Iowa Senate and House conduct routine session notices
Des Moines reports the Iowa Senate and House conducting routine business Jan 28 to Feb 1. Bills introduced cover education, roads, courts, insurance, prisons, and state printing. References include temperance petitions, district boundaries, normal schools, and new trials. Senate adjourns after bills and a joint convention confirms Senator Allison's election.
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Wayne County
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Caldwell
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President approves Gen Ord remains removal bill to Washington
Washington action moves to honor Gen Ord by repatriating remains from Cuba. House claims committee to report on civilian officer pay dating from actual entry into service. Fraud reports emerge on postmasters with Lanier suspected of fleeing to South America. Senate panel advances labor and statistics measures and worker protection bills.
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Debates and bills in the 48th Congress Washington Jan 26 31
The House and Senate confront a crowded agenda with Peter Rockwell oath of office and Fitz John Porter bill debates. Wool duties and land grants, timber culture repeal, and dam improvements at Rock Island Arsenal feature among committee reports and resolutions with adjournments and funeral observances for Representative Mackey.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
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Theodore Wolseley
Committee On Appropriations
Rock Island Arsenal
Mackey
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West
Areddie Cameron
Wis
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Pratt
Western Union Company
New Mexico
Railroad Disaster At White River Bridge Broad Ripple
A south bound Indianapolis and Chicago Air Line train plunged through a White River truss bridge at Broad Ripple killing six and injuring many. The dead include engineer John Brewer Lafayette and baggagemaster J E Ricketts New Albany. bridge foreman T Parr Indianapolis. express messenger A T Smith Indianapolis. and others from Buena Vista and Westfield. The wreck, caused by a defective bridge rod thread, burned amid rescuers efforts as fire and smoke filled the mass of twisted cars.
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Broad Ripple
White River
Freman
John Brewer
Lafayette
Ricketts
New Albany
G. Lowry
Buena Vista
Ind
T. Parr
A. T. Smith
American Express
John Bray
Deming
Seman
Noblesville
Lyman Clark
Westfield
Joseph Claybough
Frankfort
A. T. Peddige
W. P. Hawk
W. T. Swigart
Carmel
Clark
George Lowery
J. E. Ricketts
Louisville
Smith
Parr
John Kay
Methods for Polishing Brass with Lacquer and Lacquered Finish
The text outlines three brass polishing methods. One uses alum soap wash and whiting to preserve natural color. another uses powdered sal ammoniac with bran and whitening. the third builds a saffron anatto and turmeric dye in alcohol, then seeds lac to create a lacquer coating. Heating is advised over a charcoal fire in all methods.
Burlington plans for Board of Trade building and county fairs
Burlington discusses erecting a Board of Trade building while nearby fairs proceed. Iowa towns schedule events from Sept to Oct and report fair proceeds, harvests, and civic improvements across counties, with multiple towns noting road, rail, and street concerns.
Deacon Blank Sparks Church Texts Selection Row
Widow Brown praises Deacon Blank as a church pillar while Miss Lily Turtle and Sister Harding doubt his influence. The deacon’s wife calls him a sham and a wet blanket at social events, as the ladies urge him to select texts. Curtain falls.
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Miss Lily Turtle
Harding
Miss Lily
Deacon
Germany Turns to Beet Root Culture With New Factories
The country launched ninety new beet root factories last year and as many more are under construction. Australia’s exports topped 220 million dollars while U S exports were about triple that. Bismarck faces American hogs with a pen mightier than the sword. Miss Martha Jellison, long a teacher, died in Ellsworth Maine at ninety three. Boston lights cost 237.36 each, gas lamps 34, electric lamp equals three and a half gas lamps, and the city spends about a half million yearly on illumination. The Woman Suffrage National convention was postponed to March 4 for a three day session. Washington ladies adopt titles in social programs, drawing criticism from society reporters. Petroleum trading roils New York exchanges with record petrolum sales totaling 4 249 520 000 barrels, a margin gamble. Mrs Mackey’s sapphire set is valued at 300 000, jewelry chest at 1 000 000. Dakota leads in public lands disposed of in 1883 with 6 689 595 acres sold. Nebraska Minnesota and Kansas follow.
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Agriculture and the
Mechanic Arts
Colorado
Florida
New York
Cornell University
Massachusetts
Agricultural College
Amherst
Institute of Technology
Boston
Maine
Colleges of Agriculture
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
United States For Education
Bce
Women and Citizenship Duties Spar Over Drinking Aid
Mrs. Mary Livermore argues women lack full civic education and would not neglect business to assist a drunken friend home. The Boston Post echoes the view as a staid comment on women’s public role.
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Boston “Post
Descriptive Upper Thames piece and assorted notes
Mr Joseph Hatton writes in Harper's Magazine February on the Upper Thames. Springfield uses sanded walks to prevent slips and suits. Japanese fish farming resembles French poultry care. Amanda Hall, from Dayton, Ohio, sent to the workhouse, linked to Pittsburg family fortunes. Dean Le Breton, Langtry’s father, resides in Jersey with a long retired life and a former marriage.
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Modern Shams Conflicts Highlighted By Emily Faithful
Miss Emily Faithful, in a lecture on Modern Shams, attacks money as society’s god and condemns social fakery. She argues that painted faces and chloral use diminish morality and laments hollow pretensions in women and men alike.
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evasive answers in a parish household tale
A comic exchange between a priest and Pat centers on avoiding callers. Pat plans evasive replies while the reverend seeks honesty. At supper Pat recounts a caller asking if anyone had visited and jokes about answering evasively with a humorous question about a grandmothers hoot owl.
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