Democrats Still Note for OConnor Cast 57 Votes for Chickasaw County Man
Des Moines dispatch reports Iowa Senate defeated a constitutional amendment convention resolution by 27 to 21 and passed the bulk sales bill after earlier defeat. House moved to reconsider, and bills were introduced placing water power regulation under the railroad commission and municipal telephone ownership. Purity of Food Production bill for bakery sanitation passed. new state aid for families of prisoners proposed. taxes on moneys and credits debated. $20 monthly pensions for frontier survivors discussed.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Iowa House of Representatives
House
State Railroad Commission
Balkema
Smith
Shelby
Gates
Senate
Chase
Iowa Frontier Brigade
Spirit Lake
Moore
Shankland
Shane
Black Hand Gang Shoots Down Two in Death Corner
In Chicago on March 15 two Italian men, Antonio Dugo and Filipo Marcherito, were shot with a shotgun in Death Corner near Milton avenue and West Oak street. Police found slug loaded shells and a shotgun at Tony Stradini’s home. Stradini was absent. Inspector Revere led a search with three detectives.
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Chicago
North Side
Milton Avenue
West Oak Street
Antonio Dugo
Filipo Marcherito
J. L. Revere
Tony Stradini
Gault Court
Joe Dage
Stradini
Chicago Avenue
Touchy Servants and Velvet Gloves in Japan
A St Louis Post-Dispatch piece discusses handling Japanese Nesans with tact. It notes their untidiness and laziness yet reveals admirers who praise their kittenish ways and artistic temperaments. The hotel manager keeps calm, giving gentle exhortations with a smile to avoid scolding.
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St Louis Post-Dispatch
Roman Cab Tales of a Grateful Driver in Rome
In Mr Howells's Roman Holidays and Others a party in a Roman cab faces a sickly coach and a stubborn driver. The cabbie, faithful to the end, insists on serving them to their hotel despite perilous lurches and decay, ending with their arrival on foot after overpaying him to release them at the church steps.
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Mr. Howells
Rome
Church
Rip van Winkle
Via Sistina
Cross Street
Bowling Contest for Cup by Telegraph
New York report says about a dozen city teams will compete April 22 for a prize cup offered by Col. Robert M. Thompson president of the New York Athletic club. Teams will roll on their home alleys and telegraph scores to New York after each game.
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New York
United States
Robert M. Thompson
New York Athletic Club
Market News and Quotations from Chicago March 15
General markets report from Lamson Bros. notes wheat strength from dry weather and light selling, with May prices near 9.07 to 9.14. Corn futures rise as shorts cover, hogs firm, and pork lard ribs price levels shown. Cash grains listed for No 2 red wheat, corn, oats, and related stock market closes and cattle prices.
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Chicago
South Dakota
Minnesota
Liverpool
Waterloo
Pioneer
Kansas
Turkey
Wellington
Aristos
Papuan Courtesy and Marriage Customs Across New Guinea
Reports on Papuan marriage practices describe arranged unions where a suitor offers personal belongings and sometimes heirloom cloth to the bride’s father. Men are typically armed, wives are selected young, and polygyny is common with the husband controlling most aspects of the wife’s life. In other New Guinea notes a man may keep a club for each wife to discipline them.
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New Guinea
Wide World Magazine
Grandchild Custody Case Endorses Robinsons Rights
Judge Ransier renders decision in Robinsons v Edwards over custody of seven-year-old Jannette Edwards. Plaintiffs W H Robinson and Jane B H Robinson awarded possession while court retains jurisdiction for future custody orders. Adoption papers deemed insufficient. writ of habeas corpus possible if best interests require changes.
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GC. FE. Ransier
W. HB. Robinson
L. H. Edwards
Jannette Edwards
Jane B
H. Robinson
Ransier
Robinsons
Robinson
Jannette
Funeral for August Buhr Led by Linden Methodist Church
The funeral for August Buhr will be on Friday morning with all Moose members asked to attend. A 10:30 prayer service at Keefe & Towne chapels precedes the 11:00 service at Linden Methodist Church conducted by Rev. C. B. Shoemaker. Burial in Fritz cemetery.
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August Buhr
Order of Moose
Buhr
Keefe & Towne Patenors
Linden Methodist Church
C. B. Shoemaker
Fritz Cemetery
Tittle
Flenry Jefferson Barr
R. F. Barr
Falls Avenue
Elmwood C
Barr
Symposium on Sundays Work by A J Edwards at YMCA
A J Edwards spoke at the noon meeting of the Men's Personal Workers League at the YMCA. President J Tuthill presided and H Lillestrand led singing. Prayers were offered by several leaders. Edwards received strong applause and asked men for impressions of the Evangelical Sunday campaign. The symposium highlighted Edwards as a fisher of men and praised memory, arguments, and results while noting good turnout despite bad weather.
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A. J. Edwards
Men’s Personal Workers' League
J. Tuthill
Three Saloon Men Indicted by Grand Jury
Indictments returned against Goettel, Klinefelter and Goswiller, three saloon proprietors. Bonds set at 5100 each by Judge Ransler. Charges allege nuisance and selling intoxicating liquor to habitual drunkards in violation of law.
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Messrs. Goettel
Klinefelter
Goswiller
Ransler
Fall of Fair Building Buries 30 to 46 People
Nashville March 15 The walls of the J. H. Fair building, burned earlier, collapsed today at 10 o'clock trapping between 30 and 46 persons. A Chernyk team fleeing down Fourth Street East dashed through Sycamore and then Sixth Street before being halted by John Mantle who pulled the horses back to their owner at a brisk pace.
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Nashville
Tenn
J. H. Fair
Chernyk
Fourth Street
Sycamore
Sixth Street
John Mantle
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Washington Star
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Chicago News
Siam
A.J. Edwards
Men's Personal Workers’ League
Hitchen
Ellis Hotel
Steve Gentle
East Fourth Street
Carpenter's Hotel
Commercial St
Lever
Fiat
Washington
Nellie ML Strayer
Bendgeta
Imperial Genta Wheel
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