Saloons and taxes spark Iowa City controversy in state paper
The article criticizes the News Telegraph stance against state university funding via tax revenue while temperance sentiment grows. It notes local disappearances, reflections on taxation, single tax proposals, and calls for broader national tax laws, concluding with Godfrey Miller’s signature.
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Atlantic News- Telegraph
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Stock Exchange
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Petition from Anita wood road boosters to The Capital
A group of Anita residents and supporters urge publisher Lafayette Young to give equal treatment to their road campaign. The letter notes prior River-to-River road bias and requests fair coverage alongside other state road efforts, with signatures from numerous locals.
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Mike Metz
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T. F. Dement
Flo. Worthing
Jesse Mckilfresh L
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Ex Secretary Hayward backs county automobile tax plan
The Atlantic News Telegraph reports ex Secretary Hayward supports paying the automobile tax to county auditors and spending it in the counties where collected. The piece notes President-elect Wilson and Taft and Roosevelt in a light political aside as part of a broader call for civil liberties and voting rights within lawful bounds.
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Massena Echo
Advertiser as Economic Spark in Small Town Life
A Massena Echo worded piece praises advertisers for driving commerce and notes Anita's progress with electric lights from Adair, urging home merchants to advertise to compete with catalogs and department stores. It highlights Anita's revived Commercial Club and calls for a new schoolhouse bond.
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Home Dollar Circulation Strengthens Local Economy
The article argues that spending at local merchants enlarges the community’s circulating money. When dollars are scarce, keeping money at home loosens financial tightness. Dollars spent in distant firms never return to the original town.
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