Declamatory contest winners and Iowa incidents reported
The piece covers the tenth annual declamatory contest at Newton with winners Ida Fultz Mary Sherman and Lillian Wright and judges named. It lists many Iowa news items from April including a work accident deaths fires lawsuits strikes farm purchases and a child damages verdict.
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Iowa
Newton
Ida Fultz
East Des Moines
Mary Sherman
Grinnell
Lillian Wright
Louis Chambers
Cedar Rapids
F. M. Witter
Muscatine
W. A. McC
St. Paul
Kansas City
Maxon
Albrosky
Iowa City
Sioux City
Audubon County
O'Donnell
Audubon
W. A. Walkup
George W. Kidd
International Distillery
Des Moines
Trust
Week of fires and executions across the nation
A Chester prison shoe shop burned causing 75000 dollars in losses while convicts remained safe. Dunham hanged in Woodbury for murdering his mother in law. Pratt Kansas suffered another cyclone, with deaths and injuries. Fires hit Pig Nose and Delamater Iron Works causing heavy losses. Multiple hangings and deaths, including Jack Crow and Owen Hill. Various officials appointed and political moves noted across states.
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Chester
Ill
George McClellan Dunham
Woodbury
N. J
Kendle
Pratt
Kansas
Wm. Fisher
Pig Nose
New York Central Railroad
John B. Biscal
Leonard
R. B. Dixon
Potomac River
Jack Pratter
Grangeburg
N. C
Andrew Jackson
Papal Decree Condemns Plan of Campaign in Ireland
The Pope issues a decree condemning the plan of campaign in Ireland, stating its illegality. He also denounces boycotting but omits any reference to the National League. Nationalists in Parliament discuss next steps despite the Papal ruling. In France, deputies propose a resolution urging international law reform and arbitration between France and the United States.
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Ireland
Hig Holiness
National League
Chamber of Deputies
France
United States
Whisky and Cards End in Homicide near Des Moines River
Keokuk April 27 A drunken brawl at a drinking place near the Santa Fe Des Moines river bridge ended with William Harper a Belfast resident shot and killed by a man believed to be the pile driver engineer. Harper fired first missing his target. he was returned fire and died. No arrests yet.
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Keokuk
Santa Fe
Des Moines River
William Harper
Belfast
Harper
Schoolmaster Ads and Patent Cure Patter Parade
A curious 19th century ad imitates a schoolmaster calling for boys to prepare for college or professional posts. It mocks abbreviated notes and urges readers to write for a currie, while another line touts St. Jacobs Oil as a universal cure for rheas neu sciat lumbago with promises of permanent relief and no relapse.
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Neu
Sciat
Lumbag
St. Jacobs Oil
Eve
Des Moines Boom Spreads Through All Trades
Des Moines enjoys broad growth with increased merchant activity, factories hiring more workers yet behind on orders, and foreign capitalists visiting to invest. More manufacturing ventures are planned as the jobbing trade flourishes and confidence remains high across the business community.
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Des Moines
Interests of Western Importers Push Inland Entry Reform
Western importers seek to modify the immediate transportation act to aid inland importers. They want to extend the allowed time to inland entry from ten to thirty days, easing bond warehouse timing and invoice clearance. The push is led by Marshall Field & Co and supported by leading western importers.
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Washington
House of Marshal Field & Co
Mob takes Posey from jail fatally harms Black man in Birmingham
Birmingham dispatch reports Herbie Posey, a Black man detained for an alleged incident with a 16 year old white girl near Bessemer, was seized by masked men from a prison and killed. A card on his back read Our mothers wives and daughters must be protected. Posey’s brother faced a similar fate four years ago, only saved by state troops. Posey died pending trial.
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Birmingham
Ala
Herbie Posey
Bessemer
Posey
Rate War Clouds Gathering in Kansas City Packers Plan Freight Fight
Kansas City special reports a looming freight rate war between local packers and railroads. Packers claim Chicago rates and vow to contest them on that line. Mr. Cold cautions the situation is ongoing with action expected within a day or two as the case is prepared.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Mr. Cold
Doings in Congress Mills Tariff Bills in Committee of the Whole
The report covers House and Senate actions from April 23 to 28. It notes passage of the House bill banning book and pools bets on races in Washington and Georgetown, and actions on Indian land sales, international copyright, and pensions. Debates on the Mills tariff bill occupy the sessions, with speakers from multiple states addressing tariffs, labor, and protection.
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Senate
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Palmer
Kansas
Morrill
Mance
James Rickett
Anderson
Iowa
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Dunn
Arkansas
Alaska
Galveston
Cleveland
Dunham
Illinois
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Secretary of the Treasury
Springer
Brewer
Michigan
Ford
Goff
West Virginia
Landes
Kerr
Tarsney
Breckenridge
Kentucky
Pinkerton
Edgar Thompson Steel Works
Bayne
Red River
Voorhees
Republican Party
Hhe
Conference of American Nations
Public Works Bill Advances and Tariff Debate in Congress
Reports from Wasnixoton and Washington describe bills advancing for post office building grants in towns with three year receipts over 3000 dollars, and the Senate considering an animal industry bureau. House debates tariff measures, with McMillin and others speaking, a nighttime session rejected, and a quorum issue delaying action.
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Senate
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Paris Exposition Invitation Fund Set At 250000
The conference report on the House joint resolution accepting the French Republic invitation to the 1889 Paris exposition was agreed to and sets the appropriation at 250000. Senate debated railroad land forfeiture related to Michigan lands and the Lake Superior Canal Company before adjourning until Monday.
