Taft vetoes wool tariff as reformers press free trade
The piece argues Taft will stand by protection, condemns Democratic and Roosevelt bull moose aims, and predicts a party split impact on tariffs and parcels post. It notes Perkins funding for Roosevelt, Roosevelt's silence on campaign finances, and the likely GOP edge if Democrats win. It closes predicting passage of the wool bill despite Taft's veto as a sign of Democratic policy.
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Taft
Congress
United States
Wiss
George W. Perkins
Cal. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Gol. Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Perkins
Col. Roosevelt
Senator la Follette
Senate
House
Theodore Roosevelt
Bull Moose
Democracy
F. Q. Stuart
Bryan League
Iowa
Jefferson Club
Stuart
Des Moines
Jackson
House of Representatives
Democratic Party
Freeman Conaway Sells Ames Intelligencer Newsroom Change
Freeman Conaway will exit the Ames Intelligencer after buying the Mason City Daily Times. He plans to stay home longer, give up choir singing, and adjust to daily paper discipline, with hints he might run for Congress. Bull Moose women’s committee members join the national party leadership as Mary Ellen Lease and Carrie Nation are referenced.
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Freeman Conaway
Ames Intelligencer
Mason City Daily Times
Des Moines
Savery House
Conaway
Congress
National Committee of
Bull Moosers
Mary Ellen Lease
Carrie Nation
Iowa Congressmen Avoid Harvest Home Picnics
Iowa lawmakers seem to dodge harvest home picnics amid seasonal events. Community notices show few appearances by lawmakers at local gatherings, reflecting tighter schedules and political caution during campaign seasons.
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Iowa
Iowa Congressmen Fret Over Homeward Run Amid Political Storm
The text notes Iowa congressmen prefer staying put over leaving for home as political winds shift. It contrasts Kansas and Bull Moose Stubbs losing majority support with no Wise figure in Roosevelt’s rising momentum. Woodrow Wilson’s acceptance letter lacks firm statements yet shows schoolmasterly diction.
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Kansas
Bull Moose Stubbs
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson's Campaign Adopts Jim Crow Car Tactic?
Voters question whether Wilson will mimic Roosevelt by linking his campaign to a segregated car policy. The move would echo past racial intimidation in a modern electoral context, raising civil rights concerns as campaigns intensify.
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Wilson
Roosevelt
Reunion for 21st Iowa Regiment Planned in Dubuque
The 21st Iowa regiment schedules a reunion in Dubuque on September 9 and 10. Francis Jaeger, a longtime county resident who died there last week, had lived in the area for 70 years. The Manchester Press reports on local contracts, a long-ago wage dispute, and several notable deaths and crimes including attacks in Reinbeck and Manchester.
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21St
Iowa
Dubuque
Francis Jaeger
Manchester Press
Fred Klaus
Colesburg
Ben Julis
W. J. Helmrich
Ryan
Wayne Township
This
Mary Bucker
Ben Julfs
University Hospital
Iowa City
Wisconsin
Helen Hunt
Tama
Seattle
Mt. Ranier
Meissner
Emily Beuck
Reinbeck
John Mertz
Manchester
Hennessey
Delaware County
Mertz
Lincoln’s Successor Reads Negroes Out Of The Party
A Pittsburgh Sun item notes how Lincoln freed southern enslaved people and his successor now expels them from the party, highlighting party realignment and racial policy shifts in the era.
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Pittsburgh
Lincoln
South
The Many Beauties of Switzerland Reflections
Mary I Doxsee recalls an 1912 Swiss tour from Geneva to Lugano. She contrasts American speed with European leisure, notes alpine guides and grave dangers, describes Grindelwald passes and the St Gotthard tunnel, and praises Lugano’s lake settings and Italian feel under Swiss flag. She closes with longing for Switzerland as a place of harmony.
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Schiller
Pluelen
Lugano
Italy
Mgr
Foster
Parnadiso
Ardal
Andrew
Switzerland
Lastic
Grand Swiss Alps Journey and Alpine Climb Tales
The writer recounts entering Switzerland from Germany via the Black Forest during harvest time. They travel to Interlaken and Grindelwald, describing glacier views, mountain climbs, and dangers with guides. The piece blends travel impressions with historical notes on the Wetterhorn and Jungfrau and a brief Lucerne stop with Tell’s monument.
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Eiger
Mettenburg
Wetterhorn
Alps
Grindelwald
Singland
Germany
Kauffmann
Boss
Bohren
Brawand
Jones County
Prachtvoll
Herlich
Wunderschon
Switzerland
Black Forest
Interlaken
Laka Thun
Dante
Messrs. Fearon
Hingland
Samuel Braward
Fritz Bohren
Braward
Oberland
Rosenlain
Jungfrau
Aarau
Brunig Pass
Lucerne
Thorvaldsen
Lake Lucerne
Bay of Uri
Fluelen
William ‘Tell
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M. Andre Massina
Baron de Camin
Sam Campbell
Elena Chamberlain
H. A. Kerr
Christian Church
Eva G. McArthur
M. R. Harding
Clark’s Grove
W. W. Calkins
Dautremont
S. Houser
Monticello
Teachers’ Institute
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M. H. Calkins
Wyoming
M. Yoran
T. #. Patterson
Robert Datt
O. EE. Aldrich
P. O. Babcock
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