Local Weekly Paper Delivers County and Campaign Notes
The issue lists editor J W Doxsee and subscription details. It notes Governor Boies supporting Boston’s mask in a campaign, announces the next Republican county convention at Olin on Sept 15, and reports over 400 Democratic firms in the nation last week. It mentions Congressman Cousin voting for honest money and Oregon considering an extra legislative session to halt executions of judgments.
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Olin
United States
Cousin
Congress
Oregon
Waukon Bank President Arrested After Insolvency Knowledge
B. T. Boomer, president of the recently wrecked First National Bank of Waukon, was arrested charged with receiving deposits after knowledge of his private bank's insolvency.
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B. T. Boomer
First National Bank of
Waukon
Democratic committees brace for fall resource drain
The state central committee faces heavy costs as third party prohibitionists and the independent press attack the treasury. Meanwhile, three Fields Bros. stallions, once priced at 6100, sold for 1890 at a Dubuque foreclosure sale, illustrating horse market depressions. Congress’ stance on free trade and Sherman Act repeal are linked to broader distrust in democracy.
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Democratic State Central Committee
Prohibition Gang
Independent Press
Fields Bros
Dubuque
Congress
Cascade Pioneer Fights Third Term Democrats in Dubuque
In Dubuque county the Cascade Pioneer opposes third term nominees while in Jones county the machine backs a fourth term. Des Moines delegates reject a national issues plank. W D Lee of Tama named to state central committee. Colfax Clipper highlights a Kellogg man Saum shearing a sheep while a Democrat laments voting Democratic ticket last fall.
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Dubuque County
Cascade Pioneer
Jones County
United States Senate
Des Moines
Colfax
Saum
Kellogg
Grimwood Declares Candidacy for County Treasurer Nomination
Mr. EB A Grimwood of Oxford Junction announces his candidacy for county treasurer. A progressive, active in the Republican county central committee, he seeks the party convention support alongside rival Waite of Wyoming. The piece notes both men as true Republicans and asks who will win the field.
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W. D. Lee
Tama County
State Central Committee
EB. A. Grimwood
Oxford Junction
Grimwood
Republican County Central Committee
Waite
Wyoming
No treatment so good for hard times as strict economy
The piece argues money will be scarce this fall and winter and that remunerative labor will be hard to find in some areas. It contends people who have indulged in luxuries must cut back to necessities, hoping liquidation of debts will begin a period of economic adjustment with compensating features.
Printing Trade Faces Sharp Downturn in Chicago
The Newspaper Union reports an estimated three to four thousand idle printers in Chicago. Major shops have cut more than half their staff and operate half time, with little hope for near-term improvement.
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Chicago
Old man Bostow seeks return as lieutenant governor
The piece notes Bostow, an elderly Democratic candidate, relied on a promoter during senate deliberations two years ago and may be backed by Boies as a mask. It cites the Wilson bill repealing the Sherman purchasing clause passing 239 to 110 in the House, with opposition mainly Democrats and Populists, and shows silver coinage amendments defeated.
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Bostow
Senate
Boies
House
Cleveland
Edison’s iron works push to undercut free trade
Hon Lewis Miller, Edison’s father in law, cites Edison’s quick grasp of events. He notes Edison shut his iron works after Cleveland’s election and began cheaper mining methods. Miller says Edison has spent $200,000 and aims to produce iron so cheap that global free trade cannot compete, with vast New Jersey iron mines already invested in.
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Lewis Miller
Edison
Cleveland
New Jersey
Iowa House Committee Designations and Members
A list of Iowa house committee designations with members including Gear on ways and means Hayes elections and post offices Henderson appropriations Updegraff judiciary Cousins mines and mining and claims Lacy public lands and invalid pensions Hull military affairs and railways and canals Hepburn Pacific railroads and interstate and foreign commerce Hager coinage weights and measures and revision of the Iowa Dolliver naval affairs and expenditures in the state department Perkins merchant marine and fisheries and territories.
