Calvin Passes as Waterloo Faces Scientific Legacy
Obituary notes the death of Professor Samuel Calvin, longtime geology figure at Iowa State University, highlighting his war service, public leadership, and influence on students. It also links his loss to ongoing state scientific heritage and a separate Spain royal gesture critique.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Black Hawk County
Lowa
Dubuque
Samuel Calvin
State University
Iowa City
Calvin
United States
Christopher W. Hall
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Vote scandals spread reportedly across Atlantic County towns
Citizens feel alarm as irregularities in local elections surface nationwide. Observers note parallels with cases in Adams county Ohio and Danville Illinois. Authorities promise scrutiny and reform measures.
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Atlantic County
ML J
Adams County
Danville
Tax amendment ratified by both legislatures
One house of each Massachusetts and Arkansas has ratified the income tax amendment. That ought to help some.
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Massachusetts
Arkansas
Saloon Interests Squint at Moon Law During Youth
A terse line notes how saloon interests observed the moon law while it was still a minor, hinting at early regulatory scrutiny on alcohol from a historical lens.
Insurrectos, Federals And Diaz Noted In War Commentary
A fragmentary passage mentions insurrectos growing tipsy and surrendering as federals continue fighting for the entertainment of war. Diaz is described as promising then acting decisively. The text also cites the Dubuque Telegraph Herald noting consumers not yet feeling price reductions due to middlemen.
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Elese Eee
America
Jonah
Dubuque
Kenyon Senate Win Shapes Iowa Political Debate
The Sioux City Tribune and other papers discuss Kenyon's Fort Dodge speech and its political impact. The Mason City Times notes Young Carroll forces expect a Kenyon challenge with state influence and press backing. Cedar Falls Record credits women and the Larrabees for Kenyon’s election, praising campaign persistency and loyalty. Foley Kidney Pills ad follows.
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Sioux City
Judge Kenyon
Fort Dodge
Carroll
Mason City Times
Young-Carroll
Young
Carrol
Wiseacres
Larrabees
Cedar Falls
Senate
Fred Larrabee
Ft. Dodge
Wm. Larrabee, Jr
Clermont
United States Senate
The Evening Chit Chat on Guests and Refined Etiquette
A writer laments insistence on guests staying and the rude urge to depart. She recalls Darwin on friendship duration and shares reader notes about long friendships. She criticizes store salesladies using intimate terms with strangers and calls such familiarity inappropriate.
Columna Reflection on Annoying Shop Etiquette
A columnist recalls a memorable friend and comments on women customers who gossip and use familiar terms in shops. The piece notes the irritation caused by casual familiarity and ends with a wry line about shared sentiment.
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Dce
Mayor Gaynor's Controversy Draws NYC Revolt Rumors
The Minneapolis Journal recounts harsh criticism of Mayor Gaynor portraying him as corrupt or inefficient. It argues his alliance with criminals, removal of a police commissioner, and self appointment as police chief threaten Gotham’s safety and reform. It notes potential gubernatorial prospects but his nerve faltered at candidacy. A separate letter from Wilford Adams praises Foley's Kidney Remedy for rheumatism and blood cleansing claims.
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Gaynor
New York
Thomas Jefferson
Metropolis
Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Gotham
New York State
Dix
Democracy
Wilford Adams
Foley
Lexington
Raihway
J. K. Joder & Son
Des Moines Faces Closure Of Seventeen Salons
Des Moines may see seventeen of its 103 saloons shuttered after the supreme court Moon law ruling. The council asked the legal department to report the decision’s effect on licenses, with officials saying full analysis is pending. The law set a maximum of one saloon per 1000 residents, effective April 15.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
James R. Hanna
Legal Department
H. W. Byers
Robert C. Brennan
High Court
School Fund 9 Apportioned Totals Disbursement
The school fund apportions to nine entities each $1.24, totaling $14,862.43 distributed. The distribution outlines per unit allotments and the overall sum allocated from the fund.
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Washington
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E. Waterloo
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Weer
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Black Hawk
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Ewe
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Mt. Vernon Cavon Sewer Totes
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Ese Tewes Steer
Eee Eas
Bawe Neednee
Rhe Teenage Cig
State Geologists Meet for Mapping Next Year
Washington April 18 state geologists from nearly all states joined officials of the geological survey for the annual conference. The meeting focuses on planning the next year program and avoiding duplication of work.
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Washington
Geological Survey
Two Men Die in Cow Dispute in Creston
In Creston Iowa on April 13 George Dow 65 shot and killed J O McDonald during a fight over a cow. Both men are described as Negro.
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Creston
Iowa
George Dow
J. OB. McDonald
Oldest Seminole War survivor John W. Roche dies in Oswego
Oswego remembers John W. Roche born Ireland 1821 as the oldest Seminole War survivor in Florida. He moved to Oswego in 1832 and enlisted in 1839. He escorted President Van Buren from Sackett Harbor to Niagara Falls, helped bury 106 white victims of the Dade massacre, and aided in the capture of Chief Coo Coo Hee in Florida.
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Oswego
John W. Roche
Florida
Ireland
van Buren
Sacketts Harbor
Niagara Falls
Dade
New Iowa Dairy Law Demands Cleanliness for Licenses
Des Moines reports a new Iowa dairy law requiring personal cleanliness and spotless milk wagons and depots to obtain or renew a state milk license. Dairy commissioner W B Barney gives till July 4 for compliance and warns of license denial and prosecution for violations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
W. B. Barney
Food and Dairy Commissioner
Dairymen of
Barney
Woman Discovers Dynamite Caps in Lake City
Mrs W S Campbell of Lake City finds a tin box containing twenty dynamite caps in a basket of chips near an old mill site. The caps were stored sixty feet from the street beside a large log and could have devastated her home if ignited. Authorities believe vegemen hid the caps there for safekeeping.
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Lake City
Campbell
Vegemen
Easter Revival Sees Record Turnout in Monticello
Monticello Easter revival events drew 1400 attendees at morning service with a packed tabernacle, and 700 men at the afternoon men’s meeting, about thirty conversions reported. evening attendance overflowed the building.
Simple Essence Home Cough Syrup Ends Fast Cold Relief
A local home remedy promotes Simple Essence as the best cough and cold cure. It claims a pint costs under eighty cents, cheaper than store mixtures, and provides full directions for use with Mentho-Laxene, sugar, and boiling water to create a syrup for children and adults.
Billy Sunday figure draws crowd in Monticello revival week
Large meeting fills the church and streets as Billy Sunday ally Georges Stephens speaks to about 360 in the choir and more than 1,600 attend. About sixty conversions occur during the day with nearly 400 total so far, amid a parade and saloon protests closing the week in Monticello. RUGS RUGS RUGS at a local Second-Hand shop on Commercial street.
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Billy Sunday
Billy the Second
Monticello
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