Celebrating John Mahin Aks Iowa Journalism Leader
A capital picture honors John Mahin long time editor and head of Iowa journalism. At 69 he remains youthful, praised for fearlessness, duty, and rugged honesty. The Muscatine Journal notes his 30 year tie and a lifetime of strong editing and community service with tributes and mementos.
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Goodman
John Mahin
Hean
Iowa Journalism
Muscatine Journal
John
Mahin
Gate City
Jona
Vallambrosa
John Bevaré
Tennyson
London
Grim Thomas
Joe John
Force
Herold J. Mahin
Washington
Geeiver
Chen
Rome mission ends in failure to secure friars lands
Gov Tait's Rome mission to withdraw Philippine friars and acquire their lands failed temporarily and he will depart for Manila. The pope may celebrate major jubilees if he lives to 1902 while U S actions include coaling station in Havana and other global moves.
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Tait
Rome
Manila
Patten
Guba
U.S. Coaling
Havana Harbor
Wood
Gen. Smith
Samar
Roosevelt
Pope
New York to Atlantic City Round Trip via Nickel Plate
Travel note announces a round trip from New York to Atlantic City using Nickel Plate Road with travel July 11 and return within 12 days. Stopovers at Chautauqua Lake and Niagara Falls allowed within the final limit. John Calahan, Chicago general agent, offers details from City Ticket Office at 111 Adams St.
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New York
Atlantic City
Nickel Plate Road
Chautauqua Lake
Niagara Falls
Adams St. John
Calahan
Chicago
Escaped Hanging Involving Doctor Mudd And Booth
A distorted account recalls Dr. Samuel Mudd who treated John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination. It notes Mudd’s secretive lodging of Booth, his secessionist leanings, and his life sentence for complicity. The tale laments the doctor’s suffering and reflects on the perilous events surrounding the famous crime.
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Wadd
John Wilkes Booth
Mudd
Booth
Pebbles of Snow and Roses in Faded Fragments
An OCR fragment mixes musings on snow pellets in the Adirondacks with legends of the rose in Moslem and Christian tradition. It includes brief, disjointed notes on baby naming and a stray joke exchange about naming a child Dick or Charlie, all conveyed in truncated, nonlinear prose.
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Jerusalem
Temple
Constantinens
Chris
Mmedai
S.S.S
The Great Poets and Moral Lessons Across Time
Excerpted fragments discuss John Burroughs, William Shakespeare, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and moral conduct. Promoters seek capital for a project. A devoted father Dawson is praised for his care and pride in his children. A humorous exchange on juvenile antics appears alongside a Cleveland Plain Dealer note.
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William Shakespear
Ralph Wal Son
Dawson
Blowsé
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Office life and racing chatter in old Hawaii
A clipped note references that men in office often find their role too small and they must squeeze in. It mentions Kawht racing as a major local topic and lists versions circulating in the Hawaiian Islands.
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Atlanta Constitution
Hawaiian Islands
Webster as a Drinker Before Two Fanos Speeches
The Great Orator Daniel Webster visited Richmond in the fifties and was invited to address the state legislature and citizens. He arrived at the Exchange hotel in a drunken state and, after escort by James Lyons and Robert Scott, endured a difficult ascent to the capitol where he spoke with limited faculties.
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Daniel Webster
Richmond
Exchange Hotel
James Lyons
Robert’ B.' Scott
Fauquier
Capitol Building
Mr. Webster
Lyons
Mr. Scott
Scott
Capitol
Rotunda
Washington Statue
Webs
Webster
Carolina
Rose&i
Capstock and deposits amid mixed banking figures and news items
The extract cites capital stock and surplus, undivided profits, and various bank liabilities. It mentions National Bank notes in circulation, deposits due to state banks and trust firms, and individual demand deposits. Nearby items report travel by rail, dining cars on the Nickel Plate Road, and a Venetian bell tower collapse with casualties. Also noted are political comments on foreign policy and Porto Rico export gains.
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Natunal Bank
Eseetasinae
Checl Aetearioen
BOS Fearo
Autanqua Lake
Niagara
America Club
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Ohio
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Chicago Post
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Washington, Iowa
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Eighth Cavalry
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Mark
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California
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Mailan
N. West
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Venice
Dove’s Palace
Porto Rico
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Leégal
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