
Jessie A Pearson
State of
Atlantic
Mio x
H. M. Boorman
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Des Moinss
Jacob Posner
Audden
United Democracy
Abany
Justice Herrick
Palmer
T de
Republicana
Warren Prenches
Mitchell
Warren
Grand Opera House
Methodist Conference
Methodist Church
Wies Baden
Wires Baven
Germany
Frederick
Rheinische Kurier
Fusiberg
Illinois
Burlington
Gotham
Union Pacific
New Ogtrans
Board of Health
Baton Rouge
Editor Dana
Charles A. Dana
Desoris
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Glencove
L. 1
Kansas City
Toronto
Elizabeth Greenwood
Mansey Hall
Henry Somerset
Hexington Hotel
Caicaco
Lexington Hotel
Twenty-second Street
Michigan Avenue
Pagsignes
C. H. Terwilliger
Salisbury
Marquis of Salisbury
Associated Press
Hatfield House
Hertford
Daily Chronicle
Marchioness of Salisbury
Nucieu
Neb
Frank Faulk
Elgin
Faulk
Hoisington
New Era Union
Denver
Union
Frank C. Partridge
Vermont
Tangiers
Chester W. Martin
Michigan
Amhersberg
Ontario
P. H. Brittain
Nantez
France
Camden
N.J
American Window Glass Company
James M. Chambers
Pittsburg
England
Dave” Sullivan
Boston
National Sporting Club
Soming Bering Sea
K. Mitsukuri
Pekijuda
Tokio
Harvard University
Yialogy
Tokio University
Fukijuta
Board of Fishery
Department of Industries
Japan
Levi Downs
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