Senate Passes Prohibitory Bill and Fits to Law
Des Moines reports the Senate passed the Kennedy prohibitory bill with a large majority and sent it to the House for enactment with governor approval. The session covered numerous bills on taxation, text books for schools, railroad regulations, and local incorporations as adjournment neared.
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Senate
Des Moines
Smith
Donnan
Barrett
Iowa
Committee On Fish and Game
Henderson
Fonda
John Cook
Clinton County
Harrison
Clayton
Hall
Russell
Aaker
Grant
Carpenter
Fordyce
Schee
Weaver
Merrell
General Assembly
Bolter
Pattee
Alfred Pleasanton
Owen
Indiana
Pleasanton
House
Cox
Barber Shop Hears Lady Hair Demand In Funhouse Visit
A West Madison Street barber shop became a scene of comic chaos as two women and a girl bartered for exclusive service. They inspected the barber’s work and quizzed him on prices and tools while one patron demanded careful cuts and a neat fringe.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago
Madison Street
Bessie
Beasie
Razor
He Said a Mule Had Big Ears and a Loud Claim
A boy recalls a circus mule no larger than a ten weeks calf and the crowd claiming the animal is stupid for its size. He ends with a father's harsh remark and a critique of a man needing whisky to whet his appetite.
Congress Debates Territorial Power and Navy Bills
The session reports memorials from New Mexico criticizing Clerk over territorial legislature elections. Bills on Wabash and Illinois river bridges and U S grounds at Springfield are advanced. The Senate discusses naval fraud, Chinese immigration, Yellowstone Park, and a prison reform plan, while House members push pension bills and a Mexican war survivor pension.
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WashingTon
West
Territorial Council of
New Mexico
Committee On Territories
Voorhees
Wabash
Illinois
Senate
United States
Springfield
Logan
Military Academy
House
Haskell
Kansas
Ingalls
Dawes
Cockrell
Moral
Plumb
End of Prank Rande Desperado Hangs Self in Joliet
Frank Rande alias Charles Scott, a noted desperado blamed for multiple killings in Indiana Illinois and Missouri, hanged himself in Joliet penitentiary after a long criminal career. He previously attacked Deputy Wardens on March 1 and was shot in the ear by Warden Garrison. His true name Charlies T. Scott. he had escaped from several prisons and endured a life of crime ending with suicide in his cell.
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CuricaGo
Frank Rande
Charles Scott
Charlies T. Scott
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Michigan City
Gilson
St. Elmo
St. Louis
Gillson
Chihhuahuan Women and Rainy June Town Life
The piece notes Chihuahua women as innocent of sidewalks while detailing June rain deluges and mud walls. It describes a girl balancing a heavy laundry basket wrapped in a towel, her graceful carry, and a lighthearted glance back at the observer amid daily chores and local humor.
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Chihuahua
Senora
Broom Vetting in Soap Suds Promised by Readers
A reader suggests weekly boiling soap suds to extend broom life and improve sweeping. The note advises hanging or invert drying when not in use to maintain bristle condition. The message appears amid Brotherhood of Locomotive En now members exceeding thirteen thousand.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive En
Diverse Iowa notices reflect births, votes, and local events
In Crawford county coal talks stir interest near Vail while Dubuque reports 652 births in the year ending Feb 28. Burlington and Ottumwa vote against a Superior Court. Cherokee and Fort Dodge complain of large dog populations. Harlan becomes a second class city. Miss Nelly Frazier studies law in Gravity. Edward W. Payne dies in Dayton March 5. Parsons College represented at Ames by W F Magill. Vinton townsfolk rumor oil finds. Carl Schurz to address Upper Mississippi Turn Bezirk at Burlington June 7. Le Mars raises 2114 85 for flood relief, with more to come. Grundy Center may spend 75,000 on buildings. Dio Gidley, Gettysburg gunner, lives in Malvern. Keokuk council orders saloon license collection from Keokuk Club. Iowa benefits from York Nursery Co. immigration rises in Sioux City. Davenport and Rock Island Bridge Co files for a 1,000,000 capital bridge. Cedar Rapids gets a new 40 by 140 roller rink with a ladies room, opening Feb 29. Enos Morris dies by self-inflicted gunshot in Oakland on Feb 20, shocking the community.
