Iowa News Items From The State Journal
Engineer Frank Stine of Marshalltown was killed May 26 when his engine struck a cow near Ollie. A laborer named Jones in Sioux City lost both legs after being run over by a switch engine. Sioux City & Northern Railroad work will start soon with Sioux City township approving 250000 dollars in aid. Avoca reports rapid local improvements with new blocks and homes. The Iowa State Firemen's Association tournament will be in Clinton on June 12 for three days. A post office opens at Brompton Monroe county with Nathan Jones postmaster. Postmasters appointed include Jas Fisher Mo ville Fred Shumaker Banair John B Lloyd Lake Mills Jas Blick Pittsburgh Thos Harty Summerset. Matt Crotty loses his leg and dies after a train incident in Elizabeth Illinois. Michael Stein, a Dubuque stonemason, dies from a rock fall in Dyersville. Prohibition spurred saloon relocations to Covington Nebraska and led to license cancellations in Sioux City. State Homeopathic Society adjourns in Iowa City choosing officers for next year. University saloon testimony by students discussed. John Springer of Iowa City Press questioned about a prohibition-ouster remark. Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern directors reelected at Cedar Rapids. Coal vein discovered at What Cheer top 140 feet underground. first vein at 106 feet. Samuel Crawford dies instantly in What Cheer due to a faulty shot. Richman Township Live Stock Association of Humeston files articles with capital 5000. State Board of Health notes C N W railway stock yards in Eagle Grove risk diphtheria. management reports nuisance abated.
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Nathan Jones
Iowa
Jas. W. Fisher
Moville
Fred Shumaker
Banair
John B. Lloyd
Lake Mills
Jas. Blick
Pittsburgh
Thos. Harty
Summerset
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Dubuque
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Transatlantic and Midwestern News Roundup This Week
Rev Lyman Abbott elected permanent pastor of Plymouth church Brooklyn. Missouri shooting doubles, Miller shoots wife then Morgan. both die. Kansas officer Goodell kills Black after threat. San Luis Valley farm suits reach 97 claimants by Dutch firm United States Freehold. Illinois Forestry Congress call for August Springfield. Castle Garden logs 3735 immigrants. J W Joyce elected third Bishop at Methodist Episcopal Conference. Fort Niobrara private Hollahon fatally shot. Curtis Nebraska murder of Anna Bryant by her father. husband fled. Belgrade plot thwarted to overturn king. Alsace Lorraine passport decree restricts French travelers. St Charles Michigan Mrs Wilman shoots husband then dies. Hancock monument erected by Maj Bigelow. PA Auditor General Col Norris dies. Mrs Sawyer of Wisconsin dies. Chicago barn fire suffocates 70 horses. two families saved. Dayton band leader Kreiger dies. Cincinnati peddler Maggie Wise killed. he shoots self. Ashland tragedy ends with razor self-harm.
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West Monroe Street
John Ferron
Sampson Stafford
Albert Kreiger
Dayton
Ohio
George Thomas
Cincinnati
Maggie Wise
Congress Debates River and Harbor Bill and Department of Agriculture
Senate reports river and harbor legislation and approves a House bill creating the Department of Agriculture, transferring the Weather Service from War to Agriculture. Amendments to a labor department bill are debated, with a conference on pension funding and a probe into fur seal fisheries in Alaska. House actions include post office funding and convict labor restrictions. Washington notes track of bills, adjournments, and pending measures through May 26.
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Maryland
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Boy Crushed by Freight Wheel in Moingona Amputation Follows
A Moingona boy named Benson was injured while attempting to board an incoming freight train and lost his right leg due to the wheels. In Sioux City, Mrs. J X Brands died in the morning of May 21 after residing there and in Chicago with her family for years.
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J. X. Brands
Sioux City
Newspaper Union
Chicago
Explosion at Hochelaga gas works in Montreal
A gasometer at Hochelaga gas works exploded between 8 and 8:30 AM. Twelve to twenty men were in the building. five bodies were found, later reports said four to six killed and several injured. The roof workers were blown fifty feet but unharmed. the structure lies in ruins with uncertain financial loss.
Destructive Cyclone Hits Argonia and Surrounding Texas Storms
A cyclone struck Argonia, four miles west of Wellington, damaging the Methodist church, Palace Hotel, and many shops and homes. No deaths but several injured. Separately, Sutpher Springs reports a destructive hail storm two miles east damaging crops and fruit trees. Brookston near Lamar county also hit with heavy damage but no fatalities. Corsicana endures one of the worst storms, with property losses exceeding twenty five thousand dollars and widespread tree damage.
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Palace
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Texas
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Lamar County
Corsicana
Southern Presbyterians confront evolution debate at assembly
In BaLidmore Maryland on May 25 the Southern Presbyterian general assembly heard Rev Strickland of Georgia argue against Dr Woodrow who faces trial for teaching evolution. The discourse centered on Adam’s direct creation not evolution. Woodrow defended his views asserting his teaching did not mislead students and kept many from infidelity.
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Southern Presbyterian General Assembly
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Georgia
Woodrow
Adam
Farmers and Taxation Tariff Debate in 19th Century America
A Puck excerpt argues farmers form the largest U S labor group and pay tariffs benefiting manufacturers. It criticizes political representatives for urban influence, notes the tariff harms farmers, and urges farmer-led reform to reduce taxation and protect domestic labor and industry.
Tariff Debate Highlights Scott Speech on Mills Bill
In the House Committee of the Whole the Mills tariff bill is reviewed. Representative Scott of Pennsylvania delivers a lengthy critique of the measure. He accuses it of being misbegotten and aimed at obstructing the Democratic Party while delaying justice.
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Republicans urged to nominate multiple favorite sons
The Northwest warning argues to keep Michigan in the Republican column by nominating its favorite son Gen Alger. It suggests pairing each state’s preferred candidate to secure electoral votes, with a plan for a straws and nickels tiebreaker if needed, and criticizes the party’s current demoralized state.
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Cheap Liquor or Cheap Clothing in New York Sun
The New York Sun attacks a proposed tariff strategy as a ploy to push a Republican platform that favors whisky industry relief over other sectors. It critiques a caucus plan to frame policy as a way to win in Africa and stresses the Union League program. It notes ladies hats will be lower in height this season but not in price.
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