Editorial clash over five mile saloon limit in state
The piece critiques editorials opposing a five mile limit on saloons near the State University. It argues morality is not legislated, cites Iowa City papers against special legislation, and notes calls to shut two saloons infringing state law. It references Rockford Register Ottumwa Courier and broader debates on universities and alcohol.
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State University
Rockford Register
Iowa City
Iowa
Heidelberg College
Creston Gazette Attacks Five Mile Limit Debate
Paul McLean argues for tighter controls citing Iowa City timing under mulct law but the Gazette counters that town saloons never met mulch conditions and defy requirements. It disputes claims that upholding the issue would doom the Republican party in Iowa.
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Paul McLean
Creston Gazette
Iowa City
Gazette
Republican Party
Towa
Republican Party of
Henderson urges friends not to back him for delegate at large
Speaker Henderson writes from Dubuque that he does not desire to be considered for delegate at large to the national Republican convention in Philadelphia. He is glad the state mentions his name but wishes the delegation go to a Republican with fewer honors from the party.
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Ottumwa
Towne
Kansas City
United States
Henderson
Dubuque
Philadelphia
Iowa Lawmaker Deflects Porto Rico Free Trade Resolution
Representative Cousins dismisses the Iowa Legislature’s Porto Rico free trade move. He notes fourteen years of prior service and says he now serves in the national Legislature and aims to do his duty as he sees it.
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Iowa
Porto Rico
Cousins
Buller
Brooklyn Eagle Quotes Bryan Quip and Nebraska Platform
The Brooklyn Eagle notes Bryan’s “rag bag mind” and mocks his candidacy on a platform of refuted negations. It also reports heightened hostility in the opposing country due to Nebraska’s new platform.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Bryan
Kansas City
Anti expansionists struggle to justify Filipino governance claim
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil notes that anti expansionists have trouble explaining how Filipinos can govern themselves as a republic when they are deemed unfit to be United States citizens.
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Council
United States
Democrats oppose bill on Puerto Rico duties relief
Eighty seven members of the House voted against turning over collected duties on Puerto Rico goods sent to the United States. With no alternative relief plan, the dissenting Democrats say they cannot advocate sympathy for the island.
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House
Puerto Rico
Goebel Killing Probe Focuses on Kentucky Republicans
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says proving the entire Kentucky Republican party fired the fatal shot in the Goebel death will be hard. It calls Gov. Taylor the most persecuted man in the United States for standing up for an honest vote by the people.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Republican Party
Kentucky
Goebel
Gov. Taylor
United States
Real Enemies in Iowa City Named by Cedar Rapids Republican
The Cedar Rapids Republican blames local officials in Iowa City for lax law enforcement, arguing sheriffs and marshals ignored the mulct law, and calls out those who neglected to enforce state laws.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Pressure and sympathy shift as Boer War public mood changes
Davis County Republican notes a change in tone as critics who urged for national sympathy for the Boers fade. It argues the Boers need support now more than earlier, while those loud in sympathy previously grow silent amid the war’s evolving conditions.
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Davis County
Jamison faces accusation in Galesburg cattle scheme
IOwan brief notes Geo H Jamison once a Wapello cattle dealer finished a six month Des Moines county jail term and now is accused of obtaining money under false pretenses from a Galesburg saloonkeeper by claiming many horses for sale. Also mentions H C Wheeler praising Texas climate and rice profits, Creston water works suit losses, Albia Union rebuilding after recent fire.
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Geo. H. Jamison
Wapello
Galesburg
Ill
Des Moines
Hon. H. C. Wheeler
Iowa
Sac Sun
Galveston
Texas
Creston Gazette
Water Works Company
Supreme Court
Albia Union
Outrage Over Medical Trust Bill Draws Ire Across Iowa
The Burlington Hawkeye and other papers denounce a proposed medical trust bill as an assault on personal liberty, threatening to bar osteopathic physicians and faith healers while restricting alternative healing methods. It warns the measure could become law before public awareness and frames it as a monopoly attempt to control medical care.
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Iowa
Burlington Hawkeye
Viper Medical Trust
House of Representatives
Hawkeye
Medical Trust
Senate
House
Burlington
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Iowa Hornets Nest Brigade to Hold Davenport Reunion
Des Moines reports the Iowa Hor nets Nest Brigade 2d 7th 8th 12th and 14th Iowa Infantry met with Col. G L Godfrey elected chairman. They scheduled a June 12 1900 reunion in Davenport Iowa and arranged campfire and headquarters at the Grand Opera House ready by 7:30 a m.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Hornets’ Nest Brigade
Col
G. L. Godfrey
R. P. Clarkson
W. P. Twombley
R. L. Turner
W. T. Shaw
J. C. Kennan
Samuel M. Chapman
Samuel Mahrer
D. Ryan
Davenport
Col. Shaw
George Metzger
Iowa Post Masters Appointments And Taxes In Iowa
Washington March 27 Iowa postmasters named Stennett Montgomery county Marena P McCulloch vice Street resign ed Willard Wapello county L Lodwick vice Kily resigned Yampa Wapello county Frank M Reno vice C E Walker resigned The treasury site for Oskaloosa post office chosen on Avenue A and North Market at 9600 dollars Iowa pensions list includes James P Johnson Norway 8 to 12 restoration Andrew Evans dead Scarsboro 50 increases for Dominic W Lair Marshalltown John Staffenbeal Hartwick Nels Paulsen Davenport George W Nickson Calamus 8 to 10 Fred S Whiting Des Moines 17 John Fitzgibbons Sioux City 8 to 12 widows Rachel Bickley Hamilton Elvin E Paine Marengo Jane E Evans Searsboro 8 to ?
