Iowa and Nation React to McKinley Victory in 1896
The piece surveys editorial postures across Iowa and the nation after McKinley’s win. It notes Bryan counties and county-ticket gains, German voter shifts, and yields from Wayne to Dubuque. It cites factory reopenings, Hainer’s Nebraska loss, and Garfield era comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
William J. Bryan
Wayne
Dubuque
Bryan
Carroll
Chickasaw
Crawford
Davis
Decatur
Fremont
Harrison
Jackson
Johnson, Lee
Marion
Monona
Shelby
Union
Jones County Victory Spurs Republican Lead Despite Scrambled Ballots
The piece notes Harvey Richardson as Jones County auditor leading the national ticket by over 200 votes without campaigning. It compares this year’s county returns to last year, cites gains across townships such as Richland and Monticello, and reflects on ballot issues, party dynamics, and local figures including Rieker Matthiessen and Kerr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Harvey
Richardson
Jones County
Harvey
Democratic party loyalty pledge on free coinage of silver
The state central committee bars men who do not confess to Bryan and free silver at 16 to 1, pledging loyalty as the test for party fealty. It declares all gold standard supporters as enemies and predicts continued gold use will lower prices and enslave labor. The proclamation, signed by populist and free silver Republicans, warns only free silver adherents can participate in future conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic State Central Committee
Bryan
Democratic Committee
Wm. J. Bryan
Horace Boies
Supreme Court ruling on patient exhibition in damages case
The Iowa Supreme Court reverses a 1913 decision over a foot injury suit by Minnie Aall. It held that showing measurements in court is proper when a plaintiff’s foot or ankle injury is in question, allowing jurors to view the harm. Judge Robinson dissented, calling forced exposure indecent and unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Minnie Aall
Manson
Robinson
District Court
Companion Art Calendar 1897 Promises Colorful Lithographs
The Youth's Companion offers a 1897 calendar with four folding pages each showing a twelve color lithograph of a female figure. Distribution includes a free year 1896 subscription, with paper delivered until January 1, 1897. The issue marks the paper's seventy first birthday and cites major contributors from both continents. Diphtheria cases rise in two houses. John Rees’ two boys Otto and Antone and Lizzie Max are affected mildly with streets kept clear for safety.
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Companion
The
Eos
John Rees
Otto
Antone
Lizzie Max
Oxford Mirror
Town Teachers Listed for 1896 97 in Jones County
Pages from the Jones County Teacher highlight the 1896 97 staff across Anamosa Monticello Wyoming Oxford Junction Olin Onslow Oxford Mills Center Junction and Strawberry Hill. It lists superintendents principals assistant principals and grade teachers by school and division with numerous names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
A. Palmer
Fannie K. Laird
Iva M. Byerly
Lillie B. Joseph
S. A. Clark
Ietta Langan
Maggie Dougherty
Lara Hanna
Ida M. Jeffries
Frances Smith
Stella Beam
Nellie Gavin
Warren B. Gregg
Monticello
W. A. Doron
Mary I. Jarman
Mary Marvin
Catherine Crystal
Nettie Hazard
Jennie Vanderpool
Caroline Hicks
Margaret Greer
Jessie Fawcett
Edith Curtis
Kate Wheelock
Margaret Young
Nettie Sleeper
Wyoming
Lincoln Buchanan
Annette Anderson
Gertrude Greene
Mary McNamary
M. Amelia Bates
Martha Herrick
Oxford Junction
D. R. Perkins
E. A. Hoelscher
Anna Prochaska
Hattie Rogers
Annie Panuska
Faith Gibson
Oxford Mills
J. M. Sokol
Belle Sutliff
Center Junction
F. D. Cartwright
Alice Dawson
Strawberry Hii
Julia Chesire
Mary Spellman
Jones County Teachers Take Up Winter Terms
Tom King of Monticello resumes teaching for the season. Charlotte Page of Princeton Mimia will teach at Cass Center. Geo Curtis Jr will preside at No 5 Monticello. Spencer Guiles closes seventh term at No 3 Monticello. Black Oaks School under Lillian Farragher hosts an ice cream sociable and raises a $5 flag. Jennie Gilroy holds a pumpkin social at No 5 Castle Grove raising 7 dollars for library books. Alma Matson hosts a Toot and Inch sociable in Langworthy October 16 raising 10.75 dollars for a school flag. Matson praised as a diligent teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom King
Monticello
Charlotte Page
Princeton
Miinola
Cass Center
Geo. Curtis, Jr
No. 5
Spencer Guiles
Black Oaks
Lillian Farragher
Jennie Gilroy
Castle Grove
Alma Matson
Langworthy
Miss Matson
Forger King Caught in Mt Pleasant Imprisonment Looms
Oxford Mirror reports O King the forger was proved dangerous by a valise containing a printed draft book and forty forged drafts imitating Dan Poppe and J E Carter signatures. He pretended to sell nursery stock around Onslow and Center Junction and was moved toward Illinois Pen awaiting Iowa’s next move. The river froze over on the mill pond last Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. King
Mt. Pleasant
Oxford Junction Bank
Dan Poppe
J. E. Carter
King
J. E
Onslow
Center Junction
Decatur
Ill
Illinois
Iowa
Oxford Mirror
Quick Witted Bostonian Saves Khroo in Daring Wave Rescue
A Boston Transcript account describes a man risking his life to save two strong swimmers caught in a treacherous outbound current near shore. He signaled, swam to shore, feigned cramps, and prompted the women to assist him back to safety, praising the rescue as an act of courage and the enduring value of the "eternal womanly."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston ‘Transcript
Remarkable cabbage cure in Civil War hospital story
In 1864 at the Columbian Hospital in Washington a wounded veteran with a failing stomach is fed boiled cabbage with cider vinegar after doctors say he will die. The patient improves after this dietary intervention, though he leaves with a stiff knee and a long road home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Tolstoi Answers Questions Admires Russian Sage
A World excerpt reports Tolstoi replied yes to public expression of life principles and to self knowledge, while on moral decisiveness he said reason is God given and must be listened to when conscience must decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolstoi
New York World
English Versus German Universities
The article argues that German universities produce more and better geared to practical use in physical sciences, with Germany monopolizing higher caliber manufacturing talent and exporting many technical experts, suggesting England lags in this area.
