National Silver Convention in Chicago Demands Free Coinage
Eight hundred ten delegates from forty two states gathered at the First Methodist Church and Central Music Hall to press for restoring silver as money. Leaders including Gen Warner and Ignatius Donnelly spoke against the 1873 demonetization, urging Congress to adopt free coinage and monometallic standards.
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Chicago
First Methodist Church
Warner
The
Bimetallic League
Central Music Hall
Colorado
Harrison
Congress
Grover Cleveland
United States
Thomas M. Patterson
Yana Sonlkin
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Chicago Clearing House Association Bankera
Senate
Treaton
Symes
Reagan
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Washington
Committee On Permanent Organization
Allen W. Thurman
Ohio
Thurman
Chainman
East
T. V. Powderly
Powderly
Labor
Waite
Knights of Labor
Ignatius Donnelly
Donnelly
Congressman Bryan
Texas
Robert Schilling
Wisconsin
Bryan
Nebraska
Bartine
Nevada
George Washburn
Massachusetts
Thomas Patterson
Mannine
Alabama
General Committee
Fire Safety at the World’s Fair Built for Fireproof Living
World’s Fair correspondence describes stringent precautions against fire after the cold storage blaze. Fire engines, electric alarms, guards, and water from lagoons ensure rapid response. Buildings are isolated and largely protected by staff, with no expected loss of life to visitors.
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Pal Engine Novs
Salestoran
Gov Baes Declines to Seek Governor Post in Iowa
A public letter from Gov Horace Boies to Charles D. Fullen declares he will not be a candidate for governor or senator. He opposes a third term, urges party focus on state issues, and cites prohibitory law, state institutions, and nonpartisan management as key concerns.
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Democratic Party
United States
Iowa
Horracee Bores
Don’t Ride Too Much Causes Laryngitis Found
The article notes cyclists who overexert may develop catarrhal laryngitis. Mouth breathing and rapid air forced into the larynx are cited as the cause.
Iowa Greatness and Labor Report Highlights
A Labor Commissioner report uses census data to compare Iowa wages with other states and detail mortgage and land ownership and the number of rented farms and homes. It notes a bias in average wage calculations and provides totals for unencumbered and encumbered properties, with state values and indebtedness.
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Sovereign
Iowa
United States Census Bureau
Feewe Es A
Casseters
Ase
Seane
Sasesese
Engineering facts from ancient to modern times
A 310 foot Schuylkill bridge in Philadelphia burned in 1888. The great aqueduct supplying Carthage was seventy miles long. Concrete blocks in London's Victoria docks weigh 350 tons each. Xerxes I built a bridge of boats across the Hellespont in 480 BC.
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Schuylkill Bridge
Philadelphia
Carthage
Victoria Docks
London
Eugene
Xerxes
B.C
Holes
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California
New Mexico
Illinois
Judge Miller
Smith
Raum
Bussey
Dorstt
New York
General Warner
A. W. Thurman
Earth
Heaven
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton
Arctic
Keokuk
Des Moines
Burlington
Tom Halzberger
Toni F. Bissell
Grand Jury
Marshalltown
Quick
Aggie Green
Lane
Board of Public Works
Annie Rooney
M. Burton
Ole Oleson
Mr. Hayden
Lyons
A. O. U. W. Royal
Davis Opera House
Pomeroy
Muscatine
High Prairie
Overnor Boics
Commercial Exchange of
United
WM. Vandever
Ventura
Cal
Boone
Ogden
Council Bluffs
Wright & Camp
Geo. H. Parker
Davenport
Herman P. Clausen
Duck Creek
Edwin Moore, JR
Clinton
Susan Schiller
Glenhaven
Harry McCoy
Billy Allen
Boston
J. B. Gilbert
Justice of the Peace At
Princeton
L. L. Sanan
Samuel Schooley
Columbia Straw Paper Company
Searstown
Schooley
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