Municipal Elections Sweep Iowa Cities in March Results
Multiple Iowa towns reported council and mayoral races with Republicans carrying most contests. Des Moines chose MacVicar for mayor and municipal ownership, Ida Grove re-elected G T Williams, Rock Rapids and Sheldon saw strong Republican wins, and several towns including Onawa and Sibley backed GOP candidates.
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McVicar
Des Moines
John MaceVicar
MaccVicar
J. O J. Hartenbower
MacVicar
Republican Party
G.T. Williams
Ida Grove
Geo.t. Williams
the Grove
Citizens
Rock! Rapids
Rock Rapids
J. W. Roach
Mold
J. M Nagle
Lit
Sheldon
I. V P. Piper
the Mail
Lake View
Cliens
A. Winters
Needham
Charles Sifford
Ke.bd. Bell
N. Stevens
William Kent
R. M. Paine
William Schanck
Onawa
Bearee
C. BE. Underhill
George C. Wolbrook
S. W. Cunningham
George Underhil
Wife Beater Shot Down in Alton NL Tragedy
Officer James Pack of Alton police tried to arrest Joe Cesser for wife and child beating. Pack was assaulted and shot Cesser through the neck as other officers arrived. Cesser dying at city hospital. Warrant based on wife’s complaint. no arrests made.
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Alton
James Pack
Joe Cesser
Pack
Gesser
Tle
Veterans Pensions Granted in Iowa Nebraska and More
Washington March 29 pensions granted yesterday include original, restoration and increase for veterans in Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota plus widows listed with named towns and amounts. A Donovan post office opens in Colfax county Nebraska with John H Costello postmaster and national banks approved as reserve agents for Cedar Rapids Chicago Tipton and Chicago banks.
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Washington
Iowa
William Bedwell
Spring Hill
Oliver D. Bosteder
Baldwin
William F. Cooper
Chapin
Abram Umbenhower
Columbia
Patrick Agen
Des Moines
Henry Will
Muscatine
Catherine Bar
Sarah 1. Hill
Mount Clair
Cornelia Weatherford
Donovan
Colfax County
Nebraska
John H. Costello
Dawes
Sioux City Live Stock Markets Report March 29
Sioux City markets show hogs mixed to heavy at 3.50 to 5.60 per cwt with cows and heifers around 1.25 to 1.74, calves and yearlings 0.65 to 5.00, and butchers at 3.00 to 4.15. South Omaha receipts 5,200 with mixed prices 3.44 to 3.90, cattle 4,200 with market steady, and sheep 4,000 with steady to 0.06. Chicago hogs 17,000 with mixed to heavy quotes, cattle 2,500 steady, sheep 15,000 strong. Kansas City cattle 40,600 best grades steady, natives 5.25 for steers, stockers mixed, mutton 4.60, heavy 5.00.
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Sioux City
South Omaha
Menis
Chicago
Tanase City
Kansas City
Fulliegra
Spring Road
Nelle
Elkhart
Warnnesis Mfg. CO
W. B. Pratt
Scot
Elemalt
Ind
Grain and Provisions Market Briefs Across Cities
Chicago reports cash quotations for flour wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds with prices for No 2 white and yellow corn No 2 red wheat and various oats and barley grades. Minneapolis and Duluth close quote wheat and oats with track and cash prices and flax. Liverpool tonic notes close for wheat with mixed futures, showing global grain activity.
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Chicago
WSC
Cic
Aoe
Northwestern
Timothy
Ieee
Minneapolis
Duluth
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promised for Spring Health
The spring season brings impurities and bodily weakness, Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as the remedy to purify blood, improve appetite, aid digestion, and steady nerves. A testimonial from Mrs. W. Kane of Media, Pa, claims recovery from erysipelas and dyspepsia after using the remedy, urging readers to try it for spring ailments.
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Hood
Union Veteran Verses War and Weather in Old Verse
A collage of nostalgic fragments retell Civil War memories from a Confederate veteran and lines praising Hood's Sarsaparilla. The voice shifts to an 19th century Washington Evening Star quip on law and taxes, then to a lyrical moonlight poem by Richard Le Gallienne about a pale moon in pines.
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Thain
Stonewall
Lee
Washington Evening Star
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Nurse in New York's Children's Home recommends Mother Gray's Sweet Powders to cure feverishness stomach disorders teething difficulties and to move regulate bowels and destroy worms. Over 10 000 testimonials claim effectiveness with 25 cent price and samples sent to Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Mother Gray
New York
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
What Makes Them Go and the Yellow Press Canary
A catalog of sensational headlines like Double murder and Death by own action dominates the piece. The author McLandburg Wilson notes these lurid topics drive reader interest and sales for yellow journalism.
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Lyphus
Russell Sage
Samson
Salzer seeds and fruits catalog offer for profits
An early 20th century notice praises Salzer seed company with claims of high profits from vegetables and fruits. It invites readers to order the plant and seed catalogue from John A. Salter Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin, offering free seeds and novelties in exchange for stamped mail. The snippet also mentions unrelated items about prison counterfeiting and a vitamin tonic testimonial.
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Carl Vollen
Salzer
Inc
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Gein
Annoe
Bost
Hiemesche Guoumbor
Riondy Victoria
Salter
C.N
Jonln A
America
Joun A. Salger Seed CO
Larosse
Con
The Ballad of Reading Gaol Verses and Patent Remedy Ad
A fragment presents a poem from The Ballad of Reading Gaol and quotes a stanza about killing the thing one loves. It shifts to a medical advert extolling Ilozttettoer’s Stomach Bitters as strengthening the nervous system and aiding digestion. A Boston man fainted before a window advertising pants for sale.
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Ilostettoer
Boston
Cure a Cold in One Day Promises from Laxative Bromo Quinine
Advertisement claims a single day cure for a cold using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Offers a 26 cent price and refund if not cured, suggesting druggists guarantee satisfaction.
Will probate certificate sparks interest in Cincinnati suit
A probate certificate attached to a will introduced in a Cincinnati court drew attention. The document bore a certificate dated 13, and named William Henry Harrison then clerk of the common pleas court of the county just before his presidential nomination.
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Cincinnati
William Henry Harrison
Common Pleas
United States
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