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Germany
England
London Times
Eton Graduate Misread By Festal Boarders
A humorous quarrel between a boarder and landlady about a supposed Eton graduate turns to a joke as the landlady quips the man has never graduated from eating. Source: Boston Conriar.
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Festal Board
Eton
Boston Conriar
Life in Great Cities and the City’s Morbid Elements
A London Spectator excerpt argues that large cities show no inherent increase in danger when the working and middle classes are active and industrious. It contrasts urban life with idle elites and with Boer life, suggesting vitality comes from effort and vigilance rather than wealth.
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Romeo
Nineveh
Babylon
Olive Schreiner
London Spectator
Planting and care tips for Bermuda lilies from The Ladies' Home Journal
Ebon J. Roxford advises deep pots and a layered soil approach for Bermuda lilies. Use ordinary nutrient-rich compost, avoid extra fertilizer, water sparingly, and keep soil moist not wet. Gradually acclimate after removing from cellar and ensure cool conditions to prolong bloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebon J. Roxford
Ladies’ Home Journal
Molvuschott on Burial Customs and Burning the Dead
The text cites Molvuschott advocating replacing established cemeteries with annual renewal of burial plots or, better, returning to cremation. He argues buried bodies waste space and harm the living, while burning the dead would enrich air with carbonic acid and ammonia and turn barren land into productive fields. He likens current practice to the negligent servant who buried a talent.
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Popular Science Monthly
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Tom Watson
Sewall
Billy Patterson
Cedar Rapids
Grover Cleveland
Scott County
McKinley
Hanna
Wyoming Journal
Richland
Custle Grove
Eugene J. Hainer
Congress
Nebraska
Hainer
Garfield
Hancock
Weaver
Gartfield
Richland Township
Oxford
South Madigan
Scotch Grove
Washington
Rieker
A. Matthiessen
Rick
Walt Bakter
Charlie Kreuger
Castle Grove Township
Mose Waddick
Fifth District
Cedar County
Daniel Kerr
Grundy County
Bob Cousins
Kerr
Col. Clark
Capt
Kepler
Mt. Vernon
Oxford Township
the Mirror
Jackson County Sentinel
Board of Supervisors
Chrysanthemum
Polf
Scott
Geo
Chicago Times
Palmer
Levering
PTC
Bentley
Mattchett
Geo. L. Dobson
H. L. Karr
C. G. McCarthy
G.W. Davis
STRTH
John Herriot
Canvas
John Foley
Scott M. Ladd
L. R. Bolter
Dom
Ajudqar
M. Remley
G. W. Golliger
W. Herrick
Heong Hs
Chamberlain
J. E Flannagan
J.B. Whalen
R. O. Peters
the Youth’s Companion
Columbus Ave
Boston
Masa
Anamosa
Olin
M. F. Maine
Dora Rummel
Dessa Scott
Daisy White
June Renne
Fred Williams
Grace Maple
Low
Khroo
United States
Royal Baking Powpurs Co
New York
Growiny the
Bermuda
aAwaraea
M. W. Herrick
Ag Aee
Mon
Afivollo
Jones Co
Towa
Delaware
Ginn
Jones
J. W. Coxsee
Monti- Acollo
J. N. Hughes
Atorney
Codar Rapids
Dance County
State
Oderal Courte
C.w.&c.l. Lovell
Ankers
Koretyn
Doemostla Ulla
Uxahange
Oftee
Bidwell
W. A. Mirick
Congregational Church
Ontla
Inglis
M.D. Puyercian
Surgron
Brown
Ofice
Sahipman'a Tailor Shop
I'lpat Street
T. B. Kent
Pengioran
Calla
Main Street
Vut
Postofice
E. L. Gilmore
M. D
O. B. Rundle
Panier Rooma
Monticollo Bank
Highs & Eilers
Atore
Monticollo
W. B. Pearson
TUB
Olea
Shaw
Cudworth
Annmosge
J. H. Lathrop
J. B. Smith
O.R. Ricker
John Gibson
Henry C. Bowen
Ticks & Eilers’ Dry Goods Store
Hawkeye Merchant Tailoring
Second St
Ele
R.eacher
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