Kansas City Parks Finance and Civil War Remembrance
The article describes Kansas City's park and boulevard funding via district assessments, detailing how land taxes fund maintenance without general bonds. It notes the park system's semi independence and urban segregation effects. It also reflects on the 50th anniversary reunion of Civil War veterans at Gettysburg, praising progress in camp facilities and future remembrance.
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Kansas City
United States
Missouri
Board of Park Commissioners
Circuit Courts
Park Department
Gettysburg
Connolly’s Cinch Seen as Strong for Congress
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald and Howard Rann of the Manchester Press downplay Republican chances against Maurice Connolly in next year’s congressional race. They cite rumors of Charles E. Ransler’s possible bid but deem Republicans split and unlikely to unite.
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Charley Ransler
Congress
Maurice Connolly
Delaware County
Ransier
Pickett
Dubuane
Connolly
Cedar River promenade plan for Waterloo seeks beautification and flood safety
Citizens propose a sea wall on both river banks with a promenade and electric lights to improve Waterloo’s riverfront. The plan emphasizes aesthetics, flood safety, and potential property protection, noting prior, less practical ideas and urging serious consideration. It mentions visitors from affluent circles aiding relief for hot, cramped areas while cautioning about overhyped speculation.
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Cedar River
Waterloo
Gettysburg Veterans Gather for 50th Anniversary Tribute
A report recalls the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg and the town’s scars as fifty thousand veterans from both sides return to the fields. It notes monuments, the High Water Mark Tablet, and statues of Lee and Meade, with Lincoln’s address cited and hopes for renewed national unity.
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Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Potomac
Jennie Wade
Rifand
Humbera
Seminary Ridge
Culp’s Hill
Peach Orchard
Devil's den
Wheatfield
Pickett
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Lee
George G. Meade
National Cemetery
Abraham Tincoln
North
South
Lincoln
Ingersoll on Lincoln and Tax Talk Echoed in Press
Ingersoll lauds Lincoln as fearless yet benevolent in a tribute citing his embrace of inequality era tax notions. The Burlington Hawk Eye notes wolves threaten sheep in many counties as licensed hunters rise while unlicensed hunters outnumber them, signaling wildlife and tax debates amid rural life.
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Burlington
Hawk Eye
Tax amendment to boost marriages in tariff bill debate
The Davenport Times reports on a proposed income tax amendment aimed at encouraging marriage and larger families among higher earners as part of tariff bill discussions by the Democratic Senate caucus. The note highlights the proposal and its reception among lawmakers.
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Davenport Times
Democratic Senate Caucus
Rites Golden Medical Discovery
Medicine Fastens
Dr. Pierce
Mali
RV. Pierce
Buffalo
Focole
Modern Inventions Baseball Bulletins
The piece treats baseball bulletins as a modern street entertainment replacing dog fights, highlighting their daily afternoon impact on city life. It notes how bulletin boards draw crowds, affect traffic, and influence daily routines from clerks to bartenders, with advertisers urged to note the time spent watching.
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Fire Department
America
Des Moines School for Mothers faces termination
In a Des Moines column readers note a reform urge and describe a school for mothers, child care guidance, and the forward movement in specialized training. The items contrast with political and economic debates on currency, trade, and transportation that echo across several regional papers.
Miscellaneous Prose Snippets and Quotations
A collage of dated newspaper quips and tiny anecdotes features snippets about easy slippers, a lucky hound named Adato, myths of seafaring romance, a Benefick reference, a Chicago Tribune line, a band critique at a drum solo, a witty exchange about music, an English physician’s jab at a bore, and a Bailey’s reputation anecdote tied to Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas.
Cement Road at Eddyville Iowa Costs and Details
A Eddyville Iowa feature reports a 1191 foot cement road built in 1911 with 14 foot width and 7.5 inch crown. Total cash cost 1404.59 plus 616 tons sand and gravel, 2627 cement sacks, and 564 barrels water. Labor and materials priced, value per square yard about 1.02. Also includes medical ad for Foley Kidney Pills featuring J F Wallach Bartlett Nebraska claiming kidney relief.
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Marshalltown Times-Republican
Iowa
Eddyville
Experience of Motherhood and Lydia Pinkham Cure
Experience of motherhood describes the strain after childbirth and the lasting nervous impact on mothers. It extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic to restore health and strength, claiming it helps women become normal, healthy, and strong. Readers are urged to write for confidential advice to Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co.
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Marke
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
a _vroman
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