Wennerstrum urged for labor commissioner reappointment
Iowa newspapers urge Hon. F. Wennerstrum to be reappointed labor commissioner as Cummins nears inauguration in January. The Gate City, Davenport Republican, Burlington Hawk-Eye and others praise his practicality, honesty, and service. Brigham is mentioned as a possible successor but Wennerstrum is favored for continuity.
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Ott
Des Moines
Cummins
Board of Control
Wapid
Uigbor
F. Wennerstrum
Wh. Ig
BE. D. Brigham
Wennerstrom
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Keokuk Gate City
Iowa
Davenport
Burlington
Hawk-Eye
Labor
Brigham
Gate City
Sugar Import Boom in United States in 1901
The United States consumes sugar as a necessity, not a luxury, with 1901 imports expected to exceed all prior years by about 256 million pounds. Total imports for the year will reach roughly 4.67 billion pounds, costing about $115 million, driven by Hawaii and Porto Rico contributions and a decade rise of nearly 30 percent in importations.
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United States
Puget
United States Bureau of Statistics
Union
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Bureau of Statistics
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Sugar Imports in 1901 Would Load 75000 Cars
The report notes that 60 000 pound average car load would carry sugar imports of 1901 for about 75 000 cars. U S cane sugar from tropics exceeded 4 000 000 000 pounds of 4 600 000 000 pounds imported, with 30 percent from Cuba and 15 percent from the East Indies.
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Louisiana
Texas
Florida
United States
Tropics
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Cuba
East Indies
West Indies
Arbitration plan fails as Pan American congress nears collapse
The Pan American congress in Mexico City risks dissolution over compulsory arbitration. Nations like Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, the United States, and Mexico oppose it, fearing loss of national honor and strategic gains. Mediation is urged as preferable to compulsory arbitration, with focus on indemnity and commercial disputes.
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Pan- American Congress
Mexico
Argentina
Tacca
Arica
Venezuela
Republic of
Colombia
Chile
United States
Convention of Congress
South America
Congress
Soa
Secretary Root declines to delay Cuban elections
Bradstreet's reports Secretary Root wisely refused to postpone Cuba’s elections at the request of a presidential candidate’s supporters. He notes the Central Board of Scrutiny was formed before candidates and with broad approval, and that a later candidate lacking board support does not justify removing the board. Delaying would extend American occupation and delay Cuba’s independence.
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Bradstreet’s
Root
Central Board of
Cuba
Newfoundland Telegraph Firm Fears Wireless Trade Move
The telegraph company shows concern over wireless telegraphy as it confronts attempts to expel Marconi from Newfoundland over monopoly rights for transmitting messages between the island and Europe.
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Marconi
Newfoundland
Europe
Rash views on Marconi wireless dispatches debate
The passage argues it would be rash to judge Marconi's wireless discovery, criticizing the telegraph company for trying to hinder experiments and for restricting methods of electric telegraphy. It contends competition on its own ground would be unfair and emphasizes the global importance of wireless transmission across the ocean.
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Sems
Marconi
Canadians Welcome Shifts in Liquor Use Across Border
Across the border Canadians celebrate a change in drinking habits among the Ganuck population. Recent statistics show beer per capita rising to 4.737 gallons, from 2,290 in 1869, while spirits drop from 1,124 to .765 gallons. Wine use falls only slightly from .115 to .100 gallons per person, suggesting teetotalism is not as dominant as some Canadian papers claim.
Waterbury Tax Reform Aligns With State Law
Waterbury Connecticut ends a long practice of under assessing property at 30 percent of value. The move brings the city into line with state law requiring full market value assessments. The change ends the dual assessment sheets and reduces tax inequity while curbing the “rob Peter to pay Paul” effect.
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Waterbury
Peter
Paul
If all the Armies of Europe Form a 24000 Mile Column
A remark on the vast size of Europe’s armed forces exaggerates that if every army, with guns and baggage wagons, lined up in a single line 24 000 miles long it would take almost a year to pass any fixed point. The question implies a single initiator is needed to start such a vast procession.
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Europe
Peoria Woman Cashier Defaulter In Financial Scandal
The article notes the famous honesty of women in finance and reports a Peoria woman cashier who proved a defaulter by several hundred dollars, drawing heightened scrutiny of women in trusted financial roles.
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Peoria
First Woman Photo Captured Before Death in Hastings
The first photograph of a woman was taken in Hastings New York. The subject, who died aged 95, sat six minutes for a daguerreotype, a moment that sparked awe and fear about the future of the snapshot camera.
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Hastings
N. Y
Jupiter Morgan Buys Iron Mines in Norway
Jupiter Morgan is reported buying iron mines in Norway. The remark suggests a pattern that could extend to acquiring new gold mines in Bulgaria.
