Grain Relief Commission Named by Governor Drake
Derke was named to lead the effort to secure grain provisions for Padin's destitute. On February 22 Governor Drake appointed a head to coordinate relief efforts and transport. The commission includes Conger, Godfrey, Sherman, Hiurvey, and McGareagh, based in Des Moines. They report 800 famine deaths daily and are arranging free railroad transport and shipments to aid eastern states. shipments may be carried at no cost to seaboard recipients.
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Mov Padii
Drake
Kool Depera
Tadia
Iel Conger
GL 1
Godfrey
Hovi Sherman
Deon A. Hiurvey
J.D. McGareagh
Des Moines
Geetad
Conger Abdemin Wid
Pharvey
Seaboard
Consecration of Lenihan as Wyoming Bishop Amid Ceremony
Very Rev Thomas M Lenihan of Fort Dodge was consecrated Bishop of Wyoming in a vast ceremony at the Dubuque Cathedral. Bishops archbishops and hundreds attended from the west as Lenihan received the insignia a jeweled cross and gold chain valued at 500 gifts from Fort Dodge. He previously served as rector and pastor in Decorah and Ort Dolor before his elevation.
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Thos
M. Lenihan
Bort Dolpe
Wis
Weyeminga Civique
Dubuque Cuhedral
West
B.C. Lenihan
Bodine
Capel
Cho
Praat Cutrely
Fort Dodge
Mrs
Milo
Bishop Lenihan
Lenihan
Lenian
M.A. Burke
St. Joseph
Bardstown
Cape Girardeau
St. Francis Cotlege
Milwaukee
Turbulent oil trade and college bath scandal headline
A volatile coal oil dispute unfolds between grocers and the Sundar OH Company over substandard accommodations, while Pennsy lyase secures preference for a year amid long standing trade. Simpson College club scene ends with a humorous but forceful cleansing. Sioux City burglary yields cash and notes after a gunfight. Mrs. Susan Russell, 81, noted as Iowa’s first woman teacher at Fort Des Moines in 1888.
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Cireles
Turlington
Everad
Grocers
Chataftyy
Sundar OH Company
Pennsy Lyase Company
Birlington
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania
Stancdiare
Qraide
Yowa
Susan Russell
Jefferson
Island
Iowa
Old Fort Des Motes
Burlington
Judge Porter Stricken in Marshalltown
Prominent Marshalltown figure Judge Porter Porter is reported stricken Thursday morning while at Connadd Blots. An elderly man, he was resuscitated and moved to his room where a physician summoned a nurse. After several hours he was returned home under nurse care as doctors warned his condition remained serious though not critical.
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Porghirs
Sioux City
Gilbert, St. Peter and Louis
St. Onge
St. Dogo
Jundge Porter
John Porter
Marshalltown
Des Moines Bank Reopens Plan To Convert Deposits To Stock
The doors of the German Savings Bank of Des Moines opened Tuesday as depositors signed contracts to exchange part of their certificates for stock and the rest for time certificates in six nine twelve and fifteen month terms. Stockholders will receive 60000 dollars in new stock with cash payment, while depositors will contribute similar funds from their deposits, extending balances to complete the plan. If completed, the bank will reopen shortly.
Iowa Implement Dealers Organize at Chartes City
The Northern Iowa Retail Implement and Woelitele Association has formed in Chartes City uniting dealers from thirty five counties. They plan to raise profitability of farm machinery amid unprofitable sales. Officers elected include C. C. Fell of Charles City as president, John Dumbalton of Mason City as secretary, J. S. Ferrington of Iana Falls, and J. Q. Brown of Estherville as treasurers.
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Iowa
Iana Falls
J. Q. Brown
Estherville
Itreators
Assaults In Dyersville Split Rival Political Circles
Soxe Mayor Geherig assaulted by Attorney J. Bo Utt and allies in Dyersville street clash amid political rivalries in local banking circles. A revolver was found at the scene.
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Soxe
Geherig
J. Bo Utt
Dyersville
Ott
Cehoral
Stow
Eimbe Ache
Alt
Notable Iowa Deaths and Local News Briefs
MG Barnhiser dies after accidental carbonic injection at his Oskaloosa home. Caroline Dawes, former Nebraska Governor W. J. Dawes’s mother, dies at her daughter's home in Otumwa aged eighty. Preston Biglow injured when his horse fell and crushed his leg near Atlantic. Des Moines schoolchildren raise about 800 for the Town Home for the Aged on Washington’s birthday. Two youths confess to breaking into J Tang’s store in Spilvite Friday night. Lewis Garner, father of Rep. J A Garner of Mahaska County, dies at New Sharon aged about 80. John TV sues Miss Tiana Rimes for 10,000 over breach of promise in Davis County.
