Iowa Railroad Legislation Prompts Pact Pavilion Plan and Tax Changes
Mes Moines dispatch outlines legislative focus on railroad taxation and mergers, with bills to let Iowa railroads own stock in other states and require uniform accounting. It also covers a 38000 dollar bid for a Des Moines stock pavilion, state fair improvements, liquor control tweaks, and salary hikes for officials, plus public notices on ward hospitals and other governance measures.
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State Fair Management
Mes Moines
T. D. Healy
Judiciary Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
J. M. Junkin
Healey
L. W. Lewis
Claude Porter
H. H. Hubbard
Iowa
Burlington Railroad
Northern Pacific
Wyoming
Burlington
Iowa Corporation
J. A. Smith
Emory English
Executive Council
Cummins
Des Moines
Chicago
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Omaha
Death of Pioneer Lewis Todhunter Honored in Iowa
Lewis Todhunter, a central Iowa pioneer aged 85, died at his Indianola home. An old settler and temperance champion, he fought saloon and illegal sales relentlessly, and was a longtime successful business man and respected Warren County resident.
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H. W. Abrams
Campaign For Temperance
A. T. Flickinger
Onda
Iowa
Lewis Todhunter
Indianola
Tie
Warren County
Saint Valentine and the Valentine Holiday Origins
The article traces Saint Valentine’s martyrdom under Claudius and links Valentine’s Day to pre Christian rites of Juno and Lupercalia. It notes medieval and Tudor practices of choosing valentines, gifts, and poetic verses, Pepys’s diary references, and Puritan opposition, finishing with Valentine’s Day as a lasting heart occasion tied to lovers.
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Valentine
Claudius
Gregory the Great
Juno
Delvers
Misson
England
St. Valentine’s
Pepys
Duke of York
Miss Stuart
Lord Mandeville
Walsh
Bailey
Sir Francis Douce
Rome
Pan
Francis de Sales
Will Beyer
Old England
Saint Valentine
Santa Claus
Santa
Katherine Pope
Still Another, La Mont Science and Laziness Claim
A Chicago Daily News quip pokes at medical theories linking laziness to disease while lamenting numerous incurable illnesses. The tongue in cheek remark echoes debates on health and temperament.
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la Mont
la Moyne
Chicago Daily News
Nothing to Worry About Old Gentleman Pow der
A New York Weekly humorous item describes a quarryman warning an old man not to smoke near a keg as the powder inside is not dynamite but powder. The scene plays on mistaken danger and rural bravado.
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Quarryman
Arra
N. Y
Mean Joke on Good Man The Madest Man in Kansas
The maddest man in Kansas is a gentleman named Martin of Nelton a rabid prohibitionist who wouldn’t use whisky to kill bedbugs. He receives word almost daily that whisky houses send him a jug by express but he never calls at the express office. others sign for it using his name and depart with smiles, expecting a jag.
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Kansas
Martin
Nelton
Ile
St. Joseph
Express
Roosevelt’s stance on Philippine self government analyzed
President Roosevelt’s policy aims to fit Filipinos for self government modeled on free nations. Critics argue for eventual independence, but Roosevelt repeatedly linked expansion with preparing colonial subjects for self rule rather than immediate statehood.
Press Opinions on Phillipine War Coverage
A compilation of editorial sniping across papers on Teller shifting sympathy to the Filipinos, Democratic stance on shelter for servicemen, and media portrayals of the Philippine conflict. Editors accuse independent organs of greed and anti administration papers of overstating insurrection to sway voters.
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orThe
Town State Register
United States
Philippines
Indianapolis Journal
Taft
Philippine Archipelago
Tagdangas
Samar
Art in Architecture ERE Cottage Design for Moderate Means
A detailed description of a compact 36 by 46 foot cottage named Art in Architecture ERE. It highlights modern conveniences, stone foundation, wood framing, two-story layout with three bedrooms, porches, bay fronts, fireplaces, and sliding doors. Interior finishes include cypress on first floor and white pine on second. Price range 2500 to 4000, versatile use as home, library, study, or office.
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Clerryan
Water Pressure Demonstration Governing Deep Cask Bursts
A Chicago Inter Ocean note explains that adding a small amount of water to a mostly full cask via a vertical tube raises the water depth and can burst the cask, illustrating how liquid pressure increases with depth and reflecting how nature’s convulsions arise from similar pressure dynamics.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Dialogue Quotation on Trust and Luck
Will Lingtoo reflects on trust while Elbo Zonte notes the difficulty of obtaining it as the judge presides over their exchange. The exchange reveals a tension between fortune and reliability in a courtroom setting.
Value of Shipment Play in Court Puts Brokers on Edge
An ex press agent in a Broadway office debates with a sharp-eyed customer over stating shipment value. The man argues that under-declaring and estoppel could bind him if loss occurs, while the carrier could disavow value. The双方 propose marking the package No value stated to keep the legal footing equal.
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Express
Broadway
New York Herald
Ambulance in Lamp Post Concept Heads to Paris Streets
Paris proposes a bronze 15 foot high lamp post ambulance with a lighthouse style top. It houses a clock face barometer and three rotating ads lit by internal gas. A letter box sits at the base and a folding stretcher with first aid directions is in the shaft. Breaking a glass window provides access to the stretcher.
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St. Louis Exposition
Vicksburg Soldiers
Fort Madison
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Towa
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Cass County
H. H. Seerley
Normal School
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Supreme Court
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ST. Valentine
Roosevelt
Schurman
Gen. Wheaton
Congress
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Wheaton
Java
India
Mas Sehurman
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Tropics
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New Mexico
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Louisiana
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Teller
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