World News Digest of Congressional Delegations and High Politics
A sweeping update covers consular reports from Managua on American residents fearing for safety. Paris damages against Harold Vanderbilt. the Duke of Abruzzi’s Himalayan ascent and upcoming Rome lecture. Berlin’s seizure of promissory notes tied to Braganza and Vanderbilt. and the Pourquoi Pas Antarctic voyage with scurvy cases. It notes cabinet appointments in London, Matagalpa siege updates, dirigible cross Atlantic plans, and political maneuvering in Congress. It also reports notable deaths, court rulings, and major legislative actions including the rivers and harbors bill and the Ceson removal law.
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Olivares
Managua
State Department
United States
Matagalpa
Nicaragua
Harold Vanderbilt
New York
Tribunal of
Vanderbilt
Valence
Duke of
Abruzzi
Turin
Himalayas
Rome
Berlin
Prince Frances Joseph
Braganza
Frederick Vanderbilt
Leslie Clark
London
Jean M. Charcot
Punta Arenas
Chile
South Pole
Home Department
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
Sydney Buxton
Duchy of Lancaster
J. A. Pease
Herbert Louis Samuel
Merryland: A Delaware County Farm Master of Holsteins
Captain J. F. Merry, a migration agent for major railroad lines, developed Merryland into a 250 acre Iowa farm near Manchester. The estate features extensive barns, silos, hog houses, granary with repair shop, drainage tiling, multiple wells, and two windmills. E. E. Bartlett manages stock. Merry believes Holstein cows and Duroc Jersey hogs offer best returns. he values land at far above current bids and will not sell at modest prices.
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J. F. Merry
Illinois Central
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Manchester
Iowa
Delaware County
John Stewart
United States
Merry
Kows
Merryland
Jersey
McKay Brothers
Buckingham
Merryland Now
E. E. Bartlett
Capt. Merry
Mr. Bartlett
Pension Bill Advances and Political Intrigue Across States
The pension bill of 155,674,099 dollars moves from appropriations to the house. Insurgents report Taft overruled Hitchock to appoint True at Oskaloosa Iowa. Mrs. Russell Sage travels the south dispersing hundreds of thousands. Springfield plans to break the Mississippi deadlock. James R. Kaye, ex Presbyterian pastor, sentenced to six months in Peoria. Governor Shallenberger seeks re election. Burkett introduces grub stake homestead bill. Widows of Civil War veterans press for pensions. Emigrant equipment demand rises along gulf railroads. Aging ex-Congressman Mills Gardner dies in Ohio. Incian Angan, killer of Prince Ito, sentenced to death. Vice President Sherman cites Grant memorial to urge civil war veteran status. John L. Sullivan marries Katharine Hartnett. Louis Wolfley wounded by an electric car in Los Angeles. Joseph A. Graham dies in Salisbury. Speaker Cannon delivers a prophetic warning to the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Committee On Appropriations
Taft
Hitchcock
Postmaster True
Oskaloosa
Russel Sage
South
Mississippi
Springfield
James R. Kaye
Lincoln
Ill
Peoria
Shallenberger
Nebraska
Burkett
Gulf Coast
Washington Court House
Mills Gardner
Ohio
Incian Angan
Prince Ito
Korea
Harbin
Sherman
Senate
Grant
Brooklyn
Fred Grant
John L. Sullivan
Katharine Hartnett
Louis Wolfley
Arizona
Los Angeles
Joseph A. Graham
Salisbury
West
Cannon
Washington advances harbor project and pensions bill in Senate
The rivers and harbors appropriation proposes 550000 upfront and 7000000 as needed, with 10000000 additional city match for Jamaica Bay. A pensions bill for Civil War widows married since 1890 moves in Senate. West Point hazing bill passes Senate. veterans home managers re-elected. homestead residence rules extended to May 15 by Interior Department.
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Jamaica Bay
Nebraska
Iowa
Dakotas
Montana
House
Senate
West Point Military Academy
House Committee On Military Affairs
Home For
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Henry E. Palmer
John M
Charles Adair Dies at Osawatomie in Kansas
Personal notice states Charles Adair aged 47 nephew of John Brown died in Osawatomie Kansas born in Ohio. Other items note Taft urging purging of New York GOP, Omaha Mayor Dahlman and W. J. Bryan parting ways, Indianapolis Sun sold to Rudolph Leeds of Richmond, and the Arkansas railroad commission regulation validity.
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Charles Adair
John Brown
Osawatomie
Kas
Ohio
Taft
New York State
Dahlman
Omaha
W. J. Bryan
Indianapolis Sun
Rudolph Leeds
Richmond
W. B. Leeds
South America
Railroad Commission of Arkansas
Rabies Cases Drop in Iowa Parish Report
The quarterly report by Dr. Henry Albert, Iowa state bacteriologist, shows hydrophobia on the decline with only three patients treated for rabies, the minimum record on file.
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Iowa
Henry Albert
Ida County Auditor Reports Galling County Government Costs
The County Auditor reports to the supervisors that Ida county spent 51 912 to run its government last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Ida County
New Hall of Law Dedication in Iowa City With Dignitaries
A snowbound procession led by President MacLean of the state university and Dean Kirchwey of Columbia's law college attended the dedication of the new hall of law in Iowa City. President Trewin presented keys to MacLean who then handed them to Dean Gregory. The convocation featured Dean Kirchwey and remarks from state officials and prominent alumni.
