Lessons From Ehud and the Left Handed Hero
A sermon extols Ehud from Judges as a left handed deliverer who defeats the oppressor Eglon. It urges small deeds and steadfast faith, warns against worldly ascent, and comforts death in the summer house with calls to endure hardship for eternal reward.
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Washington
Dr. Talmage
Israel
Ehud
Geza
Eglon
Moab
Benjamin
Egion
King Egion
Ephraim
Kingdom of Christ
Egilon
Lazarus
Garibaldi
Notable Vicinities of Historic Inns and Signboards
A Boston Traveller note surveys old inn signs and their meanings. It cites Briarly Hill Staffordshire Labor in Vain showing a negro in a tub, and a white man striving futilely to scour him white. It also mentions the Man Charged With Mischief at 414 Oxford Street painted by Hogarth, with a sign still believed extant, and an engraving labeled Drawn by Experience Engraved by Sorrow. An inscription on Warrington’s oldest inn reads Butter and eggs Downwards, marking a local market direction.
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Bengal
Red Sea
Jesus
Briarly Hill
Staffordshire
Inn
Oxford Street
London
Hogarth
Warrington
Boston
Whispered loves and London’s echoing gallery
A fragment from a Chicago Post quote recalls a woman’s poised remark on love and fidelity. It notes the line about the only girl he had loved and cites St. Paul’s whispering gallery in London as a symbol of echoed voices.
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Chicago Post
St. Paul's In
London
State Officials Face Revenue Stamp Bond Rule
Acting Commissioner G W Wilson says state bonds require 50 cent revenue stamps. Attorney General Remley had not stamped his bond, prompting Dobson to withhold many commissions pending department opinion. The issue, raised by M M Crane of Texas, centers on tax validity and official status.
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G. W. Wilson
Internal Revenue Department
Washington
Iowa
Remley
M. M. Crane
Texas
Indiana Supreme Court
United States
United States Supreme Court
Department
Rates on soft coal kept by railroad board in Des Moines
Hearing before the railway commissioners showed operators content with current rates. Centerville mine run rate to Omaha was not requested. Beacon Lucas Boone and others supported no change while railways argued Iowa coal output rising and Illinois rates remaining higher for similar distances.
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Des Moines
Centerville
Omaha
Porter
Beacon
Lucas
Boone
Iowa
Illinois
Death by Own Action Or Foul Play Suspected
Coroner summoned to Davenport's Eldredge block finds Ada McCrellis dead with burns from carbolic acid. A bottle of the poison on the mantel and facial bruises prompt police to question Mrs Weldon, but a coroner's jury rules death by own action despite suspicions of foul play.
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Lambach
Eldredge
Davenport
James Weldon
Ada McCrellis
Weldon
Civil War Captain Kellogg Attempts Suicide in Philadelphia
John J. Kellogg of Washington state, Civil War veteran and former captain of volunteers under General Grant, tried to shoot himself in Fairmount park, Philadelphia. He was taken to the German hospital in critical condition. Despondency from ill health is given as the motive, with a Grant log cabin site as the chosen spot. A Gear signatory letter and Washington Lyceum Bureau papers were found on him. he was in Philadelphia for estate settlement matters.
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John J. Kellogg
Washington
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Kellogg
Gen. Grant
Grant Log Cabin
Senator Gear
Iowa
Washington Lyceum Bureau of
Destitute Dunham Family Found in Filthy Dubuque Hovel
The Dunham family mother 84 son and daughter were rescued from a Coulter avenue hovel in Dubuque and taken to Mercy Hospital in a state of starvation. Sheriff’s inspection found several hundred dollars sewn in a trunk and valuable clothing. the family, long charity dependents, lived on bread and tea and hoarded money.
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Dunham
Coulter Avenue
Dubuque
Mercy Hospital
Railway Extension Proposal Through Story City to Gowrie
The Marshalltown and Dakota Railroad proposes a summer project building a road from Story City directly west across the county to Fraser then crossing the Des Moines river to Gowrie where it would meet the Northwestern road at Rock Island. The Story City Fraser segment spans 18 miles and Fraser Gowrie covers another 18 miles.
