The Des Moines Leader Historic Ledger Notes
The Des Moines Leader lists pricing details for single copies and subscriptions, with New York Chicago and other offices, and notes on postal terms and delivery, followed by a long column of political analysis and canal route debates, including La Follette Cummins and the Nicaragua Panama routes.
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Postoffice
Des Moines
New York
Tribune
W. W. Damon
Chicago
Dearborn Street
H. A. Ford
Whrong
Congress
House
Nicaragua
Senate
Panama
Costa Rica
Panama Canal
A Lone Hand
Sloan Star laments dwindling democratic newspaper peers in Woodbury County. He cites Sioux City Tribune and others turning independent or populist, then vows to persevere and welcome returning allies. He predicts a future revival of democracy and party principles despite current loneliness.
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Des Moines
Marshalltown
Creston
Hepburn
Congress
Cummins
Commonwealth
Melburn
Porter
Appanoose County
Sloan Star
Woodbury County
Sioux City Tribune
Tribune
Sioux City Union Advocate
Danbury Review
Moville Mail
Smithland Sun
Anthon Press
Advocate
Democracy
Review
Mail
Sun
Jefferson
Jackson
More Alleged History Hampton Chronicle
The Des Moines Capital labeled Ketchum a Cummins man and DA Dawson a machine candidate, a claim the author disputes. Dawson was aligned with Harris then Cummins, while Ketchum’s stance shifted through the campaign, leaving his true loyalties unclear. The piece urges keeping history straight amid partisan reporting.
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Hampton Chronicle
Des Moines
Ketchum
A. Dawson
DE. A Dawson Was No More of A ‘Machine’ Man Last Year Than Was Mr. Ketchum
Dawson
Harris Man
Cummins Totchum
False Pretenses and a Married Teacher Policy
In Des Moines four years ago a young marriage sparked a demand for repayment of four years' salary from the school board which bars employing married women teachers. An Iowa man at Peking earns a diplomat’s honor as deputy to the head of the foreign diplomatic corps, with Conger’s promotion tied to retirement.
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Charles Francis Adams
Whi Beta Kappa Society
University of Chicago
Cromwell
Westminster
Washington
Robert E. Lee
Adams
England
College
Lee
National
General Tuee
Lord Cromwell
Tyne
Women's Christian Temperance Union
A. B. Funk
Spirit Lake
State Capitol
The
Manchester Press
Iowa
A. B. Punk
Kemble
J. M. Kemble
Patterson
Congressman Rumple
Capt Rumple
Davenport
Des Moines
Young
Peking
Thia
Conger
Conner
United States
Nevada Supreme Court Judge Eyes Law Partnership Move
Nevada Representative reports Judge Waterman of the supreme court signaled intent to form a law partnership with ex-Congressman Lane of Avennort. Governor Cummins will have an opportunity to appoint.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Nevada
Judge Waterman
The
Supreme Court
Lane
Avennort
Roundless Eternity Whittier Poem Published This Week
The Independent prints a Whit tier poem from seventy one years past not collected with his other writings. It praises eternity, time, and creation, noting vast, unchangeable domes of thought and the sweeping pace of cosmic life beyond human-scale existence.
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Independent
Whittier
America
Modern Fable of Wilbur at College Incubator
A humorous tale by George Ade follows Wilbur, an 18 year old from Pewee Junction, as he leaves home for college. He adopts flashy fashion, mock sophistication, and boasts of future power while the town watches his antics. The piece ends with a moral about culture.
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Wilburn
Wilbur
Pewee Junction
Paw
Whbur
Father
Fitz
Harvard
Popsy
Thornton
Georgie
Hickory Crick
Sand Ridge
Lozzinsville
Robert Howard Russell
Retired judge Waterman faces changed career path in Iowa
From Fort Dodge comes news of a thirteen month imprisonment and a 300 dollar fine for a fort Morgan quartermaster who took a bribe equal to the fine. The piece then notes Judge Waterman’s retirement from the Iowa supreme bench, citing inadequate pay and regret, and recalls an old railroad passes controversy between John Newell and D W Caldwell. A closing verse by Robert Cameron Bogert reflects memories and loss.
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Fort Dodge
Fort Morgan
Keokuk Gate City
Waterman
Supreme
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Strauss & Dawson
New York City
Arestane’s
Union Square
Sixteenth Street
Hotel Empire
Broadway
Sweet
Great Northern Hotel
Brentano's
Wabash Avenue
Mahsapolis
Minu
Century News Co
South Third Street
Kansas City
Midland
Hotel Savoy
St. Joseph
Brandon's News
Edmond Street
Omaha
H. C Shears
North Simteenth Street
J. J. Roach
Parnam Street
Megeath Stationery Commony
Farnam Street
McLaughlin & Co
South Fourteenth Street
F. W
Karley
Douglas Street
Sonth Smal
Max Foote
Denver
Colo
Hamilton & Kendrick
Seventrent
Chapman Streets
la Follette
Wisconsin
Howard ’. Scofield
Scofield
anti-Follette
J. W. Blythe
antiCummins
la Foltette
Cuban
Spain
Oregon
Santiago
Clark
Charles Edgar Clark
Bohemia
Annapolii
Mobile Bay
San Francisco
Key West
Cockran
New York Sun
Tammany
Bourke Cockran
Br. Cochran
Mr. Cockran
Croker
Cochran
John D. Crimmins
Henry D. Purroy
Sioux City
George E. Roberts
Quay
Roosevelt
Judge van Hoesen
Ton
Kelly
Mr. Bryan
War Department
Philippines
Charles M. Rockefeller
Regular Army
Stockley
Civil Ufe
Department
Luzon
Ealinat
Theodore S. Parvin
Johnnie
Cedar Rapids
Charles A. Bishop
Bishop
Storg
Dilatc
Mason City Times-Herald
Adam
Noah
Troy
Bunker Hill
Washington Star
Kemble Va Weaver
Muscatine
H. O. Weaver
John M. Kemble
John G Whittler
Waverly
W. King
Iowa National
George Ade
Philadelpha
Lake Shore Railroad
D. W. Caldwell
Nickel Plate Road
Newell
Caldwell
Dearert
Robert Cameron Bogert
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