The People and Congress Reform Letter
A Washington letter argues that the public too often trusts politicians while neglecting oversight of government. It blames voters for wasteful appropriations, notes shifts after the committees split power, and urges citizens to demand economy from lawmakers rather than blame parties.
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National Senate
Congress
Treasury
Wasington
Uncle Sam
Aris
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Moinley
Smith D
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Keeping House in Paris Exposing French Household Ways
A Paris correspondent for the New York Commercial Advertiser contrasts French and American housekeeping. He notes France favors apartments, strict budgeted provisions, copper kitchenware, porcelain linings, and no ice refrigeration. The kitchen is central and meals are tightly planned, with guests causing American anxieties.
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France
America
Paris
New York Commercial Advertiser
Frances
Observer quips on fishing and lying in Yonkers paper
The Yonkers Statesman mockingly notes the Observer of Events and Things jokes that if fishing pleasure matched the humor of fish tales, more fish would be caught. The brief witty aside reflects light local commentary.
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Yonkers Statesman
Education for a life of comfort and honor in all walks
The author contrasts continental Europe and American education aims. He argues education should cultivate mind and heart for noble living, skilled work at home and in shops, and using knowledge to improve social conditions. Explores what constitutes a worthwhile life beyond bread earning.
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Europe
America
Iowa Labor Stats and a Notable Supreme Court Case
Des Moines June 9 State Labor Commissioner Brigham will start collecting broader statistics for the new year July 4 including eight schedules on factory inspection wages safety and sanitary conditions. The report also covers strikes and railroad employe data and labor organizations. The most interesting criminal case affirmed the Keokuk county verdict convicting Mrs Sarah Kuhn of murdering her crippled husband with a dissenting opinion on innocence versus guilt. Political conventions have dates and sites set in Des Moines for Democrats and Republicans with Prohibition to follow. Grinnell trustees seek to move Andover Theological Seminary near the town with interest from New York on state institutional management. List includes fish licenses and new rail line plans Centerville to Sioux City and camp dates for Iowa national guards. Additional investigations follow Letson Bailliet’s mail fraud case in Oregon stock scheme prosecutions.
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Des Moines
E. D. Brigham
Brigham
Iowa
Supreme Court
Keokuk County
Sarah Kuhn
Anamosa
S. M. Weaver
Mart
Kuhn
Hunter
Prohibition
Waterloo
Prisoners escape after overpowering jailer at Council Bluffs
Seven prisoners led by Andrew Thompson overpowered Jailer George W. Martin, locked him and his wife in a cell with a revolver, and escaped. Martin’s wife attempted to help but was disarmed. Separately, Central town endures a severe rainstorm causing road, rail, and building damage with crop losses. Webster City lightning strikes split the Baptist church steeple. Laporte Cedar Rapids Burlington & Northern bridge washed away and 1,000 feet of track undermined.
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Andrew Thompson
George W. Martin
Council Bluffs
Martin
Central Town
Webster City
Baptist
Laporte
Cedar Rapids, Burlington & Northern Railroad
Feath Crop Report Shows Fruit Yields Down
Secretary Greene of the state horticultural department releases a crop condition report noting declines across fruits. Apples at 65 percent, American plums 61 percent, European plums 38 percent, Japanese plums 45 percent, cherries 48 percent, currants 70 percent, grapes 70 percent, red raspberries 42 percent, black raspberries 67 percent, blackberries 47 percent.
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Greene
State Horticultural Department
Masons of Iowa pick Waterloo meeting site next year
The Grand Lodge of Iowa in session at Dubuque adopts a memorial on President McKinley death and elects officers. Grand master W. S. Gardner of Clinton. grand senior warden W. H. Norris of Manchester. grand junior warden Dr. J. C. Dunlavy of Sioux City. grand treasurer B. C. Abbey of Garner. grand secretary N. R. Parvin of Cedar Rapids.
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Masonic Grand Lodge of Iowa
Dubuque
Waterloo
McKinley
W. 8. Gardner
Clinton
W. H. Norris
Manchester
J. C. Dunlavy
Sioux City
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Abbey
Garner
N.R Parvin
Cedar Rapids
Money Order Offices to Open July 1 List Revealed
The following post offices will become domestic money order offices on July 1 Ackworth Amity Bethesda Boxholm Dean Depew Dudley Eleanor Fairmount Fairview Huntington Koszeta Lone Rock Montgomery Newkirk Oasis Pierceville River Junction Sylvia Westerville.
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post_ofees
Bescome
Ackworth
Amity
Bethesda
Boxholm
Dean
Depew
Dudley
Eleanor
Fairmount
Fairview
Huntington
Koszeta
Lone Rock
Montgomery
Newkirk
Oasis
Pierceville
River Junction
Sylvia
Westerville
Found Guilty Letson Balliett in Des Moines Mail Fraud Case
Letson Balliett, a young mining promoter, was found guilty in Des Moines of using the mails for fraudulent purposes by a jury. Judge Munger gave the defendant until June 26 to file an application for a new trial.
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Letson Balliett
Des Moines
Munger
Iowa Crop Outlook and State News Highlights
Crop report notes favorable field work in Iowa with corn planting nearly finished and dry weather desired to curb rank small grain growth. News items include Iowa State Letter Carriers’ election of officers in Marshalltown, a school superintendency move to Houghton Mifflin, a fatal head injury from a thrown bolt, Democratic convention set for Des Moines, a Sioux City murder strangulation case, Ames barn contract for $17,000, Milford bank charter, plans for a large beet sugar factory in Sioux City, May inheritance tax intake of $6,225.73 with 26 estates added, a fatal shooting in Sioux City, and a Farnhamville fire causing $20,000 damage.
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Washington Weather Bureau
Iowa
Fair Stoneorthwest
Iowa State Letter Carriers’ Association
Marshalltown
W. J. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Y. B. Call
Waterloo
W. Il. Devine
Clinton
W.J. Boardman
F. E. Willard
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
John Fitzgerald
Bason Construction Company
Chicago Great Western
Fitzgerald
State Democratic Central Committee
Des Moines
Joseph Trusky
Omaha
Northwestern
Sioux City
Iowa Agricultural College Experiment Station
Ames
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Milford
William Gordon
McQuiston
Andrew Lovgren
Sandy” Anderson
Farnhamville
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Prohibition Committee
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Andover Theological Seminary
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New York
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George A. Lincoln
Town & Dakota Central Railway Company
Centerville
H. P. Reddig
N. W. Seamon
H. H. Kendrick
Henry C. Solomon
J. E. Murphy
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Iowa National Guards
Letson Balliet
White Swan
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