Reforms for Insurance Control and Lobbying Limits
New York reports on a joint committee investigation into life insurance practices. The panel urges amending Article II to allow non stock life insurers with at least 500 subscribers to operate, restrict political contributions, and tighten supervision to curb evils in the industry. It calls for penalties, publicity, and stronger court rights for policy holders.
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En York
Senate
Newa ‘K
Investigata
K Fingbeange Company
New York
Prudential Insurance Company of
New
Bec
Thittee
Legislat
Tve Biata
Mmcus
Burial Blocked by Churches Leaves Body at County Farm
The body of Joann Hoch lay in limbo after two clergy refused burial at their churches and officials blocked interment at Forest Home and St. Cemetery. Unable to find a resting place, authorities moved the deceased to Dunping county poor farm later that day.
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Joann Hoch
Hoth
St. Lg
Haeh
Dun Ping
Fragmentary Legal Notice on Improper Confinement Sentences
A garbledOCR item mentions imprisonment with unclear phrases and names like Gere Bernie and Degperp. The readable segment references a confinement sentence and a court context but lacks complete details for a fuller summary.
Tragedy: Florence Allen Shot Dead and Suitor Kills Self
In Mount Pleasant Dr. B. Allen home tragedy ends with Florence Allen murdered after forced entry and Eldredge Becker, the rejected suitor, shooting himself. Becker, about 20, had courted the 18 year old, who recently taught at Howe’s academy. Neighbors alerted to the attack as police searched for the assailant.
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Moutnt Pleasant
B. Allen
Florence Allen
Mra. Allen
Elaridge Becker
Miss Florence
Miss Allen
Mrs. Allen
Allen
Becker
Dr. Allen
Jacob Becker
Iowa Wesleyan College
Howe's Academy
Coup in Senate on Primary Bill
Des Moines reports a senate coup to aid passage of the primary election bill. An amendment urged by Democrats, adopted 28 to 16, allows party conventions to nominate candidates if prior primaries failed to nominate for a November ballot. The move is seen as boosting Democratic votes in both chambers for the measure.
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Des Moines
Senate
Lyons
House
Democrata
Rainsbarger brothers withdraw pardon bid
Frank and Nathan Rainsbarger withdrawn their pardon applications to the Senate and House pardon committee. They murdered their father in law in Hardin County about twenty years ago. The petition, filed two years prior and previously denied, was dropped after the home legislature appeal proved futile.
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Les Moines
Frank
Nathan Rainsbarger
Senate
House
Faunders
Cummings
Hardin
Onty
Stenographer Dies Suddenly in City Incident
Miss Nettie Ischgou, 21, stenographer for L. BR. Shepherd Publishing, died of heart disease after collapsing near her workplace. She was carried to Ho Wainer's home where she expired shortly afterward. She had been employed by the Sleslerd firm and her sudden death shocks colleagues.
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Maxwell
Keb
Nettie Ischgou
L. BR. Shepherd Publishing Company
Gilliland Calls for Investigation Over Railways
Des Moines reports Governor Cummins accuses railway firms of funding and steering Iowa politics to defeat a primary election bill. Senator Gilliland of Mills County introduced a resolution demanding written, specific proof of railroad money used to influence lawmakers and who the masters of intrigue are, with the Senate yesterday passing the investigation resolution after a lively debate.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Washington
Iowa
General Assembly
Senate
Gilliland
Mills County
House
McGutchen Found Not Guilty In Bank Fraud Case
Ida Grove Iowa February 25 The jury returned a not guilty verdict in the fraudulent banking case against Fred McCutchen tied to the failure of E H McCutchen’s private Holstein bank. After thirteen and a half hours the panel of 28 ballots swung from two to eleven to two in support of acquittal. McCutchen expressed elation, and Alex Nicholson stood for conviction, content that the case likely ends the criminal proceedings.
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Ida Grove
Fred McCutchen
E. H. McCutchen
Holstein
Alex Nicholson
McCutchen
Monument in Place at Chalutiaoga in February
Fragmentary report notes a monument placed in position near TtouevIUG Gay with dates for erection to be fixed by workmen. Text is garbled and lacks clear names or locations.
