Gulf and Manitoba railway eyed to run from Kansas City north
Des Moines reports the Gulf and Manitoba railway may be built from Kansas City north this season. Tracklaying could start from Jackson Minnesota, with a line to Bedford linking to the southern work from KC. The route would pass Rockwell City Superior Carroll Pocahontas Center Greenfield Guthrie Center Corning and Bedford near the Missouri line.
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Des Moines
Gulf and Manitoba
Kansas City
Europe
Galveston
Jackson
Minn
Rockwell City
Superior
Carroll
Pocahontas Center
Greenfield
Guthrie Center
Corning
Bedford
Elizabeth ‘Bowdoin
Springfield
Mass
Butte
Mont
Andrew J. Davis
Davis County
Salt Creek Township
Davis
A Professional Mendicant and a $200 Daily Income
A Washington News account details a New York beggar who claims up to $200 earned daily. A former bookkeeper turned professional mendicant recounts his rise from a Harlem clerk to a fraud-prone, citywide beggar who once stored a roll of banknotes and was arrested several times.
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Riggs House
Thomas Crofton
New York
The
National
Broadway
Metropolis
Harlem
Washington News
Nye's Anecdote of Nye and a Harp in New Jerusalem
Col Will Visscher recalls Nye in private chats with humor and earnestness. He recounts Nye’s cyclone mishap and a telegram about a harp and a 7% crown, then Nye’s broken leg and remark about stepping on a peel of thunder. The anecdote ends with Nye noting his leg heals and a warning about peeling thunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Visscher
Nye
New Jerusalem
Evergreen Shore
Chicago Times-Herald
Sewing Machines: From Plain to High Speed Stitching
The era of simple single needle machines has given way to advanced models capable of looping and chaining through diverse materials. Modern machines can reach 600 stitches per minute, while a leading factory built a device delivering 3,500 stitches in 60 seconds, equating to 14,000 stitch movements per minute. Fiji islands donated $25,000 to foreign missions last year, with historical notes on banquets featuring roast missionary dishes.
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Chicago
Fiji Islands
Foreign Missions
Fiji Island
Congress Censures Ambassador Bayard in House Debate
Republicans force separate votes on censure by name after Democrats block resolutions. Debate centers on protecting diplomacy and criticizing Bayard for his past actions as secretary of state. The passage notes obstruction, political slander, and the shift to a targeted censure vote.
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Bayard
House
Ambassador Bayard
Congress
Committee On Foreign Affairs
McCreary
Hitt
State Department
United States
Draper
Massachusetts
Willis
Delaware
Democratic incapacity blamed for 1892 election loss
The piece argues the Democratic Party misgoverned after a decisive 1892 victory, blundering from the start and hurting business and prosperity. It predicts Republican victory by March 4, 1893, citing public discontent and ascribes fault to Democratic misrule and unreliability.
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Democratic Party
Noth
Partisan Debate Over Bayard Censure in Congress
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports the 180 71 vote on censuring Ambassador Bayard with Republicans and some Democrats opposing and supporting the measure. The piece faults party lines and vows the later 191 10 69 tally on the second resolution, noting partisan clashes over Bayard’s record and policy.
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Bailey
Texas
Bayard
Boston
Cooke
Illinois
Draper
Massachusetts
Willis
Delaware
Bailey and Cockrell
Cummings
New York
Sorg
Ohio
Latimer
South Carolina
Ambassador Bayard
American Congress
Chicago
All Cleveland's Fault
A political squib argues the U S government cannot cover expenses under President Cleveland. It cites a large debt rise since his term began and criticizes a tariff bill as insufficient revenue. It predicts a Senate veto and mocks a proposed currency plan.
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Cleveland
Senate
Congress
N. Y
Brief St. Louis Globe-Democrat political reflection
A snippet from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat emphasizes preserving core elements that give a political party life, warning that neglect risks loss of purpose and vitality. The quoted line underscores the stakes of party continuity and identity.
