Iowa Legislature Passes Multiple Appropriation Bills
Des Moines reports detail numerous appropriation measures passed by both houses, including funding for the state university, deaf and blind institutions, prisons, and various public works. Debates cover liquor penalties, suffrage postponements, and railway discrimination bills, with adjournments and votes recorded.
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Hospital For
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Riverside
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Milton
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Eddyville
Wapello County
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Hepburn
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Jackson County
Garrison
Benton County
O’brien County
Board of Supervisors
Osceola County
Ott
Elkhorn
Webster County
Kellerton
Ringgold County
Secretary of State
Schee
Institution For
Deaf and Dumb
Fish Commission
New Insane Hospital
Benedict Home
Craig
United States Circuit Court
Capitol
Harriet Ketchum
Ms. Pleasant
Senator Hutchison
National Institute
Madison
Wis
J.W. Maddy
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Supreme Court
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Watrous
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Aaker
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Widner
Wright
Wyland
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Leap Year in the Wilds of Dakota
A Fargo tale recounts a bold Dakota leap year proposal from a wealthy homesteader with claims across Goose River Dickey County and La Moure. The suitor confronts the narrator in a door scene, boasting wealth and endurance before a comic collapse and a vow to hire a man to field future proposals.
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Airy Baby Yet on an Afternoon Train
A Boston area train scene turns comic as a hapless young man, seated beside a blunt old farmer, recounts life events since school time and marriage. The farmer’s persistent curiosity culminates in the exultant question, Say, her ye ahy baby yet, prompting the young man to hurry off at his stop.
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Conscience Unprepossessing Old Bachelor Meets Child Suitor
A muted dialogue unfolds as a traditional bachelor questions marriage while Miss Mabel, a 12 year old, retorts about needing someone to look after him and cautions against leading him on with her remark. The exchange hints at social attitudes toward marriage and youth.
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Paris Green Handling Causes Severe Swelling Blindness
A young man mixing Paris Green to kill potato bugs rubbed sweat from his forehead and his face swelled, nearly blinding him for hours. An Ohio man returning from a hunting trip asks if he was nominated for any office.
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Indian tensions and land dispute fears dominate Washington news
Reports from Indian agencies warn of an imminent outbreak as boundaries and fences block homestead lands. News covers land grants, railroad settlements, pension bills, river projects, and political moves from Congress including suffrage reform, postal telegraph, and land dispute rulings.
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Arizona
Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Dyer
Tongue River
Black Wolf
Anderson
General Land Office
Geo. W. Fairfield
United States
Nebraska
House Committee On Appropriations
Senate
House Committee On Commerce
St. Louis
House Committee On Public Lands
Kansas
State of
Sumner
California
House Committee On
Postal Telegraph Company
Telegraph Company
Mackey & Co
Wm Pitt Kellogg
Wylie
Theovernment
Wm. Berr
Philadelpia
Idaho
Aaron Sargent
Germany
Russia
C. H. Spring
Grayville
Illinois
Aaron A. Sargenc
Wm Hunt
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Tee Delivuary
Post Office Department
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Atlantic
Pacific
Lake
Gulf
Mississippi River
House
Committee On Banking and Currency
Pacific National Bank
How to Keep Warm in the Prairie Homes
A traveler from the west describes a Russhun Mennonite fuel method. They build four-room houses with a central brick oven and a passage to the yard. Straw is burned daily in the furnace to heat all rooms, while corn stalks fuel cooking stoves for meals.
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No. The German Empire Population and Moral Reflection
A fragment discussing virtue and vice through contact and public stock of honest manly principle. It cites the German Empire population as 45,194,172 according to the last census.
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Cowboys on the frontier a tale of grit and tragedy
A 19th century reminiscence portrays cowboys as tough, skilled riders living rough on the Texas prairies. It recalls Gentleman Joe a college bred depictions, a Fort Worth shootout with Red McGuire, and a fatal near-mythic code amid love and betrayal.
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Smith & Wisson
John Adams
Adams
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Fort Worth
Jonathan Andrews
Joe
Red McGuire
McGuire
Bea
John
Banks Organized and Closed in 1880
A historical note reports that 59 national banks were organized in 1880, 11 passed into voluntary liquidation, and 3 failed, reflecting banking stability and consolidation of that year.
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