Iowa House Faces Ill Speaker and Prohibition Split
Speaker Crisp is too ill to preside as the Iowa House faces a forked path on liquor policy. The Iowa World's Fair Commission seeks 339000 for an Iowa products display at the World’s Fair, likely to be trimmed in the bill. Des Moines Capital notes four Republican House members will skip the caucus and vote for high license and local option.
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Crisp
Iowa
Des Moines
Lafe Young
Iowa House
The Tribune The Coming Year for Fairfield and Jefferson County
A note encouraging readers to send The Tribune as a yearlong gift to friends in Fairfield and Jefferson County. The message promotes the paper as a link to the old home and an instrument of goodwill while highlighting the annual subscription price of one dollar fifty cents.
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Tribune
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Jim
Lodge writes on minority rights in Congress
The Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge contributed a four column essay to the New York Tribune on minority rights in Congress. He notes a shift from Democratic to Republican minority status, remarking the change alters the dynamic like a different color horse.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Henry Cabot Lodge
New York Tribune
Congress
Lodge
Capital sketches Prof Knoepfler for 1892 state post
The Des Moines Capital, edited by ex State Senator Young, prints a column sketch of Prof John B Knoepfler who becomes state superintendent in 1892. The Capital praises his steady honest rise from the farm to the state superintendency and pays a compliment to a political opponent.
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Davenport
Des Moines
Young
John B. Knoepfler
Kansas Governor appoints ex-Congressman Perkins to Senate
The Kansas governor selected Bishop W. Perkins to fill Senator Plumb's seat amid a tense Republican scramble. Perkins, fifty, has long public service claims, with a history of near-continuous office except for a brief thirty minutes in 1369. An alliance legislature existed, but the governor declined to convene it to elect a senator.
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Kansas
Bishop W. Perkins
Plumb
Perkins
Iowa’s $450 million soil bounty impresses nation and capital
The Iowa secretary of agriculture reports 1891 crop value at $449,897,605 with corn over $100 million and hogs about $20 million. The piece urges eastern manufacturers to study Iowa’s soil wealth and its potential effect on tariffs and industry, noting growth and beet sugar’s impact.
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Clinton
Secretary of Agriculture of
Iowa
Europe
Union
East
Lowa
Come to Lowa Invest in State Industries
The appeal urges Iowa residents to shift capital into local industries and agrarian tools, arguing farmers, who raise billions in soil products, should spend within the state. It calls for moving factories and workers to Iowa to reduce costs and bring producer and consumer closer together.
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Iown
Lowa
Iowa
Iowa Farmers Press for State Wide Macadamized Roads
Iowa newspapers unite in urging a legislative start on better highways. They call for a commission to study methods, costs, and timing, with macadamizing as the goal to connect markets and county seats, citing farmers’ finances and historic Roman road durability.
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Iowa
the Tribune
Mount Pleasant Prep
Des Moines Leader
Lowa
Henry
Henry County
Washington Press
Weather Year 1891 Record by W C Jones
The Tribune presents W C Jones weather year summary detailing monthly conditions across the latitude. It notes mild winter and spring, very good summer, and a generally favorable year with notable storms, droughts, and earthquakes worldwide, ending with Jones affirming reliability of the record.
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W. ©. Jones, Esq
the Tribune
W. C. Jones
Jones
United States
Iowa
Lowa
Salvador
Japan
California
Washington
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
Indiana
Ise
New York Legislature Democrats Secure Victory After Court Ruling
Democrats celebrate court decisions that give both houses a majority in New York. They plan to empower New York City, order a new state census, and redraw districts with emphasis on fairness. The win boosts prospects for next year’s presidential election as Governor Flower is inaugurated and Senator Hill moves to Washington.
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New York
Senate
Flower
David B. Hill
Washington
Clubbing List for Tribune Subscriptions
Subscribers to the Tribune can secure reduced rates on various publications. Offers include Tribune with State Leader 225 Tribune with St Louis Republic 225 Tribune with Louisville Courier 200 Tribune with Chicago Times 200 Tribune with Indianapolis Sentinel 200 Tribune with New York World 225 Tribune with Century Magazine 510 Tribune with Scribner's Magazine 415 Tribune with Ladies Home Journal }
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Tne Tribune
Tribune
State Leader
St. Louis Republic
Louisville Courier
Chicago
Ndianapolis Sentinel
New York World
Century Magazine
Tribune and Scribner’s Magazine
Tribune and Ladies
Bitter Ohio Senate Contest Between Sherman and Foraker
The Sherman versus Foraker race in Ohio has grown bitter with heated exchanges. Observers believe Sherman leads and will likely win the election.
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Sherman
Foraker
Ohio
Fairfield Nursery Offers Home Grown Nursery Stock
Fairfield Nursery run by W. Whitham 14 miles west of town sells home grown stock with orchard contracts and growing warrants. Evergreens hedge wind breaks and ornamental purposes offered at special low prices. Send orders early.
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Fairfield Nursery
W. Whitham
Iowa famine appeal urges immediate aid to Russia
The Iowa Russian Famine Relief Committee led by IL C Wheeler appeals to readers to ship corn and cash donations. Clara Barton of the American Red Cross will supervise distribution with Russian approval. Farmers urged to convert corn to cash for carload shipments as local counties form relief networks.
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Iowa
IL. C. Wheeler
Odebolt
Nvron A. Beeson
B.F. Lillinghast
Davenport
Russia
Clara Barton
American Red Cross Society
Lowa
Red Cross
Miss Barton
Boies
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Dava
Aone
South Side Square
The
Iowa Russian Famine Relief Committee
Rusk
Tolstoi
Riazan
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