Reckless business ventures and cold river deaths prompt worries
The article items report widespread business collapses amid prosperity and excess, three young men found dead after drifting in a cold river near Lawrenceville Illinois, a treasury inspector bill to audit county treasurers books, concerns over national spending and risky luxuries, a Red Oak encounter with wolves, and a Congress proposal for lifetime pensions of 5000 a year for widows of deceased presidents including notes on Julia Tyler Polk and Lucretia Garfield with Topeka Capitol quips.
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Toey
Empress River
Treasury
Board of Supervisors
The
Chicago Times
Uselli
Joan Lawshe
Red Oak
Congress
Julia G. Tyler
Garah
Polk and
Lucretia BR
Garfield
Topeka
Lucy W. Bayes
Cremation Opinion Promotes Sanitation And Economy
A writer argues lamp wick failures stem from impure wicks and urges pure cotton wicks. The Dubuque Times notes crime coverage fuels public fascination but opposes blanket censorship. Cremation is urged as a sanitary, inexpensive alternative to burials, reducing disease risk and grave robbing, with costs quoted around fifteen dollars.
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Dubuque Times
Dante
Hell
Massachusetts Board of Health
la Moyne’s Furnace
Washington
Joros
Europe
Memorial Exercises for the Late W E Webster
The memorial exercises for Hon. W E Webster of Page County were held in joint house and senate sessions in Des Moines. Speeches praised his life as a banker and legislator, noting his generosity and public spirit, with reflections on his sudden death and lasting legacy in Iowa politics.
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W. &. Webster
Page County
Des Moines
House
Senate
W. I Hart
J. Hart
Linn
Watson
Webster
Speaker
Mr.Webster Long
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Benton County
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Webister
Hin
Dee
Ae Webster
Mr. Webatet
Fatie
Mr. Webster
Clarinda
Onver
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