State Council Reduces Levy to Three Mills in 1903 Assessments
The Iowa executive council completed 1903 assessments with a state levy set at 3 mills, down from 3.5 mills last year. The total taxable value of property rises to about 637.99 million, with railroad property up 5.23 million in assessed value and farm lands adjusted upward by roughly 2.02 million. Personal property remains near 112.04 million, while rail and farm land changes drive most of the increase. Major counties show few changes, with Polk county farm land value cut by 7 percent.
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Executive Council
Iowa
Cummins
Jefferson, Lee
Louisa
Lucas
Marion
Monroe
Poweshiek
Polk County
Maade
Parole Request Hopeful for Fort Madison Prisoner Elmer Printy
Keokuk reports efforts to obtain a parole for Elmer Printy, jailed for stealing Dr. W. B. Qchil tree’s buggy and serving time at Fort Madison. He is said to suffer severe spinal curvature and spend most time in the hospital, raising concern among interested parties. Safety pins usage in the United States reaches about 144 million annually.
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Keokuk
Elmer Printy
W. B
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Insanity on the rise in England and Germany
A London report shows England and Wales rising from 38,000 to 113,964 lunatics since 50 years ago with one in 298 people affected now. Cause analysis points to drink, disease, and poverty, while Germany reports similar trends and alcohol as a primary factor in mental illness.
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London
England
Wales
Germany
Berlin
Radium Rays Hope to Treat Tuberculosis Lungs
English chemist Frederick Soddy of University College London suggests weak radium and thorium rays inhaled into the lungs could directly treat consumption. He notes emanations differ in persistence and cost, urging medical exploration while warning doctors to consider radiums power and the devices needed for inhalation.
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London
Frederick Soddy
University
Ellege
Soddy
Mackenzie Davidson
Nature
Will from Cassius M. Clay sparks probate dispute
In Lexington on August 4 Dora Clay Brock, former child wife of General Cassius M. Clay, reveals a will written in the general’s hand a year earlier. The document, sealed with his ring and wax, names Brock as executor and awards her half of certain sales proceeds. Brock retained J M Norwood for counsel, seeking a path to inheritance amidst a contested estate. The envelope was opened as directed after the general’s death, confirming the will’s authenticity.
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Lexington
Dora Clay Brock
Cassius M. Clay
Dora Brock
J. M. Norwood
Cardinal Sarto Elected Pope Pius X in Rome
Rome August 5 Cardinal Macchi announced Cardinal Sarto had been elected pope and would take the name Pius X. The crowd cheered as he appeared on the basilica balcony and blessed the people. Sarto, born 1835 in Riesi, has long been respected for piety and liberal views within the Italian episcopate.
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Rome
Cardinal Macchi
Apostolic Briefs
St. Peters
Cardinal Sarto
Pius X
Pope Pius X
Giuseppe Sarto
Riesi
Treviso
Leo XIII
S. Bernardo Delle
Holy See
Italy
Venice
Episcopate
Sacred College
Sarto
Rampolla
Chigi
Monsignor
Merry del Val
Leo
Tedeum
Camerlengo Oreglia
London
Westminster
Humbert
Bassilica
Oregon Chemist Claims to Have Discovered Great Secret
Merlin Oregon August 4. J Larix chemist and metallurgist reports turning silver from gold and developing new metal from slate named Rixum. Government inspectors scanned notes suggesting disintegration of the silver atom.
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Oregon
Merlin
J. Larix
Tale of Butterby s Kid
War between Butterby and Bob ends when Butterby refuses to shoot as a child arrives. A toddler’s intervention softens the feud, leaving both men with peace and a coroner idle. Alfred J. Waterhouse reports a moral about forgiveness sparked by a child.
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Butterby
Bob
Light Hearts and Heavy Burdens in Work and Faith
The London Spectator notes Thoreau and St Francis rejected possessions to gain a lighter heart. It contrasts Francis vows with his cheerful resilience, rebuking gloom in followers. The piece compares labor by hand to mental work, suggesting brain workers often bear heavier spirits, while as a rule light-hearted writerly types remain rare but appealing.
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Thoreau
St. Francis
London Spectator
Franciscans
Quest for Treasure in Tiber and Guatavita Lakes
The Family Herald notes two scientific wealth hunts under way. Prof Nispiland is authorized to drill the Tiber for ancient arms and armor, while the Lake Guatavita in Colombia is being drained to recover votive offerings of gold, silver, and emeralds thrown into sacred waters by native tribes.
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Rome
Republic of
Colombia
Prof
Nispiland
Tiber
Guatavita
Quesada
Rave
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Oyster Bay
McCann
Secret Service
Pius the Tenth
Danville, Sr
James Wilson
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Alvin
Jil
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Butterby's Kid
Death
Good Housekeeping
Nodland
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