Political turmoil and Cuba debate stir Iowa politics
Iowa Democrats cut county taxes but Republicans push higher rates. Alliance figures show Allison backing a presidential bid with Harrison as sponsor. Debates loom with Judge Babb, President Harrison doubts, and Cuba policy prompts petitions and editorial rebuttals amid provincial quarrels and local endorsements.
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Allison
Marshalltown
Harrison
Bill McKinley
Tom Reed
Grandpa
Parkhurst Returns to Fight Tammany Bossism Rooted in Plattism
Rev Parkhurst, once praised for reform in New York City police and his battle with Tammany and Croker, has returned from Europe. He condemns Ross Platt and the Plattist spirit as the real enemy, arguing for uprooting boss rule entirely despite excise questions complicating the campaign.
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Quay
Pennsylvania
Platt
New York
Harrison
McKinley
Reed
Allison
Dudley
Parkhurst
Philadelphia
Anamosa Journal
New York City
Tammany
Richard Croker
Europe
Croker
Ross Platt
Republican Gang of Morality
Boss Platt
Taxation Battle Prompts Benton County Debate
A historical compare and contrast of Democratic and Republican taxation policies in Benton County. It notes five years of Democratic rule cutting county taxes from 10 to 7 mills, against a 11 percent rise after two years of Republican control. The piece asks who is more economical. It also recounts making potato and apple crates to store produce, detailing crate construction and use for storage.
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Cuba
Congress
Ladies’ Home Journal
Philadelphia
Sixth
Walnut Streets
Independence Square
Washington Square
Journal
Methodist Conference
Republican Party
Methodist Church
Iowa
Ottumwa
Nevada
Adair- Madison
Madison County
Kilburn
Price
Ory
United States
Spain
Washington
Chronicle
Board of Supervisors
Benton County
Ie National Recorder
Washington, C
Bost
America
National Recorder
John Wedderburn & Co
Street
N. W
Washington, D.C
Disgraceful Chicago Politicking and Farm Crate Advice
The piece blends farm storage notes praising wooden crates for potatoes apples and turnips with a vivid account of a factional brawl at the Great Northern Hotel Chicago where Alderman Buck McCarthy brutalized Alderman Lammer during a Republican county central committee meeting. The clash disrupted proceedings and exposed rift over Mayor Swift and reform governance.
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Chicago
Great Northern
Republican County Central Committee
Swift
Buck” McCarthy
Lammer
McCarthy
Harmony
Republican Party
Dr King's New Discovery praised by Bearsville druggist
Bearsville Illinois druggist G Caillouette touts Dr King’s New Discovery for la grippe and stomach ills. He claims three bottles restored a customer to health and offers a free trial bottle. Also mentions California information bureau and De Witt's Colic and Cholera Cure as remedies.
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G. Caillouette
Bearsville
Dr. King
la Grippe
Hhouse
J. S. Brubaker
de. Witt
Tweist
Ian Grange & Co
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Fort Dodge
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Sioux City Tribune
Midland Monthly
Midland
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Edrwin Coppos
John Brown
Richard Realf
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Robert T. Lincoln
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Allatoona
Des Moines
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Nature
Simmons Liver Regulator
J. J. Weaser
J. L. Stephenson
Owensboro
Simmons
J. H. Zeylin & CO
Vinton
Dr. Stockdale
Balyea House
Stockdale
B.A. Stockdale
M. Vb
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Boro
Fre ‘Owen
Peru
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State Stacey
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Menien
Acme Cycle Company
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