Congressional Talk and Travel News Mix In 19th Century Tone
Congressman Cousins critiques the Filipino leader Aguinaldo hinting he would pick money over a US Colonel. The Paris steamer accident won’t deter travel as American tourists surge to Europe. Ex Senator Peffer rejoins the Republicans and Daniel Kerr’s political future remains cautious amid shifting views.
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Cousins
Aguinaldo
Paris
Europe
Peffer
Daniel Kerr
Daniel
Political tensions ripple across Iowa editorials
The piece notes political bias in naval cadetship exams, rivalry between Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, and a Star Glipper rebuke to Tama News over subscription pleas. It also covers Iowa Congregational association debates and reactions to a socialist professor, highlighting local press and campus tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer Star-Glipper
Tama News
Star- Clipper
Mrs. Birney Embraces Family Image Over Stereotypes
A newspaper notes Mrs. Theo dore W. Birney, president of the National Congress of Mothers, and her three daughters, arguing her example counters claims that the organization is dominated by spinster members. The piece praises her motherhood and inspirational leadership.
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Theodore W. Birney
National Congress of Mothers
Congress
Mothers’ Congress
Doubting Thomas on County Home Plan Sparks Debate
Monticello Express hints at scrutiny of Linn County care for the incurably insane as Marion Register invites editor to ride rural routes. The piece notes a split over county versus state asylum care with the board of control restricting relocations without relative consent.
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Monticello
Thomas
Marion
Linn County
Board of Control
Supreme Court Decides Two Jones County Appeals
Last week the supreme court decided two Jones County appeals. L Schoonover vs Osborne Bros and David Osborne was affirmed as to Osborne Bros and reversed as to David Osborne, with a judgment against the Osbornes for about 30000 for borrowed money likely needing a retrial for David. Ora D Pitkin executrix v E E Peet was reversed, requiring a retrial in district court over Peet estate settlement. The weather note adds last Sabbath marked the fifth straight rainy Sunday.
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Jones County
Supreme Court
L. Schoonover
Osborne Bros
David Osborne
Osbornes
Ora D. Pitkin
Executrix
E. E. Peet
District Court
Peet
Memorial address by Chaplain Mason and local notices from Iowa
Memorial address by Chaplain Mason of the Forty ninth regiment to be delivered in Toledo. Marion post office upgraded to second class with postmaster salary set at 2000 dollars. Wyoming residents call a July Fourth celebration meeting. From January 1 1899 to May 1899 convicts in two state penitentiar ies drop from 1140 to 1069, decline of 71. Thirty smallpox cases reported in Cresco with no deaths. G L Johnson and Frank D Kelsey seek Jackson county attorney job after death of R W Henry. Mrs Buthala of Clinton awarded 2500 dollar verdict for alienation slander and assault. Charles McQuiston to recruit in Cedar Rapids May 26 27. Elizabeth Boyd mother of Cedar Rapids postmaster dies. remains to Tipton for interment. age about 68. Cascade papers note death of Jas Hucker Cascade township at 84. Horace Cownie son of John Cownie shot in South Amana. glancing skull wound. Charles W Farley formerly conductor on Dubuque Southwest Railway. Richland township district school dispute over uncredentialed teacher. Chas D Baldwin Cascade Pioneer editor married Frances Fagan. Baldwin continues Pioneer success. Fagan daughter of former Cascade postmaster.
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Marion
Wyoming
Cresco
G. L. Johnson
Frank D. Kelsey
Jackson County
R. W. Henry
Buthala
Clinton
Charles McQuiston
United States Infantry
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Boyd
W. R Boyd
Tipton
Cascade
Jas. Hucker
Cascade Township
Hucker
Horace Cownie
John Cownie
Board of Control
South Amana
Marengo
Charles W. Farley
Farley
St. Martin’s Church
Roche
Frances Fagan
Baldwin
Pioneer
Miss Fagan
The Sea is Ours Bob Cousins at Cedar Rapids
A patriotic discourse extols American naval power and Admiral Dewey. It lauds the nation’s sea access, calls for sustained maritime strength, and criticizes those who doubt America’s global role and wartime achievements.
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Bob
Cedar Rapids
Fathers Now Figure in Mothers Congress Debate
Des Moines Capital notes ongoing discussion of the Mothers Congress with a sting about organizers and membership. The Express praises a Des Moines organizer as a leading wife and mother, and claims about men in the congress being good husbands and fathers.
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Tue Monticento Express
Des Moines
Congress
the Express
Iowa
Mothers’ Congress
May term district court sessions proceed with varied civil and probate actions
The May term continues with probate matters including estates of Smalley Johnson Hills Jacobs Matson Fluckiger and others. Civil cases include verdicts dismissals continuances and judgments for costs with multiple cases in trial to court or jury and amendments pending. Ex senator Harlan critiques Iowa art funding and design at the state Capitol.
