Leviathan ship trial trip highlights wartime fleet story
A historical, opinionated piece recalls the 1878 Cass County People’s Movement and grafted bridge work, contrasting it with later publicity around the Leviathan ship. It covers advertising reach, political clashes, and details of the Leviathan’s trials, costs, routes, and onboard provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside
Cass County Farm Bureau
People’s Movement
Boards of Supervisors
People's Movement
Grand Army
Upper
Chestnut Street
Tommy
Meredith
J. Meredith
Gates
John
Oren Gates
Anita
R. G. Phelps
Ve O'Bryan
Cass County Bank
Martin ‘Bach
Franklin H. Whitney
Jimmy
Tom
Tom Says 398 Decks 12 Life Boat and Power Details
A jumble of figures and notes about a vessel named Tom Says including capacity, turbines, boilers, crew, speed, fuel, pumps, telephones, lamps, and mileage. Mentions United States Shipping Board, Captain Herbert Hartley, and a visit by three congressmen to Russia. Also includes assorted quips about weddings, crops, weather, and current events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
United States Shipping Board
Shipping Board
Lasker
United States
Ding
Wilson
Leviathan
Atlantic
Cherbourg
Southampton
France
Yvaterland
Hamburg
U.S. N
Newport News
Barney
Tildy
Yost
United States ‘Shipping Board
Herbert ‘Hartley
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason in Monticello notices
A collage of verse and local notices includes Walt Mason's poem urging Jess Willard to beware Fi rpo before a planned fight, alongside Monticello condemnations of multiple residences for a school and church projects, and Iowa City summer school legal education uptake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lochiel
Jess Willard
Firpo
Pampas
George Matthew Adams
Monticello
Board of Supervisors
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Poplar
College of Law
Martin J. Wade
United States Court
Gibson
Supreme Court
Faville
Whale Meat Debated as Japanese Delicacy
A report notes that salted whale meat is regarded as a delicacy in Japan. It mentions catching whales off Korea and sending flesh and blubber to Japan for consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Jedthez
Jewett J Motor
Electric Home Appliances Reshape Labor and Wealth
A Chicago Tribune sourced item surveys the rising stock of electrical household devices in American homes, tallying millions of washers, sewing machines, and other appliances. It notes leisure gains, changing domestic labor, and the broader implications for industry, wages, and the decline of domestic servants across decades. It also mentions Des Moines banking figures, with Town Bankers Association reaching full membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Egents
Roducers
Anti-Saloon League
América
United States
England
Establishien
Pirmie
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DS Aero Peerett
Bustfteid
Arrier
Ganads
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Miamber United Press
Knill-Burke, Inc
Chicago
South Michigan Blvd
New York City
Brokaw
News“Telégraph
News‘Telegraph
Russia
Aeelond
New York
Oregon
Warka
Peoria
Madrid
Spain
London
Des Moines
Exraer
Quail
Rhymes
Walt ‘Mason
AL AA Tn
Bankera’ Association
Warner
Iowa Association
Butler
Optometrist
Vonest
Iowa
Jewett
PAIGE
Detroit
Haina
Simooth
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Het Jewett
Jeivent
Iesipoter
Fae Geata
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