Republican optimism and local political notes in 1912 era
The item highlights a coal miners strike ending with a ten percent wage advance in Pennsylvania’s anthracite fields, an ovation for Gov Roosevelt in Lincoln Nebraska, Iowa bank deposits rising over three and a half million dollars, and a Webster City district convention nominating W. S. Kenyon for judge on the fifth ballot. It also covers Cart. J A T Hull in Chicago steering the Republican congressional campaign and predicts McKinney and Roosevelt winning with a Republican Congress backing them.
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Pennsylvania
Birdsall
Webster City
Uesday
W. 8
Kenyon
Fort Dodge
W.S. Kenyon
Cart
J. A. T. Hull
Chicago
Congress
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
United States
McKinney
Roosevelt
the Times
Fort Dodge Politics and Prosperity Echo in 1900 Address
The writing lauds Fort Dodge political machines in securing district judge posts and offices, contrasts prosperity since 1896 with Democratic critiques, notes postal service growth under Mad den, and cites Roosevelt and Coxey era tensions, ending with farm price gains and warnings against returning to Democratic rule.
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Madden
Hubbard Lectures on Books and the Roycroft Shop
Elbert Hubbard editor of the Philistine East Aurora N Y spoke in the college chapel on Books and Bookmakers praising medieval manuscript craft and the Roycroft shop. He described East Aurora as a model art community built on joyous labor and mutual aid, with Hubbard blending thought and action as a poet and businessman.
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Elbert Hubbard
The
Philistine
East Aurora
N. Y
College Chapel
Mr. Hubbard
Roycroft
Ile
New York
Leipsig
Jonathan
Dr. Beardshear
Infatuated girls discover miscaptionedHead photo fails
Chariton girls visited a photographer to have their heads photographed through a torn newspaper. They later learned the paper was Chicago press, displaying a clothing firm ad reading Our pants are lined in the seat beneath their faces.
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Joan Thompson
Ogden Messenger
John
Chariton
Chicago
Scenic Line of the World Promotes Colorado Trips
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad markets the Scenic Line of the World to tourists across Colorado Utah and New Mexico with two Rocky Mountain routes and Cripple Creek as a main gold camp. Three daily through trains offer Pullman palace cars between Denver San Francisco and Chicago and between Denver and Portland with dining cars on all through trains. Contact S K Hooper G P T A Denver Colorado for illustrated pamphlets.
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Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Oine
Cripple Creek
Pullman Palace
Denver
San Fransisco
Chicago
Portland
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Ogden Gateway
S. K. Hooper
Real Estate Loans Offer Flexible Payments
Story County Bank advertises real estate loans that can be paid on any interest pay day with adjustable payments and no commission. It promises to reduce current rates and provide a loan with payment flexibility, appealing to borrowers seeking control over payment timing.
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Story County Bank
Free Ames coffee duel sparks local buzz
In Ames a chorus notes many residents have not yet tried the coffee but will soon. The vendor touts the brew as the best value in town for the price, signed Cc. F. Lerrs.
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Ames
Cc. F. Lerrs
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Ames Times
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Grover
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Times
Intelligencer
Hull
MelIntire
Warren Jackson
Bradley & White
the Grocers
Joe Cohn
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