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Dubuque
Burlington
Ottumwa
Cherokee
Fort Dodge
Harlan
Shelby County
Nelly Frazier
Edward W. Payne
Payne
Ohio
Dayton
Vinton
Carl Schurz
Upper Mississippi Turn Bezirk
le Mars
Malvern
Dio Gidley
Keokuk
Keokuk Club
Iowa
York Nursery Co
State Register
Sioux City
Various Crime and Political Notices Across States
Reports from Ohio to Kansas detail a murder suicide in Huron with a suspect, a missing county treasurer in Ohio, a Kansas congressional election result with Funston over Riggs, a Chinese cigar workers strike and lockout in San Francisco, a Wells homicide in Missouri, and Emporia cattlemen tackling a malignant cattle plague with severe symptoms and high mortality.
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Francis J. Smith
Bayonne
N. J
M. O. van Fleet
Huron County
Ohio
van Fleet
Canada
Kansas
Dudley C. Haskell
E. H. Funston
Samuel A. Riggs
San Francisco
Windsor
B. H. Wells
John Wells
Emporia Kansas
Neosho Falls
Neosho
Battle reports from Trinkitat and tin discovery in North Carolina
Unofficial dispatches describe a daylong battle near Trinkitat with the British repelling rebels in an oblong square. Four English officers killed, nineteen wounded including Baker Pasha and Colonel Burnaby. British losses 10 dead and 40 wounded. rebels suffered about a thousand fatalities. Also notes a tin discovery at King's Mountain North Carolina and a lucrative US prospect for tin mines. A travel guide to Mexico and Guatemala by Appleton is highlighted, with endorsements from Gen. Grant and availability through Redhead Wellslacer & Co.
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Trinkitat
Beb
London Daily Telegraph
War Office
Gordon
Baker Pasha
Burnaby
Old Fort
Fort Baker
North Carolina
King’s Mountain
United States
Mexico
D. Appleton & Co
New York
Guatemala
Grant
Redhead, Wellslacer & Co
Des Moines
From Fields to Prices in Mobile County Acres Rise Sharp
Five years ago old fields near Mobile Alabama sold for little. Now prices range from twenty five to three hundred dollars per acre. The shift shows land speculation growth as rural areas gain value and opportunity.
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Mobile
Ala
New Oven Tech Revolutionizes Factory Emissions and Output
Reports claim a new oven allows factories to avoid tall chimneys while boosting byproduct gains from slack coal. It promises coke tar and ammonia value outweighs wear, plus 14 000 feet of gas for steam. Also notes Cheyenne ranch sale and Syracuse school board crime education concerns.
What He Said Saturnay Studio Conversation Joke
A humorous vignette shows Mr Frith testing a young model with a chain of questions about sitting to various people. The girl lists Mr Cope and Mr Horseley and Mr Whistler, ending with her reply that she had been sitting to him, prompting a punchline.
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Frith
Cope
Mr. Horseley
Horseley
Poets Teach the Working Man to See Life Brightly
A worker recounts how poetry transformed his life from dull drudgery to hopeful insight. Reading Burns Byron and Scott on a garret night sparked nature’s beauty, expanded horizons, and sparked empathy for others. Poetry, he argues, enriches daily life and moral vision.
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Tweed
Burns
Byron
Scott
Graham
Pollock
Chillon
Hardee
Isles of
Eden
Far East
England
Stopping a Liar with an Ax Helge
An Austin colored worker Jake is rebuked by Colonel Allspice for poor punctuality. He falsely claims family illness. The employer accuses and dismisses him after an axe is used in a confrontation, ending their business relation.
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Austin
Jake
Colonel Allspice
Allspice
Overwork blamed as cause of deaths and fatigue
The piece notes rising deaths from overwork and lightning strikes, mocks workers who toil relentlessly and party afterward, and warns that many die or break down. It urges self derived wisdom from experience and hints at wives inscribing tombstones with died of overwork.
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Babb
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Webster County
Culbertson
Green
Kennedy
Fifteenth General Assembly
Killen
Lyons
McVay
Rockwell
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O’brien
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Chubb
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Eastman
Gault
Gillett
Glass
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Kamrar
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Payneer
Robinson
Stephens
Ludlow
Sutton
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Whaley
Wilkin
Bayless
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Johnson
Robert
Whiting
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Committee On Schools
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Iowa City
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15Th
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Yellowstone Park
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Pendleton
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Blanchard
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Mississippi River
Lewis
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Committee On Judiciary
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Bureau of Steam Engineering
Wilson
Butler
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South Pass
Albert Hemery
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Mare Island Navy Yard
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Crawford County
W. F. Magill
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Mitchell, D. T
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Dakota
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Monmouth
Frenry V
Giovanni
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Leo X
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Lero
Wyoming Territory
Swan Land and Cattle Company
Wyoming
Board of Education
Syracuse
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