Two Ways to Mark the Ballot Under New Iowa Code
The article explains the two acceptable ballot markings the cross in the square against a candidate and the cross in the circle at the head of a ticket. It warns that mixed marks can invalidate a vote and outlines procedures for registrar books voting in booths and the consequences of errors. It also covers voter absence from work to vote, intoxication, and notes on a humorous anecdote about Greek temperance and a Thackeray biographical project.
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Iowa
Nep
Alt Hing
Wei
Rgte
Alsyars
Oing
Britain Rejects Indian Mint Reopening and IMF Talks
Lord Salisbury informs Ambassador Hay that Britain cannot reopen India mints at present and declines the American commission’s proposals. He notes shared interest with the United States in stable exchange for gold and silver, opposes an international monetary conference, and offers to consider further proposals from the United States.
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Lord Salisbury
Hay
Walcote II
Great Britain
Abe
India
United States
Brance
Ex-Congressman Marg Brewer Urged for Wisconsin Governorship
Michigan former congressman Marg Brewer, associated with Addison near Tu her’s farm, is urged for the governorship of Wisconsin. The request was presented to the President by Senator Burn of Michigan and other supporters.
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Alichivan
Wiwan
Marge Brewer
Michigan
Wawsu
Jy Paper
United States
W Ve.rewer
Senator Burn
Tu Her
Addison
Mich
Mint Report on 1887 Production and Silver Quantity
The mint director reports fiscal year 1887 operations, foreign production comparisons, and coinage figures. Gold coinage $14,046,105. silver dollars $984,5au. silver bullion balances. net silver export and import figures. gold and silver production totals for 1896 and world stock estimates. The director notes silver’s decline since 1870 linked to rising output.
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Secretary of the Treasury
United States
The
Mint
Plague Records Hit New Orleans With Sixty Cases and Six Deaths
New Orleans reported a new high in yellow fever cases and fatalities with sixty cases and six deaths on Wednesday. Among the deceased was Tra Britton, GE Company manager. The Alabama yellow fever outbreaks prompted state officials to relocate to Birmingham for operations.
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New Orleans
Britton
General Electric Company
Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
Onl Cers
Jury Fails To Reach Verdict In Lugigert Case
After sixty six hours the jury stood nine to three for conviction but could not agree. Judge Tubill discharged them, and Lugigert faces a new trial for the murder of his wife. The dramatic long trial left all parties exhausted and the defendant’s fate unresolved.
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Chicaso
Tubill
Ibanian
Luetgerr
Luetgert Trial Ends in Juror Deadlock After Nine Weeks
Jurors failed to reach a verdict in the Luetgert murder trial after nearly nine weeks of testimony and debate. Foreman Heichhold led the vote to discharge the jury amid strong public interest, varied opinions on guilt, and extensive discussion of bones and rings as key evidence.
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Ste
Iosso
Uirs
North Side
Harler
Hurley
Luergert
Weinley's Image in Bronze Medals Struck by Philadelphia Mint
Bronze medal likeness of President McKinley rapidly struck by the Philadelphia Mint under established practice before the inauguration. The Weinley Medal profile features the President with a dated reverse showing inauguration. Large demand and orders expected, with receipts boosting mint earnings.
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Philadelphia
McSkinley
Washington
Cleveland
Sparks From the Wires Chronicle of Unclear Events
A jumble of damaged items reports fires near Austin and Cortland, a fatality in Urbana, Ohio, a labor convention call for December, yacht sales to New York interests, a train collision in Allegheny injuring fireman Russ Griffin, and various miskeyed names and places.
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Aa. C. Devel
Nibie
Urbana
Ohio
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Nasiville
Tenn
Allison V_ Armeur
Chintzu
New York Yacht Club
Tennaevroner’s
Sury
Stimbie al Shephard
Austin
Cuyuzs
Conny
N. Y
Mertiner Endricks
New York City
Maharaan Railways Company
Reokirk
Jown
Nebo
Harris
Kobo
Cleveland Express
Cleveland and
Pitsburg
West Park
Allegheny
Russ Griffin
Pullman Founder George Mortimer Pullman Dies in Chicago
George Mortimer Pullman, founder of the Pullman Palace Car Company and creator of Pullman, Illinois, died in Chicago at 5 80 o clock Tuesday morning from heart failure. He rose from a $40 a year clerk to a colossal industrial empire with assets over 45 million dollars and 13 thousand workers. He was born in New York in 1831 and built a vast transportation and real estate legacy, including the famed Pullman Palace Car Company and the city of Pullman.
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Coretra
George M. Pullman
Pullman Palace Gar Company
St Hig
Chicago
Pullman
Etter Tainis
Artht
Albion
Chicago and Alton
Galea
Pioneer
Model City
Cepita
Atent
Poliman
Pagleton Iron Works
New York
New York Loan and Improvement Company
Metropolitet
Second
Sixth Avenues
Nicarssia Canal
Brest
Prairie Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Chicas
Pollman
Hattie A. Sanger
J.er
Harriet
George Mo
Wales
Trina
Notes of Current Events from an Impossible Season
A scrambled colonial era file describes a Norwegian arrival in New York from Port Moe rant and a manhunt in Moorhead. Pinkerton agents detain a train robbery suspect in Fergus Falls. A St Paul company plans Alaska gold mining using hydraulic power. Gen John Wettshorn dies in Baltimore after Union activity. Indian woman Mary Orlex dies in San Diego from a persistent illness. A Cassivi deceit and a Victorit arrival are mentioned with financial loss and a Jersey Bay Company vessel bowing to a craft.
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John Wettshorn
Baltimore
Maryland
Mary Orlex
Wong
San Diego
Cal
Jedsey Bay Company
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Richmond Ritchie
Willian Makepeace Thackeray
Sen Des Arthur
St. Louis
Mint Report
Kansas
Manhattan
Kun
Leonardsville
Uke Warren
Warren
National Woolva Mills
Otnerville
Peter C. Haines
Snipes
Niegrasucincal
Government Armor Plate Board
Bunningham
Ale
Luetgert
Judes Tut Bill
Heichhold
Centar
Tilian
Deneen
Luetzert
Aldtwurners Vincent
Phalen
Luetgers
Shaw
Tuchill
Luvergert
Foreman Heichholt
Inde Tuthill
Tuthill
Vinevut and
Luetgerecht
Thege Cathitl
Dencea
Joenist
Tuthilli
Gat Luetgert
Smetgert
Rere
E. Fowler, Jr
Barber
James Hosmer
Bos
Behan
Foreman
Louis Howbik
Adolpe L. Luetgert
Mes
Bof Atgert
Weinley
Weinley Medal
Weiler
Spain
Macon
GAR
George
Pollan
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