New Year Reorganization Proposal Sparks Calendar Debate
A 1900 calendar reform proposal suggests dividing the year into ten months of 36 or 29 days, arguing novelty and utility but facing sentimental and legal hurdles. The text notes moon cycles and weekly dates would realign, complicating birthdays, notes, and public dates, while praising novelty yet fearing strong objections. Also recounted is Beecher’s Plymouth Church slave sale scene, vividly recalled by Mrs. Beecher in a Christmas Ladies Home Journal piece, describing the dramatic platform display and the frenzied audience.
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Ain
Alehangl Ie
Secoher
Cnet Duivre
Fleary
Buercher
Plymouth’ Church
Brooklyn
Sarah
Mr. Beecher
Ula
Beecher
Mrs. Beecher
West Union Votes to Enforce Snow Abatement Policy
The council unanimously decides to enforce a snow abatement rule, threatening fines and property charges if owners neglect removal. Officials say the move, if adopted townwide, could benefit neighboring communities and improve streets and sidewalks.
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Ie West
Union City
Alten
Ayr West Union
Western paper misreads town event term in edit
A Western newspaper compositor mistyped a local event description, confusing "general debts" with "general deubts" during the typesetting pass. The garbled line implied a sharp transformation in the event or its impact, highlighting how errors can distort local reporting.
Advertising's impact on Charles City shops tested
A local newspaper discusses Subelowitz and Sabelowitz firms in Charles City. One firm stops advertising and closes. rivals advertising thrive. The piece notes rival persistence and warns against abandoning ads. It mentions changes at a creamery in Bort Atkins on and plans to resume butter production.
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Charles City
Swbakiwite
Subelowitz Bros
Cheney
Firo
Tol B
Subutowita Reuxined
Sabelavity
Subelowitz
Charlex City
G Jess
Lesa
Dems
Sabelowith
Chat Wentiowan
Usis
Eilkuder
Bort
Atkinson
State Board Reports Show Iowa City Death Rates
The State board of health reports Des Moines deaths for 1806 at 7.6 per thousand and Ottumwa at 12.7. Dr Kennedy argues abolishing slate from public schools would curb the spread of diphtheria, noting saliva as the disease vector and advocating substitutes to reduce contagion.
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State Board of Health
Iowa
Des Moines
Ottumwa
de Kennedy
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Kennedy
Notice of Guardianship and Liability Claim
Notice states Delbert S Manny is granted time until age twenty two from now. The signer refuses liability for debts contracted by him and disclaims claims on his assets. Dated 1508 Navy. Mann. Elgin Town. A ten year old boy in Dubuque attempted to sell a dynamite cartridge with a hatchet. the explosion injured two friends and caused a death.
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Delbert S. Manny
Hin
Navy
Mann
Elgin Town
Dubuque
Bank Receiver Named for Deceraly First National
Telegraph to Gen Stone from Coupe Relels states that Wing by Dent, former president of the First National Bank of Le Mats, has been appointed receiver of the First National Bank of Deceraly.
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Coupe “Trotter Relels
Wing By Dent
First National Bank of
le Mats
First National Bank of Deceraly
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