Senate and House Pass Railroad Tax Regulation Measures
In Des Moines Iowa on January 27 bills were introduced in the Senate to tax railroads and regulate charges, and a key bill repealing the railroad aid tax law was postponed then reconsidered as a special order. The House debated similar railroad tax bills, approved an amended repeal with a proviso delaying effect to July 1, and adjourned after passing the measure by 76 to 11.
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Senate
Census Board
Clinton
Des Moine River
House
Carroll County
Des Moines
Congress Adjournment Move Faces Early Defeat in Senate
Washmington Jan 29 The administration plan for an early adjournment in Congress faced a setback as the Senate referred a May adjournment resolution to the Ways and Means committee by 129 to 77. Republican defectors cited tariff reform aims, while General Farnsworth warned that May would block tariff revisions and tax reductions this session.
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Washmerton
Congress
Senate
Ways and Means
Gen. Banks
Blair
Michigan
Farneworth
House
Brooks
New York
Mob Law in Sioux County Invades Calliope
Sioux County’s Calliope sees a mob of about 150 men led by Henry Hospers seize the county treasurer and auditor offices, taking the county safe to Orange City after a dispute over bond amounts and board action. The affair stems from contested bonds and a disputed election, with authorities pursuing legal recovery of the property.
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Calliope
Orange City
Sioux County
Henry Hospers
Isaac Pendleton
Rufus Stone
J. W. Greattrax
Board of Supervisors
A. W. Hubbard
Henry Hespere
A. J. Betten
Fudge Hubbard
Rutua Stone
Messrs Hospers and
Pendleton
Greattrax
Masure
Stone
Messrs Wilson and Lantz
Bailey
Johnson—Btone
Johnson
Ira 8
Wilson
Henry Lantz
Betten
Beattrax
Setten
Artillery on Mules in Western Encounter Fails
A farcical Western tale describes a Major’s plan to mount a howitzer on an ambulance mule to fight Indians. The mule’s reflexes caused a disastrous gyration, endangering officers who fled toward the river. The experiment ends with the major in distress and no report forwarded to the War Department.
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War Department
Misereable Fisk Under This Caption by Eli Perkins
The New York Commercial Advertiser columnist denounces Fisk as a villain for alleged charity deeds. He claims Fisk showed mercy by aiding a beggar with a dollar, sent flour and coal to a widow, and even paid $20 to a preacher, prompting harsh ridicule and accusations of manipulation and cruelty toward poor women and orphans.
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Eli Perkins
New York Commercial Advertiser
Fisk
Seventh Avenue
Howard University
Boston
State Agricultural Society Officers Named for 1872
At the annual meeting in Des Moines on Wednesday last fifty six of eight societies in the state were represented. Officers named include President John Scott Story county Vice President Edwin Smith Scott county Secretary J M Shaffer Jefferson county Treasurer Wm B Leach Linn county and several directors from Polk Black Hawk Howard Cass Harrison Johnson Mahaska Clayton Wright and other counties.
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State Agricultural Society
Des Moines
John Scott
Story County
Edwin Smith
Scott County
J. M. Shaffer
Jefferson County
Wm. B. Leach
Linn County
M. W. Robinson
Polk County
P. Mcssac
Black Hawk County
Aron Kimball
Howard County
Oliver Mills
Cass County
Phineas Caldwell
Harison County
C. F. Davis
the County
John W. Porter
Johnson County
F. L. Downing
Mahaska County
John Grinnell
Clayton Co
B. Hewit
Wrigha County
Organ grinder and monkey charm SF crowd before disruption
A venerable organ grinder with a red suited monkey attracted a crowd of schoolchildren in San Francisco. The lively scene ended abruptly as the monkey escaped, while the man and children watched, with the monkey perched high, embodying a mix of charm and mischief.
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San Francisco
Aharat Harnstely
Why Shouldn't We Crow A Hen Fable From Mrs Prosser
The speckled hen asks why hens should crow and declares they are as clever and superior to the domineering cock. The white hen and the others endorse the view, practicing crowing and neck-stretching. Drover arrives, urges hens to return to clucking and abandon crowing as ridiculous façades.
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Drover
Elmira minister’s pretend generosity party
A minister in Elmira New York staged a donation party to appear liberal by marking a four dollar castor up to twelve dollars and counting it as a donation. The next day he returned with the twelve dollar castor exchanging it for its marked value in goods and left with groceries worth about twelve dollars.
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Elmira
Senator Brownlow In Tennesee In Wretched Condition
Senator Brownlow of Tennessee is described as physically wretched with constant palsy jerking his hands and feet. He can only read with his newspaper fastened to a frame and cannot speak above a whisper. Iron determination that has defined his life sustains him.
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Senator Brownlow
Tennesee
Brownlow
Telegraph mileage by country and region compared
The text lists telegraph line lengths for France 7000 miles England 23000 Russia 25000 United States 75000 North Germany 15000 Austria 10000 East Indies 13300 all America outside the Union 11000 and the rest of the world together less than the United States. The figures compare global telegraph networks and underscore U S leadership in long distance lines.
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France
England
Russia
United States
North Germany
Austria
The
East Indies
All America
Unon
Obsolete Saxon Statute on Women’s Authority in Marriage
Fragmentary excerpt from an old Saxon code notes women’s dominance in love and marriage. phrases reference a proposal by a lady that a man cannot claim her, with garbled text about attendants and unlawful proposals.
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GWA Legislature
Des Moungs
Sioux City Journal
Sid
Mi Cry
Tema
A. M. Battey
United Sees
Senecr Morgan
America
Radicabd Congress
Radical Party
Mrs. Prosser
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