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Iowa
House
Hayes
Henderson
Updegraff
Cousins
Lacy
Hull
Hepburn
Pacific
Hager
Dolliver
State Department
Perkins
Merchant Marine and Fisheries and Territories
Ex-postmaster Waite Named Possible County Treasurer Nominee
The Wyoming Journal reports ex-postmaster J. W. Waite as a strong potential Republican candidate for county treasurer this fall. While not pursuing the nomination, his long local presence and reputation for capability, trustworthiness, and courteous service suggest he would run well and exceed the ticket. The paper argues the party could make no better nomination.
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The
Wyoming Journal
J. W. Waite
Waite
Free trade threat and factory wealth in democracy argument
The piece argues that tariff protections favor manufacturers who back free trade opponents. It claims rich few reward democracy with wealth, while protection sustains American industry. European pauper labor would ruin jobs, and free trade harms artisans. Statesmen know this. nations witness outcomes of free trade.
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Democratic Party
Free Trade Party
Beardshear Praises Republican Ticket and Platform
State Agricultural College president Dr W M Beardshear tells The Iowa State Register he approves of both ticket and platform. He says practical action is needed to restrain law breaking and endorses enforcing prohibition wherever possible. He reports no prohibitionist plans to bolt the ticket.
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W. M. Beardshear
State Agricultural College
Iowa State Register
Friends of Temperance
World’s Fair draws over a million attendees last week
More than one million visitors attended the World’s Fair during the previous week, reflecting strong public interest and high turnout across exhibits and events. Organizers reported broad attendance from diverse regions, highlighting sustained international appeal.
Governor Boies Oppose Third Term In State Office
The August note states opposition to a third term for governor, claims renomination would not violate conscience if Uncle Horace is not involved, and critiques Democratic platform for no local option. It condemns saloon spread and praises Republican stance for local option and other enforceable methods where prohibition fails.
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Boies
Horace
Hell
Iowa Democrats Scramble Amid Post Office Patronage Feud
A Washington dispatch reports Iowa Democrats angrily clash over postmaster appointments, with factions in Keokuk Marshalltown Cherokee Griswold and Bedford publicly denouncing candidates. Postmaster General Bissell notes Iowa leads the nation in such scrambles, prompting sharp criticism of state Democrats.
Governor Bons tn Governor N Borers Letter Contends Against Nomination
A historical note retells Governor Bons tn Borers letter stating he opposes a third term and cannot consent to his name being used for the office. The misspelled date fragment places the document in a late 19th century Democratic context, arguing adherence to party unity and long-standing precedents. The letter emphasizes respecting mass sentiment and the party's best interests.
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Bons Tn Gooveernon
Agiam
a_greati
Democratic Party
Cascade Pioneer Kicks and the Third-Term Issue
The piece critiques the Republican stance on prohibition and local option, arguing that temperance won t be a voter test in Dubuque County. It claims the ticket lacks enthusiasm, labels third-termism as undemocratic, and notes Democrats view prohibition as irrelevant to the county race. Quotations from Clinton and Lyons Mirror illustrate public sentiment.
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Erin
Clinton
Lyons Mirror
Republican Party
Cleveland
Cleveland Tramps and a Democratic Hotel Joke
A Lyons Mirror note recounts an ex-official who built a large house and joked that Cleveland would be elected this fall so he could feed all the tramps who came by. Cleveland won, tramps are traveling, and neighbors direct needy travelers to his generous hotel.
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Cleveland
Lyons Mirror
Fire destroys threshing outfit and grain stacks
A spark from the engine set a threshing scene at Phillip Devine's in Whitewater township ablaze on Tuesday afternoon. Tom Carr was working when the fire consumed the separator and five grain stacks, with ninety bushels of oats sieved. Despite effort, flames could not be controlled, and by 10 PM the fire still raged. Devine and Carr suffer heavy losses from the disaster.
