Des Moines and national politics through editorials and crime
A collage of 1890s columns discusses football’s role in education, judiciary views on military necessity, Isle of Pines status, Equitable Life tests and dividends, Des Moines streetcar battles, and corruption cases. It contrasts reform rhetoric with graft, naming senators Pratt Depew and others while praising editorials and Taft party observations.
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Des Moines Capital
Ita
Young
Taft Party
Press Comment on Morals and Politics Across Cities
A collage of editorial takes and political commentary criticizes behavior of sailors and students, calls for honesty in politics, laments corruption in Platt and Depew, and urges reforms in sports safety, licensing, and public virtue across Chicago, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and New York venues.
Miss Alice Iseminger Corn Yield Noted At Nineteen
An eighteen-year-old girl from Manilla Crawford County reported a harvest of 118 bushels of corn by sundown Monday, described as a good day's work. The Hawkeys Incubator factory in Newton was destroyed by fire early Sunday, with losses around 820,000. A suicide by Harry Page, a well-liked conductor on the Gk. & PL line in Estherville, followed a night of heavy whiskey and poison use. Lorenza Schmidt, in Seventh Day Adventist circles, became the focus of a Cleveland mission claim about biblical figures. Fred Morse of Rock Falls, Indiana, is critically ill with a massive carbuncle, described as the worst of its kind by doctors. J. D. Neodeler has patented a cement-steel railroad tie, touted as a wood-tie replacement though rails’ elasticity may be compromised. William S. Wiott near Kokomo, Indiana, refused a government pension of 10,500 despite repeated notice. Miss Mary Scally, the Morristown, New Jersey “19-year-old infant,” emerges from a six-month juvenile state, puzzling physicians. A coll in Los Angeles, containing a dismembered remains from 27 years ago, was found in the cottage attic of Mrs. Livre Thompson after her death, prompting neighbor vigilance.
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Inter-County Journal
Orae, Scales, Publisher
Ackley
Lown
Supreme Court
Sherwin
Isla ‘of Pines
United States
Isle of Pines
Cuba
United States Territory
G. E. Tarball
Equitable Life Insurances Company
Armstrong
Des Moines
Civic League
Firststance
Armatrong Committee
New York
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
Mitchell
Baton
Pratt
Depew
Chicago
Cleveland
Ceer
Chicago Record- Herald
Justice Court
Chicago Law Journal
San Francisco
Minneapolis Journal
Thme
Chicago Tribune
Platt
Evening Post
Senate
Jernys
Latoire
New York Evening Post
John C. Wise
U.S. Navy
Tun Regerer
Yourseer
NuieHoors
the House OF Huppenheimer
General News
Alice Iseminger
Manilla
Crawford Co
Hawkeys
Newton
Marsisy
Joss
Harry Page
Gk. & PL
Estherville
Lorenza Schmidt
Sevanth
Ventist
Adam
Eve
Fred Morse
Rock Walls
Mr. Morse
Rock Malls
J. D. Neodler Thaa
Wade
William S. Wiott
Kokomo
Ind
Mary Scally
Morristown
New Jersey
Scally
Geo
Los Angeles
Cal
Livre 'Thompson
Collin
Amherst
Mass
Bayle Heights
C. KH. Doepke
Pano
Hela
Pog
SK Wool
Melrose
Brandon de Sege
Pubric
Millinery Department
Anna Loosa
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