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Ing
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Cleveland’s Silence Signals Looming Democratic Money Rift
The Iowa State Register argues President Cleveland hints at a 1890s party clash over money standards. It suggests his stance clears him as a potential nominee or signals backing for a cabinet member, while free silver sentiment grows in the west and the eastern wing seizes party control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Towa
Horace Fines
Republican Party
Allison
Towa State Register
Press Opinions On Cleveland Third Term and Party Split
Opinions from Chicago and Boston reflect on Cleveland potential renomination and a possible Democratic split. Ex governor Campbell warns the party could die if it fragments. Critics discuss gold reserves, treasury deficits, and tariff law impacts shaping the national mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Missouri West
Chicago Times- Herald
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
James E. Campbell
Ohio
Boston
United States Treasury
1Roy Times
The Launching of the Town Poem Read in Philadelphia
Maj. S. H. M. Byers reads The Launching of the Town at the launch of the sea going battleship Towa in Philadelphia on March 28. The poem urges the ship to bear peace to all lands, to remember Perry and Lawrence, and to sail again with glory, vows valor, and national strength.
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H. M. Byers
Towa
Philadelphia
Maj
S. H. M. Byers
Perry
Lawrence
Morris
Bust Involving Thousands of Dollars at Cedar Rapides
The Wright county board built a large drainage ditch for Clarion costing 10000 dollars. Aldrich of Cedar Rapids owned 200 acres inside Clarion and faced a 600 dollar tax for the ditch. Judge Hindman ruled in Aldrichs favor after a trial and decision that affects several similar county cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapides
Board of Supervisors
Wright County
Clarion
Aldrich
Cedar Rapids
Mer
Hindman
Valuation of Railroads Updated by Des Moines Council
The Des Moines executive council completed the annual railroad valuation in Iowa. Total increases and decreases nearly offset for a net rise of 4 051. Chicago Northwestern and Chicago Burlington Quincy see declines. Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Illinois Central rise on main lines. Other roads largely unchanged.
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St. Paul
Tilinals
Executive Council
Des Moines
Towa
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, Burlington& Quincy
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Troclk Island
Hlinois Central
Silver Party Calls Des Moines Convention July Fourteen
Amos Steckel state chairman issues call for a Silver Party state convention in Des Moines on July 14. It will unite free silver supporters and name 35 delegates to the national bimetallic union convention in St. Louis on July 22. The release accuses old parties of pledging gold and silver purity then breaking it and urges independent action by the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Amos Steckel
St. Tiouijs
Sioux City Fair Meet Programme Sets Record Purses
The Sioux City Fair Association completes its race meeting programme for May 27 28 30 and 30 aiming for one of the most important meets in the middle west. Officials plan large purse totals and expect strong attendance.
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Sioux City Fair Association
Yywanization
Middle West
Ninth John Alden occupies 1650 Plymouth house in Duxbury
In Duxbury Massachusetts the house once occupied by John Alden, a Plymouth founder, is now tenanted by the ninth John Alden, a direct descendant. The dwelling was built in 1650.
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Skowegan
John Alden
Plymouth
Duxbury
Mass
Caribou
Ludlow
Augusta
Maine
Iowa Legislature Sees Broad Senate Passage Of Tax And Policy Bills
The Iowa Senate moved quickly on March 25 and following days approving a collateral inheritance tax set at five percent above one dollar with narrow exemptions. It also passed the Standard fire insurance policy and related measures while defeating a travel expense bill for district judges. Other actions included boundary changes for judicial districts and new judges, plus steps toward code revision and state elections.
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Des Moines
Senate
Burance
Iowa
Cidea
Dairy Association
Marshall County
Henry
Louwlsa
Pes Moines
Alatua
Massra
Punk
Carpenter
Cheshire
Judiciary Committee
Doomer
Supreme Bench
Committee On Elections
Kilburn
Waterman
House
Lown
Dex Moines
Dea Moines
Senate Conference
Agriculture College
Independence Hospital
Soldiers' Orphans’ Home
Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Senate Mil
Erites
Boards of Health
Committee On Public Health
van Houten
State Board of Health
Clarinda
Fort Madison
Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Council Bluffs
Benedict
Notable Figures and Local Notices in Brief
King Menelek of Abyssinia speaks little Italian beyond curses. Dr Jameson’s Transvaal raid era practice earned $15000 yearly. Mr Gladstone favors Italian and dislikes French. President Kruger, after riding bicycles, has grown obese and inactive. Lord Dunraven gains Irish favor as lord lieutenant of Limerick and hosts tenants at Adare Manor. M Wierokin, War saw chief of police, died by strychnine. a servant tied to nihilists is jailed on suspicion.
