Senators in heated Senate session discuss panic of 1903
The May 16 Senate debate centers on a magazine article alleging banking circles circulated a panic to force bill passage. Senator Thomas accuses New York banks of pressuring Congress and cites a unsigned circular, while Senators Norris Root Lane Smoot and others dispute the claim and defend or challenge the evidence.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Thomas
Colorado
New York
Congress
Norris
Root
Page
Vermont
Smoat
Utah
Lane
Senator Thomas
Smoot
National Bank
Standard Oil Company
Tennessee Coal and Iron
United States
Lodge backs reorganization plan for Republican rule changes
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts endorsed the Chicago conference resolutions on party reform. He supports reducing southern representation in conventions and believes careful, sincere effort can unite GOP factions. The piece also shows ad text about The Iowa Homestead subscription rates and related inducements.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Guntmins
Chicago
South
Iowa
Jam Moines
City in Brief Highlights Local Travel and Parlor News
Anna Hady of Somerset visits daughter-in-law Mauderlady at 404 Allen street while W J Hazlett solicitor for Waverly attends legal business in the city. Several residents undergo operations at St Francis hospital and others travel to Milwaukee Chicago and Newcastle Neb for work and family events.
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Anna Hady
Somerset
J. Y. Hazlett
Waverly
H. O. Bernbrook
St. Francis Hospital
South Street
Lucy Kendall
Ruth
T. L. Forhan
Third Street
Henry Junge
St. Paul
Anna Junge
Leland Mrs. Avenue
Health and Pansy Seed Success Highlight Local Items
Health boosts success to begin with. Chamberlins Tablets praised for aiding digestion and appetite. Mrs Graves earns 62.50 from pansy seed crop grown on a six by fourteen foot bed. Ninety six pansy plants yielded twelve and a half ounces of seed at five dollars per ounce.
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Chamberlain
C. V. Graves
Nes Moines
Graves
Aged Civil War Veteran Found Dead in Sioux City Hotel
Patrick Cornwall, 82, a Civil War veteran and color bearer of the Twenty fourth Iowa infantry, was found dead in a Gibson hotel room in Sioux City. Coroner Garver ruled death accidental due to gas, after Patrolman Dempsey broke in upon hotel staff alarm. Cornwall had recently left Black Hawk county for Yankton and had visited a wartime friend in town. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Honoria Lavelle of Sioux City and Mrs. Delia Mitchell of Waterloo.
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Patrick Cornwall
Twenty-fourth
Iowa Infantry
Gibson
Sioux City
Scre Oper
Garver
Hagle Township
Black Hawk County
Yankton
Cornwall
William Dempsey
Honoria Lavelle
Delia Mitchell
Waterloo
Bankers Theme Legislation and Delegation Trip Reported
Iowa State Bankers association sessions at McGregor Emmetsburg and Nora Springs drew a large Waterloo delegation. Group four's meeting opened in McGregor while group two met in Emmetsburg and group three in Nora Springs. Attendees included Carleton Sias J O Trumbauer C J McNulty and others. A Mississippi River boat ride occurred but adverse weather halted planned auto tours. Two new smallpox cases were reported in Waterloo with S W Murray and J Robertson at 618 Bluff Street. Murray moved to detention hospital.
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General Assembly
Iowa State Bankers’ Associated
McGregor
Emmetsburg
Nora Springs
Carleton Sias
J. Q O. Trumbauer
C. J. McNulty
Edmund W. Miller
H. C. Schultz
Charles W. Knoop
Carl Davis
George W. Williams
Mississippi River
S. W. Murray
J. Robertson
Bluff Street
Mr. Murray
Pioneer visiting sues of youth in Waterloo reminiscences
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hesse of Eugene Oregon visit Waterloo relatives and recall 1858 floods. He grew up here after arriving with his parents in 1856 and describes water eleven inches deep on Bluff Street and driftwood breaking Eaton house windows. He swam through openings in four channels of the flood waters. He served in Co D 7th Iowa Infantry along with Judge C W Mullan and F W White.
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Frank Hesse
Eugene
Oregon
Hesse
Wilhelmina Fressle
Waterloo
Clarksville
Bluff Street
First
Second
Frank
Eaton House
Bluff
Washington Street
Co. D.,7th Iowa Infantry
C. W. Mullan
F. W. White
Wonderful Stomach Remedy Promises Cure for Suffering
Mrs H L Trammell of Houston Texas reports eight years of stomach and gall bladder trouble despite top Texas and Georgia physicians. After trying Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy she feels markedly improved and believes it may provide a permanent cure. The ad cites thousands of letters praising the remedy and offers a free booklet on Stomach Ailments.
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H. L. Trammell
Houston
Texas
Georgia
Mayr
Geo. H. Mayr
Whiting St
Chicago
Waterloo
Wangler Bros. Co
Fourth
Lafayette
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Senator Root
Buchanan
Carl B. Bachtell
la Porte Street
Joseph Schenk
Newcastle, Neb
J. H. Gibbs
H. J. Phelps
F. M. Daw
Thellinois Central
Eclty
Chester Ju. Engart
Mable A. Orvis
Frances Brammer
Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery
Grace L. Moore
Grace L, Hickelberg
Fairbank
Grand Chief
Cedar Rapids
Mary J. Winter
State
Dearborn Construction Co
Independence
Tracr Star-Clipper
M. G. Nichols
Toad Street
Ernie Bratton
Mr. Nichols
Walter
Black Hawk
Sioux
Lainstorm
IL P
Black Hawk Studio
Black Hawk Bank
Fashion Clothes Shop
Joe
Lou
Irving Hotel
Frank Bros
Smart Shq
Sycamore Street
Korneke
State House
Coffee & Spice Company
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