Flowers of Easter Dr Talmage Easter Discourse on Flowers
Dr Talmage uses Easter flowers to teach about God’s providence comfort and resurrection. He widens the lilies and roses symbolism to include weddings funerals and Christ’s resurrection urging readers to find divine meaning in blossoms and the coming of life after death.
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New Saturn Moon Discovered by Pickering
Prof William H Pickering of Cambridge Mass reports a new Saturn satellite identified from four plates from the Arequipa Howard Observatory. The object lies 34 times farther from Saturn than Iapetus, has a period near 17 months, and magnitude around 15.14. The discovery follows H O Observatory work with the Bruce telescope, with Bond’s 1848 prior Saturn satellite discovery noted.
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Cambridge
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Howard Astronomical Observatory
Arequipa
Peru
Bruce
George P. Bond
Howard College Observatory
Undocked Yearlings Rule At British Horse Show
The Stunters' Improvement Society of Great Britain announces that this year's horse show will require all yearlings to be undocked. In subsequent years the rule expands to older horses until all exhibited horses have their natural caudal appendages.
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Stunters’ Improvement Society of Great Britain
C. F. Curtiss
Agricultural College
Ames
Europe
Continent
Great Britain
Germany
France
Belgium
England
Scotland
Not Approved Uncle Amos on women preachers in Brooklyn Life
A dialogue from Brooklyn Life features Uncle Amos rejecting a notion that women can be ministers, while Uncle Hiram questions the idea as a modern, misguided craze about women preaching.
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Amos
Uncle Hiram
Brooklyn
Shipyards build warships and merchant vessels in America
The article states that 42397.92 dollars worth of warships are being built in American shipyards for the navy while ships under construction for the merchant marine amount to 19719.60 dollars, highlighting the scale of naval versus merchant construction.
New Petitions Required Saloon Trust Revealed
Des Moines April 3 Attorney General Remley endorses State Anti Saloon League demand that saloon keepers obtain new consent petitions after the 1897 law. Boards of supervisors must pass on petitions. old petitions are invalid. The issue affects Des Moines Marshalltown Oskaloosa Waterloo and Sioux City.
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State Anti-Saloon League
Board of Supervisors
Rev
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Boards of Supervisors
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Oskaloosa
Waterloo
Sioux City
Supreme Court
Polk County
B. F. Parker
Dés Moines
No Hope for Bryan as Democratic Nomination Persists
San Francisco Chronicle argues Bryan’s push for a renewed Chicago platform is selfish and unlikely to rally party leaders or voters. It cites changing public sentiment, New York Democratic influence, and the appeal of war heroes or untested candidates as better paths for 1900.
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Dewey
Schley
Wheeler
Rome
San Francisco Chronicle
Revolutionary Sons Hold Annual Meeting in Des Moines
The Sons of the American Revolution will meet April 19 at Grant club parlors Des Moines to elect a successor to President George H. Richardson of Belleond and to transact officers and routine business. An eight o clock literary program follows in the same building with families present and DAR members and escorts invited. Secretary Alger approves a circular permitting half pound candy packages for sale to army officers and enlisted men.
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Grant Club
Des Moines
George H. Richardson
Belleond
Alger
Democratic Party Dinners Indicate Indigestion for Opponents
A compilation of editorial takes from Albany Journal Kansas City Journal Chicago Times-Herald Richmond Times Indianapolis Journal and Nashville Banner praising the Democratic platform. The pieces contrast Free Silver and anti expansion with Republican views and note McKinley era prosperity and restored national prestige.
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Wisconsin
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Richmond
Indianapolis Journal
United States
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McKinley
Nashville Banner
Keokuk College Sold to Keokuk Medical College
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Keokuk has been sold to Keokuk Medical College for 20000 dollars cash. The deal preserves the old name and erects bronze tablets for Dr. McGugin and Dr. J C Thighes while founding a Hughes scholarship. The sale ends a long dispute dating to 1890 and retains some late faculty while bringing most staff from the buyer.
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Keokuk
Columbus
Kan
Hughes
Old College
Legion of Honor Enacts Women Admittance at Colfax Session
The Iowa Legion of Honor held its eleventh biennial meeting in Colfax with about 110 lodges represented. A key action lowers male member age to 18 and allows women to join as full members or social members, with new social male admission and revised assessments. Officers named include Charles R. Clark, Johny Zaurawaski, John H. Helm, John Jillsinger, Charles S. Chase, and T. G. Prescott. The meeting date moves to the third Wednesday in May and the next session will be in Belle Plaine.
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Iowa Legion of Tlonor
Colfax
Charles R. Clark
Montezuma
Johny Zaurawaski
LeMars
John H. Helm
John Jillsinger
Suburu
Charles 8. Chase
Waterloo
Grand Medical Examiner
T. CG
Prescott
Sioux City
Grand
Belle Plaine
Society Woman Elopes From Fort Dodge Family
Miss Julia Looby, an 18 year old heiress of the late John Looby, elopes with Bert Dickinson, a traveling photographer, after opposed courtship. Dickinson moved to Fort Dodge months ago and they wed secretly while the bride’s mother was away in Dubuque. The sister received a telegram from Des Moines announcing the marriage.
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Avoir
Julia Looby
Bert Dickinson
John Looby
Port Dodge
Dickinson
Dubuque
Miss Looby
Des Moines
Mr. Dickinson
Damaging Evidence Against Oscar Nellis in Shultz Murders
Five years after the Cherokee killings of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Shultz, evidence mounts against Oscar Nellis. Mrs. Nellis testifies her husband admitted killing the elderly couple during a failed robbery and lied about the events to cover the crime.
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Oscar Nellis
Martin Shultz
Cherokee
Spinal meningitis hits Chariton with six deaths in a week
Chariton reports six deaths from spinal meningitis in seven days and several new cases mostly among school children. The school board closed one room where two deceased children and two new cases were found. Doctors fear contagion as the illness appears confined to a single classroom and has affected multiple members of two families.
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Manila
Chariton
Seeking Information on Henry Ebert in Iowa
The governor has received a letter seeking information about Henry Ebert who came to this county from Europe near the Civil War end and is believed to have arrived in Iowa in 1867. Anyone knowing this person is asked to report details to the governor for the requester.
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Henry Ebert
Europe
Iowa
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