Iowa Governor Seeks Broader Revenue and State Reform
Governor Frank D. Jackson urges expanded state revenue through fair taxation and larger funding for public institutions. He backs keeping the liquor law, calls for larger university and hospital capacity, free textbooks, better teacher standards, and a state reformatory for youth. He also proposes a parole board and enhanced jail and penitentiary oversight.
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Drake Inaugurated Iowa Governor Delivers Inaugural Address
Francis Marion Drake sworn in as Iowa governor in Des Moines in the capitol rotunda. He outlines waterway improvements, a strong currency, Monroe Doctrine support, an expansive education system, temperance enforcement, local option debates, Armenian relief, and protective national policy.
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Labor and Capital Unite for American Prosperity
A speaker appeals to American statesmanship to protect labor through duties, promote fair relations between labor and capital, and raise education and wages. He warns against demagogy and calls for stronger immigration laws to exclude paupers and criminals, safeguarding national harmony.
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Will Remand Indemnity and Treason Trials
A Pall Mall Gazette dispatch from Cape Town reports the Johannesburg stock exchange will bar shares of arrestees in the treason case. President Kruger may seek 5000 indemnity for each Boer killed in clashes with Dr. Jameson’s raiders. Governor Robinson telegraphs Chamberlain about trials to be held by the Transvaal high court with British, German, and Belgian interest observers present.
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Cause Assigned for Failure of Perkins & Welsh Firm
The sugar and coffee house Perkins & Welsh of 41 Wall Street assigned to Denja wain Perkins with $125 850 in preferences. Receiver’s counsel J Warren Green cites Cuba’s unsettled commerce and politics as the cause. firm held Cuba sugar contracts and losses from the war ruined business. no insurgent destruction reported.
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Worrible Treatment of an Insane Man in Ohlio
David Lentz aged 61 was brought to the state asylum from Holmes county after losing his mind when jilted in love. His family kept him chained in a room for years to avoid public notice, moving him to Columbus where the case may be investigated.
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Brakeman Killed in Pan Handle Railroad wreck
A wheel derailment on the Pan Handle railroad at Colliers station West Virginia injured another man and killed brakeman Frank Rodgers of East Liverpool. A yard engine pushed cars on a side track when the first car jumped the track and toppled onto the main line in front of passenger train No. 20. The engine tender and two cars were wrecked.
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Revenge of White Caps at Payne station
William Hartel a large Payne manufacturer refused to discharge a colored worker prompting white caps to destroy his shop. Fire Wednesday night caused extensive damage with no official figures yet. The incident occurred near the Lake Erie and Western railroad station in Lima.
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Tribute to George G Wright Former U S Senator Dead in Des Moines
Des Moines newspaper notes the death of Hon. George G Wright ex judge of the supreme court and ex U S senator at his Des Moines home on January 10 after a brief illness. The tribute recalls his life devoted to others, loyalty to state and country, and his charm in social and political circles. It covers his career from state senator to U S senator and details legislative officers named in the Iowa General Assembly.
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Iowa Legislature 26th General Assembly Opens In Des Moines
Des Moines reports the 26th Iowa General Assembly convened with Lieut. Gov. Dungan presiding. Senate officer elections occurred as lawmakers prepared for code revision work and committee distribution among both chambers. Governor Jackson’s message and Cuba resolution hearings followed.
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Unusual weddings and curious health notes from a Maine town
A groom aged 84 wed a 62 year old in West Paris Maine. A Brooklyn man cured insomnia by drinking a pint of warm milk or soup before bed. The column warns about adulterated sausages with brick dust and explains digestion tips for Mille. It notes long European rail travel now possible after Madrid Cordova trunk line to Gibraltar.
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Des Moines Police Arrest 18 Drake Students in Grave Robbery Case
Police in Des Moines detain 18 students linked to Drake University medical department for allegedly robbing graves at Saylorville cemetery of Mrs. Rachel Townsend and Sandy Tell. Detained individuals include H. C. Curliss C. M. Waller W. M. Shipley and others.
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C. I. Smith
BE. E White
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F. W. McQuarry
D. B. Yost
M. 8. van Hook
CG. W. Bufkin
Shenandoah Adopts Youth Curfew Ordinance
The Shenandoah city council enacted and published a curfew law. It declares that anyone under 17 found on streets or public places between 8:30 p m and 5 a m from October 1 to April 1, and between 2 30 p m and 4 a m from April 1 to October 1, without an adult, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Farmer John Gaston Seeks Release From Bonds After Domestic Dispute
John Gaston a farmer living southwest of Creston files for divorce services after a dispute at home with an intruding Birines agent George Witmer. Gaston was ejected twice and then applied in Creston to be released from his galling bonds.
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Farmer Wetrich Schulte Injured in Narrow-Path Accident
An aged farmer from Lee County named Wetrich Schulte was severely injured when his team bolted near West Point after a passing train. He was thrown, landed on his head, and his condition is life threatening.
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Farmer's Accident Explodes Dynamite Cartridge
Christian Murmme, a Burlington area farmer, tried to open a dynamite cartridge with a hairpin. The device exploded, injuring his right hand and tearing his clothing as fragments damaged his chest and arm.
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Burlington
Webster County Farmer Involved In Feud Shooting
A well-to-do Webster county farmer shot two bullets at a Boone resident after a dispute over a forbidden romance with Royster’s daughter. The altercation stems from payments made by the Boone man to Royster’s daughter, enraging her irate father.
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Bloody clash over beer ends badly near Turlington
Farmers south of Turlington fought over a keg of beer. Charles Delson was near death from a severe gash amid blows by two neighbors named McCullough and Ray, with others injured. The incident sparked by the tavern dispute reflects a violent domestic quarrel.
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