Local Iowa banks and flood of capitalists in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs report notes the formation of a new savings bank with $500000 capital, largely funded by wealthy farmers. John Bennett to be cashier and C B Waite to serve as president. The bank will offer exclusive non commercial savings and operate from a Broadway building.
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C. B. Waite
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Audubon
Josephson
Arensdorf
Haddock
Sioux City
Orange City
Creston Water and Light Company
Creston
Washington
Hawley
Secretary of the Interior
Manderson
Secretary of War
Omaha
Conract Bluffs
Mississippi River
Burlington
Iowa
Iowa Inaugural Address on Railways and Reform
Larrabee’s Iowa address treats railway transportation, free ballot integrity, immigration, postal telegraph, and state reform. He urges protection for American labor, caps on railroad rates, and stronger public control, calling for legislative zeal and ethical governance.
Severe cold and snow delay Dubuque rail traffic
At Dubuque Iowa on January 13 the thermometer dropped from near freezing to 15 below at morning and 10 below by noon. No trains arrived or departed east or west, river road traffic was delayed, and heavy snowfall yesterday blocked northern Iowa roads.
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Mason City
James Allen
Chas
Calmar
Burlington Road
Milwaukee
Cedar Falls
Minnesota
United States
Dubuque
Sioux City
Iowa
Union Pacific
Council Bluffs
James J. Garard
Southwestern Iowa Fireman's Association
Willisea
Lee
Red Oak
E. C. Gibbs
Villisca
B. F. Fast
F. H. Lee
F. F. Scranton
Corning
Creston
Grand Lodge of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Columbus Bridge
Lansing
Ife
Towa
Train Robbery Attempt Near Missouri City Foiled
A Wabash Western train bound eastward was halted near Cooley's Lake two miles east of Missouri City when three masked robbers blocked the track. A volley from the engine killed or scattered the gang, with posse pursuit and reports later indicating the gang, including a former James gang member, were captured or killed. The train reached Lexington Junction fifty minutes late.
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St Louis
Missouri City
Kansas City
Lexington Junction
Lexington
Cooley's Lakes
Cooley's Lake
Treasurer Indicted Over Loan Embezzlement Case
The grand jury indicted ex-Treasurer J. P. Hill for embezzlement with an estimated defalcation of about $19,000. Bail set at $5,000, not yet posted, with bondsmen responsible for the full amount. county expectation that losses will be avoided.
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J. P. Hill
Wilson Elected U S Senator in Joint Legislature Vote
In Des Moines the legislature elects James F. Wilson to a six year term as United States Senator beginning March 4, 1789. The vote totals showed Wilson leading in both Senate and House ballots amid protests and concurrent resolutions.
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Weber
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Webr
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Clarinda
Price
Gatch
Railroad Commission
Hutchison
Garlock
Harsh
Barnett
Schmidt
Dodge
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Geo. W. McNutt
D. P. Andrews
R. N. Dahlberg
Berryhill
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Hotchkise
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Daniel Campbell
Judge Reed
J. A. T. Hull
Atso
Hall
Chassel
Journal of the Senate
Balter
House of
J. R Reed
Hull
Committee On Appropriations
Theodore Sedgwick
Joseph B. Varnum
N. P. Banks
Massachusetts
Long
Randall
Breckenridge
Kentucky
Congressional Bills and Resolutions Sweep Senate Practice
Senate action covers Des Moines river land settlers relief, harbor bureau creation, Jacksonville exhibition funds, Chicago warehous e appraiser, and printing reforms. House debates currency notes and direct tax revival while funding agricultural stations and pension bills proceed. Washington reports detail bridge queries Omaha Council Bluffs and Melborne expo invitation approval.
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Evarts
Des Moines
Iowa
Cullom
War Department
Corps
United States Civil Engineers
Call
Jacksonvile
Fla
Farwell
Chicago
Fair
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington Territory grants ballot to women in January bill
From dispatches come reports of a broad week with women gaining the vote in Washington Territory on January 18. Also noted are labor boycott calls in New York, a $30,000 swindle case in Norristown, Illinois, and multiple murder and accident items across the country.
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New York
Kansas City
Maud McDonald
Maud Wolsey
Jennie Tracey
Victoria
San Juan Island
James Edward Nowlin
Somerville
Cambridge Mass
George A. Codman
Burlington Retaliates Over Grain Rate Cuts
Chicago dispatch notes that the Chicago Burlington & Quincy plans a 5 cent per 100 move to curb grain traffic from southwestern Missouri into Nebraska. It would also set a 15 cent rate from Council Bluffs to Chicago if needed. Officials doubt widespread rate cuts. The Wisconsin Central pursues palace cars with cheaper rates, and St. Paul and Burlington plan parallel actions in the northwest and southwest.
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Chicago Dispatch
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Company
Missouri
Nebraska
St. Joseph
Council Bluffs
Chicago
Wisconsin Central
St. Paul
Four Thousand Workmen Drowned in Hoang Ho Floods
At Suanaual on January 19, about 4 090 laborers under several mandarins were breaking a Hoang Ho breakwater when a sudden flood swept them away. Only a small number escaped.
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Suanaual
Hoang Ho
Foreign Intelligence Dispatches From January Observed
Reports from Mexico to Europe note 4000 workers drowned while building a Hoang He breakwater amid floods. Pueblo protests killings of Free Masons by clericals in Diaz era Mexico. German frontier troops move as typhus rises. Doubno and Rovno fortified. Canon O Mahoney arrest plots and Catholic constables in Cork advised. Queen plans continent trip after Parliament opens. Strasbourg arrests reveal spy Dietz and Streisgut money link to Alsatian rail lines.
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Diaz
Berlin
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Rovno
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Canon O'Mahoney
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Cork
Karl Stremguth
Stratsburg
Dietz
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