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L. W. Rigby
Joseph B. Smalley
John
Rigby
Delia Battles
T. R. Johnson
Henry Jacobs
B. Kellum
Sarah A. Matson
Samuel Fluckiger
Daniel Fluckiger
Kate Jock
Elmer E. Mathewson
Louisa M. Hills
Frank Sheridan
P. H. Connor
Matilda Kelly
J. E. Carter
C. H. Klenze
N. Levien
Sheffield Milling Co
Lamb Bros
Wm. T. Shaw
Grant Rush
David Bradley Co
F. E. Plume Et al
Elsie Byerly
Caroline Byerly
H. M. Carpenter
G. H. George
A. J. Byerly
Matt Noyes
N. A. Rice
Andrew Davidson
Minnie B.dunlap
Harry Dunlap
Almira G. Stout
John D. Stout
Harlan
Iowa
Congressman Cousins
Chicago
Art Commission
Europe
State of
Towa
State of Iowa
Capitol
Historical Department
Town
Harriet A. Ketcham
Senatorial Management Noted in Cedar Rapids Report
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes Gear managers have guided public perception during the senator’s recent capi tol visit. Reports claim Des Moines papers praised Gear’s health and a stone-laying event in Cummins’s home became a Gear demonstration.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Capitol City
Gear
Cummins
Suspects Arrested After Shoe Theft Try at Local Store
Saturday two men acted suspiciously and tried to steal from Bracha & Co. Marshall Federson detained one, the other escaped toward jail. Night saw the fugitive returning to break a lock and free his partner, then both fled town and remain missing.
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Bracha & Co
Marshal Federson
Calaboose
Oxford
Mirror
Untold Manila Story in McClure's June Issue
McClure's magazine for June promises the inside tale of the Dewey Spanish command negotiations that led to Manila's surrender with minimal land fighting. Oscar King Davis reports from the Manila desk of the New York Sun, drawing on the diary of Belgian consul M Edouard Andre.
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McClure’s
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Oscar King Davis
New York Sun
M. Edouard Andre
The Iowa Delegation in Congress Examined
The New York Sun extols Iowa’s delegation led by Senators Allison and Gear. It praises four eloquent House members Hepburn Cousins Dolliver Henderson and notes Major Lacey and Capt Hull as hardworking. It argues Hepburn could be a strong speaker but Declines, shifting support to Henderson and making him a formidable candidate.
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Iowa
Henderson
Allison
Senate
Gear
Illinois
Iown
Commonwealth
House
Col. Hepburn
Cousins
Dolliver
Gen. Henderson
Major Lacey
Capt
Hull
Greater America Exposition to Open in Omaha July First
The Greater America Exposition opens in Omaha Nebraska on July 1 and runs to November 1 1899. It promises unique displays including war relics from battle sites and colonial exhibits from the Philippines Cuba and Hawaii. banker philanthropist D O Mills remarks on happiness tied to his early days as a small country merchant and a fortune of 25 million dollars.
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Omaha
Neb
United States
Philippines
Cuba
Hawaii
D. O. Mills
Fragmentary figures surface in unreadable archival text
A decipherable portion of OCR text shows scattered numbers and letters without clear context or identifiable entities, yielding only incomplete data points suitable for record-keeping without definite events, names, dates, or places.
First of the Season Excursion to Buffalo by Nickel Plate
Excursion to Buffalo via Nickel Plate Road offered at one round trip fare. Tickets on sale June 11 12 13 1899 with return validity through July 2 1899 if deposited with Buffalo joint agent by June 17 1899. City Ticket Office 111 Adams St Chicago Depot via Vian Buren Street Station on Elevated Loop 48w3.
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Buffalo
Nickel Plate Road
Niagara Falls
City
Adams
Chicago
Buren Street
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Excursion to Buffalo
The Nickel Plate Road promotes a Chicago to Buffalo excursion for the Shrine annual meeting on June 14 and 15. Tickets go on sale June 12 and 18 at a first class round trip fare, with options for rail or water travel between Cleveland and Buffalo. Three daily first class trains run Chicago to Buffalo, New York and Boston. sleeping car reservations through General Agent at 111 Adams Street, Chicago.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Nickel Plate Road
Cleveland
New York
Boston
Adams Street
Excursion to Buffalo by Nickel Plate Road One Fare Round Trip
Visit Buffalo and Niagara Falls at a very reasonable expense. City Ticket Office 111 Adams Street. Depot Van Gogh on the Loop. 46w5 TO CURE A COLD WHILE YOU SLEEP Break-Up-a-Cold Tablets 25c. O H Soetjesole agt.
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Buffalo
Nickel Plate Road
Niagara Falls
Adams Street
van Buren Street
Chicago
O. H. Soetjesole Agt
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Mason
Fortyninth Regiment
Toledo
Ours
Siberia
Treichler
Senator Harlan
The
Royal Baking Powder
OL Niles
Geo Watters
Malrview
Garret Reed
Jas Parrott
W W Williams
Olive McMillan
WA Scott
E A Kolttle
Onslow
Jas Duffy
Cunan
Seo
Mathew Moore
Dennis D Moore
Washington
Juilia A Moore
Isaac Tugby
H. J. Langland
Clifford Wood
Sarah Woodland
Hannah
Peter Weldeman
Onaelow
Perlina Crane
Elizabeth Stack
Strawberry
Feu
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
N Prush Hats
Star Clothing House
the People’s Clothiers
Gen
Buford
Hopkinton
Ryan
Coggon
Castle Grove Township
Jones Co
General Buford
Gambetta Wilkes
George Wilkes
Hambletonian
Abdallah
Mambrino
Gen. Buford
Mary Buford
Ivanhoe
Yad Dan
Clark Chief
Danny
Roo
Abdallah Chief
criGic
Wilkes
W. A. Hogan
Rundle
H. C. Bohlken
Hicks & Lilers
Kewanee, Ill
O. H. Sotie
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