Countess Waldegrave scandal and curious tales from Lon don
A London observer recounts the Countess Waldegrave who has married four times and once sparked laughter in Dublin when asked which husband she preferred. In Kentucky a 17 year old “Merry Mountain Maid” Alabama Brown was acquitted for whisky without license, charming jurors as she beamed and attempted to kiss them. A lecturer’s closing cue invites questions, culminating in an odd inquiry about why goats appear on back beer signs.
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London
Waldegrave
Dublin
Ireland
Wablegrave
Kentucky
Aliss
Alabama Brown
Uve
Tooking Tnau
Pre
Scotland Buys $A1,000,000 of American Golf Clubs
A newspaper item notes woe in Scotland as American golf clubs outsell domestic makes. Scotland, famed for golf, orders £?000 worth of clubs from the United States, a curious reversal. A Kansas minister sermonizes on How to Get to Hell, while Napoleon jokes about Hell’s keys with Walyrand.
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Scotland
America
Kansas
Hell
Napoleon
Wallyrand
Multigenerational European Heiress and Oddities From Fragments
A 82 year old German professor reports Freiherr von Parravi of Schloss Rundeck married four times, lived to 104 with seven children, eldest daughter age zero at death. a New Jersey wager to kiss sweethearts costs 10 dollars, while kissing two old maids could cost more. Miscellany notes include fuel costs to protect a wife’s plant collection, a remark on a wife’s pride, sea creatures clothing themselves with seaweed, hospital hopes in Alas, and a Kansas City theater anecdote. Other items cover sea water desalination via a tree trunk, weather tips from groundhogs, whether an oyster is a fish, Britain’s purchase of canned events for India, Philadelphia’s gas stoves, and a swamp-wood vessel conceit.
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Freiherr Bernhard von Parravi?ini
Schloss Rundeck
Meran
Tyrol
Towa
Grinnell
Lynnville
Dborrivboola
Gha
Joya Snyder
Tai
3 Snyder
Che
Skunk
Iowa legislature thur sday and friday actions detailed
Des Moines reports Senate and House proceedings with votes on biennial elections mortgage tax, printing investigations, temple amendments, anti fusion repeal, school book uniformity, and pardon actions. Highlights include the Titus measure for biennial elections advancing, a loan and debt forecast, and a senate ruling on pardons amid party tensions.
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Des Moines
Wmiglow
Lewis
Hinder
Rigo
Yun Honten
Cook
Cobart
Oleerly
Smith
Harrison
Blake
Dempster
Jones
Parker
Rap
Shambaugh
Whelan
Schools Committee
Tuesay
Des Moines House Debates Adjournment and Censure
In Des Moines on Feb 26 Ray proposed adjourning March 15 but the plan stalled and may be rescinded. Downing’s censure resolution against J A T Hull for lobbying Junkin amendment was shelved by DeWolf. The primary bill’s publication clause, long seen as Republican ammunition, was struck out on motion to reconsider.
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Des Moines
Senate
Terry
Semitor Berry
Garst
Board of Central
Friends of the Bill
Lrewin
Blanchard
Maban
Harriman
Rming
Lathrop
District Court
Judiciary Committee
Sierx City
Hobart
Smith
Morrison
Blake
Committee On Pardons
Janes Johnson
Council Plalis
Whelan
Bailey
Sioex
Western Reserve Life Assasion
Chicago
Ericson
Agricultural College
Treasury
Cheshire
Polk County
Sheriuen
Republican Party
van Houten
Thomas Kelly
Funk
Special Code Committee
Nietert
House
Penick
Ray
Downing of
Davis
J. A. T. Hull
Leavin
Washington
Junkin
DeWolf
Republica
Berry
Algo
England
Montana
Senator Herry
IOwa Brevities Report Diverse Local Updates
Gilbert N Manges of Northwood plans a congressional bid in his district. The I O C F society of New London considers establishing Rebekah lodges. A runaway horse in Colfax crashed into a store window causing damage. Garrison of Fort Dodge named M G A secretary at Davenport. Northwestern Iowa Veterans association holds encampment at Sibley July 13. CL Wisely begins a paper at Collins titled Justice on Earth. Des Moines Cuban relief committee sends 118 to New York office. Miss Voght, victim of Claussen shooting at Reinbeck, remains in doubt.
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M. OC. A
Brooklyn
Gilbert N. Manges
Northwood
Congress
I. O. C. F. Society of
New London
Rebekah
Colfax
W. ©. Garrison
Fort Dodge
Davenport
Northwestern Iowa
Young Claussen
Reinbeck, Caver
Legislative turmoil surrounds Iowa board of control bill
Des Moines dispatch reports mounting political strife over the board of control measure and the Berry jury law proposal. Factional rivalries, county representation questions, and a bid by Titus to derail reforms threaten key legislative goals as votes loom in both chambers. The National Guard dispute also surfaces amid court inquiries and looming hearings.
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Des Moines
Board of Control
Whelan
Friends of Board of Control
Senate
Amen
Funk
Garst
Shéaly
Gilbertson
Bau
Titus
Jouwat
House
Loase
Ane
Plin
Acer
Whelkun
Melics
Trewin
Blanchard
Board of Controls
State House
Gasoline Explosion at Brown & Chambers Office In Sibley
A gasoline explosion damaged Dr. F. J. Brown’s rooms on the second floor of the Brown & Chambers block at Sibley. The blaze destroyed most of Brown’s equipment and threatened adjacent businesses until firefighters using chemical and water engines contained it after an heroic effort.
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Sibley
F. J. Brown
Brown & Chambers
LeMars Plans to Purchase Ground for Permanent County Fair
Plymouth county seeks to fund and secure LeMars fair grounds to establish a permanent county fair association. A local committee will solicit subscriptions, with ground purchase seen as essential. Also noted: death of Philip Meminaugh at 81, long-time LeMars settler. marriages of Miss Mary McClintock and Meta Leekey. E G Will relocates to Klondike with TeMurs greenhouse business.
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Anoother
LeMars
Philip Meminaugh
Ile
County Tyrone
Ireland
Mary McClintock
Tadien Leepy
Cherokee
St. James Parsonage
Barrow
Leepy
4. E. Brooks
Sibley
Meta Leekey
Tey
E. G. Will
TeMurs Green House
Klondike
Waterloo Seeks G A R Encampment for 1899
Waterloo is organizing to secure the G A R encampment for 1899. A Dubuque post circular has spurred the city to action and a determined effort will be made.
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Waterloo
Dubuque
Waterloo Petition Against Osteopathy Bill Circulated
A petition is circulating in Waterloo directed to the General Assembly claiming it will be signed by every physician in Waterloo. The petition asks that the osteopathy bill then pending not be passed.
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Waterloo
General Assembly
Confesses Crime After Twenty Years in Burlington
Rudolph Popke died after a frost slip. John Lindgren, a Montana stockman, confessed he struck Popke years ago over an insult in Burlington. Lindgren fled, built a fortune, and at last revealed the admission on his deathbed, shocking the town.
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Burlington
Rudolph Popke
J. W. Blythe
Burlington Road
Carlton Dryden
Popke
Montana
John Lindgren
Lindgren
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