Turbulent politics and war notes in 1900s paper
The Times-Republican reports fear of united opposition to Cummins by Trewin, while Toledo Chronicle notes Trewin may quicken pace in governors race. State Register hints a candidate may withdraw if Conger seeks nomination. Delaware Republicans adopt primary system amid debate over assessments. Boer war influence shifts to US South with an injunction case in New Orleans. McKinley’s Pacific tour promises grand ovation and western hospitality.
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State Register
Conger
Cummins
Delaware County
Manchester Press
United States
New Orleans
South Africa
Too Many Politicians, Pioneer Press Says
The St Paul Pioneer-Press laments excessive politicians while noting the view that every man should be somewhat involved in politics. The piece suggests there are too many people in politics for the spoils argument and expresses broad agreement with that line.
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St. Paul
Penrose and Mowry Rivalry Arising in Tama County
Friends of Senator Penrose vow to stay in the contest until a lieutenant governor nominee is chosen, while Col Mowry’s allies claim Penrose runs against him. Distant observers sense disharmony in Tama county Republican ranks, though the writer hopes the impression is misleading.
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Penrose
Col. Mowry
Mowry
Tama County
US intervention in Cuba debated by Senator Platt
Senator Platt of Connecticut, author of the Cuban amendment, urged that the United States bears responsibility for Cuba's governance and must preserve the right to intervene to abolish bad government and maintain good government. He warned that the U S will likely resist giving up these rights. In Monticello residents praise the town’s tax levy, noting Boone and Sac City levy 80 mills versus Monticello’s about 40, and calling for reform of officers or a tax ferret revival to prevent tax avoidance.
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Platt
Connecticut
Cuba
United States
Monticello
Boone
Sac City
The Sweetness of Sunlight and Living Love
A poetic verse by Ripley D. Saunders in the St. Louis Republic celebrates sunlight easing gloom and the joy of living. It extols tender love, a beating heart, and happiness as life’s rich, earthly and heavenly race is run, with days brightened by sun and warmth.
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Ripley D. Saunders
St. Louis Republic
Local Iowa Notes Resident Pensions and Birthdays Highlight
Wm H Bruce of Anamosa has a pension of 8 dollars monthly. William Rimmer of Clinton recently celebrated his 102nd birthday on April 11. He has 9 children, 37 grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren. Tax officials claim over six million dollars in Blackhawk county mortgages, with nearly half untaxed. W J Bryan will speak in Dubuque on April 23 with local Democrats organizing. A Coggan school principal Inman was arrested for whipping a boy. he was found guilty and will appeal. Prof Doffelmeyer becomes Boone schools superintendent succeeding G I Miller after over fifteen years. Fifth district editors named for national convention in Buffalo. Tama county incumbent republican must yield to Brown after supreme court ruling. Decorah banker James H Easton sentenced to five years. Fayette court affirmed. E L Van Horne indicted in Keokuk for sending debt collection envelopes bearing skulls. Archbishop Keane invested with pallium in Dubuque. Cardinal Gibbons presided. Anamosa to annex Strawberry Hill pending council action. Cedar Rapids set for Republican state convention Aug 7. J Davis to chair, A M McColl secretary, S C Platt reading clerk. Cascade saloon keepers fined 50 dollars each for mulct law violations. fines suspended as reform begins.
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Coggan
Inman
Waterhouse
Prof
Doffelmeyer
Marion
Boone
G. I. Miller
Boone Schools
Supreme Court
Tama County
Brown
James H. Easton
Decorah
Fayette
Easton
E. L. van Horne
Muscatine
Keokuk
Keane
St. Raphael’s
Dubuque
Cardinal Gibbons
Kain
Ireland
Father Toomey
Anamosa
Strawberry Hill
Cedar Rapids
State Central Committee
J. Davis
Cairman
A. M. McColl
Woodward
C. Platt
Iowa Falls
Reading
Cascade
Dunnigan
Pulpits Versus Pulpits as Advertising Boards
Edward Bok urges banning secular notices from church pulpits in the March Ladies Home Journal. He asserts ministers should not function as advertising media and that churches should avoid turning pulpits into bulletin boards while maintaining dignified worship.
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Edward Bok
March Ladies’ Home Journal
Back Tax Collection Deferral Noted by County Board
Minutes show the board deferred back tax collection until the September meeting. The editorial questions whether weather or public sentiment explains the delay and urges honest taxpayers to demand action. It argues tax dodgers should not be treated leniently and calls for investigation.
