Senate Push for Vicksburg Troop Commission Passed
Iowa Senate floor actions include passage of a bill to appoint a commission from about thirty five army organizations to locate Iowa troops at Vicksburg and cover traveling expenses. Other measures moved through committees, including library tax powers for first class cities, and stricter oversight of insane asylums and public institutions. The session featured confirmations, debates on taxation for telegraph and telephone firms, and a push for constitutional convention discussed by senators.
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Iowa
Vicksburg
Melafire
Senate
Cities and Towns Committee
Committee On Military Affairs
Perrin
Townsend
Board of Central Fall
Knoxville
Hishop
Cheshire
Friends of the Wills
Fona
Junkin
Senate Ways and
Iowa Supreme Court
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Congress
Blanchard
Aayward
Alexander
Penrose
Lively House Session Passes Several Bills and Reforms
The house session on the 16th featured a defeat of the normal school bill and a string of passed measures. Senate file 128 on contest cases moved to equity court. a 4 percent loan cap for the permanent school fund was set, with a $2,000 loan limit. Bills on street wires protection, biennial district court clerk reports, and mine foremen exams advanced.
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Senate
Blanchard
Furry
Tallman
Bishop
Kendall
Hayward
Atte Board of Medical Examiners
State University Medical Department
Clark
Hamilton
Committee On Public Heart
Board of Health
Distri
Prenis
Garst
Temple
Shcle
Sekol
Wilson
Washington
Navnal Guard
Moroles
Wise
Black Hawk
Milwards
Hotaries
Sauer of
Dutuque
Jones
Mahaska
Harbert
Norway
Iowa House Deliberates on Bills and Appointments
The Iowa House discussed appointing two more examiners for teachers and set pay at four dollars per day. A range of bills passed or debated included barbers licensing, appellate court establishment, expert evidence limits, and National Guard reorganization. Multiple motions, including adjournment for Washington's birthday, were recorded amid various local measures and appropriations.
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Board of Supervisors
Wison
Washington
Congress
Koontyz
Wilson
Keokuk
United Mine Workers of America
Cowles
Kossuth
House
Barbers
Temple of Clarke
Supreme Court
Smine
Eaton
Govgeros Slax
Des Moi Park
Titus
Tw Byers
Election bills dominate house agenda in Feb session
The House debated several measures including voting machine use and a ballot marking board. Bills sought to curb neglect of minors in care, tax and county attorney reforms, farm land lending by savings banks, district reorganization, and sugar industry tax exemptions. The day also saw passage of a ticket redemption bill and a pure food proposal.
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Hawk
County Atorneys
Kirkwood
Harrison County
Fifteenth Judicial District
Blaiky
House
Tiank
Jasper
Legislature inquorate session delays business
House failed to achieve a quorum as members gathered for a roll call and a disorganized session ensued. Four new members arrived during the roll call while a motion to adjourn carried. Amid brief actions, Eaton won approval to install storm windows in the chamber and Hughes proposed a law on liquor bond sureties, with Prentis pushing a tax clearance requirement for county warrants.
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Soma
Byers
Shelby
Eaton
Mitchell
Hughes
Starlcop
Prentis
The Boy Told the Truth about Millionaires Club
The New York Sun reports on Metropolitan duty and patronage in the Millionaires' club. A club hail boy answers a caller’s request about a husband, noting no husband is in the club. The exchange highlights social expectations and transparency in the city’s privileged circle.
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New York Sun
Millionaires’ Club
Leading American Universities Registration Figures
The latest university catalogs list Harvard with 5250 students and the largest department at 1897 faculty. Columbia tops medicine graduate and teachers programs with 107 and 336 students, while Yale Penn Cornell Wisconsin Chicago Princeton Johns Hopkins follow with smaller enrollments.
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Columbia
Michigan
Yale
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Wisconsin
Chicago
Princeton
Johns Hopkins
Court Suit Over Forced Bath At County Jail Chicago
Karwein sues the sheriff for 1400 alleging forced bathing while jailed in Chicago left him with eye injury and inflammation. He claims immediate dunking after a cold ride in a patrol wagon and lack of warning prior to immersion.
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Karwein
Chicago
Costly Spice Work at Paris Theatre
Mme Rejane failed to appear at Theater d Eccl es Paris in Sime. Saus Gene was to perform but on opening trunks she found gowns ripped to shreds worth over 40 000 francs. She suspects a jealous company member caused the wardrobe ruin.
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Mme. Rejane
Theater d’Eccles
Paris
Sime
Saus Gene
Ruinca
Famine Threatens U S Paper Mills Over Wood Pulp Shortage
A Chicago Daily Inter Ocean summary reports a national crisis in paper supply as wood pulp becomes scarce. Industry leaders met at the Great Northern hotel to discuss alternatives, noting timber cuts, mild weather, and Canada’s restricted exports as key causes. A new fiber may be developed to replace wood pulp, but details were withheld. Experts warn mills could shut down by spring if shortages persist, risking broader economic impact.
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Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean
United States
Teading
Great Northern Hotel
A. D. Senseffer
Hartford City Paper Company
Sault Ste. Marie
Middle Western
Canada
Wisconsin
Michigan
Quebec
Middle West
I. C. Brockelbank
Manufacturers’ Paper Company of
Nut specialists offer striking cultivation facts along with unions
Nut experts cite a 2000 tree California orchard yielding over 24000 pounds of hulled nuts as a wholesome staple. President Compers of the American Federation of Labor travels to Cuba to study industry with a view to forming unions. Some say Scotch divorces are rising rapidly. A warning echoes you cannot reach heaven by looking backward.
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California
Compers
American Federation of Labor
Cube
Hood's Sarsaparilla Adclaim from 19th Century Coupon
A Brooklyn reader testimonial extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the blood purifier curing tiredness headaches and back pains and making the narrator feel ten years younger. The advertisement urges readers to get Hood's products and mentions Hood's Pills as complementary remedies.
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Hood
B. Scheblein
Bushwick Place
Brooklyn
Great Lakes season claims nearly 300 lives in brief span
A clipped news item notes that nearly 300 people died on the Great Lakes this past season. It contrasts them with sinister churchgoers and recalls wealth from mines. Jerome K. Jerome reflects on luck sparked by his father’s mines at Cannon Chase.
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Great Lakes
Jerome K. Jerome
Cannon Chase
England
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