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King Menelek
Abyssinia
Dr. Jameson
South Africa
Transvaal
Gladstone
Kruger
Lord Dunraven
Ireland
Limerick
Dunraven
Adare m Manor
M. Wierokin
Warsaw
Blacksmith Eckstrom Attempts Family Massacre In Burlington
A blacksmith named C. A. Eckstrom bought a revolver and aimed to kill his brother in law’s family and his wife in Burlington. He failed to wound anyone, was shot five times by Riley from a window, and later killed by a milkman who fired buckshot. Eckstrom had a troubled marriage as his wife had left him.
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M. G
Derriez
Alden
Barker
Lloyd Baker
Pierson
Baker
William
C. A. Eckatrom
Burlington
Riley
Eckstrom
Eekstrom
Only One Left to Graduate at Washington Academy
Eleven students were expelled after removing chapel chairs to the cellar. The janitor caught one boy, who confessed and named the others. Nearly all offenders were seniors, leaving only one student in the graduating class. It marked the academy’s first expulsion.
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Washington Academy
Tramps Clash in Burlington Yards Livermore Fatal Brawl
A large gang of tramps fought in the Burlington yards at Livermore over a dispute. Stones and brickbats rained for minutes before police and townspeople formed a posse. One tramp lay dead and several were seriously wounded. the offenders were arrested.
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Burlington
Livermore
Akron Woman Seized by Unknown Tramp While Riding
Miss Allie Donglis of Akron was waylaid by an unknown tramp on a country road while riding to give music lessons. She was held prisoner all day and repeatedly assaulted and bound to her horse before being released. the assailant dragged the unconscious girl back to Akron.
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Allie Donglis
Akron
Judge Frees Fleck and George in Patton Attack Case
Judge Elwood at Jefferson sentenced John Fleck the father and George the son for participating in the Patton attack on the Brown family on January 28. John Fleck received five years and George two and one half years in the penitentiary.
Multiple Fatalities and Fire Reported Across Iowa Towns
A series of brief Iowa items detail robberies and a fatal shooting near Razor's grocery, a baby fatally scalded in Creston, elderly deaths from illness and accident, a Lundberg body found near Alton Junction after a 70 foot fall, a burglary with limited loot, a Des Moines photographer dead after a quarrel, several found dead near railway tracks, and centenarian celebrations. Additional notes cover fires destroying hotels and warehouses, gas discovery, and community events including masons’ gathering preparations.
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Amcer
Fred Goyer
Conner
Razor's
Patrick Conners
Creston
William Luders
Burlington
Loren Berg
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Alton Junction
Ang Galt Lock & Jelds
Dora
O. T. Pearson
Des Moines
Charles
Henry Wilcox
Jo Hamutreed
Clear Lake
Chicago, Miwaukee
St. Paul
Elizabeth Paulson
Center Township
James Murray
J. Quemby & Son
Ashton
Sibley
F. Hoyt
Hldorado
Mary Harlan
James Harlan
Rockville
Ind
Travelers’ Pratective Association of America
Davenport
Southwestern Teachers’ Association
Lhe
Lluis
Nutwood
John B. Paxton
Boone
Wesley
Sam Grove
Gallagher
John I. Henderson
West Dibserty
Vincent
Poe Robert Godfrey
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Robert H. Collier
Dubuque
Laffino Rand Powder Company
Mason City
J. Evans
Iowa
Falls
Sioux City
Elks
Grand Ludge
Illinoia
Fort. Dodge
J .F. Pease
Arbor Hill
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Thomas Basket
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Muscatine
N. M. Brown
Lodge No. ,5
D.D. G. Sire
J. G. Potts
Guiena
G. Bro. Davis
JT Harmony Lodge No
E. H. Albee
N.G
Richard Cadle
V. G
Hosea Johns
Pliny Fay
J. Bridgman
Uixcelsior No. 15
S. G. Stein
N. G
Odd Fellowship
Grand Lodge
America
Luther A.brewer
P Tt. Garrison
J. K. Mason
Keokuk
Louis Weinstein
Iowa City
P. Reilly
Ioux City
W. C. Arthur
Odebolt
J. B. Bishop
Toledo
Robbins
Dolsen
Ir. Thurston
Webster City
Drake
Thomas’ Basket
Basket
Hintcman
James Richardson
Ringling Bros
Col. Visscher
Gulf
Silver Party
New England
Bure
Ington
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