Public Address Discusses Debt Wages and Politics
Dr. Thomas E. Green argues public debt burdens families and Japan trade links in a speech at Anamosa chautauqua. He cites farm wages, farm values, high income taxes, and wages versus prices, praising farm intelligence and noting Chicago school leadership.
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Vedor Rapids
Anamosa Chautanqua l
Eureka
Hobson
Green
Japan
United States
America
Carnival protests spark city street debate in Marshalltown
Marshalltown residents urge officials to bar a carnival company from occupying the streets, arguing the fair should be confined to a circus lot to limit public inconvenience. The item contrasts local sentiment with broader commentary on carnival locations and urban disruption.
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Marshalltown
The
Dubuque
Coatless diners spark Chicago restaurant trend in dining room sales
A Chicago restaurant created a special dining room where patrons could remove coats, boosting business compared with the room for women. Other notes joke about egg farmers using lighting to fool hens and tripling egg output. Congress and Taft discussed tariff amendments as part of ongoing lawmaking.
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Chicago
Tariff talk and political news from Des Moines to Washington
The piece surveys political chatter from Ollie James and Haskell at the Denver convention and in Congress, notes Roosevelt writings in Scribner’s, cites a Maryland court on Senator Stone’s conduct, and mocks Georgia tax debates. It also references Des Moines sentiment, tariff reformers, and Governor Johnson’s push to settle the tariff issue.
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Ollie James
Denver
Ollie
Congress
Haskell
What the country may have lost by the special session
An analysis notes potential costs of a special congressional session, while the accompanying report highlights gains for attendees and cultural programs like the chautauqua. The piece weighs policy moves against community benefits observed during the time.
Councilmen Attend Okoboji Cottage Gathering
Des Moines Register report notes Councilman Schramm spending Sunday at an Okoboji cottage with city fathers. Hamery recalls liking fish as Schramm hints, and the gathering turns into a lighthearted meal as councilmen and their wives fry the fish.
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Des Moines Register
Schramm
Okoboji
Hamery
Monticello Shy on Debt Amid Big Assessed Valuation
A Good Old Standpat Town Monticello is described as thrifty with total indebtedness under $7,000, contrasted with an assessed valuation of $1,700,000. The piece calls Monticello a standpat town yet notes progressive ideas on indebtedness despite its frugal stance.
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Manchester
Monticello
Taft and the Tariff BULL
Taft's tariff legislation is praised for tact and compromise while keeping cordial ties with Congress leaders. The Payna bill emerges as a party measure with concessions on both sides, insurgents may be smaller in number, and Taft gains esteem among thoughtful men as he advances his legislative program.
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South City Journal
Congress
Taft
What will the Insurgents Say
The piece notes party lines remain intact with Republicans defending the tariff and Democrats denouncing it as a long standing division between the parties. It argues the tariff is a enduring issue that will outlive this generation.
Des Moines slate shapes up for spring primary
From the lopkinton Leader the Des Moines state-makers work on a ticket for the upcoming primary next spring. The slate covers candidates for the state ticket and for the congressional districts as well as county tickets where possible.
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Des Moines
Lopkinton
The Wrights and Others. Wrights Still Lead In Heavier-Than-Air Flight
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes Orville Wright doubled the English channel distance with a passenger and flew an hour twelve minutes making 47 circles at Fort Myer. It compares his feat with Blériot’s coast-to-coast flight and prize money, praising American aviation pioneers as foremost.
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Bleriot
Orville Wright
English Channel
Paasenger
Army
Fort Myer
Wright Brothers
What Ten Years Will Do
Editorial urges Iowans to expect strong growth over the coming decade. It predicts rising land values from 100 to 200 dollars an acre, a boom in interurban lines, better country roads, enhanced rural life, and widespread wealth, with faithful investors proudly prospering.
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Des Moines Tribune
Iowa
Towa
Farmers and Autos in Monticello Agreement
The Cedar Rapids Gazette and Monticello Express report Monticello auto owners agree not to operate on Saturdays from 9 a m to p m to aid farmers trading in town. Citizens and business leaders hope autos become common in rural travel and note farmers may soon own cars without mortgaging homes.
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Tom
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
They Lost Every Chance
The Des Moines Capital argues insurgents failed to achieve aims. It cites Towa’s duty on hides as the key issue sacrificed. It notes Senator Dolliver silent on hides while Senator Cummins supported free hides. It claims Iowa’s two senators could have prevailed by opposing the duty change.
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Towa
Dolliver
Cummins
Iowa
Prayerful pledges tempt mortgage mercy in crooked tale
The Chicago Record-Herald quotes a satirical line from Q Lord reflecting on moral vows. The speaker refuses to cancel a Widow Birney mortgage, fearing his wife would think him driven by vanity and beauty rather than charity.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Birney
How it Looks to Uncle George
An editorial from the Sioux City Journal notes Chairman Payne has achieved more for downward revision than all insurgents in the senate and house combined, at this distance.
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Seth
Hans
Uncle George
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