Inauguration of Leslie Shaw Attended by Thousands in Des Moines
Des Moines reports Leslie M. Shaw inaugurated as Iowa governor in a simple ceremony at the capitol with 7,000 to 10,000 onlookers. He pledges businesslike administration, outlines tax relief aims, expansion of normal schools, and a state historical building. Father of Shaw attends, and legislature schedules begin amid committee assignments and bills on taxation, liens, cattle inspection, and more.
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Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
Capitol
Shaw
B. F. Gue
Scott County
Ralph P. Lowe
Lowe
Faville
Deemer
Milliman
Drake
Centerville
Excelsior Springs
Boardman O. Shaw
Morrisville
Leslie
Parrott
Senate
Ways and Means
Funk
Cheshire
Garst
Palmer
Pusey
Perrin
Young
Delaware
Harriman
Blanchard
Craig
Trewin
Byers
Junkin
Carroll
Alexander
Lothrop
Kilburn
Hobart
Druet
Ellison
Druct
Ericson
Finch
Hayward
Mitchell
Board of Supervisors
Ranck
McArthur
Cook
Montgomery County
Temple
Jaeger
Bowen
Reynolds
McCurdy
Representative Dempster
Soldiers’ Orphans Home
Nabstedt
Barbera
House
Republican Caucus
F. R. Conaway
Lafayette Young
N. N. Jones
Fort Madison
Anamosa
W.A. Hunter
Belle Plaine
P. W. Madden
C. A. Wood
Julian Richaarns
One Minute Cough Cure Ends Croup Fears
Mrs Mary Bird Harrisburg Pa touts One Minute Cough Cure as lifesaving after investment of twenty five cents. advertises the medicine as a cure for coughs colds sore throat and lung troubles while promoting various newspaper subscriptions and noting a tobacco company line about diamonds.
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Mary Bird
Harrisburg
Croup
Eteres
J. H. Bacher & Co
J. H W. Bacher & Co
Meteor rumor burns bright at Osawatomie monument
The Osawatomie antislavery statue was the center of a false tale about a meteor strike and burying the monument. Investigations traced the hoax to a railroad engineer with astronomy hobby, while many still visit Osawatomie seeking ruins that never existed.
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Antigravery
Osawatomie
Dispatches
New York
Osawatomice
Kansas
Chicago Times Herald
The Last of the Drums in War Memorial Style
Lieutenant Don Marrast Perkins writes on the drum as the oldest yet vanishing war equipment. He recalls its role from Lexington to Gettysburg and the fire, highlighting Revolutionary deeds, Minutemen, Newburyport drums, and the drum’s fading presence alongside modern progress.
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Johnny Clem
Shiloh
United States Army
Rudyard Kipling
Don Marrast Perkins
United States Marine Corps
St. Nicholas
Perkins
Lexington
Gettysburg
New England
Abigail
Elizabeth
Newburyport
Europe
Half Dollar Gambler Outplays Big Stake Rival at Saloon
A sportsman stakes $500 against a stranger with a half dollar in a saloon dice game. After hours of back and forth, the stranger wins four deuces in three throws, clears the table, and departs with a quiet greeting. The sport is left astonished and drained, ordering another Scotch.
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Scott
New York Sun
Dubuque Telegraph Praised Press Seeks Accurate Currency Coverage
A fragment notes the Dubuque Telegraph as a leading Iowa paper promising detailed currency debate coverage in 1897. It mentions its anti combine stance and wide reach via daily and semi weekly editions with market and public affairs content. Also includes several advertisements for DeWitt’s products and other local notices.
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Iowa
Dubuque
Towa
Telegraph
Dubuque Town
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the Express
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Norfolk
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