Valued policy bill passes senate amid broader reform push
Des Moines reports Senator Brighton's valued policy bill clears the senate and aims to curb insurer disputes over fire losses, requiring payment of full insured value minus depreciation proven by the insurer. The session also approves a drastic prize fighting ban and an insurance tax measure with exemptions narrowed to non profit associations.
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Brighton
Senate
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Cheshire
Iowa Teachers Prep for Northwestern Townteachers’ Assoc Meet
Preparations are under way for the Northwestern Towneachers association annual meeting in Sioux City April 19 to 21. Speakers include R. C. Barrett and university leaders. seven convention sections are listed. officers named N Spencer Algona president and others.
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Northwestern Towneachers’ Association
R. C. Barrett
Des Moines
George i. MacLean
University of Iowa
W. M. Bearshear
Agricultural College
Ames
M. W. O’shea
University of Wisconsin
General Association
MacLean
Bearshear
O’shea
N. Spencer
Algona
D. M. Odle
Hull
Ayres Robertson
F. M. Harding
H. B. Pierce
Rock Rapids
Ex-Speaker Lore Alford Found Dead in Waterloo
Former Iowa House speaker Lore Alford was found dead in his Waterloo home with his throat cut. Neighbors say despondency over illness contributed. four years earlier he attempted suicide by shooting but recovered. Alford, a prominent lawyer, served as speaker during the 18th Iowa General Assembly in 1880.
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Waterloo
Alford
Iowa House of Representatives
General Assembly
Dorsey Appeal Upheld For Bank False Statements
The United States circuit court of appeals affirmed a six year sentence for Frank M. Dorsey of Sioux City. Indicted on 13 counts for making false statements about the First National Bank of Peonea Nebraska. He was tried twice in Omaha and moved to Idaho where he runs a prospering mercantile business.
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Omaha
Dorsey
Idaho
Free Library Gift Triggers Voter Referendum in Davenport
Davenport officials plan to ask voters at the April municipal election to approve purchasing a site for a free Carnegie library. Andrew Carnegie offers a $50,000 building if the city provides a site and $4,000 yearly for maintenance. The city council has moved to put the matter before residents.
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Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Successful Farmer Builds 1,280 Acre Western Canada Estate
The Baldur Man Gazette notes W Creamer near the town on an expansive 1,280 acre mixed farm dating from 1880. It details 800 cultivated acres 400 plowed for next spring wheat 60 cattle 50 pigs 40 horses and a large modern complex including a 55 foot square barn and granary with 3,000 bushels of wheat. It cites his threshing outfit and the region's free homestead laws drawing thousands west.
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Creamer
Western Canada
Baldur (Man
Cuckoo Clock Protest Inspires Audubon Committee
Dorothy Our Audubon club met this afternoon as they passed an enthusiastic resolution to appoint a committee to take immediate steps for the protection of the cuckoo. The exchange referenced the cuckoo clock in a light reply. This item reflects a local civic moment and a humorous note from the Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit Free Press
Cure a Cold in One Day Ads and Notable Mentions
An assortment of vintage ads urges remedies for colds and sore throats including Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops claiming rapid relief. It notes refunds if cures fail and features promotional lines from newspapers like the Atchison Globe and Puck with humor about honesty and compliments.
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Pike
Unsettled Engagement Sparks Family Tension in Detroit
A young man engaged to a Detroit girl faces strong opposition from her irascible uncle who warns he will shoot if the couple does not wed. The confrontation occurs in the uncle’s inner office as he asserts head of the family authority.
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Detroit
Parden
Sunny
Detroit Free Press
What They Really Say Cartoon Dialogue Revealed
A Washington Post caption-like item presents a humorous exchange between a married couple at a theater. The husband and wife trade jibes about hair, hats, and fashion as onlookers observe the couple’s animated conversation.
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Luffy
Washington Post
Whist Tournament Victory Noted in Boston Transcript
In a chatty exchange Mrs. Gray congratulates Mrs. Greene on winning the first prize at a whist tournament, a silver cup that marks the event. The discussion shifts to moral judgments about gambling and theft, balancing social gossip with the prize news.
Rivalry Over Ideal Man Sparks College Debates
An editorial voice argues health and vigor define the ideal man, praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestion and disease prevention. A comic aside recalls a British bachelor injuring himself while sewing a button, illustrating mishaps of single life.
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement note
A 100 dollar reward offer for catarrh cure is claimed by PF J Cheney Co. Toledo with endorsements from local wholesalers and a note on efficacy. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and Hall's Family Pills with a price per bottle and testimonials available.
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Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Ene Truax
Toedo
O, Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Good Engagement in Scene Draws Mixed Reviews
The New York World quotes two veteran actors discussing engagement and pay. One notes good pay is not the issue, while the other jokes about eating a large steak in the second act, illustrating stage life and camaraderie.
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N. Y. World
Free Sample of Allens Foot Ease Promised by Olsted
Advertisement offers a free sample of Allen's Foot Ease from Allen S. Olsted in Leroy New York. It claims to cure chilblains sweating damp swollen aching feet and to ease new or tight shoes. It notes the product sells for 25 cents at druggists and shoestores.
