Railroad Assessment Bill to Be Considered This Week
In Des Moines the senate will take up a new railroad assessment bill from the Ways and Means Committee. The measure adds stock and bond market value and net earnings to assessment factors, with taxable value set at 26 percent of stock and bond value. Publicity provisions aim to reveal railroad values. discussion likely on minor details. Education bills also move, including compulsory education and rural school consolidations, plus a new Knoxville normal school and reformatory measure in the senate.
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Pes Moines
Senate
Ways and Means
Executive Council
New York Stock Exchange
House
Keans
Knoxville
Behind on Contracts at Eldora Industrial School
DES MOINES March 3 The State Board of Control reports the steam heating plant contract at the Eldora Iowa industrial school is about two months behind schedule and will take longer to finish. Bids opening this week for the Cherokee hospital project total over 40 600 dollars with only limited bidder interest shown.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
Iaona
Eldora
Cherokee Hospital
Farmer Charged With Maiming Son In Calhoun County
Lee Vanscoy, a Calhoun county farmer, was arrested on March 13 for maiming his 83 year old son after the boy refused medicine during scarlet fever. The father allegedly used a chisel to chip teeth and severely wound the jaw. Vanscoy’s wife had died two years earlier.
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Sigux City
Lee Vanscoy
Calhoun County
Vanscoy
Sarle Sentenced to Fourteen Years for Murder
In Clarinda the Dawe County Gisifiet court judge W J Green sentenced J W Sarle to fourteen years confinement at hard labor in the state penitentiary for the murder of Thouds Richwerieub.
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Sarle
Clarinda
Dawe County
W. Ji. Green
J. W. Saale
Sladdson
Thouds Richwerieub
Legislature Passes Two Rail Measures and Other Bills
Des Moines reports two major railroad and property tax bills rushed through the legislature changing assessment reporting from February 15 to April 1 and actual assessment by the state executive council from March 1 to July 1 to align with other property taxes. Senate debated the Hoar bill on injunctions against strikers. reformitory at Anamosa had amendments and parole power retained by the governor. Several appropriations and new bills were noted, including militia funding, millet seed price, Fort Madison physician salary, and various executive and local government proposals.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Executive Council
Senate
Congress
House
Anamosa
State Board of Control
Bisnchurd
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Warren
Langan
Crawford
Calderwood
Rewin
Hayward
Plan for Encampment of Knights of the Maccabees
Sioux City, March 1. Members of the uniform rank division in Sioux City moved to secure the first state encampment for Iowa Ninth regiment. Eight companies exist in the state, one in Sioux Falls. Des Moines state commander J M Ermerins promises support to bring the encampment here and asks the Sioux City Commercial club for aid to secure railroad rates.
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Sioux City
Knights of the Maccabees
Iowa
Sioux Falls
J. M. Ermerins
Des Moinese
The
Maccabees
Southwest Iowa retail furniture dealers form association
Cheston Iowa March 1 a group of twenty southwest Iowa retail furniture firms organized an association to deal directly with factories and manufacturers. A complete officer slate was elected and buyers appointed to visit manufacturing centers, purchase in carload lots, and ship supplies to Cheston and Red Oak for distribution to members.
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Cheston
Iowa
Red Oak
Hearby
Increased District Judges Salaries Spark Iowa House Debate
The Iowa House approved a $1,000 yearly raise for district judges, trimming the amount from a proposed $3,300 to $2,600, while keeping supreme judges unchanged. A quarantine cost bill shifted to county funding, and a rail car service bill was sent back for committee revision. Contests and biennial election resolutions advanced, with debate over a reformatory measure and a failed woman suffrage bid moving toward indefinite postponement.
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Drs Momner
House of Representatives
Towa
Bar
Cummings
Marshal
House
Cass-Shelby
Senate
James E. Bruce
J. M. Emmret
Bruce
Harper
Tama
Trewin
Courtright
House Committee On
State Woman Suffrage Society
Craig
Blanchard
Farmers Warned Against Grafters in Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls rumors warn farmers of grafters selling false homesteads in Gregory County South Dakota. Prospective homeseekers are told to pay ten dollars down and secure a note for ninety dollars to stake claims on a South Dakota Indian reservation.
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Cedar Falls
Towa
Wisconsin
Illinois
South Dakota
Gregory County
Bonding Company Pays Shortage In Hall County
The Fidelity and Deposit company of Baltimore paid $12,365 into Hall county treasury on the bond of ex County Treasurer William Thompsen who had deposited $15,000 of county money in the Book of Commerce before its 1896 failure. The payment ends all related litigation.
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Grand Island
Neb
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore
Hall County
William Thompsen
Book of Commerce
Sausage Meat Causes Death in Nebraska Family
Three members of the Wenke family near Wausau die or fall ill after a meal containing undercooked sausage. Ligaie Wenke, 18, dies from trichinosis at the Samaritan hospital in Sioux City. A son may also die. the father and hired man are not seriously directed.
