Senate approves duty boosts on stockings and gloves
Round about the world brief notes report the senate grants the house demand for higher duties on stockings and gloves. It also notes free hides and free oil in exchange for protections on lumber coal iron ore and print paper. James Wilson of Kansas will resign as secretary of agriculture likely in January and be replaced by Representative Scott. Taft witnessed Orville Wright’s trial flight at Fort Myer. Aldrich proposes placing hides on the free list if leather duties are cut. MacVeagh will leave Washington for Dublin New Hampshire after adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Washington
James Wilson
Jaws
Representative Scott
Kansas
Taft
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Aldrich
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Dublin
N. H
Congress
Des
Mones Automobile ‘Owners
Equitable
M. L. Temple
War Department
Lisle Crabtree
John C. Raymond
Army Post
Smith ‘McPherson
New
Central Board of Education
State University
Iowa City
State Engineering and Agricultural College
Ames
Dorothy Churchman
Pennsylvania Avenue
Des Moines
Agar Packing Company
Iowa
James Norris
Cosgrove
O. H. Brainerd
Iowa Alumnus
James Good
Cedar Rapids
Chris Maurer
Bloomfield
Pythian Sisters of
K. P
Myrtle Capital Lodge
Nellie Cable
Marble Rock
William Cable
Freddie Milbrank
C. BH. Milbrank
Dexter
Charles Austin
Barber Asphalt Company
Notable names mix in scattered 1900s report items
A collage of brief notes mentions Prof Charles Zubelin in a Cahutauqua speech. Rep Tawney’s reply to a magazine article. Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst allegedly planning a U S visit. John A Johnson selling his St Peter home and moving to St Paul. Sioux chief Deep Sky obtaining a marriage license. Henry Farman flying 40 miles in France. John Wise Jr linking Roosevelt to a NYC mayoral run. Charles W Eliot predicting a new religion in the coming century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Zubelin
Boston
Cahutauqua
N. Y
BE. H. Harriman
Financial Post
Representative Tawney
Minnesota
Charles Richard van Hise
Wisconsin University
New York
Emmeline Pankhurst
England
John A. Johnson
St. Peter
St. Paul
Lincoln Avenue
Deep Sky
Adele Rowland
Henry Farman
Chalons
Suippes
France
John
Wise, Jr
Endurance flyer Orville Wright sets airship record
Historic aviation report notes Orville Wright remaining aloft for one hour, twelve minutes, and forty seconds in an airship with a passenger, while other notable events include Wilbert Latham failing to cross the English Channel in a monoplane, and various crime, political, and transport items from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Wright
Wilbert Latham
English Channel
Susan Merrill
Harry Thaw
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Indianapolis
Ind
W. Y. Ellis
Little Rock
Ark
Simmons Manufacturing Company
Kenosha
Wis
Nebraska
Taft
William
San Francisco
Italy
Min
Great Northern Railway
Sam Bitter
Lansing
Kan
Rosenberg
Memphis
Tenn
John W. Brown
Los Angeles
American Telegraph & Telephone’ Company
Central District and Printing Telepriiing Company
Bell Telephon
Pittsburg
Hast’ Cape
Siberia
Ber“ng Strait
Comptroller of
South Omaha
Iowa State News round of Iowa items and events
Mrs W H Lucas of Knoxville suffers a painful hand injury from a broken needle lodged in her palm during laundry. Artesian water found at 40 feet near Indianola. strong flow, warmer, softer than nearby wells. Des Moines to host exclusive horse market after Sept 1, per Commercial Club. Various local notices include a major Iowa State Fair exhibit, legal actions, and civic federation cases. Notable events include a jail break attempt, a lightning strike causing deafness, and a steer incident injuring a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Lucas