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Lowa
Chalutiaoga
Teno
Ttoueviug Gay
Fernoon
Henderson Answers Call Final Farewell of Civil War Leader
Col. David Bremer Henderson, long time representative and war veteran, died in Mercy hospital Dubuque after months of illness from paresis. He served Iowa’s Third District for twenty years and was a former Speaker of the House. Funeral arrangements await, with service at St. John’s Episcopal church and burial in Lawood cemetery.
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Dubuqne
David Bremer Henderson
Mercy Hospital
Feaslee
Della Henderson
Sisters of Mercy
Henderson
Doon
Lawood Cemetery
Dupugue
New York
Father of Waters
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Sage
Georga “D. Perkins
Sioux City
Hydy Clark Post
Nienterson
Colane Henderson
Don
Long Beach
Cal
Kerr
Postville
Wyoming
David 3
National House of Representatives
Washington
Nfe
Colonel Henderson
Dubuque
Valley of Death
Iowa
Henderson's Prairie
Fayette County
Upper
Upper Iowaniversity
Twelfth Iowa Infantry
Corinth
Forty-sixth Iowa
United States Congress
John G. Carlisle
Kentucky
Fifty Seventh
Thomas B. Reed
Jowa
Death By Fire Davenport Feb 24 Wildany Plog 9
A nine year old named Wildany Plog died in a fire at a shanty where he lived alone. The blaze occurred near Davenport on February 24.
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Davenport
Wildany Plog
Rate Bill Battle in Senate Committee Ends in Tie
Washington February 24 A Senate committee vote on the rate bill shows a partisan clash over amendments. The railroad rate measure faced shifting votes as Aldrich Tillman Dolliver and Clapp debated reporting authority. The long committee struggle traces back to the Eesh Townsend bill and cost about 30000 in the summer investigations.
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Washington
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
House
House of Representatives
Dolliver
Aldrich
Ekins
Kean
Foraker
Crane Tillman
Noster
Newlands
Coulver
Clapp
McLaurin
Commilles
Cullom
Dalliver
Glarp Willman
McLaucrin
Carmack
Foster
Elking
Keanu
Voraker
Crane
Alrich
Elkins
Deliver
Tillman
Ayers
Tilman
Massacre rumors emerge from Nanchang China
Conflicting reports reach Shanghai of a massacre of missionaries in Nanchang Kiangsi. About six Catholics or more reportedly killed, Protestant missionary H. G. Kingman and wife killed, one child wounded, another rescued. Fourteen Americans escaped by boat. City gates said broken.
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Shanghai
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Our
H. G. Kingman
Keoken
Warsaw Official Killed in Street Attack
Privy Councillor Ivanof, director general of the Vistula railroad, was shot and killed on Bracks street yesterday by an unknown assailant. Ivanoff was known for opposing the recent railroad strike and had dismissed many employees for participating in it.
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Warsaw
Russian Poland
Canneillar Ivanof
Vistula
Bracks Street
M. Ivanoff
No Treats in Ohio report on temperance offense penalties
In Columbus Ohio on February 24 the house chikee un temperance reported penalties for first offenses a fee of 1 dollar. second offenses 60 dollars. third offenses 50 to 100 dollars. The item discusses selling liquor and saloon access with triggers for enforcement and fines.
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Ohio
Columbus
Chikee
Syangler
Anuser
Fragmented dialogue from a Washington Star page item
Fragments show a boy named Bobby and a mother in an awkward exchange about beliefs and pride. The scene mixes humorous lines with a judge’s presence, though the context remains unclear and portions are obscured by OCR errors.
Respectable but Poor First Young Pbyalelan Society Debate
Fragmented dialogue shows thanks and tension within a society about expelling Doctor Winks for advertising his address. A heated exchange reveals plans for immediate trial and requests for stamps or small payments amid austerity. References to a coach and four carriage hint at social rituals. The scene shifts to a missing nickel loan and a friend’s winter departure.
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Pbyalelan
Doctor Winks
Horn
Afiiwerp
Vad Vilmall
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