Debate over intermarriage bill dominates Iowa Senate scene
Iowa Senate killed the Crow bill to bar intermarriage between Negroes and whites by a 23 to 17 vote. Clarkson led the opposition, arguing against amalgamation while others warned of legal risks to Black women. Labor and railroad interests also dominated daily business with multiple bills advancing or defeating measures on loans, highway plans, and state offices.
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Des Moines
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Sullivan
Polk
Clarkson
Monroe
Neal
Washington
Gillett
Ida
Garrett
Louisa
Chicago
Robinson
Capitol
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Committee On Appropriations
National Guard
Agricultural and Horticultural
Fair Grounds
Geological Survey Department
Iowa City
Ames
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Jowa Tax Problem Foreshadows Farm and Corporate Alliance
Des Moines reports indicate farmers and corporations will unite against Brindley tax reform. The tax commission proposal faces opposition from both groups as Iowa lawmakers prepare to debate revised laws. Farmers fear broader taxation. assessments in Audubon and Cass counties show land valued at $60 and $45 per acre respectively, signaling push for stricter farm valuations. The executive council orders assessors to value farms at their true worth.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
Iowa
Brindley
Tax Commission
Corporation
House
Senate
Audubon County
Court House
Cass County
Audubon
Executive Council
Low Cost Living at Des Moines Municipal Lodging House
Des Moines reports the municipal lodging house cuts daily costs to about nine cents per person for meals and hospital care. Dr J W Graves notes nine in the hospital with freezing injuries, a contrast to typical city hospital costs of one dollar per day.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Whitney House
Board of Supervisors
Senate
Public Welfare Commission
Des Moines
Municipal Lodging House
J. W. Graves
Ft. Dodge Church Seeks $40,000 from Estate
The First Methodist Episcopal church council in Ft. Dodge reports a $40,000 promise from the Isaac Garmoe estate. They aim to raise an equal amount in subscriptions by next Sunday to fund an $80,000 church building. The campaign runs this week to complete the donation goal.
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Ft. Dodge
Isaac’ Garmoe
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Will of Mrs Sabin Creates Public Hospital Fund
The will of Mrs Corsina C Sabin who died Jan 2 provides four thousand dollars for a public hospital in State Center. She left about forty thousand dollars in estate. The town must accept the gift within three months after probate. She also left twenty five hundred dollars to the State Center Presbyterian church.
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Marshalltown
State Center
Corsina C. Sabin
Doctor Knocks Out by Train in Princeton Accident
Dr. John Knox aged 61 was struck by a Burlington passenger train while crossing a track in Princeton and is confined with a concussion of the brain. Physicians express little hope for recovery.
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Princeton
John Knox
Burlington
Large Shipment of Hogs Delivered to Monticello
James Howie of Castle Grove delivered 147 hogs to Monticello averaging 270 pounds each. It took twenty three wagons to haul them to town. Howie received a check totaling 2924 dollars for the shipment.
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Monticello
James Howie
Castle Grove
Howie
Lumbermen In Session Burlington Convene Annual Meet
Two hundred members of the Southeastern Iowa Retail Lumbermen's association met in Burlington for their annual convention. Trade topics were discussed.
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Lumbermen
Burlington
Southeastern Iowa Retail Lumbermen’s Association
Lutherans to Build New Church in Allison
The German Lutherans plan a church in Allison to be built on the lot at the southeast corner of Main and Fifth streets. The project promises a welcome improvement for the town.
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Allison
Main
Fifth Streets
Opinion Split On Salary For Mason City Officials
Opposition to the proposed city commission plan in Mason City grows from the salary figures. The plan would pay the mayor 1200 dollars a year and councilmen 900 dollars, sparking disagreement among residents and commentators.
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Mason City
Commission
Captain Scott's Farewell Message to the World
London reports Captain Scott's farewell notes written amid hunger and cold. He cites misfortune, weather, loss of pony transport, and the death of Seaman Edgar Evans as key blows. Scott appeals for care for dependents and asserts endurance and national honor despite the disaster.
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London
Scott
Edgar Evans
Beardmore
Oates
R. Scott
Lot as big as a hat proves smallest corner in New York
In New York a tiny corner lot valued at $50 claims the title of the world’s smallest corner. The plot fronts one street 1 ft 4 in and another 1 ft 2 in with a rear of 1 ft, too small for any structure yet taxed as property. Nearby corners include another $100 lot and a minuscule building on an 11 by 14 feet lot alongside a three foot six by twenty two foot two story house.
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State House
New York
Tax Department
Striking Silhouettes Move From Art to Advertising
A novelty in picture making uses cut black paper silhouettes sandwiched between two sheets of semi transparent silk or fine netting. Hung where light passes through produces striking effects, drawing interest from advertisers and artists alike.
Fiéa Destruction Report Shows Soap and Water Cure
A public health report titled Fiéa Destruction indicates the insect pest resists many chemicals including formalin phenol mercuric chloride and sulfur yet succumbs to a simple mixture of soap and water.
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Fia
Pubdica Health
Fiéa
Berlin Chauffeurs Banned From Smoking On Duty
Berlin enforces a rule banning smoking by all car operators while on duty to reduce road accidents and improve safety. The measure applies to chauffeurs across the city and similar drivers.
