Political Rhetoric and 1903 Commentary in Iowa
A garbled 1903 column reflects on political figures Bryan Dowle and Parry, labor and capital tensions, and remarks on the Louisiana Purchase flag day observance. It includes quotes and satirical asides about currents in Iowa and national politics, plus notes on editors and stockholders in Des Moines. The piece mentions Abraham Lincoln, Maryland, and U.S. constitutional amendments in a broad rhetorical frame.
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RB. C. Barrett
Empire of
France
Cyummingsaya
Thia
City council moves to curb dangerous medicine pamphlets
Dodge's council acts to ban circulating obscene medical literature and samples. Officials deem such pamphlets dangerous as children may ingest them. measures aim to prohibit distribution and curb vile literature recently found in offices.
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Dodge
Rehearing sought in Culversen Salinger case high court
W Y Culversen versus Salinger Brigham and others prompted Ben I Salin ger of Carroll to seek a supreme court rehearing claiming the court overlooked matters in the prior hearing. The dispute involved a bid to recover 812 900 amid assertions findings relied on stricken testimony.
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Supreme Court
W. Y. Culversen
Salinger
Brigham
Ben I. Salinger
Carroll
W.L. Calberteon
Get There First with the Most Men in War and Tax Talk
The piece reflects on General Nathan Bedford Forrest and the idea of arriving first with the most troops. It contrasts speed with decisive force and critiques today’s rush culture. It then presents a tax table for Iowa showing per capita state and local spending and urges taxpayers to police taxes and expenditures. The total indicated spending is $22,517,580.
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Nathan Hédford Forest
General Forest
Napoleon
America
Newspaper praisers praise Tax Voxxp conduct and local edifying tone
Citizens and party workers commend the newspaper for presenting events without personal abuse, highlighting its role in community welfare and business promotion. Walton New York Reporter notes homes and local matters deserve focus over distant New York City conditions under Tammany. State that Iowa has no stagehouse scandals at local levels.
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New York City
Uder Tammany Role
Walton
New York
Paing
Lowa
Love and Business Denar Tradeoff During Interval
In a fragmented exchange from a Philadelphia Worth American excerpt a woman asks for a promise that if they wed and later divorce her brothers, two young lawyers, will represent her. The text contrasts affection with legal risk, noting a humorous edge about persistent collectors and livelihoods.
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Denar
Philadelphia
Kitchen work valued by women and cooks, not snobbery
A reader argues that a woman who mocks a decent kitchen maid should do the work herself. Cooking is a respected profession needing brains experience and sense. Many good girls need wages earned in the kitchen, yet fear to work due to snobbery and danger.
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Bloem
Buttermilk and grafting aid in old advice era
An opinion piece cites a Philadelphia Ledger anecdote praising buttermilk as a cure for nervous indigestion and a aid to sobriety. It notes a physician grafting skin to heal a scalded infant as a promising, dramatic treatment. A column urges rural merchants to advertise to compete with city retailers amid evolving delivery and department stores.
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L. F. Biggs
Bits of Alleged Philosophy and Campaign Quips
A Tombstone item run quotes local sayings and political quips as candidates comment on weather, campaigns, and public projects. The writeup playfully notes how rhetoric and appearances influence voters, with a tongue in cheek forecast about weather and holidays.
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Hicks
Stonebraker wounds self in Iowa Falls mystery man
A young man living south of Iowa Falls lies in critical condition with a bullet wound to the chest after an incident at the theatre. Stonebraker, who confesses to inflicting the wound, and two companions were in the theatre prior to the injury. County Attorney Noble is investigating as friends assist Miss Murphy to her new lodging.
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Joe Stonebreaker
Iowa Falls
Stonebreaker
Noble
Stonebraker
No God Who Brings The World To Life And Light
Poem fragment questions the existence of God through vivid natural imagery. The speaker asks who feeds dew, warms the spring, paints summer, and binds the oceans, and who inspires hope of an afterlife, culminating in the charge that there is a God.
Halloween superstitions from Scottish peasantry
A historical account describes Halloween practices on October 30 involving cabbage stalks, beets, carrots and corn ears used to foretell future spouses, with blindfolded games in gardens, mirror visions, and guiding folkways about marriage and fortune in a traditional rural setting.
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Aturoto
Hhat
America and Japan sympathy and economic warnings
The piece cites republican prosperity as evidenced by thousands of coke ovens blown out inConnellsville causing mass idleness, arguing policy-caused industrial reverses taint political credit. It also urges sympathy for Japan, condemns Russian deception, and criticizes public apathy as harmful while advertising local retail offers and fashion items.
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Philadelphia
Connnellaville
A Natural Mistake Weather Tale From The South
The Atlanta Constitution piece recalls a playful exchange about wedding weather. A misremembered stormy day is corrected by friends, revealing a lighthearted anecdote about memory and weather, set in a Southern context.
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Molly
Hiram
Atlanta Constitution
Debutants, Debates, and Daily Ditties in London Punch
A playful snippet from London Punch hints at social chatter about horses for sale and debutantes, with lines about sincerity, eclat, and lovesick banter. It features Mrs Newrocks and Cynthia, Cholly, and a furniture shop duo snappily named SNODGRESS and MACK, all in breezy society tone.
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Amonths
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TELE
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Jesseeulnanse
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Maryland
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Hryan
Dowle
Bryan
The
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Alexander Dowle
Elijah
Parry
Indianapolis
Galsinger
Philadelphia Ledger
Joe Stonebraker
Mies Murphy
J. F. Elise
Elizabeth McDermoth Kise
Anns OyBrien
Hallowe'en
Japan
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Far East
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State Department
Ita
Washington
Baltimore Herald
Kerper
Sam
Herman Slutey
Ackley
Snodgress’ Clothing Store
ACKS
Gotzian
Buy
Keren
Try & Roswelle Bat
Hevkens
Cor
Heykens—Dry Goods
Faulkner
Faulkner, IA
Faulkner Down
Fritz Brothers
Eors
L. L. Lininger & Co
Italy
Harper’s Bazar
Smithers
Old Brown
London Punch
Cholly
Puck
Snodgress
Mack
Dr. Mueller
Nix
Enat Main
H. Krummel
Aes
Onelb Arm & Hammer Soda
George Lamm Harness Shop
GEO. Lamm
Ackley, Iqwa
Roosevelt Brothers
Knickerbocker Flour Mill
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