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Tom Carr
Phillip Devine
Whitewater
Devine
Carr
Male and Femme Created He Them in Ladies' Home Journal
Rev Talmage attacks women critics in a feature on gender rights, arguing that women already possess substantial power and that voting would undermine social order. He claims women’s current status is exalted, while men would face adverse consequences under extended rights.
Hasbards of Famous Women
An item notes that Mr. Humphry Ward, art critic of The London Times, has written as many books as his wife. It mentions the Topeka husband of Mrs. Lease approving her speeches, the advertising agent husband of Margaret Deland who coined the flying wedge, Julien Gordon Van Rensselaer Cruger, manager of Trinity church, and Burton N. Harrison, a New York attorney who is silent when his wife’s literary work is discussed.
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Hasbards
Humphry Ward
London Times
Givecast Clothing to Those in Need Says Home Magazine
If you are rich and can buy new clothes whenever you want them you will probably get them much oftener than you need and my hint is take the trouble to see that some good fellow gets the clothing you cast aside Remember the boys that are thinly clad in the cold instead of letting the clothing go to some cousin of the cook s who does not need it at all It won t take a minute to say to some good woman friend There is that suit I am done with it You may give it to someone who really has a need There is no boy who has not some such woman friend mother sister or aunt Through them let your castoff clothing do all the good it can.
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Home Magazine
Butter interest and neighborly debt in Boston Transcript
Mrs Bright asks for a pound of butter and insists on the same quality as before. She notes three neighbors who borrowed butter and have since neglected her, while two more borrowers may appear at any moment.
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Mrs. Bright
Walking vs car fare prompts society quip
In a Texas Siftings item a Manhattanville belle Miss Daisy Dimple accompanies Gus Snoberly who quips that walking is often more agreeable than paying car fare. Miss Daisy concedes the point, noting it is agreeable only in favorable conditions.
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Daisy Dimple
Manhattanville
Gus Snoberly
Miss Daisy
Texas Siftings
Paderewski Concert Fees Rise For College Stop
Three years ago Paderewski earned 500 dollars in London and 1200 dollars for a one hour stop at Smith College on a Boston to New York trip. The college sought a high price to deter the visit, but the instant message accepted. A two hour concert yielded 5000 dollars, with 7000 dollars as the maximum.
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Paderewski
London
Smith College
Boston
New York
New York Sun
Wading Pact Between Bank President and Yale Graduate
A 60-year-old bank president at the Produce Exchange baths invited a Yale graduate with silver bowed spectacles to wade with him across a 380 by 15 foot saltwater pool. They clasped hands at the edge and walked the length together, sharing a playful moment and mutual amusement before drying off.
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Hank
Yale
Produce Exchange
Bank
Tom
Jim
Pete
Wade
New York
Wedding Prank Ends With Gift of Paper Flowers at Station
A royal wedding affair described by Kate Field follows a joke among intimate friends. After trunks were packed, they were watched by ushers who delivered four huge baskets of paper flowers with a bride labeled plaque, as the couple sought privacy at the station.
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Kate Field
Washington
How Chicago Is Spelled in Postal Records
A Chicago office counted 197 distinct spellings of Chicago in mail. Examples include Zizzazo for Garden City and Jag jago. other variants noted are Hipaho, Jajiro, Scheechacho, Hizaye and Chachicho.
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Chicago
Finland
Garden City
Zizzazo
Hipaho
Jajiro
Scheechacho
Hizaye
Chachicho
Kerosene Oil Used To Brighten Dark Garments
A brief garment stain tip notes rubbing kerosene oil over dark clothing spots can brighten the fabric and remove stains, with the kerosene evaporating quickly and not leaving a stain.
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J. J. Guthrie
State University
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Herrick & Hicks
Repke
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Jones Co
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Delaware
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Ctornicy
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W. A. Minick
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T. B. Kent
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