Vanderbilt’s second marriage marks a troubled, powerful era
In New York the story frames W K Vanderbilt as a dignified, aging financier shaped by misfortune. It notes his divorce scandal distant yet influential, his daughter’s Marlborough marriage, and his shift from a “dead game sport” to a steady head of eight Vanderbilt male heirs and numerous kin.
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New York
W. EK. Vanderbilt
Commodore
Cornelius
Willian T
Willie
Wall Street
Vanderbilt
Duke of Marlborough
Cornelius Vanderbilt
William
fMiouse
Webb, Twombly
Cross
Allen
Shepard
Fabbri
Morris
Sloane
Burden
King
Thorn
Sfadden
Torrance
la Bau
Barker
Aymar
Lafitte
Rechid Bey
Webbs
Twomblys
Vanderbilts and Tamany's Power Apparatus
The article portrays Cornelius Vanderbilt as a rail systems magnate with vast wealth and board memberships, yet lacking corporate titles, and contrasts him with other moguls. It describes his city home and Newport sprawling estates, plus a note on family marriages, fires, and a recurring honeymoon location. It then details Tammany Hall’s financing system, Pat Keenan’s rumored treasurer role, and the ritualized distribution of money to district leaders before elections, highlighting machine politics and payoffs.
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Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Chauncey M. Depew
Newman
the Central
Nockefeller
Morgan
John Jacob Astor
New York
Mr. Hunt
Newport
Belmont
Idle Out
South Shore
Long Island
Duke of Marlborough
William XK. Vanderbilt, Jr
Croker
Tammany
John McQuade
McQuade
Ife
van Wyck
Pat Keenan
Wiskinskie
Keenan
Tammany Hall
Croker Drops Out of New York Real Estate Scene
Richard Croker once a partner in Veter FL Meyer & Co has reportedly disappeared from the business world. The Tam many Hall leader’s fall from public life shifts him from politics to real estate, a field where street openings and timely knowledge can yield profits.
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Richard Croker
New York
Tammay Hall
Veter FL Meyer & Co
D& Co
Croker
New York College Names Dr. Finley President
The College of the City of New York has selected Dr. Finley as president. A 39 year old Illinois farm boy, he is a western athlete and editor with ties to Grover Cleveland and McClure, known for socialism study and literary work. The college aims to be the equal of endowed universities and serve as a public free college for New York.
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the College of the City of New York—for
New York
Dr. Finley
Grover Cleveland
Bat
Low
Butler
Finley
McClure’s
Warper
Harvard
Owen Langdon
Damascus Steel buys New Brighton steel plant
Damascus Steel of Des Moines has purchased a running and equipped steel plant at New Brighton Pennsylvania with $2,000,000 capital to produce a secret chemical steel developed by R. Dawson. Dawson guarded the process through trials and a murder saga involving his son-in-law Walter Scott.
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Des Moines
New Brighton
Damascus Steel Company
R. Dawson
Dawson
Walter Scott
Sunday Funeral Ban Gains Ground in Des Moines
Ministers and undertakers cooperate to end Sunday funerals to protect their Sundays. A year or two of failed moves precedes a promising campaign. One minister faced two sermons three meetings and multiple funerals, spurring the action with undertakers pledging support to refuse Sunday services.
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Des Moines
Ministerial Association
Campaign to aid aged ministers reaches $36000
The Des Moines Methodist Conference reports $36000 raised toward a $50000 fund to support superannuated ministers. The next session will decide whether churches should complete the fund now so distributions can begin this year. Funds will be invested and interest used as planned.
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Des Moines
State Intercollegiate Field Meet Set For Des Moines
The field meet occurs in Des Moines on May 27 with Ames Drake Grinnell and Iowa City listed as qualified. State Normal Simpson and Des Moines College invited for participation as State Normal is unavailable. Drake’s Wharman Chap man reportedly broke the world pole vault record at 12 feet, surpassing Yale’s Clapp who now resides in Keokuk.
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Des Moines
Ames
Drake
Grinnell
Iowa City
State Normal
Simpson
Des Moines College
Wharman Chapman
Drake University
Ife
Clapp
Yale University
Keokuk
National Guard Inspection By War Department Officials
Maj. Daniel I. Brush and Maj. W. C. Battier inspected the Towa national guard soldiers for the War Department. Under the Dick law the guard is part of the national army and may be called by the president in war. The scheme seeks a higher standard of discipline and tactics across Iowa.
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Daniel I. Brush
W.C. Battier
Towa National Guard
War Department
Towa Guard
National Army
Iowa
Fort Robinson
Maj
Brush
Maj. Buttier
West Point
Carnegie Library Gift for Iowa Falls Public Library
Andrew Carnegie offers Iowa Falls a $10,000 grant for a free library building on the condition a suitable site is donated and the city council commits to at least $1,000 yearly maintenance. L. E. Jones proposes a site and council members pledge cooperation in ongoing upkeep.
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Iowa Falls
Andrew Carnegie
L. E. Jones
Farmers seek line to Alta. Storm Lake residents vote for toll-free exchange
Nine farmers near Storm Lake contracted with Northern Telephone for home service. Twenty-six more propose patronage if a line is built six miles to Alta and linked to the exchange, eliminating toll lines. The motive behind Charles F. Rademacher's death in Sioux City is revealed. Thornburg tobacco firm books, recently absorbed by the trust, show a $3,240 shortfall. Rademacher spent $1,500 in one week.
