Presidential War Merits, Monetary Policy Sparks Debate
The piece notes President McKinley’s concise Spanish American War call and echoes Ex president Cleveland’s opposition to expansion policy. It recalls Cleveland’s alignment with the minority on the gold standard and Iowa’s Fifth District lead in supporting it. It also reports Anamosa taxes sale, Tama county press tensions, and a quieting of local political feuds after election results.
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Cleveland
Cousins
Iowa
Des Moines and Cedar Rapids Vie Over Bishop Election
The Des Moines Cedar Rapids feud over an Episcopal bishop’s election shows no sign of easing. Cedar Rapids, ambitious, has repeatedly taken advantage of location to grab prestige from the capital. Des Moines hired a detective to probe church deliberations and derail the Cedar Rapids candidate, provoking renewed cross town tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Call for an extra session on currency law to reassure voters
The Iowa State Register shifts from opposing to favoring an extra session of the new congress to enact a currency law aligned with sound money pledges. It argues postponing would risk division and voter deception in 1896, urging prompt action to expose effects before the next presidential election.
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Iowa State Register
Congress
Register
Allison
Indianapolis
District Court Adjudicates Dozens of Estate and Guardianship Actions
The district court handled probate for the estates of Geo Snowden H D Smith E Hines Detlef Schoening E R Simpson Mary E Lowry and Julia Foos. It approved guardian reports and deeds, ordered support payments and real estate sales, fixed bonds, and set trial and dismissal dates. Multiple criminal and civil cases were heard with pleas entered, motions granted, and various judgments issued. A Monticello Manila dispatch notes paydays and wartime observations by George Moulton.
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H. D. Smith
E. Hines
Detlef Schoening
E R. Simpson
Executrix
Mary E. Lowry
Clarence F. Gilkey
Sylvester Colton
George L. Lovell
O. B. Rundle
Samuel Fluckiger
M. W. Herrick
P. O. Babcock
I. Rigby
G. H. George
M. Cashen
B. Magee
John Brown
Mary Brown
Francis Walker
Wm. Walker
Charles E. Emmerson
Guardian
Daisy Rundle
Maurice Brown
W. H. Sanford
A. B. Brown
Jeremiah Dullea
Enos. T. Lovell Et al
John Herriott
Edwina D. Williams
A. D. Williams
C. F. Bates
Holden
Edna Sargent
Earl Sargent
Henry Burroughs
Martha Slone
R. Becker & Degen
John Coppess
Jacob Foreman
Mary Ryan
James St. John
R. A. Rickless
Wm. Porter
Jones County Seeks Multi Saloons Amid Tax Pressure
The petition in Jones County has gathered more than the required signatures but the county has historically avoided petitioning or fully enforcing liquor laws. Some saloons paid partial tax, tied to promises of intensified enforcement by the county attorney who was re elected on that scare tactic.
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Jones County
Railroads debated as Milwaukee plans widen to connect Monticello
In Monticello and Cascade alike talk centers on a Dubuque Herald article about Milwaukee promoting a wider gauge to Bellevue and Monticello to create a western outlet. Merchants fear Monticello competition, while Peter Wolf of Spring Valley captures a wolf after a long chase. The Monticello temperance veteran H D Smith is remembered through his daughter who urges Jones county women to resist malt petitions in a Wyoming Journal note.
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Dubuque
Milwaukee
Bellevue
Monticello
Duquque
Cascade
Peter Wolf
Spring Valley
F. W. Kingsley
Peter
Mr. Wolf
H. D. Smith
Monticeltro Express
Jones County
Henry D. Smith
Wyoming Journal
Anamosa Board Delays Canvass of Mulct Petition
The board of supervisors in session at Anamosa has not completed canvassing the mulct petition. They spent Tuesday canvassing bids for a new bridge in Washington township and part of Wednesday hearing bids to heat the courtroom by steam. They do not expect to finish the count before tomorrow. Fraud alleged in obtaining petition signatures is not expected to affect the outcome.
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Board of Supervisors
Anamosa
Washington Township
Knights of Pythias Plan New Anamosa Temple
The Knights of Pythias of Anamosa will erect a new temple costing about $5000. They bought the brick block opposite the hotel Easterly, rearranged interior space to include a large parlor dining room ballroom and lodge room 80 by 65 feet. The lodge committee has allotted $1000 for additional paraphernalia, aiming for one of the best equipped lodges in Iowa.