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Washington
Iowa
Stennett
Montgomery County
Marena P. McCulloch
W. W. Street
Willard
Wapello County
L. L. Lodwick
E. L. Kily
Yampa
Frank M. Reno
C. E. Walker
Secretary of the Treasury
Oskaloosa
Avenue A and
North Market
Salvation Army
James P. Johnson
Norway
Andrew Evans
Scarsboro
Dominic W. Lair
Marshalltown
John Staffenbeal
Hartwick
Nels Paulsen
Davenport
George W
Couldn't Get Away from His Wife
Sioux City Iowa March 27 Charles Moore ex alderman and former hardware merchant vanished a year ago. He reappeared with his wife in Waterville Washington where she confronted him. A scene led to sheriff involvement and Mrs Moore jailed. Moore will seek a divorce while she stays in Washington to fight it.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Chas. Moore
Charles Moore
Moore
Waterville
Wash
Mrs. Moore
Humboldt
Jim” Farback
Algona
Minnesota
Buller
Kossuth County
Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup Promoted as Life Saving
Mrs Adam Schreiber of Chatanooga Tennessee credits Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup with saving her baby from fatal croup. The advertisement claims thousands of children saved yearly and guarantees a cure for lung troubles with availability at all druggists.
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Adam Schreiber
Chattanooga
Tenn
English General Buller Toured Iowa Then Went to Africa
A Humboldt, Iowa, man tells how the English general General Sir Redvers Buller visited farming areas in the state in the 1870s. The tale describes Buller sharing meals with locals, helping a poor family, leaving generous tips, and expressing concern for social inequality before heading to South Africa.
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South Africa
Sir Redvers Henry Buller
Local Notes on Meyers Family and Town Activity
Adams residents report stream of visits sales and work. People such as Mrs John Meyers Milt Doty Billie Smith and Dan Meyers figure in horse hauling buying and business trips to Nichols Muscatine and West Liberty. School starts Emma Freyermuth teaches while winter snow brings sleighing blue for farmers.
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H. Meyers
John Meyers
Milt Doty
Henry Meyers
Mel Adams
Mr. Burke
Dean
Billie Smith
Manis Smith
Bill Meyers
Will
Fred Meyers
Nichols
Jesse Mundy
Frank Smith
Bloomington
Frank
West Liberty
Dan Meyers
Muscatine
Emma Freyermuth
Henry Gersey
Ind. Brown
H. Ryan
Andrew Cochran
Savesterpool
Clara Berry
Chicago
PD. H. Smith
Willie
Herman Grotelucheon
Katie Meyers
Lillie Smith
W. W. Richards
Sammy Whales
Church Conventions Elect Officers in Northeast Iowa
Cedar Rapids host district votes in new year officers led by President J M Rudy and J T Nichols as secretary treasurer Delegates visited Anamosa penitentiary and returned for a reception The 56th annual United Brethren meeting opened with prayer and over fifty delegates heard a paper by Prof G T W Patrick on degeneracy as a cause of pauperism and crime
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ames Military Man Elected Colonel of Fifty-First
Des Moines March 27 Iowa National Guard regiments Fifty-first and Forty-ninth elected field officers last night James Rush Lincoln chosen colonel of the Fifty-first and William G Dows colonel of the Forty-ninth. Lincoln’s nominations by line officers are expected to be elected without opposition.
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Ames
Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
James Rush Lincoln
William G. Dows
Military promotion list mentions several officers
Colonel Captain J W Clark of Red Oak seeks majors while Captains E R Bennett of Des Moines W B Widner of Bedford and W C Mentzer of Knox ville are listed for advancement.
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J. W. Clark
Red Oak
E. R. Bennett
Des Moines
W. B. Widner
Bedford
W. C. Mentzer
Knoxville
Endorsements for Morrow's Kid-ne-oids in Muscatine
Hundreds praise Morrow's Kid-ne-oids for kidney and urinary disorders with relief from backache dizziness and nervous debility. Joseph Stein of 218 E 7th St reports improved back flexibility and reduced pain after use and recommends the product. Tablets cost fifty cents a box and are sold by J Havercamp and various drug stores. manufactured by John Morrow & Co Springfield Ohio.
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Joseph Stein
218
E. 7Th Street
Morrow
J. J. Havercamp
John Morrow & Co
Chemists
Springfield
Ohio
Muscatine Rail Links Expand With Burlington Connections
R. M. Darley, General Passenger Agent, announces Muscatine N and S Railroad connections with Burlington and Cedar Rapids Northern for Bur ington and South, and from Burlington to Muscatine, with Iowa Central lines extending routes east, west and north.
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Burington
Burlington
Muscatine
Iowa Central
R. M. Darley
Rock Island Davenport Clinton R R Timetable
The new Rock Island Davenport Clinton railroad timetable shows improved links for Muscatine residents to reach points north of Rock Island and Davenport. The line promises better facilities and increased convenience for travelers along the route.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Clinton
Muscatine
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