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Leroy
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Man With a Bill Stuns Court In Royal Debt Scare
The Detroit Journal reports a court chamberlain announces a bill causing the king to startle. The monarch suspects a theory that the donor is a bird as creditors loom and strict royal measures limit access.
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Detroit Journal
Salzer Seed Catalog Offer From La Crosse Wisconsin
A promotional notice urges sending 5 cents to John A. Salzer Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin for a big cattle sheep and swine catalog with a quoted price of 25 cents per ton to grow.
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John A. Salzer
Dont Worry Club tale in Yonkers Statesman
A short humorous exchange shows Rosalés and a woman discussing trouble joining a Dont Worry club and worry over paying dues, reflecting light social note style from Yonkers.
Lane’s Family Medicine Emphasizes Daily Bowel Health
An early medicine note promotes Lane’s Family Medicine as a daily aid for healthy bowels and gentle liver and kidney action. It claims to cure a sick head ache and lists prices of 25 and 50 cents.
Peruna praised by Nebraskan contractor for family cure
In a letter from Falls City Nebraska contractor and mason Carl H Roberts lauds Peruna claiming it cured his three sons of membranous croup lung fever and pneumonia and pleurisy and his wife of stomach trouble. He says nineteen bottles saved $500 in doctors bills and calls Peruna the greatest medicine on earth. Other letters extol its benefits for catarrh nervousness and general health and a free work on chronic earth entarrh is offered by the Peruna Medicine Company Columbus Ohio.
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Nebraska
Carl ‘Ll. Roberts
Lartmin
James
Charlie
John
C. ‘I. Roberts
Falls City
Spring Travel Bargains to the South
March and April excursions offer half rate round trips from Louisville and Nashville Railroad to major points in Tennessee Alabama Georgia and West Florida. Tickets valid on the first and third Tuesdays of March and April. Inquiries to P Sid Jones immigration official Birmingham Alabama or J K Ridgely Northwestern passenger agent Chicago Illinois.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
P. Sid Jones
Birmingham
Ala
J. K. Ridgely
Chicago
Stranger Encounters Turn Cold in Gibraltar Stay
A traveler recalls a chilly reception in Gibraltar after a promising hotel encounter with a English man and woman who seemed friendly. The mood shifts when a waiter interrupts and reveals the pair were the duchess of Cleveland's maid and Lord Rosebery's mother, dampening the trip.
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Duchess of Cleveland
Lord Rosebery
Detroit Free Press
Overland Limited to California from Chicago Daily
The Overland Limited runs from Chicago daily at 6 30 AM arriving San Francisco on the third day and Los Angeles the following morning with no car changes and dining cars not included. The Pacific Express departs Chicago daily at 10 30 PM with through sleepers to California and weekly personally conducted excursions. Tickets via Chicago & North Western Railway.
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Union Pacific
North Western Line
Overland Limited
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Tire Pacific Express
California
Chicago & North-Western B’y
W. B. Kniskern
Ill
Cannibal King Ode Draws Fire In Press Critique
The Daltimore American rails at an alleged coronation poem by the poet laureate Rants about a King Oombalengkage and a guard officer consuming feet. The piece prompts calls for restraint and questions about official encouragement of literature to extremes.
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Daltimore
And Other Tales Collects Stories for Limited Edition Release
A limited edition volume featuring And Other Tales including Making a Revolution Susquehanna Trail Sculpture of the Js Once a Pillar of the World Fathers of Fashion and others. It is described as delightful and beautifully illustrated and ready for distribution around May. A request asks 10 cents sent to T W Lee Lackawanna Railroad New York City for the edition.
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Susquehanna
T. W. Lee
Lackawanna Railroad
Exchange Place
New York City
Accent and Remedy Snippets Stir 1804 Humor
A playful exchange about chopping wood and chopping sucy echoes from Chicago and Chinatown in a clipped old newspaper voice. A testimonial from E Cady of Huntington Indiana notes Piso’s Cure curing a three year throat and lung trouble dated November 12, 1804.
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E. Cady
Huntington, Ind
Alabastine Promotes Durable Wall Coating Breakthrough
Alabastine is presented as the original durable wall coating distinct from kis aemine preparations. It comes ready for use by adding cold water, is sold in labeled dry powder packages, and claims to replace sealing calcimine paper and paint on plaster brick wood or canvas. The product is touted as easy enough for a child to apply.
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Alabastine Co
Alabastine and kalsomine use in hospital walls
Kalsomines are cheap wall coatings made from whiting chalk and clays with decaying animal glue. Ala bastine is a rock base cement that sets and ages without washing or scraping, and Alabastine is widely used in hospitals for its disinfectant properties and easier maintenance.
Alabastine Promotes Durable Interior Paint For Public Halls
The ad extols Alabastine as a durable interior coating for churches schools and public halls. It claims it does not rub or scale off and lasts long with clean appearance. It urges owners to consult paint dealers or druggists for tint cards and request a free booklet from the Alabastine Co Grand Rapids Mich.
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Grand Rapids
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