Knoxville
Flanders & Jolliffe
John M. Moore
Indianola
Warren McHenry
Iowa Drainage and Waterways Commission
Des Moines
Commercial Club
Morris Williams
Ottumwa
Morris B. P. Stein
Nes Moines
Loudenville
Modern
Woodmen of America
Bayard Stein
Stein
J. B. Hammond
Wheeling
Indianapolis
Jefferson County
Bill Dugan
Clarinda
Ness
Dugan
Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
Coliseum
Ames
Iowa State Agricultural College
H. B. Betty
Civic Federation
Davenport
Herman Lemm
Turner Hall
Davenport Snoons
Bollinger
J. H. Shoemaker
Rippey
Hugh Free
H. Jesse Miller
Missouri River
Orrick
Iowa Seeks 2 300 000 State Tax Raise For Year
Des Moines reports executive council fixed the 3.4 mill tax levy to raise 2.3 million dollars for state needs. Total assessed property equals 677.44 million with lands and town lots at 483.43 million and railroads adjusted to 63.69 million. Tele post and phone property estimated at 3.5 million bringing totals to fund state purposes. Includes notes on labor importation, new prison plans, and various local notices in one compilation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Executive Council
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Washington News
General News
Mmler Weir
National Bank
First National Bank of
Tipton
Noah ‘R. Marker
American Tin and Sheet Company
Tinplate
Ballonists
St. Louis
Savanna
Britton D. Evans
White Plains
Barcelona
Spain
Guadalajara
Mexico
Diaz
New York City
Robert Fanning
New Bedford
Mass
Houston
Tex
T. C. Dailey
Galveston Tribune
Houston Point
Brothers of Friendship
Walter M. Farmer
Illinois
Col. Roosevelt
Kermit
Nairobi
British East Africa
Clermont-Ferrand
Amoy
China
Cal
Comrela
National Hay Association
Kansas City
Zionsville
Josephine K. Minwick
Newport News
Louis Bleriot
Calais
Dover
Seat
Edward McCann
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cellarius
Fred G. Jenkins
Farmers’ National Bank
Cynthiana
Two Mile Canyon
Boulder
Cornelius Shea
Teamsters’ Union
Alice Walsh
Foster
Amos P. Dorrence
Helena
Mont
Hot, Springs
James Griffin
Chicago Police Force
Iowa State News
Towa City
Seattle
Waah
C. F. Lovelace
Lovelace
Dowson_ Tienda
Lew Be Clark
Town City
Fifty-fourth Infantry
Aby City
Silver Lake
George. F. Wilson
Angeline M. ‘Silvers
McArthur
United States Court
Commonwealth of Iowa
Salvation Army
A. L. Urick
Fort Madison
United States
Dr. Collins
R. A. Collins
Drake University School of Medicine
J. H. Sladen
Portland
Ore
Liehtz
Charles Sanders
Council
Bluffs
Fois
Fae
Frank Vv
Bishe Muscatine
Ordnance
Ards
James A. Howes
Lafayette Higgins
Thirty-third General Assembly
Iowa Hotel Men’s Association
I. M. Hubbell
F. C. Hubbell
Grover C. Hubbell
Hubbell
Railroad
State Supreme Courts
State Commission
Underwood
Elwell
Fredericksburg
New Hampton
Pennsylvania
John C. Simpson
Department of Agriculture
J. W. Oakley
Simpson
B. F. Carroll
Ivan
Mamie Washington
Burlington
Peoria
M. Rosner
Joe Hutchins
Dubuque
Board of Education
State House
General Assembly
Anna Augusta Bertha Steffens
Miss. Steffens
Germany
Emmert
J. M. Emmert
T. H. Duhige
William Seidler
Minburn
W. R. Brock
Sheldon
B. Quire
Lynnville
W. H. Donovan
J. L. Peppers
Goldfield
F.C. Roberts
EH. Bowen
J. B. Gorrell
Newton
Bell Heads Club
Hill M. Bell
Drake University
Pittsburg Club
Churchey of Christ
C. R. Dorn
Des. Moines
Greenwood
Hogan
John: Hogan
AB Ryen
Polk County
Union ‘Park
the’ Association
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