Iowa Papers Drift From Parties And National News
The Fort Dodge Chronicle renounces party politics becoming independent. Des Moines reports Gallagher filed papers for Congress after losing as police judge. Walsh of Chicago National Bank is under arrest amid loans to insiders. Knoxville inebriate asylum overwhelmed. more housing or reform needed. Shackleford Cannon clash yields little stir. Patterson defects toward socialism, father ridicules. Dolliver’s senate rate bill speech lauded. Schofield dies at St Augustine aged 77. Army readies for possible China clash. peace urged. Allison turns 77, marks long Senate tenure and leadership with vigor.
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John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Cedar Rapids mayor race and Des Moines comparisons
A Cedar Rapids mayoral candidate predicts 60 000 population in five years prompting the Burlington Hawkeye to question city improvements. The piece critiques Des Moines as a model and notes Democratic support dynamics around Cummins and the governor’s stance on the Republican nominee.
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Cedar Rapids
Burlington Hawkeye
Des Moines
Cummins
Legislature battles over nine jurors and Sunday baseball bill
The Martin nine jurors bill was killed in the house by indefinit e postponement. The anti Sunday baseball and theatre bill passed the senate but was recalled to the senate from the house. A memorial program honors Col D B Henderson as Gilliland resolution asks governor for specific statements about alleged funding. Committee amendments and votes shape prosecutions and oversight. The senate approves ending the school year July 1 for business use. Cedar Rapids lawyers pressed for a superior court bill while Kepler Voris and Davis oppose it.
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Martin
Judiciary
Senate
House
Col
D. B. Henderson
Gilliland
Col. Temple
Weeks
Whitmore
O’brien
Cedar Rapids
Joint Committee On A Judiciary
Capt. Kepler
Mt. Vernon
D. E. Voris
C.J. Davis
Marion
Dubuque News Recaps Fire Losses and Local Happenings
A wide range of Iowa items are reported including Des Moines grand opera house fire with $80000 loss, Cedar Rapids mayoral race won by Amos H. Connor, Hedge declines renomination, and a New York Children's Aid Society initiative sending orphans to Hopkinton. Concerted actions touch on schools, rail service, and public building prospects.
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Dubuque
Grand Opera House
Des Moines
Delaware County Teachers’ Institute
Manchester
C. E. Reeves
Hopkinton
Palmer-Hubbard Creamery
Ryan
Broadway
Ryan Creamery Co
Cedar Rapids
Amos H. Connor
Hedge
Congress
New York Children’s Aid Society
Lenox College
Leander Clark College of
Toledo
Smith and
Tourtellet
Lenox
Rogers
Williams
Reeves
Archbishop Keane Urges Temperance Crusade in Dubuque
Arch bishop Keane of Dubuque delivers a forceful temperance address urging Catholics to join the movement and abstain from intoxicating drinks through Easter. He cites scripture, condemns saloons, and calls on families to resist drink, culminating in a pledge by the vast assembly to remain sober at least until after Easter. The article also lists numerous Local Teacher Association award certificates across several counties.
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Archbishop Keane
Dubuque
Home For Humanity
Matthew
Happy Home League
Mount Calvary
Senator Dolliver Endorses Perkins and Shares Praise
The interview notes Senator Dolliver praising Gov. Cummins but saying he cannot accept praise without sharing it with his allies Senator Allison and Col. Hepburn. He advocates George D. Perkins for governor, recounting decades of friendship and urging his Republican nomination. He states he would retire from the Senate rather than endorse otherwise.
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Dolliver
Cumming
Fort Dodge
Senate
Allison
House of Representatives
Col. Hepburn
Cummins
George D. Perkins
Perkins
Iowa
Geo. D. Perkins
Quiet Wedding Ties Oxford Junction to Nearby Towns
Oxford Junction notes a quiet Sacred Heart ceremony uniting Martin Nowachek and Miss Tillie Riches. A second wedding saw Tillie May Wogoba wed to Mr. John Pashek Jr at the bride’s mother’s home. Josephine Sutherland mourns her father’s death while her mother’s health prompts a temporary school absence. Local figures Lanigan and Voorheep travel through town en route to Olin.
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Geo. W. Lathrop
Oklahoma
Lanigan
Jones’ County
A. J. Wosoba
Josephine Sutherland
Oxford
Fouts
Anecdote of Henderson’s Edinburgh visit at Holy Rood Castle
Julian Richards recounts a tale from Edinburgh where a father in homespun was barred from Holy Rood Castle while his children wore store clothes. The story ends with the speaker, the youngest son, being shown the castle by order of the King of England amid tears from listeners.
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Julian Richards
Col. Henderson
National House of Representatives
Statesman
Edinburgh Scotland
America
Holy Rood Castle
England
Chicago Hikes Saloon License to 1000 a Year
Chicago raises saloon licenses to 1000 dollars yearly to curb taverns. City plans to use the revenue to expand the police force and employ saloonkeepers displaced by the new measure.
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Chicago
Blood Purity Promise From Scott's Emulsion
Advertisement claims that blood circulates through the heart every two minutes in a healthy person and that irregular circulation causes illness. It argues Scott's Emulsion purifies the blood and improves health as a key reason.
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Scott
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Knoxville
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Missouri
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Reed
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Mr. Patterson
The
Chicago Tribune
Clarkson
New York
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St. Augustine
Florida
Schofield
China
William B. Allison
United States Senate
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Vermont
Senator Allison
Neighborhood News
Wm. A. Kenny
Mancheser
District Court of
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Illinois Central Railroad
Kenny
T. W. Summersides
Washington
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
David B. Henderson
John E. Sage
Sioux City
United States
Temperance
Jones County
Arthur Himebaugh
Anna Folkerts
Kent Moats
Scotch Grove
Silas Wright
Joe Huttton
Lillie Henrichs
Florence Dunn
Marcella Callahan
Hale
Blanch Walston
Leonie Graves
Arthur Switzer
Alma Switzer
Earl Gardiner
Ray Gardiner
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Pauline Rose
Rose Hayner
Fairview
Edna Cusher
Myrtle Cusher
Lee Worden
Melvin Simpson
Cass
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Wayne
Frank Newman
Anna Siebels
Clara Toenjes
Castle Grove
Henry Bohlken
Bennie Hoiken
Forest Deischer
Richland
Carlton Brown
Dewey Miller
Fred Strothers
August Ludwig
Victory
Waggoner
Grace Ristine
Ella Ristine
Spencerville
Eddie Bramer
Laurel Hill
Glan Chapin
Pleasant Valley
Ralph Brickley
Abbie Osborne
Harvey James
Etta Buvers
Zula Hayden
Florence Porter
Martin Brickley
Niles
Mae Strong
Black Oak
Grey Daly
South Madison
Hetty Larsen
Oxford Junction
Royal
Scott & Bowne Chemists
Pearl St., N. Y
Maeve Crry
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Monticello State Bank
Lowell State Bank
Geo. L. Lovell
R. O. Stirton
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J. W. Coxses
H. Sandhouse
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A. L. Fairbanks
W. A. Mirick
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Schodde
J. A. Voorhees
J. A. Colton
Joneg Co
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