Inkhorn of Mercy and the World’s Improvement Sermon
Dr Talmage argues the inkhorn in Ezekiel 9:2 stands for influence used to better the world. He urges domestic and business letters to spread gospel hope, warns against war, and envisions a global revival through written evangelism led by countless unknown writers.
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Louis Klopsch
Washington
Ezekiel
Literary Museum
National Archives
Earth
Christendom
Matthew Henry
Jesus Christ
Raleigh
New England
Moses
John
St. John
King of Kings
Railway assessment and women voting tale from Des Moines
Des Moines reports on Iowa railway property assessments for 1900, detailing mileage, buildings, earnings and proposed tax values. It also notes why Des Moines area women did not vote on school bonds, citing suffrage views and constitutional limits.
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Des Moines
Executive Council
Davison
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Clinton County
Iowa
Cheshire
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & N
Chicago, Burlington & Gurney
Chicago Great Western
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, Rock Island & Pac
Des Moines Unioniccisseessesessb0,000 200,000 Town Central Vy.cssscevssseseaee
Finols Central V.secccevisavscees
Chicago, Mil. & St. Paulos
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Rent Western
Rock Island
Iowa Central
Milwaukee
Northwestern
West Des Moines
Fire Devastates Town University Medical Complex
A major fire in Town City destroyed the state hospital and Old South hall, totaling about 250000 dollars in losses. The medical college’s museum and library suffered irreparable damage, with eight thousand dollars in new microscopes and thousands in equipment burned. About ninety cadavers recently received for dissection were lost.
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Old South Hall
University Group
Medical College
United States
County Seat Contest Decree Bars Courthouse Move
Judge Clyde grants a decree in Hancock County restraining the board of supervisors from moving the courthouse from Concord or diverting county funds for coal heating. The decree allows electors to relocate the county seat to Garner if done legally. Mrs Jeaves discusses the ongoing courthouse issue.
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Clyde
Garner
Hancock County
Board of Supervisors
Concord
Concords
Jeaves
Railway hires ban on liquor sparks Dubuque wave
The superintendent of the Dubuque division of the Chicago Great Western Railway issues a sweeping rule prohibiting all train men station agents foremen and other responsible staff from consuming intoxicants and from entering saloons at any time on or off duty. Violators face immediate discharge. The order also requires employees to pay their debts or risk dismissal unless a reasonable excuse is provided.
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Dubuque
Chicago Great Western Railway
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University of Iowa seeks remainder of funds from state
Secretary Haddock of the Iowa Board of Regents reports $14,126 due the state university from the state. The sum results from the auditor’s refusal to issue warrants under the old code after the October 180% code replacement. Six thousand dollars has been recovered, and the university asks the state to pay the remaining balance.
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Haddock
Board of
Regents
The
State University of Iowa
Philanthropist Pledges Cedar Rapids Hospital Gift
Abraham Slimmer of Waverly pledged to donate again to Cedar Rapids for a city hospital if the public raises matching amounts. He agreed with Rev. Dean Gann to match 5000, 20000, or 50000 dollars based on whether the city raises 5000, 20000, or 50000, contingent on building a hospital serving the poor free of charge.
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Abraham Slimmer
Cedar Rapids
Dean Gann
Church of Immaculate Conception
Cedar Napids
Only One of the Kind Set to Open in Ottumwa
Ottumwa prepares to host a unique manufacturing plant the only one of its kind in the world. It will produce a carpenter square that aids geometry without specialized training. Inventor M. Nichols of Ottumwa conceived the tool to determine roof slopes and cornice angles for carpenters and builders.
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Ottumwa
M. Nichols
Monument Erected for William Blair in Kossuth Memory
A monument near Kossuth honors William Blair, one of Iowa’s revolutionary heroes. The inscription notes Blair born in 174, Lancaster County Pennsylvania died 1849 Des Moines County Iowa served as a Revolutionary soldier and Presbyterian elder and helped pioneer Pennsylvania Kentucky Ohio Indiana Illinois and Iowa with many descendants remaining in the state.
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Kossuth
William Blair
Lancaster County
Penn
Des Moines County
Iowa
Presbyterian Church
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Accidental Rifle Fatality Of Farmhand In County
Cyrus Stucker a Carson farmhand was accidentally shot and killed while riding in a wagon near a county schoolhouse. A snowball incident led him to pick up and swing a long rifle. when returned to the wagon it fired mortally striking his heart. Three others were present during the accident.
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Cyrus Stucker
Carson
Stucker
Cuba Treaty Amendment Outlines US Cuba Policy
A senate committee on relations with Cuba reports an amendment to the army appropriation bill. It would set conditions for US withdrawal and extend sovereignty limits, enabling US intervention to preserve Cuban independence and ensure finances and sanitation plans. The panel includes Republicans Democrats and Populists. Senator Teller backs the plan.
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United States Senate
Cuba
United States
Committee On
Orville I. Patt
Connecticut
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Shelby M. Cullom
Imels
James McMillan
Michigan
Wiliam Chandler
New Hampshire
John C. Spooner
Wisconsin
Ilernando D. Money
Mississippi
James P. Taliaferro
Merida
Henry M. Weller
Colorado
Marion Butler
North Carolina
Teller
Congress lavishness and partisan blame in the end of session
The N. Y. Sun reflects that the outgoing Fifty Sixth Congress was lavish in appropriations due to war costs. It notes both major parties share in the spending and accuses Democrats of obstruction only in form. It argues opposition bills were traded for pork barrelling and costly measures favored by individual Democrats.
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Spain
Republican Party
House of Congress
Congress
Spooner
Eivil
Philippines
Cuba
Senate
House
Comments on imperial power and Cuban policy in the press
The excerpts quote editorials arguing that President is cloaked in imperial power while business proceeds. It cites reactions from the Washington Star Buffalo waiter Bryan parody Detroit Free Press and Chicago Tribune on army bill amendments and Porto Rico policy. It also notes Cuban republics need protection and US interests.
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Porto Rico
Republican Party
Chicago Tribune
United States
Cleveland
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