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Jupiter” Morgan
Norway
Bulgaria
Editorial Glances on Politics and Hints of Change
The column muses on Senate views toward the Philippines, cabinet rumors around Roosevelt, a Des Moines judgeship vacancy after Judge Conrad’s death, and possible succession talks for Cummins with Senator Healy as a rumored name. It notes a Pekay mining town smallpox outbreak and hints at market shifts in fruit imports from Sicily and California.
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Des Moines
Conrad
Towa
Christmas asks charity as politics meet saloon rows
The piece surveys wartime and local concerns from Davenport to Des Moines with the Clinton Age pressuring raising saloon licenses while city councils reject outside advice. It notes South American unrest and a New York fusion row, then shifts to Christmas charity, urging care for the poor. It ends with Monona county legal action by a woman suing a corpse for breach of promise, and finally Methodist church growth in South Dakota with stats on membership, schools, churches, and finances.
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Monona County
Woodbury
Sioux City
Methodist ‘Church
South Dakota
Keokuk Gates City ad leads to marriage bid
Gottfried Stocker of Ames advertised for a wife and obtained one, illustrating the power of newspaper notices and prompting reflections on how some men and women value themselves in society.
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Keokuk
Gates City
Iowa
Gottfried Stocker
Ames
Des Moines Speaker Notes Per Capita Circulation Change
The Des Moines Register cites current per capita circulation at 28.78, comparing it to 21.10 in 1896 when General Weaver pressed for higher circulation. The Globe reports railroads plan to turn away excess travelers after January 1 and Chili mobilizes 30,000 guards for mountain passes.
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Des Moines Register
Weaver
Boston Globe
Chili
Spectograph Hints at Distant Faces Over the Wire
In the Cleveland Plain Dealer a playful note introduces the spectograph as a means to glimpse far faces across wires. The writer imagines a future where Smith of New York calls Jones of London and remarks on his sharp appearance in breezy, old world style.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Smith
New York
Jones
London
Jove
Uncle Sam Tops Christmas Money Drives for Europe
The New York World notes postal orders last week exceeding one million dollars in Christmas funds from these shares for Europe. It says more dollars are following as Uncle Sam acts as Santa Claus and chief workman of the world.
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New York World
Europe
Uncle Sam
Santa Claus
Pan American congress collapses amid mutual demands
Chicago Record-Herald notes the Pan-American congress failed as each party demanded the other make all concessions. Delegates allegedly argued to discuss first and then enjoy champagne, illustrating stalled talks and unmet expectations.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Pan-American Congress
Wireless telegraphy ushers in a new century for Baltimore
The Baltimore note lauds wireless telegraphy as the century’s great achievement and wonders what progress in natural secrets will yield. It notes that common business life already enjoys wonders once only in fairy tales as progress accelerates.
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Baltimore
Des Moines Capital Echoes Tribune View on Senate Candidacy
The Chicago Tribune asserts that anybody can be a candidate for United States senator. It notes the state's already entered list shows broad inclusivity and expectations of diverse contenders.
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Des Moines
The
Chicago Tribune
United States
Rockefeler Christmas Plans Quiet Pocantico Hills
John D Rockefeller will spend Christmas in the Pocantico hills. He faces an acute indigestion as he chops wood to pass the holiday quietly away from the public eye.
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Sioux City
John D. Rockefeler
Pocantico Hills
Women in town urged to avoid clashes over suffrage
Fairfield Ledger notes that if women continue infighting over suffrage, men in the legislature will not intervene. The paper mocks family row politics, urging women to steer clear and keep the peace.
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Fairfield Ledger
Naval clique blamed in Schley-Sampson row
The Cedar Rapids Republican argues both Schley and Sampson suffered from media bias. It says Schley was victimized by a naval clique and Sampson by a newspaper clique, receiving the worst of every controversy and often he contributed to it.
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Cedar Rapids
Schley
Sampson
Not such a bad fellow after all and wartime tax talk
The text notes a man who advanced a million and a half to aid a friend's firm, contrasting him with others in the vocabulary who would not even loan a drink. It cites Ames and Carroll Herald on war taxes, suggesting cuts and questioning treasury surplus, plus a hotelkeepers’ plea for professionalization to curb quacks and promote morals and health.
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J. Piero
Ames
Congress
Treasury
Carroll
Logans Observer on Tariffs and Trusts and Reciprocity
The Logans Observer argues Democrats and independents assume tariffs create trusts and call for removing tariffs, claiming trusts will die without them. It contends these papers fail to prove benefits to the American public and oppose republican reciprocity and what they term disguised free trade.
