McKinley Urges Gold Standard and Trust Law Reform
President McKinley outlines a comprehensive annual message touching gold standard currency, banking reforms, a revived merchant marine, and strong trust legislation. He calls for expansion of national banking to $25 000 capital, tighter control of monopolies, and flexible bond purchases to sustain Treasury stability. He also covers Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and new territorial governance.
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Congress
Hobart
Treasury
Central Pacific Railroad
Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
National Banking Act
United States
Cleveland
Maritime Canal Company
United States Canal Commission
Germany
Empire
Ife
Prussia
Lam
New York
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Cuba
War Department
Cuban
Porto Rico
Spain
Executive Department
Senate
Legislative Council
There Is Only One Girl in the World For Me Song Query
A humorous exchange from Harper's Bazar cites a lyric about the song There’s only one girl in the world for me. Mrs McPhidget asks about authorship while Mr McPhidget jokes about Adam.
Rural Free Delivery Established in Iowa
Rural free delivery has begun in Iowa with routes in Cedar Falls Dubuque Steamboat Rock and surrounding areas. Cedar Falls serves 711 people with 2444 miles of route across 27 square miles, while Dubuque covers 70 square miles for 2 277 people with three carriers. Steamboat Rock operates a 20 % mile route serving 510 people with one carrier.
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Cowan & Ntambleton
Oskaloosa
J. S. Lewis
Council Bluffs
Central Station
Chicago
Northwestern
Clinton
Charles H. Proehue
William Hdret
Chardtan
Cass County Bank
Atlantic
Steinke
Droux City
Calvin Ballard
Winterset
Parsons College
Tairfield
Mary Talcott
Williams
New York
Logan
Philippine Islands
Walter Jones
Dubuque
Post Office Department
Newton
van Houten
State Agricultural Society
Des Moines
Schaller
Rockwell
Tom Juftus
O. D. LaGrange
Iowa Falls
Charles Tolberth
Mason City
James Allison
Earl Owens
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Calamus
Peter Olinger
Wurper
Flick & Johnson
Davenport
Josiah Proctor Walton
Muscatine
William N. Overhauser
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Blackhawk County
Clarence Leverse
Dow Leverse
Dubuque County
George J. Dubler
Randolph Felgler
Monroe H. Royce
William B. King
Steamboat Rock
Hardin County
Henry Lilers
Berend Dilers
Agricultural crop yield and quality outlook by crop
The preliminary report from the Department of Agriculture lists probable average yields and quality for crops. Corn 81 bushels per acre at 88 percent quality. White potatoes 100 bu/acre at 94 percent. Sweet potatoes 72 bu/acre at 79 percent. Tobacco 40 lb/acre at 98 percent. Hay 1.16 tons/acre at 0 percent. Buckwheat 16 bu/acre at 8 percent. Apples 88 percent. Pears 80 percent. Grapes 29 percent of average production.
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National Department of Agriculture
Towa
Byers Proposes National Guard Reform and Camp Plans
Adjunct General M L Byers filed his biennial report with Governor Shaw recommending integrating the national guard into the regular army, abolishing officer elections, and urging a $10,000 permanent camp and target range plus an arsenal near the capital for military property storage.
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Adj
M. L. Byers
Shaw
Ife
National Guard
Byers
Adjutant General's Office
Death of General Manager F C Hills in arsenic poisoning
General Manager F C Hills of the Sioux City ONeill and Western railroad died in Sioux City after eating breakfast food laced with arsenic intended to kill rats. He was a veteran railroad man dating to the 1800s, an old soldier and a thirty third degree mason.
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F. C. Hills
Sioux City, O'Neill & Western Railroad
Sioux City
Mr. Hills
Governor appoints Clifford P. Smith district judge
Gov Shaw announces Clifford P. Smith of Mason City named district judge in Cerro Gordo to replace John C. Sherwin who resigns effective January 1. Sherwin was elected to the supreme bench and will leave the Cerro Gordo post at year start.
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Alaska
Congress
Louisiana
Legislative Council
Porto Rico
Gov. Shaw
Clifford P. Smith
Mason City
Cerro Gordo
John C. Sherwin
Supreme
Sherwin
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