A Dubuque Saloons Campaign and Public Law Debate
The piece discusses moving against Dubuque saloons under state law, with Archbishop Keane and the anti saloon league urging enforcement. It condemns private prosecutions and argues for public officers to bear enforcement costs, questions initiative and referendum, and notes comments on postmaster Rann, Thaw case fees, bar calendars, and Judge ethics. It ends with a critique of English writer Stead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Keane
Rankin
Mr. Rankin
Board of Supervisors of
Dubuque County
Smith-Morgan Printing Co
Bar
Anamosa Eureka
Anamosa Journal
Prosperity beliefs and debt caution in editorial note
The piece argues for avoiding debt and building emergency savings to weather any future panics. It criticizes Mr. Bryan for backing initiative and referendum as socialist leaning. It warns that his stance on government railroad ownership could provoke political trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Roosevelt Likely Welcomed by Republicans for Nomination
President Roosevelt would be welcomed by a large majority of Republicans as a candidate for nomination but may resist if he chooses a different candidate after declining a nomination.
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Roosevelt
Jurors and Defense Clashes Mark Thaw Trial
The jurors in the Thaw trial did not disagree any more than the defendant's lawyers did.
Chautauqua notes and political restlessness linger
John Temple Graves seeks public prominence by pressuring a Roosevelt Bryan nomination. Tillman Carves scorn with a pitchfork while Champ Clark stirs, and Graves must act scandalously to gain favor. The president’s stance on undesirable citizens echoes the square deal. Des Moines pushes a new municipal reform, hoping to mobilize honest conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Temple Graves
Bryan
Roosevelt
Tillman
Champ Clark
Graves
Reforms Hit Home as Supreme Court Backs Tax Deduction
The Supreme Court overturns the state supreme court ruling on savings banks deducting capital stock investments in government bonds for tax purposes. The ruling affirms that banks may deduct these investments from their taxable capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
State
Supreme Court
Bill to Help Extravagance From the Dubuque Times
Gov Cummins should veto a bill capping insurance dividends at eight percent. The remedy for high profits lies in competition or mutual insurance. Legal dividend limits would not lower rates and may foster extravagant management.
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Gov. Cummins
Bryan Evens Up
Chicago Tribune notes Mr. Bryan charges President Roosevelt with stealing his platform and appears to aim at Debs' platform as well as part of his bid to even the score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
The
Chicago Tribune
Mr. Bryan
Roosevelt
Debs
A Good Word for Representative Paul
A rising young Republican, Paul is praised as one of Jones county’s best superintendents of schools and a good representative. The Ex press says he will do well anywhere he is placed. keep an eye on him.
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Paul
Jones County
the Express
Popham Reappointed as Superintendent of Schools
Prof Popham will serve another year as superintendent of schools with a salary of 1300. Hunters Leonard Anderson Walter Hubbard and others bagged 27 snipes near Morley while Guy Cartano Harry Bean Lew Dockstader and J M Conway bagged 81 snipes and 5 ducks. H E M Niles resigns as county janitor and Frank Bagley is reappointed after trial health concerns noted. A Davenport judge gives Samuel Dellitt 18 a one day sentence for forging a restaurant check plus a 25 fine and costs. The writer argues the punishment stigma is too harsh for a first offense by a boy.
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Popham
Leonard Anderson
Walter Hubbard
Morley
Guy Cartano
Harry Bean
Lew Dockstader
J. M. Conway
H. E. M. Niles
Frank Bagley
Anamosa
Davenport
Samuel Dellitt
Righteousness Pays Best Says The Cedar Rapids Editorial
The Cedar Rapids Republican and Burlington Hawkeye echo a sermon on vice and virtue. They warn moral decay harms individuals and communities, linking vice to disease suffering and disaster while upholding right living as the path to happiness prosperity health and peace.
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Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Prairieburg gains new principal as local notices roll in
Edgar Johnson of Anamosa is named Prairieburg school principal while other items note Amos Currier of State University receives a 1 Carnegie pension. Masonville tragedy, Dubuque grain clubs, and jail terms mix with local school elections, factory labor, and Archbishop Keane urging law obedience.
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Edgar Johnson
Anamosa
Prairieburg
Amos II
Currier
the State University
Carnegie
Discriminative reading rises as readers seek definite aims
The passage argues that those with clear life aims value purposeful reading and do not waste time. It notes discriminative reading is popular, reflecting readers' credit to themselves and serving as warning to writers who produce aimless books.
Peoria Herald Transcript Laments Privacy Obsessed Civics
A quaint aphorism from the Peoria Herald Transcript cautions that a man who minds his business too closely isn’t popular and urges curiosity about neighbors to foster social ease. The brief moral reflects local voice in a period piece style.
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Peoria Herald-Transcripti
Trouble at Anamosa ends with erysipelas ruling
Anamosa Marshal M Kenyon faced a coroner inquest over Thomas Peet who died a week after a beating during arrest. The jury ruled Peet died of erysipelas caused by bruises from the officer while resisting arrest, noting unsanitary surroundings as a contributing factor.
