Senate Debates Modified Provisions on Military Academy Bill
The Senate rejected the conference report on the military academy bill after debates over revised provisions. Senators Butler Depew Teller Spooner and others urged moderation, urging against popular clamor and arguing for measured action, while leaders like Lodge and Allen pressed for specific penalties and reforms.
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Military Academy
Committee OF Gress
Atenne
Daniel
Virginia
Orly
Dele
Kentucky
Waterwiy
United States
Yiayy
Syipsuen
Pariber
Nuiing Corps
Butler
College
Depew
Congress
West
Linha Brand
Senator Allen
Nebraska
Eppas
Ill Pioneer Tom Hardwick Highlighted In St Paul Dispatch
Reports from St Paul indicate Tom Hardwick lies ill with Brights disease. A Black Hills frontier figure, he fought Indians in Canada Saskatchewan, helped herd buffalo for Buffalo Bill, aided safeguarding settlers, and later raised stock on Chateau Creek before illness.
Gates Too Wide for Mills Fight in South Dakota
Mennonites who run flour mills along five James River points in South Dakota oppose Senator Sweet's bill for thirty foot gates in all dams. They warn center gates would weaken dams and leak during low water, threatening mill operation. with Sweet's district rich in Mennonites, withdrawal or modification of the measure is expected. A sudden arsenic poisoning illness hit the Wicke family in Ob. Wicke, traced to canned vegetables.
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Scotland
James River
South Dakota
Paul Landmann
Senator Sweet
Sweet
Ob. Wicke
Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest Sends Schoenberger
E I Schoenberger of Yankton College won local praise at the Congregational college contest and will represent the school in the May Mitchell intercollegiate oratorical contest. The oration The Goal of Evolution drew strong praise amid six competitors, with Lucile Fargo of Dell Rapids as second.
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Yankton College
Mitchell
Yankton
S. D
D. Schoenberger
Lucile Fargo
Dell Rapids
Aes
Madison, R
Hartneat
F. Judson
Oat
Chandlen
Miss Fargo
Turnverein Society
Turner Hall
Scramble Among the School Book Agents in Iowa
Des Moines reports a fierce scramble among school book agents as forty six counties renew five year contracts under the Uniformity Law. Major publishers like American Book Company and Ginn & Co battle numerous small houses, sending dozens of agents to county boards to win buy rights. The lobbying, influence, and tactics draw criticism and may spur calls to reform the law to curb such methods.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Board of Education
American Book Company
Ginn & Co
Educational Board
State Officials Face Stringent Financial Return Forms
Maines Iowa Feb 20 state s deputies and clerks grapple with complex blanks for itemized receipts and disbursements since January 1 to be published for taxpayers and legislators. Some departments doubt they can provide all details as books lack complete records. Returns due by June 30, allowing time for review.
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Maines
States
Executive Council
Martin
Dobson
Attorney General Rules on Game Shipments During Closed Season
Des Moines February 20 Attorney General Mullan reviewed the state fish and game commissioner's request about shipping game for breeding. He cited two code sections making unlawful to ship quail or grouse into the state except as specified and noted no provision for shipping birds for propagation. transporting otherwise could be unlawful and subject to penalties.
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Des Moines
Fish and Game
Mullen
Wny
Republicans Name Candidates in Marshalltown City Election
At the February primary the Republican ticket was named for the March 26 election. R. E. Sears vies for mayor, H. Van Law for city solicitor, W. K. Elliott for assessor, William Battin for treasurer, Chas Speers for first ward alderman, William Fisher for second ward alderman, and W. A. Wasson for third ward alderman.
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J. E. Sears
Marshalltown
R. E. Sears
Fort Des Moines Gets $200,000 For Beginnings Of Work
Washington reported the general deficiency bill provides $200,000 to start Fort Des Moines work. The post will be split into three sections, with the first costing $519,000. Total building cost eyed between $1.6 and $2 million. Plans by the Army quartermaster. It will be a cavalry post for now, able to house a full regiment.
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Washington
Fort Des Moines
Quartermaster Department of the Army
Hull
United States
Christensen Retaliates in Alta Saloon Case Suit
Miles Christensen, pool hall operator in Alta, bound over to the March grand jury after multiple arrests for gambling and minor participation. W. W. Parker, active reformer, sues Christensen for $5,000 claiming persecution and damage to character and business. Case to be heard in March. town politics rise with school elections.
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Miles Christensen
Christensen
Crusaders
W. W. Parker
Park Plan Around Cherokee State Hospital Site
The state board of control will visit Cherokee within a week to finalize a contract for a 100 acre park surrounding the new state hospital and to review landscape artists' proposals. Broad spending from the Cherokee appropriation is anticipated with preliminary drawing costs around $500. Nearby notes report deaths, indictments, marriages, and local incidents affecting Hawarden Creston Ottumwa Dubuque and Muscatine communities.
