Japan gains early war advantages and Hanna mourned
The article notes early Japanese advantages in the Russo-Japanese War with several ships crippled or captured and describes heavy Russian losses. It also reports the death of Senator Marcus Hanna, praising his leadership, civic virtue, and impact on the Republican Party.
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Lake Baikal
Siberia
United States
Japan
France
Russia
Germany
Manchuria
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan inspires study of a changing nation
A voice urges readers to learn about the Japanese race as the Japan Russia war unfolds. It praises Isabella Bird's old travelogue Unbeaten Tracks in Japan for its vivid portrait of pre modern Japan and adventures across remote regions, noting the new era’s influence without modernizing the work.
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Japan
Chamber
Encyclopaedia
Russia
Miss Bird
Senator Marcus A Hanna Dies After Illness in Arlington Hotel
Washington Feb 15 Marcus Alonzo Hanna longtime friend of John Sherman and key organizer of McKinley campaigns died at 6 40 pm in the Arlington hotel after a two month illness marked by relapses and typhoid fever He was born September 26 1837 in New Lisbon Ohio and rose to Senate through loyal party service and leadership of the national committee His death ends a career that shaped Ohio industry and Republican politics with a broad employer base and strong labor backing in political matters.
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Ohio
Republican Party
Hanna
Roosevelt
McKinley
Washington
Marcus A. Hanna
Arlington Hotel
Dan Hanna
United States
Bushnell
John Sherman
Why a Primary Law in Iowa’s Politics
A Burlington Hawkeye critique argues that governing political parties by law is improper. Parties are voluntary bodies with no standing in court and should govern themselves. If a party seeks primaries, that is its business, not the legislature’s, and leaders cannot claim the right to rule others if they cannot govern themselves.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Iowa
Congregational
A. R
Commonwealth
Judge Highlights Unconstitutional Iowa Price Fixing Law
Judge Platt finds an Iowa law banning price fixing unconstitutionally variable in penalty. The case involved three railway companies fined for a demurrage charge of 2 dollars per twenty four hour delay at Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Platt
Iowa
Judiciary Committee
Whipple Faces Judge Opposition Over Redistricting Plan
Senator Whipple seeks to cut twelve district judges via a redistricting bill. The judges, largely politicians, will mobilize opposition and create significant resistance to the measure, which has merit but faces noise from those potentially losing office.
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Senator Whipple
Lincoln Oration by Congressman Cousins at Chicago Auditorium
Congressman Cousins of this district delivered a Lincoln tribute at the Chicago Auditorium on the 12th. The Tribune selected excerpts praise Lincoln’s first inaugural, the Grand Army of the Union, and Grant’s leadership. The speech lauds Lincoln’s virtues, republican ideals, and his enduring legacy in somber, ceremonial prose.
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Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Tribune
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Abraham Lincon
the Tennessee
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White House
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinoia
Union
Washington
Hopkinton Leader News Reports Tile Plant Expansion and Deaths
Hopkinton leader J C Neiman failed in business leaves the town without an implement dealer until spring. F A Stead of Hopkinton brick plant plans tile machinery and drain tile production to begin after plant installation this spring. James Haigh, early county settler, died in Union township at 1 30 am Tuesday from paralysis. Funeral at Bay church Friday afternoon, residence at one. Haigh came to the county in 1846 at age 64 after a paralysis that had largely subsided.
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Earlville
J. C Neiman
The
Phoenix
F. A. Stead
Hopkinton
James Haigh
Union Township
the Bay Church
Haigh
Health of Mrs Cowan Improves After Illness
Mry T. J Cowan has suffered months of poor health with a new grip-like ailment that left her bedfast at times. Recent reports show improvement and hopeful prospects for a return to activity soon.
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T. J Cowan
Olin Recorder
Dubuque Organizes Hearst Club and Local Debates
Brief notes on Iowa events include a Dubuque move to form a Hearst club, two bank failures in Pella and Corning, a Maquoketa Catholic fair netting 2800 for a future church lot purchase, and Marion's fight over Carnegie library site.
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Dubuque
Hearst Club
Iowa
Pella
Corning
Maquoketa
Marion
Carnegie Library
John G. Edmonds
Cedar Rapids
Andrew Carnegie
West Liberty
Nissen & Jacobsen Co
Clinton
Linn County
Samuel Westcott
H. H. Westcott
Toledo
Republican state convention set for Des Moines May 18
Des Moines will host the Republican state convention on May 18 to select delegates to the national convention. John N. Irwin of Keokuk, an anti Cummins Republican, will preside as temporary chairman. The gathering may see clashes over delegates at large and district delegates amid a Cummins versus old-line Republican split. The governor resists overtures toward party harmony.
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Des Moines
John N. Irwin
Keokuk
Nellie Gavin and Michael Crowley to Wed at St Martin's
The marriage of Miss Nellie Gavin of Washington township Jones county and Mr Michael Crowley of Castle Grove will be held at St Martin's church next Tuesday the 16th, per Cascade Pioneer.
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Nellie Gavin
Washington Township
Jones County
Michael Crowley
Castle Grove
St. Martin's Church
Cascade Pioneer
Electric Lighting of Trains by Electricity on St Paul Road
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway pioneered electric train lighting. A dynamo in the baggage car powers onboard storage batteries for each car, allowing continuous lighting during locomotive changes. The line now lights over three hundred cars, claims lower fire risk in wrecks, and notes a high reliability record.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Proer
St. Paul
Gilman
St. Paul Road
Chicago, Milwaukee and St
The old man with the fish travels the world for health
An enduring figure known as the old man with the fish promotes Scott's Emulsion, a cod liver oil tonic marketed as strengthening for children and the sick. The copy highlights long voyages, benefits to consumptives and pale individuals, and notes price points and the makers Scott and Bowne of New York.
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W. First St
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J & Houser
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North- Western Mutual Life Insurance Cp
Miilwaukee
Wis
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Lowa
Burrichter's Drygoods
Monticelio
J. H. Lathrop
Oxford Junction
TH. M. Remury
James Remley
Herrick & Bauder
Monticello State Bank
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