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Storm Lake
Northern Telephone Company
Alta
Charles F. Rademacher
Sioux City
Thornburg Wholesale Tobacco
Trust
Rademacher
Republican tariff record cited against Democrats in 19th century
The piece argues Republicans under McKinley boosted exports via the Dingley tariff, citing 1897 trade at 1.815 trillion and a long-run surplus of over 5.11 trillion from 1897 to 1902. It contrasts Democratic eras with chronically adverse balances and urges protectionist policy to improve American industry.
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Republican Party
Congress
McWinley
United States
Troy Times
Washington
Gene Flemen
Jess
Democrats in Turmoil Over Presidential Nominee
A discussion of Democratic Party turmoil centers on opposition to Bryan and Cleveland as potential nominees. The piece notes Parker’s imagined fitness due to years out of politics, with factions trading barbs and newspapers weighing the party’s direction and candidate prospects.
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Troublo
Timen
Democratic Party
Bryan
Indianapolis Journal
Cleveland
Judge Parker
New York
Meanspaper
Protection Expands US Exports Against Foreign Goods
The text argues high tariffs boost American exports by strengthening domestic production while lowering imports. It claims the export surplus demonstrates protection's success and urges consulting official statistics to show how low tariffs left the US dependent on foreign manufacturers.
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United States
Harmony in Des Moines Wedding of Bryan and Stevenson
The Des Moines gathering featured William J. Bryan and Adlai Stevenson as principal speakers with tentative hints of Hearst backing. Commentary criticized factional harmony talk as window dressing while noting rival Democrats and reports on Miles and Parker probes into potential nominees.
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William J. Bryan
Adlai E. Stevenson
Des Moines
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Stevenson
Bryan
Pointed Paragraphs on Roosevelt and Democratic Friesland
A compilation notes various newspaper opinions about William Jennings Bryan and President Roosevelt. It mentions Roosevelt meeting a colored policeman in Topeka and speculation on electoral votes in South Carolina and Mississippi. It also cites editorials from the Albany Journal Des Moines Register and Leader and other papers discussing Bryan, Gorman, and party harmony.
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Bryan
Roosevelt
Albany Journal
Cleveland
Des Moines Register
Topeka
South Carolina
Mississippi
Louis
Globe-Democrat
Boston Herald
Gorman
Indianapolis Journal
Caesar
Grover Cleveland
Detroit Free Press
Brooklyn
Indianapolis News
Ind
Valuable prize offered dedication of monuments postponed
Iowa state agriculture announces a $200 Ames college livestock and corn judging scholarship for Iowa youths under 21 with half of four years’ tuition covered. It also postpones Shiloh battlefield monument dedication due to bronze tablet delays and hints at a possible April ceremony. other items cover road tax reform, insurance payouts, and public notices.
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Shiloh
Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture of Iowa
State Agricultural College
Ames
State of Iowa
Utica Clothing Company
W. L. White Shoe Company
John Simpson
The
Agricultural College
Iowa
Spraying Experiments Continue Across Iowa Orchards
Experimental spraying was conducted at five Iowa sites including Cresco with two apple orchards, Jordan with a 1,000 tree grove, Eddyville with 1,200 trees of various varieties, Polk County with several thousand trees, and Glenwood on a much larger scale. Prof. Price leads the field work using compressed air sprayers, averaging 15 acres per day. Plan State Convention in Ottumwa runs June 22 to 26 with grand opening concert by Ottumwa musicians at the Grand Opera House followed by a visitor reception at Miss Jeanette Brown’s home.
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Towa
Cresco
Jordan
Eddyville
Polk County
Glenwood
State Agricultural College
Ames
Price
Iowa State Music Teachers
Ottumwa
Grand Opera House
Jeanette Brown
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Pat. Keenan
the College of the City
Damascus Steel
Methodist Church
the National Guard
Brush and Battier
Cheeta
Harmony A LA
Nebraska
Tom Johnson
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Troy
David B. Hill
Cleveland Democrats
Brooklyn Fagle
Cleveland Democratic
Richmond
Miles
William McKinley
Philippines
New York Times
EK. P. Whipple
Boston
Good Roads Association
J. M. Anderson
Warren County
Insurance Money
Lock and Hey
Cherokee
Rock and Key
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Voldeng
W. A. Richards
Sullivans
Hamilton
Marion County
Richards
Ackley
Wellsburg
Yldland
Life Insurance
John F. Ely
Cedar Rapids
John F. Duncombe
Fort Dodge
R. P. Clarkson
F. M. Hubbell
Mullan
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Rock Island Railroad
Oll
Sicily
Callegre Sansome
Palermo
Consignee
Sansome
Baptist Church of
Baptists
Burmah
India
Lowa
Ponaparte Dam
Gornaparte
Abbie Louise Beaumont
Home For
State Agricultural Department
W. M. Beardshear
Secretary of State
State Horticultural Department
Wragg
Society
Leon Prown
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