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Wyoming Journal
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Greediness Bursts the Bag
The Wyoming Journal reports Mr. E. L. Atkinson of Anamosa faced denial by county supervisors for a furniture bill claimed after preventive house small pox measures. Taxpayers generally approve while Atkinson disapproves, with court action possible given the bill’s magnitude. The piece questions the destruction of microbes and urges less drastic methods.
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The
Wyoming Journal
E. L. Atkinson
Anamosa
Atkinson
Saloons ordered to remove obstructions under new regulations
Saloons must run strictly under the musect with screens removed and notified of penalties for noncompliance. Mrs. Peter Takes died at her son's home on the old homestead in Washington township after a daylong illness from a paralytic stroke. Funeral held Thursday at St. Peter's church Temple Hill with Rev. Convery officiating.
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Musect
Peter Takes
Washington Township
St. Peter’s Church, Temple Hill
Convery
Strongest Candidate Declared by Senator Trewin
The Lansing Mirror reports from Anamosa that Senator Trewin of Allamakee County announces his candidacy for governor. The Eureka notes he would be a formidable foe if he and his allies press the campaign statewide.
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Anamosa Eureka
Trewin
Allamakee County
Lansing
Hazel Green Transfer of 280 Acre Farm to Chris Inabnit
Harry Hicks of Hazel Green arranged the transfer of his brother in law Fred Penniman's Hazel Green township farm to Chris Inabnit. The 280 acre property near Belmont church sold for 16800 dollars at 60 per acre with possession in 1902. Hicks reports his brother in law and family are well and living in Hammond Louisiana where strawberries are ripe and shipments began last week.
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Harry Hicks
Hazel Green
Fred Penniman
Chris Inabnit
Hazel Green Township
Belmont Church
Inabnit
Hicks
Hammond
Ryan Reporter
Battle over next Republican convention location heats up
The contest between Des Moines and Cedar Rapids over hosting the upcoming Republican state convention reaches a climax this week, though newspapers in both cities will continue to report on the dispute.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Tipton Establishes Three Rural Delivery Mail Routes
Tipton has established three rural delivery mail routes totaling 83 miles. The routes serve a population of 1930. The Daughters of the American Revolution now counts over 35,000 members across 567 chapters.
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Tipton
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Anamosa Area Property Transfers and Local Notices
A lengthy list of property transfers and related notices in Anamosa and surrounding towns including Madison, Monticello, Wyoming, Cass, and Rome. Names include Horace C Metcalf, W Landesman, Albert Sanford, Rudolph Carter, Michael English, Peter Leveson, Cornelia Skelley, Wm Skelley, John Hansen, and many others with district sections and land descriptions. Also lists payments for poor relief, jail and health expenses, and public works items in Anamosa and nearby communities.
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Awamosa
N M
Siverhart
Oxford Junction
Michael English
Scroggie
Clay
Peter Leveson
Hermon Sivilka Land
Madison
Skelley
Cornelia Skelley
Montice
Dallas Kiurg
John Dunn
Wm Dunn
Washington
Tobiason
W B
Hanken Jand
Scotch Grove
Brazelton
Mary Cassady
Monticello
Albert C Dandemier
Kate A Johnson
Greenfield
Bldg & Loan Assa
M M White
G L Holmes
Rome
Mary Smola
J D Leady
Fairview
John NI Beam
L Schoonover
Wm Ferguson
Mary BE
Ferguson
Shaw's
Fisher
East Anamoga
Henry J Marmine
S J. Easterly
Wilot
Cora Gibson
Chas M Helmer
Monticell
Chauncey T Bates
John Bates
Agnes B Stirton
P Stuhler
Remmer
J Jooster
M Pageland
Cass.i
Nevens
Jerinie Starks
H Sandhouse Awe
Richland
T Shaw & Wf
Frank E Johnson
Shaw’s
Barney Sealls & Wf
John
Coppess
Sheean
Shaw
Anamosa
J H Peters & W
James Moneypenny & Wf
James W Lreland
Hale
Mary F
Shipton
Edleman
Sarah Clymer
Alto
Cole
Walworths
Olin
Samuel Preston
Geo Watters
Cass
T K Black
Paul
Black
Castle Crove
E. Oo
Phebe J Hakes
CJ Murfield
OE Snyder
Michael B Lawless
Dod
Wm Landesman
Flora Strauss Walter
Arthur Kiburz
Effie J Rummel
Henry Silker
Delano Sanford & Wf Et
Albert Sanford
Wayne
Hannah R Howe
J Z Mackrill
Onslow
James Spellman
Mattie E Fegan
Womachka
Hammond
Les Benson
Carlisle
Green's
Wyoming
Anna Hitchcock
Scott & Skin- Ann
Jacobs
H Balster
SOC
Ercanbrack
Schoonover
P Ireland
Chas Dennison Land
Jackson
I’ Houstman
Mary F Shipton
Abner Merrill Kimball
J Lewis S
Jennie Starks
Claims Allowed by Board of Supervisors at April Session
The April session approved claims for groceries for the poor from G E Noble Shaw Dutton Simmons McCarty Burrichter Fred Slauson Mariaman A Monternach HOF Kaylor Brasted Prentice W H Proctor Geo Stubbler Sons J W Waite J Smith O Bowker A Steiner Morse Bros J Locher M P Sigworth Brasted Prentice Lister Bros M G L Hollister game W Starry George Moore and others.
