Iowa Senate debates and votes on bills and amendments
The Iowa Senate opened work on a house bill about real estate partition procedure and references. It struck out a contempt provision, debated insurance and railway bills, and approved a comprehensive set of reforms including a building and loan cap and a revised fire insurance tax, while denouncing temple amendments and media criticisms.
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Senate
House
Seipula
Iowa
Torough
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Burlington Relief Association
Burlington Road
Cheshire
United States
Ire
Hife
Des Moines
Leader
Dem
State Register
Supreme Court
Friends of the Amendment
the Register
Parrott
Blanchard
Ranek
Hotchkiss
Junkin
Lathrop
Anxiety in Opera House Sparks Political Talk
A spectator in the front seats watched with deep anxiety as a political discussion arose during the performance. A friend nearby teased that the speaker would demand a hat from a gentleman, and the moment would boost his mood for a month. The tale, from Detroit Free Press, ties civic frustration to a hoped-for moment of polite address.
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Lini
Maine
IE Lave
Tibet
Detroit Free Press
Tobacco ban in St Louis schools for pupils
Missouri rule bars tobacco use and possession by pupils on school grounds during school hours with suspensions for violations. The item notes three women lawyers who may practice before the State Supreme Court: Phoebe Conzins, Victoria Whitney, and Daisy Barbee.
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St Louis
Board of Education
Missouri
State Supreme Cour
Phoebe Conzins
Victoria Whitney
Daisy Barbee
Chicago Elects Certer Harrizon Mayor in Landslide Victory
Certer Harrizon won the Chicago mayoral race by a broad margin, receiving 15,023 votes amid a strong citywide contest. Born April 30, 1860, in Chicago, he began his early education there before rising to political prominence.
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Certer
Hearry Harrison
EH Harrizon
Harrison
TSM
Carter Yerne Harrison
Chicago
Chicago lawyer's career spans law and real estate
The article traces Carter H Harrisons's path from schooling in Chicago and Germany to Yale Law School, five years of legal practice, then real estate with brother William Preston Harrison. After the Harrison assassination era, he left the Times, focused on real estate, and notes on his wife Edith Ogden Harrison and two children. It also mentions Wisconsin and Michigan elections showing Democratic gains.
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Chicago
Germany
St. Kenatius College
Yale
Cacago
William Preston Harrison
Harrison
Tro Sons
Ogden
Louisiana Court of Appeals
Europe
Oshter H. Herrison
Carter H
Edith Ogden
Man Who Seeks Kansas Ten Commandments Law
Charles R. Walters, a Oswego resident and Deminer, seeks to encode the Ten Commandments into Kansas statutes. A Congregational Church member and respected Oswego businessman, Walters, 45, plans penalties of death for belief in God as described, drawing nationwide support from likeminded Christians. He hails from Table Grove, Fulton County, settled at Oswego, with three sons and one daughter.
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Charles R. Walters
Kansas
Table Grove
Fulton County
Oswego
Windrars
Luc
Walters
Lis
Mer. Walters
Congregational Church
Haja
Deming Investment Compans
Steamer BR. T. Cole sinks in Cumberland River
Telegraphic brief reports the steamer BR. T. Cole sinking at Hunter's Point in the Cumberland river with cargo lost. A bicyclist accident near Washington injures Miss Mery Mortun, niece of ex-secretary Morton. A mine fire in Germany near Ixhres kills six, including owner and chief chemist, with the mine labeled as SUM During.
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BR. T. Cole
Cumberland
Hunter's Point
Lada
Mery Mortun
Washington
Morton
Vail
Murten
Borsigeat Niery
Ixhres
Germany
Flood Victims Aid Urges Congress Action for Relief
A presidential message seeks immediate congressional passage of a $200,000 appropriation to aid flood victims across Mississippi and Louisiana. The text reports widespread loss of homes and crops, thousands displaced, and severe hunger as communities endure disaster, with funds urged to reach afflicted areas promptly.
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Uontheru
Congress
Paapanil
Informasion
Vila
Fitocy
Diane
Draper Confesses to Murder Plot in Jacksonville Case
A murky confession from Charles L Hastings of Jacksonville ties Dr Charlie L Draper to a planned murder tied to title work and a scheme to gain credit. Draper allegedly sought secrecy, rebuffed kindness, and arranged to tamper with abstracts while a detective shadowed him until Hastings entered unexpectedly.
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Charlies F
Hastings
Jacksonville
Charlie L
Draper Haz Wade
Murrey
Charles L
Jodse
Kirby
Draper
Aia
Judee Kirby
Eter Onia
Afice
Battle ship Jowa and flooded states call for aid
A flood crisis along the Mississippi and Arkansas leaves thousands destitute as levees buckle across Louisiana and Mississippi. Authorities press Congress for rapid relief, with estimates of 150 000 to 200 000 dollars needed immediately. Memphis relief efforts aid 6000 to 7000 refugees, while broader action awaits. In St Louis a violent incident ends with a fatal stabbing during a tense struggle.
