How Old Art Thou a New Year Measurement
Dr. Talmage urges a spiritual metric for life, contrasting wealth and worldly titles with moral and eternal gains. He cites biblical figures and Christian endurance, urging readers to value deeds and sanctity over riches as the year turns and eternity nears.
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Malesherbes
Godfrey Kneller
Earth
Edward Payson
Paul
Apostle
Heaven
Hudson River
Hell
God
Andover
Frinceton
New Prunswick
Celestial Mansion
Ghent
Iowa Teachers Call for Stronger Education and Idleness Reform
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Teachers association urged compulsory and industrial education, curfew enforcement, home schools, and improved standards for normal institutes. It backs state book regulation, rural school attention, and a public kindergarten push, plus plans to address idle convict labor and broader educational platforms.
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Des Moines
State Teachers’ Association
Iowa
Normal Institute
State Department
N. H. Seerley
State Normal School
Association
Barrett
Office of Inspector of
He Township
Iowa Afro-American League Protests Riots Demands Federal Action
The Des Moines meeting with about 100 attendees led by JR N Hyde adopted resolutions denouncing southern and Illinois outrages. They urge Congress to disfranchise states blocking representation and to empower federal protection for citizens and property, plus indemnification for riot victims and federal court redress.
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Iowa
United States
New Iowa Court Rules Debt Allocation in Heir Legacy Case
Judge Bishelberger in Ottumwa rules debts of heir W H Lewis must be paid from his legacy before division of Alvin Lewis estate. The decision treats it as if Lewis were alive at his uncle's death, addressing an allegedly novel legal question.
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Bishelberger
District Court
Ottumwa
Alvin Lewis
W. J. Lewis
W. IL
Lewis
W. H. Lewis
Bank Burglar Captured Near Webster City
Deputy Cavanna arrested Noah Strohl alias Charley Sinelaty with Fred Burns alias Robert Cunningham in Webster City. Strohl, a noted safecracker, had prior Joliet Anamosa terms and was wanted for bank burglaries in multiple northwestern counties after escaping from Sheriff J. J. Weir in Humboldt County.
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Webster City
Cavanna
Noah Strohl
Charley Sinelaty
Aling
Fred Burns
Robert Cunningham
Joliet
Anamosa
Cavana
J. J. Weir
Sherif
Tumboldt
Stroht
Sheriff Weir
Strohl
Attorney’s Mocking Verse Incites Trial tensions in Sioux City
In a damage suit against Sioux City, City Attorney D W Sullivan attacked a city witness. He mocked the witness by quoting a crude comparison of creation, claiming the man lacked recourse on God. The remark sparked courtroom reaction as jurors listened to the argument.
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Sioux City
D. WH. Sullivan
Tle
Uhia
Ile
Brigham Eats One Quail a Day for a Month in Atlantic
J. J. Young known as Brigham began a 30 day quail eating challenge in Atlantic. Arthur Walker bets two dollars per quail, Brigham finishes the last quail and says kings may eat his share now preferring beefsteak.
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J. J. Young
Brigham
Atlantic
Arthur Walker
Congressman's Rough Rider Wolf Hunt Leads to No Scalp Victory
Congressmen J J Dolliver joined the Webster county wolf hunt in a rough rider costume, armed with an old muzzle loader. He claimed to sight the only wolf rout and to have shot part of its tail, but the hunt failed due to a stay-at-home vote and weak organization with no scalps taken.
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J. J. Dolliver
Webster County
Noted Dubuque Figure John Thornton Dies at 71
John Thornton a longtime Dubuque resident died at his daughter's home aged 71. His uncle left a large estate once yielding an annual annuity to the deceased. The remainder valued about $1,000 was donated to the Catholic church and charities. Joe Clark was arrested in Marion while attempting to dispose of stolen horse and buggy from Norway and Shellsburg after confessing.
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John Thornton
Dubuque
M. W. Chevalier
St. Lois
Catholic Church
Joe Clark
Norway
Shellsburg
Marion Whle
Taxation shifts cut property assessments statewide
New year 1899 tax law bases all property at 25 percent of actual value. Personal property down sharply since 1898, while real property becomes taxable this year. Total valuation expected to dip modestly. detailed county returns required listing vehicle, furniture, stocks, merchandise, and animal values with counts and averages.
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A. Ll. Denio
County Supervisors Convene in Keokuk on Law and Finance Debates
The First District county supervisors met in Keokuk to discuss Iowa law changes. Debates covered requiring heads of households to support dependents, paying salaries to justices of the peace, and road tax validity. A one-mill road tax reinstatement was favored after a Supreme Court decision, but a voter road fund proposal failed.
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Towa
Keokul
C. Clark
Des Moines
Sol @uvarines
Henry County
J. M. Risser
Tee County
Supreme Court of Iowan
Convention of Supervisors
Twenty-sixth General Assembly of
Iowa
Famous Case Remembered in Appanoose County
Mrs. Mary A. Tull of Wells township aged 67 is dead. She was a longtime Appanoose resident and the principal witness in the famous Tinkle poisoning case. Hinkle, accused of poisoning his wife with strychnine, was convicted and hanged at Orleans after Tull’s testimony.
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Mary A. Tull
Wells Township
Appanoone County
Ull
Hinkle
Tull
Winkle
Orleans
Washington Township
William Allison Iowa Father of the Senate
William Allison of Iowa is hailed as the "Father of the Senate" a title once held by the late Morrill. He and Nevada's John J. Jones began their Senate service on March 4, 1873 and have served continuously. Allison had four terms in the House before joining the Senate while Jones entered Congress eight years later.
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Anamosa
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Game Wardens Center
Iowa
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ilinois
Ohio
Chicago
Mount Pleasant
Frank C. Hoyt
Hospital Dramatic Club
Hospital
F. W. Bicknell
William
Allison
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Morrill
John J. Jones
Nevada
Lave
House of Representatives
Jones
Congress
Sizemore Brothers Arrested in Beek Murder Case
Ed Russell and George Sizemore were arrested near Onawa for the murder of Charles Beek in Decatur Nebraska seven years earlier. Beek was found on the Missouri river bank and police initially suspected a drunken fall but now deem the case murder. Accused remain in custody with two more suspects at large.
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Sizemore Brothers
Russell
George
Onawa
Charles Beek
Decatur
Neb
Beeke
Missouri
Sizemores
Not a Smith in Town in Hayes Illinois
Hayes town residents show no Smith surname after Chicago postmaster inquiry about a misrouted letter to J. W. Smith. The local postmaster reports no resident by that name in the town.
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Hayes
Smith
Gordon
Chicago
J. W. Smith
Danced for Charity and Social Season Highlights
The annual Associated Charities ball at Woodman’s Hall Des Moines drew a large crowd with elaborate decorations and a special orchestra. About $1000 was raised for the charity emergency fund. In New York, Miss Virginia Fair and William K. Vanderbilt Jr. announced their engagement. Miss Fair, Pacific coast millionaire daughter, inherits about $3,000,000. Vanderbilt is expected to gain significantly.
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Associated Charities
Woodman’s Hall
Des Moines
Associated Charities Emergency Fund
Virginia Fair
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
New York
Miss Fair
Vanderbilt
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