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Logan Observer
Blaine
McKinley
Uncle Sam's vast post office network drives building boom
Marshalltown Times Republican notes that Uncle Sam maintains a sprawling postal system with 40,000 towns, customs collectors, federal courts, and numerous agents. It argues that constructing federal buildings in these towns benefits communities and yields lasting value to the government and taxpayer.
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Marshalltown
Sam
Postal Department
Normal school issue needs fair statewide decision
Perry Chief Reporter argues the normal school expansion hinges on choosing locations without riders. He asserts the legislature could have funded more schools if not constrained by local interests, urging an impartial, welfare-driven decision before determining numbers.
Various World Facts and Oddities From, 1900 Era
A collage of notes: a presidential charity check and card sold at a bazar in Washington. whaling catches near 28 vessels. 1846 catch valued at $21 million. Alexander Selkirk linked to Robinson Crusoe on Juan Fernandez. Francis E. Clark to tour Europe expanding the World's Christian Endeavor. Albany’s filter curbs typhoid and diarrheal deaths. Indianapolis schools quote Roosevelt for civics. Funeral costs compared for royalty and Carnot. Clevland sees counterfeit one-dollar bills. Swiss balloon corps planned. Franco tobacco revenue soars with profits from $10.39 million in assets and $60–80 million annual profit.
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Robinson Crusoe
Juan Fernandez
Alexander Selkirk
de Foe
Francis E. Clark
Christian Endeavor Union
Europe
Scandinavia
Spain
Italy
Holland
Bohemia
Bulgaria
Albany
Kendall
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
United States
Queen Victoria
Lord Nelson
Duke of ‘Welington
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Russia
Emperor William’s
Germany
Carnot
Clevland
Terbene
Christmas Party Dilemma Sparks Worldly Gifts
A tale of Josephine and Jack Talbot argues over Christmas customs in their elegant circle. Despite a vow to celebrate differently, Jack receives world gifts for his wife and ends up buying her a sealskin jacket after a string of extravagant presents arrive from abroad. The pair confronts the true meaning of Christmas as a social whirl and marital compromise unfolds.
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Jack
Josephine
Nile
Africa
India
Jack Talbot
Allahabad
Hugh Tracy
Hugh
Oonder
Custom House
Allashabad
New York
Talbot
Christ
Mas
Globe
Vinto de Witt
Persia
Tom Macy
Major Norton Jewels
Hindoo
Fred Bayliss
Gordon Taylor
Uncle Sam
United States
Deafness Cure Claim From Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad
An old advertisement asserts deafness arises from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh. It promises a hundred-dollar reward for any deafness case cured by nothing but Hall's Catarrh Cure, offering circulars and listing Toledo, Ohio as the company base.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
King Edward backs pope against divorce in discreet morality
King Edward reportedly approves Pope Leo's allocution against divorce and opposes courts as a remedy for matrimonial troubles. He favors private settlement and discreet tolerance, advising couples to disagree privately if needed. In London society, many credit his counsel for avoiding divorce at first signs of trouble, evidenced by a Hyde Park church parade where a cavalry colonel was seen in the audience.
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Edward
Leo
London
Church Parade
Hyde Park
Hur
King Edward’s stance on divorce as social evil
The article cites King Edward’s moral view on divorce as a social evil and his personal intervention to curb harsh actions in divorces. It references Samuel Scott’s decision to refrain from exploiting a divorce ruling in the Burnaby case and notes the king’s influence on shifting attitudes toward divorce.
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Ried
South Africa
Bir
Samuel
Scott
Burnaby
King
Edward
Dyspepsia Cure Claims Life Saved By Cure
Hayfield Minn man H C Chrestenson credits Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with saving his life after three years of severe indigestion that left him unable to keep food down and bedridden. He began improving from the first bottle and says he is now cured and recommends the remedy to others.
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H.C. Chrestenson
Hayfield
Minn
F.‘Nadler
B. A. Emeis
Theo
Danquard
Holiday Rates Announced For Short Trips By Rail
The C B Q will offer round trip tickets for December 24 25 31 and January 1 within two hundred miles at one and a third fare with a $1.00 minimum. Tickets available at office 108 West Third Street.
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West Third Street
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Suse
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Temple Court
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the Pan-American Congress
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Scott County
Turkey
California
Sicily
T. D. Healy
Fort Dodge
Pekay
Eddyville
Mull
Military Committee
Clinton Age
Tammany May
Manson
Ji Pisrgy Morgan
Mary Tacs
Clendennins
Molly
Tom Harcourt
West Chester
Josie
Sarah
Harold
Torrington
Leesa
Frances
Jack. Talbot
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