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Knights of Pythias of
Story of Prof C B Paul Tall Tale From a Church Pew
The Coggon Monitor recounts a humorous anecdote about Prof C B Paul who, at six foot four or more, stood head and shoulders above a congregation of boys in church. The minister noticed him and asked the tall youth on the back seat to sit down, a moment the narrator says will be remembered.
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Coggon Monitor
C. B. Paul
Paul
Inmates in Iowa Penitentiaries From the Prison Press
A table presents the number of convicts in Iowa penitentiaries as listed in the Auditor's books for the years 1885 to 1897. Readable entries show inmate totals, with years and figures partially garbled in the source.
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Iowa
Penitentiaries
Harper's Christmas number features art and serials from McClure's
The December Harper's issue showcases Howard Pyle frontispiece for Old Captain and other illustrations by Reuterdahl, Fenolosa, Hitchcock, McCarter, and Remington. It includes The Rescue of the Winslow, The White Forest, The Martyrs Idyl poem, and three McClure’s serials Stalky by Kipling and the Later Life of Lincoln by Tar bell, starting strong with both works.
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Harper's Magazine
Howard Pyle
Myles Hemenway
Winslow
Ernest E. Mead
H. Reuterdahl
Ernest F. Fenollosa
John Corbin
Lucius Hitchcock
Henry McCarter
White Forest
Frederic Remington
Lenixe
Imogen Guiney
FE. Grasset
McClure
Rudyard Kipling
Miss Tardell
Lincoln
Mr. Kipling
Iowa Souvenir Booklet Honor for Trans Miss Territory
Review praises a two color, deckle edged booklet of Congressman Robt. G. Cousins Iowa Day address. Describes it as patriotic, well written, and ideal as a Christmas remembrance. Available by mail for 25 cents from Republican Printing Co. Cedar Rapids Ia. Postage paid.
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Iowan
Trans-Mississippi
Omaha
Iowa
Robt. G. Cousins
Republican Printing Co
Cedar Rapids
Land offer in Blue Grass region of Southwest Iowa
Advertises buying land in Adair County Iowa offering to sell $60 or $70 per acre land and to double acreage with land described as just as good. Contact Shoemaker at the Fontanelle bank for details.
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Blue Grass
Iowa
Bank of
Fontanelle
Adair County
Congress and Cold Weather Gather for Lawmaking
A brisk political season and chilly conditions loom as lawmakers convene. Members push for energy and winter relief measures while weather alerts test readiness and public services. The clash of policy goals with budgeting and forecasts shapes the coming weeks.
Hearing Restored After Long Deafness in 1807
Mrs. Mina L Blauvelt of Buffalo recounts a dramatic recovery from nearly a decade of deafness caused by a heavy cold. She cites August 1807 aerial medication as the cure, noting complete hearing return in one month and full recovery by three months with lasting health.
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Minone L. Blauvelt
Rhode Island Street
Buffalo, N. Y
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Vinton
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Geo. Snowden
Richard Dawson
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Geo. C. Webber
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Arthur Wheeler
Jackson Yousse
Phillip Yousse
Abbie Matson
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Alma E. Matson
Carrie M. Matson
Emma J. Felton
C. A
N. G. Mershon
John Ernst
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co
C. Merritt
Wm. Graft
Costa
Millard
Frank Fisher
Mary Fisher
Barbara Wurzbacher
Elizabeth Witham
C. N. Blood
C. N Blood
C. E. Blood
Bert Born
L. Easterly
J. A. Peet
Manila
George Moulton
South Dakota
Cavite
Old
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Augusti
Merritt
Old Manila
The
Wheatland Gazette
Cascade, Courier News
the Prison Press
Royal Baking Powder
New York
J. H. Moore
M.D
Cincinnati
Ohio
S. J. Errickson & Co
Loy
Eastwood & Chase’s
Eastwood & Chase
Bateman
Bohiken
Hicks & Eilers
Jones Co
Delaware
Linn and
J. W. Coxsee
Monticello Bank
J. N. Hughes
A. Mirick
M. D. Paes
Congregational Church
T. B. Kent
Center Junction
Wm. J. Coughlan
D. D
Hicks & Efflers
P.O. Babcock
Willery
Era Tessen
J.H. Lathrop
Actioneer
Oxford Junction
Willery Sales
J. B. Smith
Freinsurance
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