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Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisians
Ousnion
Congress
Citizens’ Relief Committee of
Memphis
Waters Flood the Plains as Mississippi Drowns the Lands
The floods sweep ten thousand square miles and claim 204 lives across seven states. Vast stretches of farm land are submerged while people cling to knolls and roofs awaiting slow rescue as the mighty river swells from the British line to the Mexican gulf.
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Mexican Gulf
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Minnesota
Break in the Levee Below Memphis Sparks Rescue Crisis
A flood breach near Memphis triggers emergency government action. Officials push a $200,000 appropriations measure to reinforce levee work while rescue efforts continue amid widespread inundation in the Arkansas and Mississippi lowlands. Thousands of settlers are stranded or forced to evacuate as waters rise and roads fail. The Interior Ministry leaders announce a restructuring with Dowish named president of the Versian Council of Ministers.
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Iowa
William Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
St. Lov Vinksburg
Arkansas
Mississippi
Arnt
Reiselaw
Governor Signs Abolition of Colorado Capital Punishment
Fragmented note reports Gov. Adams signing a bill ending capital punishment in Colorado. Other items mention Madrid praise, royal honors, and various obituaries and violent incidents in small towns, including drownings near Priaikien and a steamboat casualty in Mississippi.
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Gov. Adams
Colorado
Madrid
Philippine Downs
Willun G
Otry
Morelair
Deneer
Goldilac
New York
Hyay
Henry
Sar
Senate Debates Cuban War News and Mississippi Relief Fund
The Senate debated Cuban war issues and approved relief measures for Mississippi River flood sufferers. Nominations were sent to the Senate and the House quickly authorized War Department funds for aid. Adjournment was set and the House showed no life in action.
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Luweskers
Si Senate
Ruis Hivera
Gore
Senate
United States
House of Representatives
Elkins
Mature
Lindsay
Torrey
Picy Bill
Marine Hospital Service
Treas
Alongo J. Tyler
Tennessee
Park Agnew
Virginia
Navy
Theodora Roosevelt
New York
A. & Crowninshield
Aited States Navy
House
Secretary of War
Missippi
Conba
Mississippi River
Jones
Arkansas
Red River
North
Mr. Morgan
Alabama
Cuba
Mr Morgan
Nelson
Minnesota
Chandler
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fesuutscent
A Lucky Young Man Charles O Gordon Chicago Postmaster
Washington Hesing resigns as Chicago postmaster creating a vacancy. Charles O Gordon, under 32, wins the appointment after a career in real estate and leadership in the Marquette Club. Also notes various brief items on deaths in Erie and Cincinnati, a New York arson sentence, and Canadian immigration bills.
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Charles O. Gordon
Chicago
Washington Hesing
McHinley
Charles O. Gorton
Richard Dudley
Erie
Pao
Cincinnati
Lond
Marshall Russell
Maria Sneden
Massie Short
Allensville
Hugh Miller
New York
United States
Bull and Horse Race Sparks Jersey Town Folklore
In West Jersey tales, Seely Simpkins trains a bull to ride to beat Tom Irvine’s horse in a roadside race at a mill. The crowd roars as the horse falters, then the bull triumphs in a thrilling finish. Nearby, Mrs. James Robottom, of Jersey City, pursues hieroglyphics and Egyptology, lecturing in Jersey City and Brooklyn.
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Nowel
West Jersey
Seely Simpkins
Jock
Seeley
Bull Co
Tom Irvine
Tom
Jock Wes
James Robottom
Jersey Giry
France
Germany
Land of the Pyramids
Robottom
Miles Ip
The
Nile
Jersey City
Brooklyn
Carmeli
Hatasee
Central Park
Summor
Egypt
Weight gain question studied by Williamstown youths
In Williamstown two young men with science interests weighed before and after dinner to test if eating raises weight. Porter weighed 191 pounds and Wheeler 165 before, ate three and a half and two pounds respectively, and after dinner both showed no gain in weight, suggesting eating does not increase weight.
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Williamstown
Avoir Dupois
Porter
Wheeler
Boston Evening Transcript
Man's Sin as Society's Greatest Enemy in Moody Class
A fragment from Lusies Home Journal cites Dwight L. Moody on sin as humanity’s enemy, saying sin debases, destroys and even leads to self harm. Also noted is a London Telegraph item about Bolton Town Hall Humane Society awards, highlighting a Newfoundland named Prince May that saved a child's life from a tram.
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Dwight L. Moody
Mr. Moody
Lusies: Home Journal
Jerele
Londons Telegraph
Bolton Town
Humane Society
Lord Stanter
Princeas May
Hard to Keep Awake in Arctic Night Duties
In the long arctic night Greely imposed strict rules to keep men awake. Beds were forbidden to be made and soldiers were required to get up and move about.
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Greely
Ries
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