Eighteenth General Assembly Moves on Iowa Bills
The Iowa Senate and House pass numerous measures from corporate incorporations to school funding. Key actions include legalizing Marysville trustees election, hospital and asylum appropriations, capitol sewer contracts, and various tax and bond provisions. Joint convention elects state institution trustees, adjourns sine die.
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Drs Moines
Committee On Judiciary
Pate
Board of Trustees
Marysville
Marion County
Capitol
Lawrence
House
Star Coal Company
Linn County
Harmon
Independence
Hedges
Nichols
Guthrie
Woolson
Arnold
Committee On Appropriations
Leave
Martin Hersey
Anamo 6A
Board of Capitol Commissioners
Des Moines
Dakota City
Humboldt County
Thrill
Mt. Pleasant
Itchelville
Reform School
Mitchellville
Judiciary Committee
Kimball
Committee On
Ways and Means
Boards of Supervisors
Harman
Madson
Shelly
Young
Board of Supervisors
Adams County
Corning
Congress
Nishnahotna River
17Th General Assembly
Sioux City
Agricultural College
Dubuque
Hill & Westevnera Street Railway Company
Independent School District
Fonda
Pocahontas County
Howard County
Alphonso Brooks
Notts’ Mexican Silver Mining
Webb
House of Representatives
State of
Iowa
State University
Fifth Congressional District
J. N. W. Rumle
W. O. Crosby
Horace Everett
Iowa Hospital For the Insane
J. Kulp
Davenport
D. A. Hurst
Oskaloosa
John Conaway
Poweshiek
Independence Asylum
Erastus G. Morgan
Ft. Dodge
J. C. McKinney
Winneshiek County
Jed Lake
Agricultural A Tenney
Cerro Gordo
Geo. H. Wright
Woot Deaf and Dumb Institute
Woodrow
Mills
B. Thrall
Wapello
Fred O’ Donnell
Normal School
C. C. Cory
Marion
Edward H. Thayer
Clinton
Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
Seth P. Bryant
Chas. C. Horton
Muscatine
C. M. Hollow
Iowa City
Wm. J. Moir
Eldora
Terrell
Dr. House
Fort Madison
Hartshorn
J. W. Bull
Ways and Means Committee
J. R. Sheldon
Bencoen R
Bencoen R. Sheldon
General Assembly
Frank Penney
Mitchell County
Carpenter
Mitchell
Worth Counties
Surprise
Supreme Court and Appeals
8Th General Assembly
College For the Blind
Samuel Green
A. C. Metcalf
Anamosa
Emmettsburg
Palo Alto
Mitchelville
Yoran
Acts of
Office of Register of the Land Office
Secretary of State
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
15Theneral Assembly
College For
Miller
Boone, Polk and Story
Company C
5Th Regiment
Office of Register of the State Land Office
C. N. Mullen
Black Hawk County
Monroe County
W. E. Miller
Campbell
State Library
Justices of the Peace
Adangt
Alford
Eighteentheneral Assembly
Iowa items of interest from official and local notes
Iowa report covers saloon license set at 400 dollars, deaths in Dubuque and Keokuk, fires destroying homes, drownings in Missouri and ice breaks, a jailhouse theft in Davenport, a bridge timber tar treatment order, a fatal rail track accident near Pacific City, and charitable collections for Ireland. Includes churchyard fire at Davenport and various court and public notices.
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C. L. Allen
Keokuk
Isaac Wilson
Missouri
Sioux City
Joseph Hansel
Marion
Glucose Works
Davenport
William Loesbe
Mechanicsville
Tom Moore
Pacific City
Mills County
Iowa
Ireland
Hennessy
Iowa Central Railroad
World News Roundup From Europe Across Nations
Abroad reports show strict measures against Nihilists with many arrests and commutations for political prisoners in Russia. In England, election maneuvering and the Home Rule split shake politics, while Gladstone campaigns in Midlothian and violent disputes erupt at a Lambeth Radical meeting. France suffers vine damage from cold. Ireland faces destitution in mountains and Scotland. Germany frees a jailed critic after perjury findings. Bulgaria receives arms from Russia. Turkey faces global protests over shielding an assassin. Diplomatic talks in London seek restraint with the Grand Vizier.
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Keiff
Russia
St. Petersburg
Tula Ones
Kharkoff
England
Lancashire
London Times
Parnell
Theodore Martin
Baltic
Zululand
Gladstone
Scotland
Midlothian
Radical Association
Lambeth
Henry Labouchere
The
Truth
France
Dr Bull's Baby Syrup Promoted for Teething Troubles
The ad claims universal endorsement by mothers for Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as the best remedy for teething pains, diarrhea, and summer complaints in children.
Payback of Old Irish Aid Noted in American Relief
A Toronto Mail item recalls that in 1676 Dublin sent a vessel to New England during Indian wars and famine. Boston distributed aid to 402 people, with 2,351 recipients across New England. The piece frames modern Irish relief efforts as paying off an ancient debt of gratitude.
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Toronto Mail
America
Ireland
New England
Dublin
Boston
Mark Twain Quip on Company Docking Worker for Lost Time
Twain recounts an incorporated society hiring a man to blast rock with a crow bar. An explosion hurled man and tool out of sight, then both reappeared and he resumed work. He was docked for lost time though he had been gone only fifteen minutes.
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Des Moines
Riverton
Henderson
Bull
Senate
Nichols
Benton
Hemmenway
Hemenway
Hedges
Chase
Linn
Arnold
Committee On Appropriations
Fort Madison
Russell
Greene
Larrabee
Woolson
Mark Twain
Spring Health Advice from Hop Bitters Ad
Workingmen urged to prepare for spring work with Hop Bitters to cleanse and strengthen the system to prevent ague biliousness or spring fever. The Burlington Hawkeye promotes a bottle now to save time sickness and expense this month.
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Burlington
Historic Cookery: Lemon Tarts and Pudding Recipes
A collection of kitchen formulas including Lemon Tarts with lemon egg and sugar, Dutch Pancakes with eggs milk flour and shortening, Family Pudding with apples and breadcrumbs, George's Pudding with raisins and suet, Pie Crust guidance, Breakfast Cakes with cornmeal, First-Class Baked Pudding, Economical Soup using stale bread and leftover vegetables.
Death by own action at Ridley and Latimer stake
The piece discusses Ridley and Latimer at their heresy execution and the use of powder bags meant to hasten death. It weighs whether the powder acting as suicide by one’s own action or as murder by friends was legally authorized, noting parallels to Socrates and historical penalties.
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Nicholas Ridley
Hugh Latimer
Latimer
Ridley
Socrates
Popular Science Monthly
New Parasol Styles Highlighted by New York Establishment
An exhibition in New York showcased seasonal parasols featuring twelve ribs instead of sixteen, red ribs with colored silk linings, and silks like sunset shades. Ivory ring closures replace elastic, and ball tassels ornament closures. Handles include carved wood, owl heads, and Japanese designs with painted china options.
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New York Evening Post
New York
Irish Girl Seeks Castor Oil For Brother Ill
A story from an apothecary recounts an Irish girl asking for castor oil to mix with a disguising flavour. She chose soda water with lemon, then discovered she had already taken the oil. She explains she wanted it for her ill brother.
Shadow Soup Folklore From Sunlit Hen Anecdote
A quirky remark explains how a boarding-house kitchen might brew chicken soup by hanging a hen to cast a shadow into a pot of salt and water. The caveat notes cloudy days yield weak broth.
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