Oklahoma Votes Down McKinley Resolutions and Delegates Elected
Oklahoma elected six anti McKinley delegates last Saturday while Congressman Cousins receives nationwide congratulations for censuring Bayard and his strong speech. The State Register is urged to push code completion. Minneapolis Times notes Horace Boies endorsed by Iowa Democrats as a presidential possibility amid a quiet race for Chicago nomination.
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Oklahoma
Minneapolis Times
Horace Boies
Iowa
Prison Doctors Change at Anamosa Penitentiary
Warden Madden appoints Dr. Dwight Sigworth as prison physician after Dr. L J Adair resigns. Adair left due to disagreements with the warden and claims to have refused to bow to coercive orders. Adair departs with dignity, stressing self-respect amid the change.
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Madden
Anamosa
Dwight Sigworth
Adair
Legislature rush to finish code revision by May first
The legislature plans a May first deadline to pass a new moral code governing state interests. Committees are only half finished after ten weeks of work. Supporters insist on thorough debate and warn an extra session may be required to protect property interests and public funds.
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State Register
Assembly
House
Senate
United States
Delaware County
Andrew
Iowa
Inuj
Mary Lord Drake christens battleship Iowa in grand ceremony
The daughter of Iowa's governor christened the battleship Iowa last Saturday in front of about twenty thousand attendees. A champagne bottle shattered on the vessel, which is described as the largest and most destructive afloat with 360 feet length and 11,410 ton displacement. The ship features 14 inch armor, 12 inch bore rifles, and electric ignition for rapid aiming across broad arcs.
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Mary Lord Drake
Iowa
Towa
Plagiarism charge questioned in Cousins speech debate
A report claimed Cousins cribbed from Rev. O Haney's July 4 1894 Chicago speech to refute Ambassador Bayards remarks in England. Side by side the texts showed no matching expressions or central ideas, and the Chicago Times Herald backed this view while denying plagiarism implications.
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Cousins
Ambassador Bayard
England
White City
0. Haney
Chicago
Chicago Times-Herald
Iowa Speech Plagiarism Claim Denied by Haney
In remarks about the Bayard censure resolutions Mr. Haney rebuts alleged similarity to Mr. Cousins speech citing July 4 1894 Chicago address. He notes differences in references to flags and flags imagery and accuses some papers of unfounded slander while praising fair Democratic outlets.
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Cousins
United States
Bayard
Iowa
White City
France
Qousine
Chicago
Cousina
Haney
Pension Abuses in Civil War Pensions Debated
The St Louis Globe-Democrat argues that pension abuses under the 1890 law oppress veterans. It criticizes the pension office test for disability, claiming many honest claimants are denied and branded as impostors. The piece denounces clerical caprice undermining congressional intent.
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Army
Pension Office
Boards of Examiners
A Brilliant Partisan Speech by Robert G. Cousins
The Boston Herald praises Robert G. Cousins Iowa for a forceful Bayard resolutions speech. It calls it intensely partisan and sharply critical of Bayard yet eloquent with Western vigor. The piece notes its potential as declamation material and remarks on Cousins prior familiarity but new cleverness shown in this production.
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Boston Herald
Bayard
Robert G. Cousins
Iowa
Congress
National conventions and state gatherings listed for 1908 era
National Prohibition Convention in Pittsburg on May 27. Republican National Convention in St. Louis on June 16. Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 7. Populist National Convention in St. Louis on July 20. National Silver Convention in St. Louis on July 22. Iowa Democratic State Convention in Dubuque on May 20. Iowa Prohibition State Convention in Des Moines on May 13.
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Pittsburg
St. Louis
Chicago
Iowa
Dubuque
Des Moines
Agricultural College
Cherokee
Independence
Davenport
State University
Anamosa
Eldora
State Normal School
Mt. Pleasant
Vinton
Mitchellville
Clarinda
Fort Madison
Council Bluffs
Shiloh Battlefield Commission
State House
Okoboji
Jake Dam
Knoxville
First Wellman Girl Born in a Century in Cape May
The Wellman family welcomes its first girl in 100 years as Joseph’s newborn daughter arrives in Cape May New Jersey. The birth marks a rare event for the Wellman lineage in the small coastal town.
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Wellman
Joseph
Cape May, N. d
Iowa General Assembly completes broad session acts
The Twenty sixth general assembly closes after weeks of work enacting twenty nine general laws and many local measures. Acts include provincial land purchases and public debt rules, library and university funding, prison and hospital appropriations, and a new juvenile custody provision. Budget totals approach one million dollars. LA FE YOUNG.
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Fort Madison
General Assembly
Iowa Agricultural Society
Omaha
Religious Faith of Presidents from the Philadelphia Record
The article surveys U.S. presidents and their church affiliations, noting Washington Episcopal, Jefferson nondenominational, Adams Unitarian, Madison and Monroe Episcopalian, Jackson Presbyterian, Lincoln nonmember yet attendant, Grant Methodist, Garfield Campbellite, Cleveland Presbyterian, and other clergy ties. It also presents local teacher items from Jones County, including flag fundraises and school-board changes.
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Washington
Episcopal Church
Jefferson
John
Adams
Madigan
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Jackson
Presbyterian Church
van Buren
Dutch Reformed ‘Church
W.H. Harrison
Tyler
Polk
Taylor
Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
Lincoln
Johnson
Grant
Methodist Church
Hayes
Garfield
Church of the Disciples
Christian
Arthur
Harrison
Cleveland
Asbestos Towels Demonstrate Curiosity of the Day
A brief item notes a curious property of asbestos towels that can be cleaned by throwing them into a red hot fire. After a few minutes the towels emerge dimmed, then fresh and clean again.
Literary Notes On The April Midland Monthly And Other Magazines
The April Midland Monthly notes a handsome Easter cover with twenty contributors. Highlights include Ladies' Home Journal on General Greeley's Washington piece and McClure's on Roentgen. Scribner's serializes Barrie’s Sentimental Tommy. Thrum promises London hints. Oswald’s Youth's Companion essay envisions a future metropolis. Littell's Living Age curates top literature weekly, offering 3328 pages yearly across four volumes.
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Midland Monthly
Barrie
Scribner's Magazine
Tommy
Thrum
London
Littell
Spring Song Verse Echoes in Blossom and Dawn
A compact verse paints a spring scene with heavy blossoming boughs and lush grass. A blackbird announces dawn as the tones grow sweeter.
Poetic Fragment On Owl Realm and Sea Farewell
A fragmentary verse speaks of a giant owl asleep beside yellow sands and a sea offering. Imagery blends beauty and baptism with distant farewell, hinting at fate, longing, and transformative touch within a dreamlike ritual.
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Wale
Ariya
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Ladies’ Home Journal
General Greely
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Rosamund Marrinti- Watson
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J.N. Hughes
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G. W. & CG. L. Lovell
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Opera House
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Geo. Inglis
M.D. Pursens
Calla
C. H. Shipman
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T. B. Kent
Mita Street
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Physicians and Surgeons
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Wm. J. Coughlan
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Entist
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Eilers’ Ata Town
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J.B. Smith
Lowa
Deedy An Ooetetgane
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