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Anamosa
M. Kenyon
Coppner
Thomas Peet
Peet
Anamoen
Marshal Kenyon
Billy
The St. Paul Pacific Extension
The Chicago Chronicle notes that the Union Pacific built with government aid opened a path for more lines. It reports six transcontinentals exist now and predicts seven within years. The St Paul extension will connect Chicago to Puget Sound, open Pacific trade, and boost the middle west.
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Chicago Chronicle
Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Puget Sound
Chicago
Northwest
Orient
St. Paul
When Men Are Braver Than Women
A historical reflection argues men show more bravery in admitting error and faults, resisting society's norms, and facing time and finances, while women are depicted as lacking bravery, especially toward aging and personal truth.
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Mrs. Grundy
Cornell College May Music Festival Offers Wide Program
The May Music Festival at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon Iowa features pianist Rudolph Ganz New York soprano Jennie Thatcher Beach Chicago organist Wilhelm Middleschhulate and others. The program includes two Friday concerts a Saturday symphony and Brahms Requiem with 130 voice Cornell Oratorio Society. Tickets range 1 to 4 dollars with individual concert prices from 50 cents to 1 dollar. Out of town callers should write to E R Ristine for better seating.
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Cornell College
Rudolph Ganz
New York
Jennie Thatcher Beach
Chicago
Wilhelm Midleschult
Kramer
Thomas Orchestra
Olaf Trygvasson
Grieg
Cornell Oratorio Society
Oratorio Society
Brahms
Wilhelm Middleschhulate
E. R. Ristine
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
The Young Wife's Mistake
A young wife storms into a grocer’s shop and accuses soap of failing to lather. The grocer reveals she bought cheese rather than soap. the joke lands when she realizes the mix up explains the soap’s poor performance and the Welsh rarebit joke.
Pretty home wedding unites Miss Kate Feldtmann and George Hicks
A Wednesday evening ceremony at 420 Garden street united Miss Kate Feldtmann and George Hudson Hicks with Rev. Hardtmann of St. John's Lutheran performing. Attendants Mica Nordmann and Edward Leibrecht, A. P. Feldtmann gave away the bride, Lohengrin as march. A wedding supper followed. The couple plans a short wedding trip and will reside at 420 Garden street after April 15.
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San Antonio
Texas
Anna Feldtmann
Garden Street
Kate Feldtmann
George Hudson Hicks
Mr. Hardtmann
St. John’s Lutheran
Mica Millie Nordmann
Edward Leibrecht
A. P. Feldtmann
The Orange Tree Growth and Lifespan Overview
The orange is described as the longest red fruit tree with a long productive life. It begins to bear fruit in the third year after budding and can yield abundant crops for about 100 years. The tree may reach ripe age around 300 years and requires less care than other fruit trees. Early growth is rapid, with the first two years showing more height and spread than the following fifty, while fruit production and growth accelerate after ten years.
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John Filvidge
Amber
Epworth
Dubuque
Grays
John T. Behan
Masonville
Iowa
Odd Fellows
Manchester
W. J. Suckow
Charles Carnall
Arlington
J. A. Gillard
Gillard
Anamosa Penitentiary
T.B. Hanley
Tipton
Des Moines
Navy
Swift & Co
Johanna Frenzel
J. A. Thomas
Ryan
Delaware County
Andrew E. Anderson
Oelwein
Thomas
Marion High School
A. L. Hagenbeck
J. T. Haller
Arp
Mias
Jessie Fawcett
Myra Aubrey Jones
Jasper Mason
Durance Vile
Connecticut State Prison
Delaware County Telephone Company
Archbishop Keane
The Society Butterfly in Charity Bazaars and Festivals
The article defends the society butterfly as a hardworking figure, likening it to Solomon's ant and noting its steady application. It emphasizes charity bazaars and festivals as duties where such social figures perform with energy and persistence, inspiring industrial workers to imitate their drive.
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London
Too Strong Competition in Business Inquiry
A brief humorous note discusses strong market competition and a country doctor’s advice. It mentions a London resident paying two guineas to save a corn and a quip about offering amputation for the price.
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London
In His Enthusiasm Judge Questions Thief Over Silver
A courtroom exchange features a judge scolding a prisoner for taking only the money and leaving a heavy silver basket. The thief replies that the basket was too heavy, prompting the judge to call him lazy and question his shame.
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Judge
Siegende Blatter
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Delmas
Brewer
Stead
Marion Register
Anamosa Eureka News
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National Lead Co. Clark Av
10Th St
St. Louis
D. H.soetje
Monticello State Bank
Thia Bank Feola
Fompaesuly
Pathe
Ita
Monticello
Savery,’ Promirnuss
Lowell State Bank
L. Lovell
Directo
Stirton
J. W. Coxsee
H. Sandhouse
Nicholas Holat
A. L. Fairbanks
W. A. Miriok
J.B. Hall
Nn. Schodde
Illinois
Majestic
Wilford
Ohio
J. A. Voorhees
McLaughlin
GEO. Stuhler’s Sons
W. H. Proctor & CO
Eilers & Bolton
H. I. Burrichter
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