Roosevelt greeted by huge Des Moines crowd in Iowa visit
President Roosevelt toured Iowa amid a storm of cheers. Des Moines hosted a long, rousing welcome with crowds along the route to Shenandoah, Clarinda, Osceola, Ottumwa, and beyond. He praised Iowa’s farms, industry and children, urged national unity, and spoke of duty, liberty, and progress in a period of postwar reform.
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Oskaloosa
Ottumwa
Roosevelt
Iowa
State House
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Teddy” Roosevelt
Des Moinés
Clarinda
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Shaw
Hull
Hepburn
Burlington
Sharpsburg
van Wert
Union
Statehouse
Theng
Achool
Brenton
Congressman Hull
United States of America
Colonel Hull
Judge Walter Clark A North Carolina Chief Justice Leader in Law and Politics
Walter Clark, North Carolina supreme court chief justice since 1903, is a prominent Democrat with a long legal career. The piece details his Civil War service, rapid rise in law, multiple publications, and work as a railroad attorney and judge, noting his influence on state and national discussions of trusts and reform.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Shaw
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Phad Teste
Uncle Joe" Cannoy
Tke Jones
Senate
Congress
Century Magazine
Francis EB. Leupp
Harter
Ohio
Mr. McKale
Maryland
MckKale
Walter Clark
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Halifax
N. G
South
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Tew
Military Academy
Hillsboro
N. C
North Carolina
Matt Ransom
University of North Carolina
Seventieth
Hoke
Johinston
High Creek
Clark
W. H. Battle
Chapel Hill
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New York City
Raleigh
Raleigh & Gaston
Raleigh & Augusta
Smith
Merrimon
Fowle
Mr. Clark
Superior Court
Supreme Bench
Democrats
4Eé
Clarl
Cyclopedia of Law
Supreme Court
Constant
Napoleon
Harper's
North American Review
Arene
State Bar Assocation of
Tennessee
National Association of Railroad Commissioners
Denver
Colo
State Bar Association
Topeka
Kan
Fragmented overheard dialogue and jokes from a late issue
A jumble of snippets shows casual banter, social talk, and quips about education letters, work at a railroad, safes, coal deliveries, and general observations. It includes a German Count joke, a note on marriage laws in Waldeck, and casual diary like remarks from various voices.
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Bridget
Hallit
Klay
Henpeeque
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