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Berlin
Her Ideal Inventor Sparks Grin and Gawk
A fleeting dialogue on a machine that could replace ten men sparks humor as a visitor jokes about his wife wishing she had married it. The quip highlights the era’s fascination with automated labor and clever banter.
Bulwer Definition of Love Quotation
A compact aphorism by Bulwer states that true love is a man who in his desire to possess another loses possession of himself. The line reflects on self abandonment in pursuit of lovers.
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Bulwer
We Know. Courage Defined by Forgetting Fear
The quote asserts true courage lies in a noble mental quality that lets a person set aside fear. It contrasts fear with noble resolve and frames bravery as an internal mindset.
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Puck
Man in Iced Car Survives Frozen Journey Across States
Hungarian worker Andy Gorchitz survived a 13 day carriage in a refrigerated apple car from Spencerport New York to Sioux City Iowa. His feet are severely frozen possibly needing amputation while doctors treat him at St Vincent's hospital. An interpreter aided communication as he lies in a coma-like state and his condition improves slowly.
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Sioux City
Andy Gorchitz
Spencerport
N. Y
Newburg
Gorchitz
St. Vincent's Hospital
J. P. Dougherty
Employes
Palmer
Herman Schmaltz
Chicago
Northwestern
Schmaltz
Dougherty
Giant bear skeleton found near Labrasre ranch
Workmen uncover a giant bear skeleton in tar beds at Labrasre ranch near Los Angeles California. The remains likely stood five feet six inches high on all fours, indicating a remarkable fossil find in the area.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Labrasre Ranch
Long shirts for tramps at London workhouse updated
The Winchester workhouse guardians order six inch longer night shirts for casuals to prevent cold. A lady board member also pushes straw stuffed pillows to replace wooden blocks in the tramps sleeping ward.
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London
Winchester
Gold Coins Found in Medieval Wall Hoard
Workmen demolishing a fourteenth century house uncovered gold coins dating from the fifteenth century. Attempts to sell the coins to an antiquary failed as police confiscated the treasure bearing names of various popes and European rulers.
Baby Fortune Case In San Francisco Deepens Mystery
Testimony before the district attorney in the Slingsby baby institution case raises questions about the legitimacy of the heir claimed by Lt. Charles Slingsby and his wife Mrs Dorothy Slingsby. Conflicting witnesses describe births and stillbirths while investigators pursue Lillian Anderson and a falsified birth certificate.
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San Francisco
Slingsby Baby Institution
Dorothy Slingsby
Charles Slingsby
Lillian Anderson
Slingsby
Ofdam
Stingsbys
W. D. Fraser
Lillian
Anderson
Slingsbya
Lieutenant Slingsby
Sea cow breaks loose in Chicago loop store exhibition
A sea cow escape caused a small panic near State and Van Buren streets as the monster broke free from its tank. It toppled the tank and flooded the building before Frank Leonard lassoed the animal, tying it down in a sturdier tank.
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Chicago
State and
van Buren Streets
State Street
Frank Leonard
Warm Pacific Current Found by Australian Official
M Dannevich head of the Australian fisheries department reports a warm current about 100 miles wide flowing at seven miles per hour. The stream originates in the equatorial Pacific and moves toward eastern Australia and Tasmania confirming a major oceanic belt.
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Sydney
Pacific
Australia
Tasmania
M. Dannevich
Australian Fisheries Department
Nero's Fish Pond Found in Roman Palatine Ruins
Rome reports a major archaeological find by Prof Bont on the Palatine beneath the basilica of the Wavian palace. engineers uncovered two stairways to an intact five‑chamber Piscina water reservoir, sealed and preserved by waterproof cement. dating to Nero, the pool served as a salt water fish pond for breeding exotic species for the imperial table with hatching noted by Pliny.
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Rome
Bont
The
Palatine
Wavian Palace
Nero
Pliny
Seaman 62 Seeks 18 Year Old Bride
A Woolwich guardians meeting heard a letter from Richard McAdoy a 62 year old seaman claiming he now wants a wife. He said he had been at sea and not needed a wife but now seeks a bride from the Sutton poor law schools and asks the board to arrange it. The RSVP note ties his past to his request for a school girl bride.
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London
Richard McAdoy
Woolwich
Dead man protests cold at Flemish almshouse courtyard
An elderly resident found near an almshouse courtyard in Aultre Flanders appeared clinically dead and was moved toward a morgue. As coffins were prepared he suddenly cried out in alarm How cold it is here causing panic among onlookers.
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Brussels
Aultre
Flanders
Rome Bemoans Gluttony of Sea-Borne Delicacies
Between Rhodes and Crete a creature bred artificially is noted as a spectacle. Rome deplores the greed that secured delicacies by sowing the seas and inviting new inmates into the waters.
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Rhodes
Crete
Rome
Plans to Deceive Trees in Maryland Orchard
William Thomas, an Maryland apple grower, plans to counter early spring warmth by placing 100 tons of ice around tree roots to keep apples and peaches from blooming ahead of schedule.
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Weaphington
William Thomas
Maryland
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