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Trewin
MacLean
Dean Gregory
Iowa City
Mumma
The
State University
George W. Kirchwey
College of Law
Columbia University
University
Hall of Law
Charles N. Gregory
Natural Science Auditorium
Kirchwey
C. A. Finkbine
Des Moines
Jackson
James G. Berryhill
Carroll Wright
J. B. Weaver, Jr
W. O. Finkbine
S. G. van Auken
Carroll
W. D. Proudfoot
J. G. Berryhill
Frank D. Jackson
Charlie Powell
George Cosson
Robert Bannister
John T. Riggs
Awakens After Long Sleep In Des Moines Case
Miss Ruth Hurley daughter of Mrs A E Hurley 1125 West Nineteenth street awoke after a week in a comatose state from a convulsion brought on by nervous tension Doctors report her condition much improved and she has begun to recognize family and take nourishment again
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Des Moines
Ruth Hurley
A. E., Hurley
West Nineteenth Street
Thief Robs Mail Sack at Rock Island Depot
A daring robbery at Des Moines Rock Island depot saw a mail sack stolen from a mail truck on the platform by an unknown thief who fled. The sack surfaced later in an alley at Eleventh and Market streets found by Charles Keasy on his way to work. Detectives are pursuing the case. post office authorities report no missing mail.
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Des Moines
United States
Rock Island
Eleventh and Market Streets
Charles Keasy
Post Office
Jackson Deadlock Chooses Percy for U.S. Senate
In Jackson on February 28 Leroy Percy of Greenville, noted lawyer and planter, was selected by a joint Democratic caucus as Mississippi’s U.S. senator to fill the remainder of A. J. McLaurin’s term. He won by a five vote margin over former Governor James K. Vardaman. the nomination is effectively the election and will be executed today.
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Jackson
Miss
L Leroy Percy
Greenville
United States
Mississippi
A. J. McLaurin
James K. Vardaman
Wreck Kills Fireman in Waterloo Yard Collision
In Waterloo Iowa on February 23 Clyde Scott a fireman was killed instantly and Fred Campbell an engineer was seriously injured when an eastbound Chicago Great Western extra passenger train collided head on with a switch engine in the yards Both men lived in Des Moines No passengers were hurt
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Great Western
Waterloo
Clyde Scott
Fred Campbell
Chicago Great Western
Des Moines
Pasengers
Weaver to Speak on Divine Healing in Council Bluffs
Gen. James B. Weaver will deliver four addresses in Council Bluffs during the first week of March on divine healing. He is invited by the city’s Ministerial association to speak in Colfax and other venues.
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Weaver
Colfax
James B. Weaver
Council Bluffs
Seed Corn Prices Set Record in Clear Lake Sale
Cerro Gordo county records seed corn price as eight bushels sold for 11.50 dollars per bushel at a Clear Lake sale conducted by Will Watts and W. Z. Dutton on February 23.
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Mason City
Cerro Gordo
Clear Lake
Will Watts
W. Z. Dutton
Fought to Retain Formula Which Has Made a Fortune
L T Cooper promotes Cooper's New Discovery claiming it cures stomach trouble and health issues. He cites a lawsuit win and nationwide adoption, with testimonials including Emma Stanley of Chicago praising relief after four bottles. Sold by all druggists with mail options through The Cooper Medicine Co Dayton Ohio.
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L. T. Cooper
Mr. Cooper
Cooper
Cooper Medicine Company
Emma Stanley
Chicago
Washington Boulevard
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton
Ohio
A Thought Reader Senator Sorghum Explores Telepathy
In a brief exchange, Senator Sorghum reveals his aim to study telepathy to learn people’s thoughts and reveal them first, arguing a reliable system would greatly ease his investigative labors.
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Senator Sorghum
Rheumatism Cured In a Day by Dr Detchon
Dr Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism promises radical cures in 1 to 3 days. The remedy claims to remove the disease cause and bring quick relief. First dose greatly benefits and druggists carry the product.
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Detchon
Doctor No Cite Sparks Tense Exchange
Dialogue fragment shows a wary warning from a doctor about cigars and a taunt that the father owes a bill. The line hints at a noir style standoff and unresolved debt with a hard edged exchange.
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Sonny
Four Years of Misery Cured by Pinkham Plant Compound
A Baltimore woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing four years of irregularities nervousness and digestive distress after other remedies failed. The ad touts the remedy as the most successful for female complaints and offers free guidance to readers who write Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Baltimore
W. 8S
Ford
W. Franklin St
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Fairfield Journal
Congress
Washington
Teneriffe
Atlantic
Joseph Brucker
Shack
A. Mesner
Hayes
National Editorial Association
New Orleans
Cartago
Panama
Paris Figaro
Fallieres
Elysee Palace
Roosevelt
Erwin S. Jewett
Missouri Pacific Railway
Kansas City
Anna Christian Spreckles
Claus Spreckles
San Francisco
Fairbanks
Ambassador Hill
Iowa Surpreme Court of
Hyde
Representative Lovering
Massachusetts
Marsh
New York Cotton Exchange
General Chanzy
Minorca
Supreme Court of Kansas
Wyandotte County
New Hall OF Law
Iowa State University
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