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Board of Supervisors
E Noble
Shaw & Dutton
Simmons & McCarty
Same
Burrichter
Fred Slauson
Mariaman
A Monternach
Hof Kaylor
Brasted & Prentice
Morse Bros
J Locher
Wood
P Sigworth
Lister Bros
GL Hollister
Starry
George Moore
Blood and health rely on rich nutrition says Scott's Emulsion
The ad explains blood state mirrors health and urges Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil to restore strength. It claims a rich blood supply supports mind and body, and offers a free sample with a tolerable taste. Scott & Bowne, chemists in New York, sell bottles for 1.00 and provide it at drugstores.
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Scott
scoTt & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
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Pacific Coast
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Wm. H. Bruce
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Clinton
Blackhawk County
W.J Bryan
Association
Buffalo
Justin Barry
Walker News
W. D. Lee
Sherman Yates
Tipton Advertiser
Cascade Pioneer News
Royal Baking Powder
Royal Baking Powder CO
AN Dennison
Wef Quigley
Cae
Mart Kidman
Au J Bender
Jane Whiting
Chas Zimmer
Sane A. Bcalkings
Sning
Hubbard & Hankon
Siamp
KOM Harvey Trustes Oo
Pangburn
RO Stephens
Trustes
PO Babeoel
Overseer
Poor
di Sleworth
Modielny Wi
Wyoming City
L B'Plucker
KM Harvey
Board of Health
Sume
Roh Gray
Phys Geo Rowrose
Ning Ohimnoye
Arnold
H Arnold
Shortit
Chapito Bros
LM All
W_O Jackets
Fete
Reymers
Baillif
Miller
Doxsoe
OB Paul
sal-dan-Bob-Mar
Lown
Sleeper
J A Hartman
Sup
Cole Bros, Kang
Wese
Sigworth
Samg
Barker
Freht
Jan-Foeb
I Noble
Brooms
WB Dorr
Eblliott Hatch
Ribbons
Typewrite
EE Reed
oMco
OH Oefinger
Potcina
Anamosa Water Works
Cena
Anamosa Electric Iight
B Paul
Offfee
Booth
Ceee
Doxsie
A Monger
T Chamberlain
Hammond Bros & Stephens
Bool
Nammond Bros & Stephens
Matt Parrott
SAMO
Ceeeeeee Nee
Courier Book Co
Egbert, Midlar & Co
Institution
M Dow
Ccc
Ceeeeeee Tees Creer For
Orphans’ Home
Board
Iowa Children's Home
GD James
Ansessor Jung
JG Joslin
Peter Tjh
Republican Peluting Co
Jas Whalen
D McDonald
Woodyard
Onatott
Bottomstonoe
Simeo
Cceereeeees
A Miller
H Mallicoat
U Barr
Sam
Richard Coyle
GAMO
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Wilks
Bang
Eile
Aleace
Coder
Sumi Glick
Frank Slouha
Eave
Roymore
Kinert
Frank H Thomas
Institute Fu
Kulhave
W McDonola
P Barber
QE Bruntlett
JF Brown
Caese Reer Eeaes
Kenyon
King
JB King
EL Kenyon
Aed
Boston
Aguinaldo
George Washington
Philippines
Tur Express
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Bas Ee
Len
Star Clothing House
J.B. Zimmerman & CO
North Cedar Street
Oregon
C. W. Brown
M. W. Herrick
Mon Helio
Iowa
the Stublerock
J. W. Doxsee
Monticello Bank
A. B. Clark
South Cedar Street
Vleetlandise
F. C. Ellison
T. R. Hroanbrack
Ellison & Ercanbrack
A. Matthiessen
Jalen Monticello
Jane Iowa
A. F. Tiede
P.O. Babcock
Actioneer
We. J. Coughlan
Bntlytl
Hicks & Bilers
T. B. Kent
Will Anewer
Main Street
Post Office
Center Junction
J. H. Lathrop
Willory
F. M. Magee
Herman's
A. Kempf
J. KE. Bateman
W. First St
W. A. Mirick
Congregational Church
Oalls
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