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House
Paris
Senate
Palmer
Michigan
Lake Superiorship Canal Company
Senate Passes Relief for Omaha Tribe and Land Purchasers
The Senate approved a relief bill for the Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska and to extend payment time for land purchasers. The House moved to the tariff bill's Committee of the Whole. Buchanan of New Jersey opposed, calling it a blow to many local industries and criticizing the bill’s provisions. Hemphill of South Carolina condemned the system as unjust and unrighteous.
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Nebraska
House
Buchanan
New Jersey
Hemphill
South Carolina
Much Married Delano Arrested for Bigamy in Illinois
John S Delano 75 and a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars is jailed in La Harpe after his seventh or eighth marriage surface. Wives live near prior marriage towns in Ohio Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois. Pension disputes and a living seventh wife trigger the bigamy charge.
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Cartnage
Ill
John
Delapo
la Harp
Matilda Pool
Norwich
Ohio
Maria Avery
Auburn
Iowa
Hannah L. Conrose
Boscobel
Wis
Ellen Battles
Clermont
Elizabeth Fritz
Mary Holmes
Delano
March Fields
Iron Hill
Jackson County
Union Pacific Annual Report Shows Earnings and Debt Shifts
The Union Pacific report notes slight impact from the inter State commerce act on local earnings, a net debt fall of $839,000, and equipment needs of $3 million. Gross earnings reached $19,546,088 with net $9,111,886. through business rose 47.82 percent and local coal trade rose 1.97 percent.
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Boston
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Oregon
Emperor Strengthens After Rest in Berlin Bulletin
Berlin bulletin dated April 27 reports the Emperor slept well and felt stronger in the morning. Queen Victoria arrived at Windsor Castle following her Berlin visit.
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Berlin
Queen Victoria
Windsor Castle
Tribune Job Printing Offered At Reasonable Rates
The Tribune announces prompt neat job printing of every description at reasonable rates from The Tribune Job Room.
Japanese seaweed paper proposed as glasslike parchment
A late Japanese invention is described as a method to make seaweed into a transparent paper as strong as parchment. A U S clergyman comments on Hades asserting no sulphur, echoed by an English divine who says there is neither smoke nor flame.
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Talmage
Hades
New Bottle Device Feeds Infants With Built-in Thermometer
A newly patented nursery device integrates a thermometer in the feeding bottle glass to measure food temperature accurately and keep it at the healthful standard.
Smaver's Impact on White Lead Manufacture
Smaver, a desirable metal, annoys white lead production by spoiling the finish color. Its presence causes darkening of silver salts when exposed to light, undermining the firnished product.
Morvan mix for frost resistant mortar in weather
A historical note describes a mortar recipe usable in various weather. It calls for one bushel of unstacked lime three bushels of sharp sand one pound alum and one pint linseed oil mixed thoroughly with hot mortar to counteract frost effects.
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Morvan Wade
Ice melting and cooling effect described
The cooling effect of ice rests on melting. A pound of ice absorbs heat as it melts, capable of cooling one pound of water from 174F to 32F or 142 pounds of water by one degree.
Vast Canal Network Irrigates Punjab Crops
In Punjab East India over 7 049 miles of canals irrigate 1 950 649 acres of land that would be waste. Crops include sugar cane rice cotton and wheat. In 1887 wheat covered 747 514 acres the district's record.
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Punjab
India
Dr Julius Pohlman Links Chewing to Dental Health
An eminent authority, Dr Julius Pohlman, says rapid tooth decay stems from insufficient chewing. He urges mothers and nurses to avoid soft foods for children and instead offer crusts of bread and other firm items demanding vigorous chewing before swallowing.
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Julius Pohlman
Man in Washington Territory Is Fooled by Eastbound Correspondence
A Washington Territory man advertised for a correspondent and got a reply from Wheeling. Intrigued, he traveled east to meet the supposed writer of the letters, only to learn they were written by a young man who had traveled about 2,000 miles on a fool's errand.
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Washington Territory
Wheeling
Electric cars on Fourth Avenue line promise horse power replacement
A car using electricity on the Jullien storage plan has run experimentally on New York’s Fourth Avenue line for months. Results are very favorable and ten more cars have been ordered, signaling a likely shift of this major travel artery to electric power.
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Fourth Avenue
New York
Palladium Watches Then and Now
Palladium, found by Pallard of Geneva, Switzerland, enters watchmaking as a metal of the platinum group. It is denser than steel but lighter than platinum and offers a magnetic resistance that prevents timekeeping variations caused by magnetic fields, making it a reliable substitute for steel in watches.
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Pallard
Geneva
Switzerland
First Known Silver Found in Volcanic Ash
A specimen collected on the Pacific coast near Ecuador 120 miles west of Cotopaxi, analyzed by Prof Mallet, shows ash from July 1885 with several inches deposit and a trace of silver likely as silver chloride. Experiments indicate silver at one part in eighty three thousand, marking a potential first identification of silver in volcanic ejecta.
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Pacific
Ecuador
Cotopaxi
Mallet
Rediscovered Cire Perdue Casting Method in France
The French revived the Cire Perdue process once used by Cellini. A wax model is enclosed in a sand matrix and heated to melt the wax, leaving a cavity for pouring metal. The method yields seamless statues, avoiding ridges and joints typical of sectional patterns, enabling works otherwise impossible to cast.
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France
Cellini
Sinking Shaft By Freezing Sand In Europe Technique
Europe uses artificial freezing to stabilize quicksand for shaft sinking. Large iron tubes place a freezing solution through smaller tubes to freeze sand several feet around them, hardening it for excavation like rock. It could solve difficulties in the Jake tunnel shaft and crib construction.
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Europe
Jake
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