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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
3
Iowa Presss Asssociaria notes Hughes and Fairbanks as a strong duo likely to work well together. The piece mentions a visiting ball team and a public spectacle on main street, and discusses Equal Suffrage, noting the amendment failed by a slim margin, with wets largely aligning against suffrage. It suggests the primary vote was light and rural districts favored suffrage.
The Republican National Convention nominated Associate Justice Charles I Hughes for president. The editorial lauds his intellect, character, and support, and urges legislative reforms to fix the primary law. It critiques June primaries, suggests moving the primary to late summer to fit farmers’ schedules and allow a full campaign.
A jumble of humorous observations and editorial asides on politics, war, economy, manners, and everyday life. It notes gas prices, Angora goats, gender social norms, parades, and calls for good roads while urging a brighter local outlook and neighborly virtue.
The piece laments gaps between ideals and reality in business, church, and youth life. It urges a broader Sabbath observance, street improvements, better roads, and active youth thrift. It notes town plans for street upgrades in Malvern Iowa and the June 6 1916 council action with a July 3 1916 hearing.
Malvern town council proposes a resolution of necessity to finance street paving projects. Options include six inch Portland cement or vertical fiber brick with asphalt filler on four inch concrete, or two inch wearing surfaces on four inch foundations, plus brick monolithic and asphaltic variants. Foundation and paving to follow civil engineer specs and council approval. The plan covers 1st Avenue from Douglas to Center, width 21 feet each side, with guiter lune in place.
The Malvern Iowa town council on its own motion declares curb and gutter work advisable on multiple streets including First Avenue Marion Avenue Douglas Street Center Street Chase Street North Street Strahan Street Boundary Street and Fourth Street. The plan covers sand and cement curbs and 2 foot wide gutters with intersections, cost estimates and assessments against abutting properties and railroad companies, with a one year durability guarantee. A public hearing on the proposed resolution of necessity is set for July 1 1916 at the Commercial Club rooms in Malvern Iowa.
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