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Cherokee
Board of Control
Landsconpe
New
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Cherokes
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Clinton
Fred Foster
John Robinson
Algona
Peter Martin
Creston
Afton
Mathew Sehon
Hawarden
Magmie Josephine Phillips
Akron
FF. A. Reese
Turin
George Hammar
Frank Beck
Geek & Dunkleberger
Rock Rapids
Frank Montague
Ottumwa
Willian Gilmore
State Board of Control
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Muscatine
John Jenny
Dubuque
George
Henry Stuber
Bloomfeld
Stevens
William Yates
Council Blutts
God
Woman's Christian Association
DPD
W. Thopson
Association
Knowles of
Illinois Central Railroad
Delaware
Metropol itan bank named reserve agent for Gowrie First National
Washington dispatch notes the Metropolitan National Bank of Chicago approved by the controller of the currency as a reserve agent for the First National Bank of Gowrie. The report lists postmaster appointments and several restoration, increase, renewal, and widow's benefits actions across Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota, with named individuals and amounts.
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Metropolitan National Bank
Chicago
First National Bank
Gowrie
Towa
Mingo
Jasper County
R. C. Everett
Jasper Watt
Petro
Woodbury County
Platt Hall
Vicw GC
M. Griffin
St. Lucas
Fayette County
George Grossman
Theodore Perry
Nebraska
Akron
Boone County
Ida M. Silket
M. H. Kelley
Uth Dakota
James Bradbury
Hurley
John Hughes
Hot Springs
John Putnam
Midland
Iowa
John H. Hess
Tipton
August Miller
Patterson
Jacob Strasser
Hanna J. McPherson
Oskaloosa
Dr Green Declares Gentleman Sane in Murder Trial
In Columbus Nebraska on February 20 the Gentleman murder trial saw the largest attendance as the defense rested and the state called Sheriff Byrnes and Deputy Smith. Dr Green of Lincoln testified for three hours asserting the defendant had mental capacity and could distinguish right from wrong. The rebuttal included Dr Conlan and Mrs Heyl, with further testimony and ongoing arguments. no jury verdict is expected before Thursday noon.
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Neb
Gentleman
Soren Oleson
Byrnes
Adam Smith
Platte Center
Green
Lincoln
William S’. Heyl
Dr. Conlan
Conlan
Heyl
Nick
Sears Denies Charges In Lincoln Letter to Senator Oleson
Lincoln February 18 letter from Speaker Sears rebuts allegations in last week’s interview. He says there was no telephone link between the caucus and the governor’s office and finds other charges equally false. He urges Oleson to retract the publicity and stakes claims for the state and party.
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Lincoln
Sears
Andrew Oleson
W. G. Sears
County Commissioners Convene in Lincoln for Sixth Annual Session
The State association of County Commissioners of Nebraska meets in Lincoln for its sixth annual session with nearly a hundred members present. A committee will push legislation on cash land tax payments and county power to dispose of unsellable property. Officers elected include Prent D. J. Price as president and H. W. Winters as secretary. A. C. Hart named treasurer.
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Lincoln
Neb
Med
State Association of County Commissioners of
Nebraska
Prent
D. J. Price
Hamilton County
H. W. Winters
Madison County
Joseph Roberts
Dodge County
A. C. Hart
Douglas County
Nebraska bid to protect cattle growers from rustlers
Peb 29 Lincoln Neb The senate bill known as the hide resistry bill drawn by the senator from Hox Butte aims to protect cattle growers from rustlers. The bill would require thorough inspection of branded cattle at all market points by the Nebraska Stock Growers association led by executive head Van Boskirk. Growers claim the measure provides implied protection for Nebraska cattle interests. Mila Clark funeral scheduled in City Neb with many colored attendees expected from across the country. Militia remains at county jail as sheriff fears a mob may seize prisoner Hall Frampton who is said to be crazy.
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Catt
Mila Clark
Hall Frampton
Cannot Rob His Wife Says Vallee Captain
Philadelphia February 20 Captain of Detectives Peter Miller discharged David Smith of Carpenter streets noting it is not a crime for a husband to rob his wife or for a wife to rob her husband. the larceny charge over jewelry from his wife.
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Philadelphia
David Smith
Carpenter Streets
Peter Miller
To Arm or Hearts Crowned in Passionate Exchange
A fragmentary dramatic exchange reveals a letter reply where love is pledged only if arms are resorted. A besotted speaker confronts a playful taunt as the couple’s flirtation escalates into a mock siege and triumph, culminating in an embrace and surrender.
The Secret of Her Madness on the Wuide Alp
Madeline and Claud honeymoon on the Wuide Alp encounter Miss Verinder an elderly hotel guest with a secret. Miss Verinder warns of kindness to loved ones and reveals a hidden treasure. A cruel prank steals her treasure and forty years of longing converge when a glacier yields a long awaited meeting and the lovers are buried together.
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BE. T. Cook
Pineclad
Wuide Alp
Madeline
Claud
Miss Verinder
Mary Anne
Lonely Mountain Inn
All Table Dhate
Verinder
Waide Alp
Zurich
Pople
Langlord
Lucern
Jack
Waide Alps
Sylvia
Beggar pleads for money in courteous Philadelphia scene
A polite beggar asks a Philadelphia Press reader for aid. He replies that a penny would be used to buy a postal card and write a thank you note, prompting the kind lady to question the request.
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Philadelphia Press
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