Carroll Named Republican Auditor Candidate for State
Ottumwa Courier reports B F Carroll editor of the Bloomfield Republican announces as the Republican candidate for state auditor. A Wellsville Missouri normal school graduate age 41 he taught years and has edited the Bloomfield Republican for a decade. He served in the Iowa Senate Bloomfield Appanoose district and has been Bloomfield postmaster four years.
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B. F. Carroll
Bloomfield Republican
Ottumwa Courier
Carroll
Wellsville
Bloomfield-Appanoose
Iowa
Bloomfield
An Unfortunate King of Servia in Troubled Reign
An unnamed observer derides the Servian king as unkingly amid matrimonial and political fiascos. The critique recalls his childhood rifts with his feuding parents and ongoing conflicts with his mother over his marriage, framing his reign as repeatedly beset by difficulties.
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Servia
King of
Russian Maids of Honor Education and Etiquette
Russian maids of honor to the empress are typically recruited from daughters of high officials and officers. They attend special schools and are educated under strict etiquette shaping their future roles. Pupils wear identical plain black dresses.
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Russia
Senate Censure of Tillman Pair Highlights Canal Debate
The article recounts a Senate censure of South Carolina Senators over a dispute involving Tillman and an assault incident. It notes minority protest by McComas, Tillman’s aggressive rhetoric, and a push to close the matter with a broad censure. It shifts to the Isthmian Canal issue, favoring the Nicaragua route and Hepburn bill prospects. Morgan supports the Nicaragua plan, while labor provisions and eight hour days are discussed for construction.
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South Carolina
McComas
Maryland
Tillman
Spain
Senate
Carrie Nation
Senate Committee On
Hepburn
Panama
Morgan
Nicaragua
House
Senate Passes Key Bills After Holiday Break
The Senate completed regular business after a holiday, approving three major measures. The Philippine tariff conference report moves toward the President’s signature, and a broad arid land reclamation bill creates a reclamation fund from public land sales to finance irrigation works across western states and territories. The Interior Secretary will conduct yearly surveys and report costs and begin work on the projects.
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Senate
Tillman-McLaurin
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Kansas
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
South Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Treasury
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Emma Black Weds C W Sandy at Chariton Farm Home
Miss Emma Black and C W Sandy of Sandyville married February 27 1902 at 8 pm in Chariton at the bride's parents home Rev B F Miller officiated in front of immediate relatives and a few friends. They departed for Sandyville to start life on his farm as Pandora club members sent best wishes.
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C. N. Black
North Main Street
Emma Black
C. W. Sandy
Sandyville
B.F. Miller
M. E. Church
Chariton
Sandy
Pandora Club
Marriage at M E Parsonage Feb 24 1902 Ottercreek Couple
The ceremony took place at the M. E. parsonage in this city on February 24, 1902, officiated by Rev. B. F. Miller. The couple, Mrs. M. J. Gray and Mr. Ira W. Sones, both from Ottercreek township, were wed.
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M. E. Parsonage
This City
B. F. Miller
M. J. Gray
Lra W. Sones
Ottercreek Township
The Pearl Tint Beads From Venice And The Bleak Fish
A New York Times piece recounts glass beads shaped like pears from Venice that gain pearl luster via crushed bleak fish scales. It notes the process, the pigment’s fragile coating, and the balance of trade with ongoing availability of bleak in the Adriatic.
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New York Times
Venice
Adriatic
Salvador Jacquin
Jacquin
Free To Good Boys A Stem Wind Timepiece Ad
An illustrated advertisement urges readers to write Times-Republican Marshalltown Iowa to learn how to obtain a stem wind open face watch. The copy promotes the watch as an excellent timekeeper and targets boys with a free offer.
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Times-Republican
Times
Republican
Marshalltown
Complex divorce laws permit multiple simultaneous marriages
Congressman R W Taylor argues in Harper's Weekly that through strategic avoidance of cross state recognition a man could legally maintain three wives across New York Pennsylvania and California while each state treated one marriage as valid and the others as void leaving inheritable dower rights split among three properties in three states.
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New York
Pennsylvania
California
Big Tree Transplanting From Hudson to Newport
A woman who owned a country house on the Hudson moved two full grown beech trees to Newport to remain near her new summer residence. The trees were lifted, loaded on scows, transported down the Hudson and through Long Island Sound, then replanted before her Newport home. The operation cost about $30,000 and is described as a possible long distance transplanting record.
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Studion
Newport
Hudson
New York
Long Island Sound
February Weather Report From Chariton Iowa 1902
February weather report from Chariton Iowa by Hon S H Mallory. Includes mean temperature 15.3 degrees, max 57 on Feb 26, min 11 on Feb 4, total precipitation 1.85 inches, snowfall 8.75 inches, 11 clear days, 10 partly cloudy, 7 cloudy, sleet on Feb 28, NW wind, barometer 27.86 lowest on record.
Churches Schedule and Sermon Series with Meetings
The Churches announce usual services next Sabbath and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 O clock. Choir practice follows prayer meeting and all are invited. Rev Munn begins a series on Characters of Old Testament Times with Enoch as the text last Sabbath evening. O Y P C U holds its regular business meeting before prayer meeting. The Normal class meets on Sabbath at 6 o clock p m.
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Munn
Enoch
Headache spells dampen appetite and cause dyspepsia
Irregular eating leads to dyspepsia as headaches strike. Take Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin to feel better regardless of these elements or habits. Sold by D Q Storie. Advertising rate for 1902 is ten cents per inch. see rate card in Patriot.
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Dr. Caldwell
D. Q. Storie
the Patriot
Empress Dyspeptic and Emperors Health Contrast
London Spectator describes the empress as dyspeptic and sleepless while the emperor appears healthier, noting the court's diet shifted from ducks and fish to occasional delicacies like swallow nests and shark fins. The dowager empress favors pastry as a patient and odd image of a nocturnal court.
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China
Peking
London Spectator
First National Bank Statement to the Comptroller February 25 1902
Statement shows assets totaling 1 093 687 58 with loans 575 045 70 and cash 417 854 56. Liabilities list capital 50 000 00 surplus and net profits 51 046 384 circulation 12 500 00 and total 979 541 24. Signed by H Mallonry president Crocker cashier Beem assistant. An advertisement for Chamberlain stomach and liver tablets promotes ease of taking and cleansing effects with sale by D Q Storie.
When a Lie Becomes a Duty in Hard Cases
A New York Journal excerpt argues truth is not absolute and lies can be virtuous when a good motive or saving lives demands it. The piece cites Galileo and everyday cases like doctors and caregivers to illustrate lying as sometimes necessary to protect others and preserve usefulness.
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Benjamin B. Andrews
Galilei
Angel
New York Journal
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Chariton Patriot
Klewis Publishing Company
E. H. Lewis
Evan Lewis
Imo
Lucas County
D. Lope
A.C. Curtin
Friends of Union Labor
Sandy Black
Sones- Gray
J. E. Lockwood
United Presbyterian
First National Bank
OF Chariton
U.S
U.S. Treasury
S. H. Mallonry
F. R. Crocker
W. P. Beem
Asst
Chamberlain
N. Jackson
Danville
Foley
Eikenberry & CO
Phoenix Mills
Chariton, Ta
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