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Sioux City
OD. Wenke
Wausau
Neb
Samaritan
Ligaie
Short Walking Skirts Trend in Harper Style Notes
Harper's Bazar notes the rise of ultra close fitting short walking skirts that hug the hips with flare at the foot, paired with three quarter coats in valveteen. Cor duroys in light cloths emerge for spring, and public fashion shifts hinge on self approval and conscience more than worldly praise.
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Harper’s Bazar
Ranchman's Endorsement for Dodd's Kidney Pills
Len Dakota March 34 Ranchman William H Neelen headquartered here describes years of kidney trouble with severe back pain and frequent urination while riding. After trying many medicines he used six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and reports more relief and comfort than in years, claiming the pills gave the best improvement.
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Len
Dak
EH. Neelen
Dodd
Pope Leo in Excellent Health, Aims for Century
Dr. Lappeni, Pope Leo's physician, says the holy father is in excellent health for his age. He notes there is no reason he should not reach the age of Gregory IX, a noted centenarian.
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Leo
Lappeni
Hig
Gregory IX
Magnetic Starch Co. promotes Defiance starch for fabrics
An Omaha Neb advertisement extols Defiance starch as a remedy for ironing without a medical introduction. It claims the solution revives washable garments to look like new and offers a 16 02 package for 10 cents. It suggests using it once ensures no other starch will be needed.
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Magnetic Starch Co
Omaha
Neb
How He Hit Em for a Job in Ceylon Tramways
A man applies for a conductor post on an electric tramway in Ceylon. He portrays himself as a Straltance, claiming a respectable Sinhalese Matara family background and education to the eighth standard. His letter hints at a lightning conductorship vacancy due to the late conductor’s demise, and he closes with a prayer for a favorable reply. A separate verse notes young women’ s yearnings as worse than a stomach ache and questions who seeks evil.
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Ceylon
Matara
Wool growers vs manufacturers debate on tariff and trusts
A Grinnell Iowa wool grower A J Makely replies to the American Wool and Cotton Reporter, denouncing big manufacturers’ combines and anti-trust violations. He argues tariff protection benefits the trusts, not growers, and urges enforcement of the law to safeguard wool prices. The Commoner reprints his views on political economy and equal rights.
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A. J. Makely
Grinnell
Lowa
American Wool and Cotton Reporter
Blakely
Frank P. Bennett
Wool and Cotton Reporter
Beaton
Mass
Amana Society of Manufacturers
Homestead
Iowan
East
United States
Wool Commission
Critics condemn Fifty-seventh Congress record in campaign rhetoric
The piece cites phrases urging reform and accusing Republicans of favoring special interests. It argues the congress discriminates against Filipino wards and Cuba, opposes an isthmian canal plan, and promotes the ship subsidy bill to enrich industrial powers. It ends urging the nation to seek capable leaders.
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Ian Washington
House
Cuba
Spain
Madrid
Roosevelt
Reform or Nothing in Tariff Debate and Corruption Exposure
The Milwaukee Journal and St. Louis Post-Dispatch chastise partisanship in tariff reform and the Grand Jury corruption inquiry. They insist reform stands above party lines, urging punishment for any Republican or Democrat found guilty, and denouncing boodle as the shared crime crossing party boundaries.
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Press
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
German joke echoes our trade taunts in print
The Baltimore Sun quotes a Teutonic jab on protectionism, noting Germany would seize American goods under a tariff-like plan. The piece mocks the idea by comparing it to U S policy and laughs at nations adopting prohibitive schedules. It frames cross border trade humor as a shared national vice.
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Teutom
United States
Congress
Germany
Reichstag
Germanys Tariff Relations and Other Editorial Snippets
A collection of editorial excerpts criticizing tariff policy and political corruption. It notes Germany’s reciprocal tariff plan, argues against ship subsidies, comments on senator salaries and wealth, and urges humane governance for the Philippines. Strong entities include Germany, Rochester Herald, Minneapolis Times, Philadelphia Times, Memphis Commercial Appeal, and the U.S. Senate context.
Babcock Seen as Key Defender of Protective Tariff
The passage argues Mr. Babcock, though mischaracterized as an enemy to protection, is likely to be rated a valuable friend of the protective tariff by the present Congress. He is portrayed as the own man with influence to delay upheaval, using foresight to postpone the storm’s breaking as long as possible.
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Babcock
Congress
Keeping the Filipinos Quist Anachronistic War Rhetoric
In a letter response the author parrots Republican talking points about the Philippines, claiming the war is over yet noting ongoing battles and the need to maintain peaceful aims. The writer mocks antiwar sentiment while defending official statements from the past three years.
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Philippines
Dove of Peats
Isthmian Canal Debate Deliberate Yet Urgent
Senator Hanna urges cautious steps in Congress on the isthmian canal issue to avoid mistakes, while also seeking swift action similar to the ship subsidy program to prevent missing a crucial opportunity. The balance of caution and speed reflects the era's high stakes in canal policy and maritime commerce.
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Hanna
Congress
Isthmian Canal
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