Capital Gossip Cost of Extra Session in Des Moines
Des Moines debate on an extra legislative session centers on cost to taxpayers, with arguments about full authority for the assembly, potential filibusters, per diem limits, and total past expenses. Reports detail per diem caps, mileage, employee costs, chaplains, and possible savings if members work without pay.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
Bath Houses
Morford
Crossley
Madison
Alaska
Hickey
Cherokee
Cottrell
St. Paul
Des Moines Girls Win Prizes At Style Fair
Two Des Moines female students led the awards in the art department at the style fair with thirty three prizes. Kathryne Olmstead, West High School graduate, won thirteen firsts and two seconds in amateur class. Kathryn McCarty topped professional class with ten firsts and several seconds.
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Des Moines
Gelling
Amteur
Kathryne Olmstead
West High School
Kathryn McCarty
Dell
Melbourne greets American battleships in great welcome
Melbourne welcomed the American fleet with a thronged harbor and grand public celebrations. The battleships arrived in Port Philip Head in a column at noon after clear seas since Sydney, with private groups and Salvation Army bands helping to host a three month visit, while Greater Melbourne prepared a $50,000 program of entertainments.
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Melbourne
Port Philip
Sydney
Australia
Australasia
Auckland
Salvation Army
Greater
Haileyville Mine Fire Claims Many Miners Victims
In Haileyville Oklahoma Hailey-Ola coal mine No 1 suffered a devastating fire Wednesday morning destroying the hoisting and air shafts cutting air to miners below. Nearly 20 miners believed dead with twenty five bodies recovered by nightfall as flames and smoke prevented escape and damaged cages and cables.
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McAlester
Okla
Hailey-Ola
Haileyville
Imypiifee
Threatens Atlantic City With Martial Law
Sengirt New Jersey report states Gov Fort warns if excise law is not followed in Atlantic City on Sunday all saloons and cafes must close or an extraordinary session of the legislature will be called and New Jersey troops may be sent to the resort. The governor calls the city under martial law amid accusations of a vice saturnualia.
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Berpotla
East Des Moines
East Side
Wabash
G. B
Chicago Great Western Railroads
Rock Tsland
Rocke Island
Sandiord
Wiecilon
Hasl Des Molin Seults
Rough Tan
National War College
Ft. Leavenworth
Kans
Lawn
Towa Salar College
Twe
Committee On Militia Affairs
Sengirt
N. J
Gov. Fort
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Five Die In Mine Accident At Warrior Run Colliery
Five men were killed and others injured when a runaway mine car struck a train of cars at the Warrior Run colliery of Lehigh Valley Coal company near Wilkes-Barre. Six escaped injury. The dead were horribly mangled. Tony Pastor Dies At Elmhurst Home. Antonio Pastor, famed theatrical manager aged 71, died after several weeks of illness.
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Wiikasbarre
Warrior Run
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Tony Pastor
Elmhurst
L. I
aAntonio
Tony) Pastor
Flood Devastation Hits Carolinas and Georgia Ports
Floods and fires sweep Augusta and Fayetteville as navigation disasters unfold. Riverside mills and Reid cotton warehouse suffer heavy losses while dozens of buildings burn. Death tolls rise with at least twenty two bodies recovered and estimates reaching sixty. Thousands displaced as rivers crest and authorities mobilize aid.
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Augusta
Riverside
Reid
Nelson Morris &Co
Augusta Grocery Company
National Biscuit Company
Central Grammar School
Davidson Grammar School
Swan
Chronicle
Card of Health
South Carolina
Columbus
S. CG
Piedmont
Columbia
Klugville
Wateree
Fayetteville
N. C
Cape Fear
Golorado
Trinidad
Col
Volsom
Polsom
Fagin School Raided by New York Police
Central office detectives Priday arrested 12 boys and one woman after raiding a second story room above a barber shop on Third Avenue. They disrupted what authorities described as a Fagin style school for young pickpockets.
Milwaukee Bar Chief Killed by Discharged Employee
Louis Kissel, head of the Kissel bar company and several Warlford businesses, died Friday from wounds inflicted by a former employee who shot him after his discharge. Authorities described the case as a fatal workplace shooting and indicated investigators were pursuing leads at the time of reporting.
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Milwaukee
Louis Kissel
Kissel Bar Company
Warlford
Japanese Bank Closed in San Francisco Scandal
The Imperial Japanese bank at 1543 Laguna Street was closed Friday by state bank commissioners amid allegations that officers looted loans for themselves. The institution is capitalized at 27,000 dollars with a 7,000 dollar reserve fund.
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San Francisco
Imperial Japanese Bank
Laguna Street
State Bank
Montana Socialists Nominate Full State Ticket
Helena delegates at the Socialist convention adopted a platform and named a full state ticket led by Harry Hazelton Nixsouls for governor. The meeting in Helena confirmed nominees and outlined campaign aims for Montana.
