No Poor House For Civil War Veterans Declared by G A R
The Kansas G A R department distributes senate provision No 444 stating no Civil or Spanish War veteran or their wife widow or children shall be sent to a poor house. It requires county poor commissioners to provide life necessities and a home if needed, with heavy penalties for violations. A stray line references a fresh jay who fired at someone last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. R. Department of Kansas
Senate
Soliers
Muscatine Journal contact and subscription offer
The Muscatine Journal lists editor John Mahin and manager Harold J. Makin. It details subscription rates including daily and semi weekly delivery, payment terms, and how to remit by postal card, draft, express money order, or check to the Journal Printing Company.
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John Mahin
Harold J. Makin
Journal Printing Company
Republican Senatorial Convention in Muscatine Iowa
Republicans of the 2vth Senatorial District will meet in a delegate convention at the Muscatine courthouse Iowa at 2 p m Wednesday the 1st day of May A D 1901 to nominate a candidate for Senator and handle related business. Delegates by county are Mulia 32 and Muscatine 21. All who support Republican principles and want to affiliate are invited to participate. County chairmen are to call the conventions to select delegates. J W Eells Muscatine County Senatorial Committeeman. J W Garner Louisa County Senatorial Committeeman.
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Louisa
Muscatine
Mula County
Ccee
Muscatine County
J. W. Eells
J. W. Garner
Louisa County
Burden of crime cited at six hundred million dollars
The report of the commissioner of prisons cites a $600,000,000 cost of crime in the United States. It notes this burden falls on honest workers and industry while criminals contribute little. Added to this is the cost of the drink curse, underscoring a vast waste from sin and folly. The piece argues for political action to lessen the burden.
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United States
Commissioner of Prisons
Republican Convention Call for Iowa Delegates in Cedar Rapids
The Republican Erectors of Iowa announce a delegate convention in Cedar Rapids on August 7, 1901 at 11 a.m. Delegates will nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Judge of the Supreme Court Superintendent of Public Instruction and Railroad Commissioner and address other proper business. Eligible voters who support Republican principles are invited to participate in selecting delegates under this call. The representation ratio is to be set under the terms of the call.
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Republican Erectors
State of
Iowa
Republicans of
Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court
Joho N Baldwin
BOG
Ccsephew
Jefferson
Adams
Veeses Lo Johnson
Allamakee
Ava Jone
Mee
Keokuk
Sven Appanovuse
Audubon
Wee Bentozones
Lee
Eeewae Diackhawk
Linn
Louisa
Boone
Bremer - Paan
Lyon
Madison
Chickasaw
Clarke
Muscatine
Seneed Ubbien
Aew
Oscedla
Ko Clinton
Aeenee
Crawford
Wees
Palo Alto
Dallas
Weenee
Jiymouth
View
Pocahontas
Delaware
Ean Pottawattamie
Des Moines
Dickinson
Dubuque
Shelby Floyd
Éapcee Es
Siews Weeree le Franklin
I Fremont
Tawa Sees
Boone Ge
Taylor
Grady
Ell Union Wee
van Buren
Hamilton
Hancock
Washington
Hardin
Wien
Warren Weers
Harrison Eens
Wayne
Webster Wee
Dicas
Howard
Winnebago
Humboldt
Winneshick
Ida i
Woodbury
Casas
Phillai
I.-O. Weaver
Moral of the $2 bill minstrel gag recalls debt chain
An old New York Mail and Express gag shows a never ending $2 bill passing among performers. A colored man finds a bill and the group cycles it as debts are settled, ending with a white man claiming a lost note and the finder replying that all debts are paid.
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New York Mail
Express
Doctor links high collars to cancer spread in women
A Kansas City physician asserts that stiff high collars irritate the skin and may invite cancer germs, claiming women face this risk while men are unaffected since they do not constantly examine others.
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Kansas City
Density of Iowa Cities Piece From Oskaloosa Herald
The article compares population density across Iowa cities using 1900 census data. It notes Oskaloosa covers about a quarter square mile with 9,212 people, yielding 4,095 per square mile, and lists densities for Des Moines Creston Burlington Muscatine Waterloo Marshalltown Fort Madison Keokuk and Ft. Pouarge. It includes a Brookyn Chronicle opinion urging farm work for city youths and praising figures like Grant Lincoln Sheridan Logan for American progress.
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Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Creston
Burlington
Muscatine
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Ft. Poparge
Keokuk
Ft. Madison
Brooklyn
Landis
Grant
Lincoln
Sheridan
Logan
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Weston Howland dies in Fairhaven Massachusetts said to be first to refine petroleum New York adding James J Hill to its population with a luxury Fifth Avenue apartment Arnold White English critic claims Britons physically degenerating Boer War recruit results show 8000 of 11000 unfit in Manchester district Minnesota pauper rate in 1900 4980 per million Prussia awards 1288 medals to 614 couples for anniversaries coal output 200000000 tons with West Virginia mines contributing 290000000 Turkish consuls in Italy abolished unpaid and resigning New York City 100 years ago May population 60483 Philadelphia 58752 Des Moines Capital disappointed by Colger defeat in Madison county fears similar outcome in Warren county Cummins favored contagious counties Polk referenced
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New York
James J. Hill
Belkemhaym
Fifth Avenue
Arnold White
British Isles
Manchesteer
Minnesota
Prussia
West Virginia
Italy
New York Spectator
New York City
Philadelphia
Des Moines
Colger
Cummins
Madison County
Warren County
Polk
Proverb Shapes Iowa Political Events
Iowa politics take shape in a line with a proverb about speed and strength, suggesting current events lean on patience and timing rather than sheer rapidity or force. The reflection frames local dynamics as debates and alignments form in uncertain times.
Honest Abe the mail carrier bets on widder courtship
In a humorous 1901 tale, Honest Abe consoles Hiram Green after his marriage proposal to Widder Carter is rejected. Abe grudgingly pledges to tell her the government frowns on her choice while Green plots a dramatic breach of promise suit. Mary Warner’s suitor also faces brushfires of romance as a wire fencing dispute looms.
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C. B. Lew
Hiram Green
Abe
Widder Carter
Allus
Widder
Postmaster General
Administration
United States
Constitution
Eli Warner
Mary
Eli
Ike
Fii
Feng
Woodbine
M. Quap
Forgot His Commission How a Man Was Unnokoed on a Car
A Pittsburg street car tale tells of a passenger who returns a quarter and is paid 15 cents, then others claim lost money with the same scheme. The man laments missing his 20 cent commission as more coins pass between hands.
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Pittsburg
Vt Quan
In Love Causes Stir Among Friends
Wederly asks about Softleigh and Singleton replies he is in love. The dialogue jokes that the beloved’s absence has softened his humor, with Wederfly quipping the scene resembles a lost collar button rather than a heartbreak.
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Cs. Wederly
Softleigh
Singleton
Chicago Daily News
A Gentle Animal
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recalls a dog so gentle that when a sneak thief stole its doormat the pet merely rolled over and slept on the bare boards rather than cause trouble.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Going to Extremes in a Kitchen Farce
A Baltimore American joke features Mrs Wunder praising a new cook who is praised for being outstanding yet almost fanatical. She is so opposed to flirting that she will not mash the potatoes, illustrating comic kitchen strictness.
Information Wanted Man Mad Over Barber Shop Joke
A Chicago News item reports a man in a barber shop asking for a haircut and the barber asking which one, illustrating a humorous misunderstanding. The short note captures a local wit moment with no further details.
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Bar-Ber
Chicago
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Pia
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