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Marshalltown & Dakota Railroad Company
Story City
Fraser
Des Moines
Gowrie
Rock Island
Death of Ida Morrill Smith Puts Spotlight on Legal Wrongs
Keokuk woman Ida Morrill Smith who lost her husband J D Smith after his conviction in a California murder case seeks legislative relief. Despite efforts in 1895 the Iowa legislature granted aid in a similar Iowa case. her friends urge California to redress the harm caused by the imprisonment and the ensuing death.
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Keokuk
Ida Morrill Smith
Ida Morrill
Lot Mé Morrill
United States
Maine
Supreme Court
Associated Charities of
Legislature
California
Iowa
Mr. Smith
Great coal find near Webster City by Crooked Creek road
Prospecting directed by W C Wilson of the Webster City and Southwestern line led to a major coal strike at Lehigh on the west bank of the Des Moines river. The new vein measures about 50 and a half feet high and yields coal comparable to the finest in the region. The Crooked Creek mines now produce around 5,000 tons monthly.
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Webster City
W.C. Wilson
Crooked Creek
Lehigh
Des Moines
Wilson
Supreme court allows judicial acts on July Fourth
The court interprets section 2626 of the code to permit subpoenas and appearances on July 4 in criminal actions, noting the listed dates include January 1 February 22 May 13 July 4 December 26 and Thanksgiving Day. It declines to treat these days as Sundays and says civil proceedings may proceed if parties appear. If legislators meant to bar matters on those days they would have tied them to Sunday in section 191.
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Supreme Court
Appellees
Granite and marble dealers plan uniform tombstone rates
Iowa delegates met in Des Moines at their annual session to push for a nationwide uniform schedule of tomb stone rates and to urge Congress to back the subsidy commerce bill and merchant marine expansion. J M Graham presides as national president. officers elected include C O Dunnell as president and EB Prior as secretary treasurer with directors Agnew Dodge Dean Clouse and Anderson.
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Iowa Granite and Marble Dealers
Des Moines
National Association
Chicago
J. M. Graham
Iowa
National Organization
C. O. Dunnell
Northeast
A. R. Taylor
Northwest
J. BE. O. Kraykill
Southeast
H. Melcher
Southwest
J. C. Sullivan
EB. H. Prior
Agnew
H. R. Dodge
D. M. Dean
KE. P. Clouse
Anderson
Mailed After Twelve Years Letters Found in Hotel Box
About 20 people in various states received letters mailed in 1886. Deposited in the Wilson hotel mail box in Webster City, the letters were hidden behind a canvas. The landlord found them while moving the counter and gave them to the postmaster for delivery.
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United States
Wilson Hotel
Webster City
Kerr misstates bipmetallism in Democratic silver stance
The Chicago Tribune criticizes James Kerr secretary of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for labeling the party as for bimetallism and sixteen to one. It argues the Democratic platform calls for free coinage of gold and silver at sixteen to one, which cannot be bimetallism given current ratios, and contends Kerr distorts party policy to influence voters.
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James Kerr
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Kerr
Democratic Party
Pold
Treasury
United States
Chicago Tribune
Opinions of the Press on Bryan and Finance
A collection of editorial remarks from papers including the Washington Post and Boston Journal. They critique Bryan’s stance on the Chicago platform and gold standard while noting bank deposits and campaign fundraising methods in a period of political tensions.
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Washington Post
Col
Bryan
Boston Herald
Detroit
Minneapolis Tribune
William J. Bryan
Chicago
Boston Journal
Congressional curio on army size sparks party clash
The Albany Journal notes a coalition of Democrats populists and silverites forming in Congress to block a bill raising the army to 100000. It questions the need amid war department claims and argues the United States must expand military and naval forces to meet new responsibilities.
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Congress
North America
Republic
War Department
Cuba
Philippines
Porto Rico
Hawaii
United States
Miles
Adjt
Corbinna
Alger
Adjutant General
Albany Journal
Free silver issue looms in 1900 political forecasts
Opinion from Chicago Inter Ocean and Louisville Courier Journal debates the party’s stance on free silver, predicting the 1900 Democratic platform will sideline the issue. Western leaders push reform while eastern Democrats resist. expansion and socialism themes may shape the campaign.
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McConnell
Monticello Club
Bryan
Jones
Arkansas
Teller
Dubois
Towne
Harvey
Democratic Party
Chicago
Middle West
Ilinois
Altgeld
Jiven Bryan
Louisville Courier- Journal
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Fountain City
Ind
Bond
John Brahan Read
Tuscaloosa
Ala
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Clockadern
National Progress
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