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Montana
Helena
Monta
Harry Hazelton Nixsouls
Five Oarsmen Missing After Bay Row
Five young members of a San Francisco racing club set out from their clubhouse on Thursday in a racing shell and have not been seen since. Authorities fear all five have drowned after the disappearance in the bay.
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San Francisco
Fatal shooting in Lexington man kills mother to protect wife
In Marton county At Minerva, Kentucky on Friday John Bruce aged 20 shot and killed his mother Tew iy Wrave five years old. The elder Truca had attacked his wife when he intervened and shot him.
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Lexington
Minerva
Marton County
John Bruce
Tewiy Wrave
Chi
Truca
Chesoy
Boat in a Knapsack Could Carry Troops Across Rivers
A Servian named Merchep devised a compact boat for military use. The fabric craft is linen coated with rubber to render it impermeable, with folding oars and a seat that doubles as a tauter. Designed for one person, it could be scaled to transport troops and baggage across rivers.
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Merchep
Prehistoric Rock Wall Found Near Rockwell Texas
A 1857 discovery reported by the New Orleans Picayune describes a vast prehistoric rock wall near Rockwell Texas. Farmers uncovered openings and smooth east faces with rough west faces, suggesting ancient construction using wooden mallets and lacking mortar. The wall reportedly extends about 16 miles, with uncertain origin and purpose.
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Pompeii
Herculaneum
United States
Rockwell
Tex
New Orleans Picayune
Hig Well
Smithsonian Institution of
Washington, D. C
Babylon field names reveal local history and strange terms
A survey of field names near Babylon uncovers vivid labels like Lockabout Batch Wet Mead Honeyhole Gooseland and Bloody Paddock, reflecting past landowners and feuds. The note also mentions Elizabethan taxes on beards and Navy Secretary Metcalf studying oil as torpedo boat fuel, with expected range gains.
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Babylon Noody
Babylon
Ike
Pennsylvania
Jan
Ilka Hokeland Pinchin
Apsall
Ap‘sall
Pearce
Metcalf
Navy Department
Independent Swedes and Norwegians Mostly Rural
The article notes Swedes and Norwegians as highly independent with only 15 to 20 percent living in towns. Most dwell in rural districts, thriving by farming. It mentions authors never stranded in Russia and a theater manager required to deposit funds with government to cover performers' travel home.
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Riesia
Enemies of Arizona Chickens and a Frog Incident
In Arizona this paper reports J T Gifford found a large coiled pit viper in his henhouse biting two chickens as he attacked it, the snake about 4 feet long. Later another fowl was eaten by a frog, which the owner killed. The item shows local animal dangers around a farm.
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Arizona
J. T. Gifford
Pawtry
Mr. Clifford
Nolga
Clifford
Arizona Republican
His New Schedule
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution presents a character study in dialect, quoting Mister William as he pledges to preach the Gospel without asking favors until the next time, referencing attire and a shift in role amidst social context.
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William
Georgia Darkey
Atlanta Constitution
Symbolic of Plenty in Bridal Wreath Tradition
The orange blossom is linked to abundance as the orange branch bears fruit and flowers together, making it a symbol of plenty in bridal wreath symbolism.
Taking the Privileges and Public Servant Roles
A social vignette contrasts hotel staff behavior with elevated officials. The Washington Star reprints remarks from a patriot and a suburban resident, debating public office as service to the people and the temptations of authority.
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Washington Star
Scott
Ally Well That Ends Well on a Calmed Sailboat
A couple aboard a becalmed sailboat trade playful banter about kissing and lips. He resists and vows no kiss though tensions rise as the vessel remains motionless and they share a carefree mood despite the windy uncertainty.
Eskimos Favor Seaboil Pie Ice Cream Variant
A historical note describes a form of ice cream popular with Eskimos. It is made from seaboil pie where snow is stirred to the desired consistency, then frozen berries of various kinds are added before freezing.
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J. TH. Chandler
H. Chandler
Ulon
Homa Savings Bank
Town Loan and Trust Company
Iowa Loan and Trust Company
Gavings
Lay Y
C. A. Cornerstone
Des Moines Y. W
J. J. Hamilton
Association
Mary Golden
A. L. Frisbie
E. T. Hagerman
Y. On
D. A. Quartet
Meribah Wright
Farmers’ and Breeders’ Union
Polk County Recorder
Charles Griffin
Urbane
W. B. Daggett
Walter Bartlett
Fierce
Neb
Polk County House
Morris
North
Philadelphia Inquirer
Broadway
Jeff
Bunco Bill
Davidson’s
Iowa
Walnut
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