Political optimism and stock notes amid tariff talk
Republican leaders praise the economy and a light debt load while pressing Democratic platform pledges and Sherman anti trust reform. The piece cites stock market mood and defense of rail and clock imports, noting clock import figures and possible railway lease changes involving Rock Island and Des Moines routes.
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Wall Street
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joseph P. Tumuity
Thomas L. Reilly
Connecticut
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Iowa's Wealth and Chautauqua Pride Highlight Pioneer State
A vivid narrator extols Iowa as the nation’s wealth engine, praising Chautauqua culture and contrasting New England decline. The piece lists Iowa farm values, crops, livestock, machinery, and production, asserting per capita wealth and massive butter exports while asserting Iowa’s prominence among states.
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Plain United
Ilowa
New York
Iowa
United
States
New- England
New
England
Massachusetts
Nantucket
Boston
Lowell
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
New Mexico
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Colorado
New ‘Mexico
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oregon
Canada
Argentine Republic
United States
Furniture polish for clover bloat rescue
Farm er Burnel fed coal tar to a heifer after it bloated from alfalfa then poured furniture polish down the animal's throat by mistake. The cow was relieved and recovered by the next morning. Mrs Burnel screamed upon discovering the bottle mix up reported by Colfax Clipper.
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Burnel
The Duchess of St Albans In Highland Travel Tales
An elderly duchess, widow of Mr. Coutts, travels with great pomp through the Highlands. She arrives at Crieff in eight carriages, insists on chef and patissier, and is followed by her nieces, including the future Baroness Burdett Coutts, all in mortal awe of her imposing presence.
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St. Albans
Highlands
Francis Burdett
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
The Bunsen accident with caesium and rubidium salts
The German chemist Professor Robert Bunsen evaporated water from the Durkheim spring leaving a small amount of caesium and rubidium salts isolated. A visitor tipped over the beaker spilling the solution on the floor and clothing, but the liquid appeared as plain water, delaying any concern. The incident illustrates exactness in chemical handling and the subtle hazards of trace salts.
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Bunsen
Robert Bunsen
Durkheim
Beaker spills sparks act of careful recovery
A lab incident recalls quick action by a chemist who saved valuable salts. He washed, purified, and reassembled solutions, recovering the full mass. A missionary notes Chinese idols demand tangible blessings and fade when expectations fail, while an article states the US buys about 800000 army shoes annually.
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Oskaloosa Herald
Britain
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Puritan Drug Co
Byrne
America
Gregg
Oskaloosa College
West End High Aves
Oskaloosa, Iowa
China
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Bank OF
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