Local notices and arrivals from Muscatine city
Muscatine Journal notes various visitors and residents in town including Enoch Taylor Letts and editor Allen Montpelier. arrivals include Dr LeZotte, Col Chet Brown Davenport, and J Q Beatty Fruitland. license to wed granted to Elmer Furnas and Stella Fry. several names listed for travel and correspondence.
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Enoch Taylor
Letts
Allen
Montpelier
City
Elmer E. Furnas
Stella Fry
Titus Bill Passes in Senate Election in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa March 26 The Senate passes the Titus Button Bill and an amended measure prohibiting pearl button and butter tub manufacture in state prisons. McVicar Republican defeats mayoral bid as Des Moines votes. The Municipal Code committee is created to revise city laws. House session adjourns with bills on convict labor and tax payment by insurers advancing.
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Des Moines
Iowa
McVicar
Trewin
Senate
Twenty-eighth
General Assembly
House
Twenty-ninth General Assembly
Twenty-ninth Assembly
Titus
Board of Control
Iowa State Register
Des Moines Leader
Jackson
Senate adjourns to allow Ways and Means committee meeting
The Senate adjourned until 3 o clock this afternoon to permit the Ways and Means committee to meet, then reconvened later with the bill in question. At 5 45 p m the Senate adjourned again.
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Senate
Committee On Ways and Means
Fights in Fairfield over a Woman End in Knife Attack
In Fairfield Iowa Bert Coop is cut by James Murdock after a quarrel over a young woman returning from the opera. Murdock fled to Ottumwa where he was arrested and brought back. Coop files a complaint. a hearing is set for tomorrow morning.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Bert Coop
A. T. Wells
James Murdock
Murdock
Mr. Coop
Coop
Ottumwa
Sheriff Black
Sentiment In Favor of Seventh District Change Advised
Muscatine and Scott counties discuss forming an independent Seventh district with three judges. Attorney Devitt assesses the situation while County Attorney Coldron notes the changes are desired. A Muscatine bar meeting at the Court House endorsed the proposal after a prior discussion referenced in a past issue.
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The
Muscatine
Journal
Coldton
Scott County
Coldron
Muscatine County
Louisa County
Johnson
Devitt
Shaw on Porto Rico and Iowa legal reforms debated
Governor Shaw of Iowa discusses a national issue over Porto Rico revenue measures and asserts Congress may govern newly acquired territory. County Attorney Coldron supports adding a third judge to Muscatine and Scott counties to form an independent district, while City Attorney Devitt opposes higher salaries and favors existing judges.
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Lincoln, Neb
Abraham Lincoln Club
Shaw
Iowa
Porto Rico
United States
Congress
Devitt
Scott County
Attorney Devitt
General Assembly
Scott
Muscatine
Peach Bud Loss in Michigan Orchard Reported
Rolland Morrill of Berrien county reports an exhaustive winter impact on peach buds in Michigan's peach belt. The study shows losses from 12 percent on Fitzgerald to 35 percent on St John with Elberta at 22 percent, Lewis and Kalamazoo at 20 percent, averaging 22 percent and risking future crops. Morrill notes last year’s failure still yielded him about $12,000 from peaches.
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South Bend
Ind
Rolland Morrill
Berrien County
Michigan
United States
St. John’s
Kalamazoo
Morrill
Man Attacks Wife in Owosso. Husband Kill Self
In Owosso Michigan Charles Scott a boilermaker at the Ann Arbor railroad car shops broke into his estranged wife home and assaulted Mrs Scott and her mother with a heavy chisel. He then shot himself dead. Mrs Scott is fatally wounded and her mother seriously injured.
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Owosso
Mich
Charles Scott
Ann Arbor
Satan as an Editor In Bloomington Star Will Run Devilish Issue
Bloomington editor J H Seltus plans to hand over the Bloomington Star to the devil for a March 31 issue. The editorial promises a devilish paper with no religious notices or religious ads, aiming to shake up local church and social hypocrisy. The stunt also foresees changes in city and county administrations.
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Bloomington
Ind
J. H. Seltus
Satan
Selius
Star
Populists to Nominate for State Tickets May First
Indianapolis reports the Populists have abandoned fusion talks with Democrats and will nominate a full state ticket on May 1 and also run congressional candidates in all districts.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Congress
Fatal Accident Near Sioux Rapids Claims Hollingsworth Brother
A derrick collapse three miles west of Sioux Rapids Iowa injures Fred Hollingsworth during a well digging at the Rees farm. He was unconscious and later died from his injuries, the Hollingsworth brothers at the scene.
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Sioux Rapids
Iowa
Hollingsworth Brothers
Rees
Fred Hollingsworth
Mississippi River Ice Break Near Dubuque Bridge
The Mississippi River at Dubuque Iowa shows an unusual early breakup. Ice moved about half a mile downstream this evening while the water stands over five feet, marking an exceptionally high stage for the season.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Weed Park Mounds May Hide Sun Worship Altars
East Hill resident Geo H. Stiles reports possible ancient mound builders in Weed Park. He describes two large mounds and a central altar believed to honor Baal the Sun God, noting a sunrise view that seems to frame an ancient religious site. He worries improvements may deface these monuments and suggests platting them with student surveyors.
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Geo. H. Stiles
East Hill
Journal
Weed Park
Baal
Stiles
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