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J. A. Garner
Lewis Garner
J.a.garner
Mahayka County
New Sharon
Tie
Iowa
John TV
Davis County
Taina Rimes
South Ottumwa
Low-A Legislature probes state funds and tax shifts anger lawmakers
Senator Carney introduces a Senate resolution to form a committee to audit state institutions and verify fund use, while a concurrent measure asks railway regulators to urge lower corn ship rates to Chicago and southern markets for ninety days. The Ways and Means panel backs a tax on real estate loans only, and Carroll Slealy Craig Benson named to the committee. Other actions include beet sugar resolution, notarial fee hike proposed, and a tense vote on the Appleton code printing. The House weighs county office pay, sheriff duties, and liquor legislation under the mulet act, with women protesters and a Supreme Court reporter appointment measure advancing. The Seattle Soldiers’ Home bill and attorney general salary raise gain passage. The week closes with a Bell Telephone stock surge and long-distance service expansion notes.
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Carney Monday
Senate
Iowa
Chicago
Ways and Means
Carney
Carroll
Alexander
Slealy
Craig
Benson
Bowen
Board of Supervisors
Attorney General
State Auditor
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
House
Cconstatutte
Twouse
Louse
Lown
Seattle
State House
wAny Corporation
Senate Inter
Fragments of 19th Century Editorial Snippets
A collage of outraged opinions and sly jabs from papers in Baltimore Chicago Savannah Cleveland and beyond commenting on politics society Greek affairs Greece and the United States. The snippets mock legislators social exclusivity and foreign policy while noting civic improvements and urban quirks.
Wars and Rumors in a Fragmented Era
A collage of quotes from multiple papers commenting on wars, insurrections, trusts, and political investigations. It reflects public cynicism about conflicts and corporate power, noting American involvement in Cuba, distrust of Lexow’s inquiry, and satirical takes on the Mothers Congress and related debates. It reads as a compendium of clipped opinions with no single narrative.
Uncle Sam Sends Gunboat To Siam In Show Of Force
A small gunboat of 1 177 tons with eight rapid fire guns faces Siam where the navy lists 22 ships over 500 tons and 10 000 trained sailors plus 15 000 marine infantry. The United States seeks to enforce its demands with a firm bluff to establish who sent her.
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Sam
Siam
United States
Maritime Provinces
Atlas of the Northwest described in full detail
An advertisement for A 15 by 20 atlas featuring maps of the United States and world with complete descriptions of the northwestern states, population, history, and business interests. Priced at 25 cents postpaid from W. B. McNider in Sioux City Iowa.
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Northwest
United States
World
Northwestern States
W. B. McNider
G.P.A
S.C
N.R.1
Sioux City
Silk Trade Seeded By Princess’s Hair In Silk Road Tale
The IXing of Khotan courted the Chinese emperor’s daughter but sought more than her. he persuaded the bride to hide silkworm eggs and mulberry seeds in her hair, seeding the silk culture and industry’s westward spread.
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Khotan
Central Asia
China
Deafness Cure Promises Constitutional Remedies Only
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated with constitutional remedies. It explains the Eustachian tube mucous lining inflames causing rumbling and deafness, often from catarrh, and offers one hundred dollars for catarrh deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars are free. Toledo based FE. J. Cheney & Co. market the remedy via local druggists.
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Hall
FE. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Standard for Apple Barrels Adopted at Boston Meeting
The National League of Commission Merchants in session at Boston adopted a barrel standard: seventeen and one half inches head diameter and twenty eight and a half inches stave length with a bulge in the center. No-To-Bac advertised tobacco remedy claims cure and price 60c or $1, offered by all druggists.
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National League of Commission Merchants
Boston
Pension for a Princess Beatrice and hair regenerators
Princess Beatrice claims an $800 prize money arising from Prince Henry’s death while serving in Ashantee and a full-pay colonel’s widow pension due to his active service. The note mentions Hall's Hair Renewer as a remedy to promote hair growth and scalp health.
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Beatrice
Prince Henry
Ashantee
Richest Congressman Named in House Report
Congressman Sprague of Massachusetts is reported to be the wealthiest member of the House. His wife’s fortune is estimated at 20 million dollars, and on their marriage day she gave him a million-dollar check. He has since greatly increased his wealth. Pico’s Cure for Consumption is touted as the death of all cough cures. George W Lotz, a laborer, La., Aug. 26, 1895.
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Christopher Hatton
Queenlizabeth
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
New York World
Des Moines Register
Robert T. Lincoln
Robert
Pittsburg Times
Des Moines
Congressman Sprague
Massachusetts
Thouse of Representatives
Boston
Pico
George W. Lotz
Labacher, la
Irrigation in China Since Huangti Era Report
Fragmentary OCR notes claim Chinese irrigation began around 2627 B C ten years after Huangti's accession, dating back about 4523 years. Text unsure on terms like tagcat candy caste or charity, with garbled loc references and stray phrases about Sweden women suffrage and officials.
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China
B. C
Huangti
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