Roosevelt's Message Emphasizes Reform Earlier Tariff Talk Dims
The president's early week congress message centers on national reforms not tariff cuts. It urges criminal case speed, eight hour railroad workday, employer liability, dispute machinery, child and women labor limits, and broad social programs. It notes education, land withdrawal, corporate regulation, taxes, and navy growth, with foreign naturalization shifts and currency reform highlighted.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Ship subsidy bill gains support as unions push for aid
The article notes growing momentum for a ship subsidy to boost the American merchant marine. It cites foreign subsidies as a price disadvantage to U.S. ships and mentions Congressman Robert G. Cousins becoming chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee. It also covers voting disenfranchisement in Des Moines county and a critique from the Manchester Democrat, plus a state education report showing high failure rates for teacher certification and the impact on teacher shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Cousins
Committee On Foreign Affairs
House
Congress
Manchester Democrat
Miller
State Committee
Cato Sells
Celebrations and trials mark Anamosa region notices
A long list of local events includes the sixtieth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Henry Box of Greeley and serious illness of Dr C C Bradley of Manchester. Reports cover elections petitions hearings and guardianship estates, with court actions in Anamosa and surrounding counties, including district court term notes, indictments, and probate matters.
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Henry Box
Greeley
C. C. Bradley
Manchester
John G. Bull
Tama County
Toledo
Scott County
Herman Koelker
Dyersville
Jacob Hlandenschield
Dubuque County
Theodore Scharle
Andrew Carnegie
Upper Town University
Fayette
O’brien
Rock Island Road
Lowa City
John D. Rockfeller
Iowa College
Grinnell
Aaron Palmer
Maquoketa
FE. L. Coffeen
Marshalltown
Palmer
Anamosa
Oxford Junction
James Solts
Jones County
Solts
Olin
Solta
State loosens teaching rules to ease shortages
The state superintendent eases licensing for teachers with experience from other states and allows provisional certificates when positions are vacant or when new teachers must be appointed before examinations. Counties may grant extra exams to ensure teacher supply as wages and rewards in other fields affect the profession. Also noted are changes in township clerk compensation and 1907 district court term schedules with Judge Ellison handling equity work in Linn county.
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Anamosa
Zala H
Church of Jefferson
Miller
Judge Church
State Penitentiary
FE 1
Snyder
Olin Banker
Whittaker
Monticello
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Messrs
Milo P. Smith
F. O. Ellison
W. N. Treichler
Ellison
Equity
Linn County
Oh Those Boy Struck Girls Editorial on Street Youth
A Columbia Mr Herald column laments a 15 year old girl on Eighth Street chasing boys. The writer condemns permissive parenting and public looseness and suggests a city spanking machine as a cure, arguing parental discipline would curb the girl and warn others.
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Columbia
Mr. Herald
Eighth Street
Morret’s
Birth of the Moon and Early Space Theories
The Strand Magazine outlines lunar origins with the earth as a sea of liquid mass and a moon formed by centrifugal ejection. It surveys the moon’s rotation, size, distance, and mass, describes crater structure, possible lunar water as ice, and notes harsh daylight, lack of atmosphere, and peculiar sky. It also mentions possible vegetation on the moon and references St Jerome’s 4th century contributions to Christian worship terms.
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Strand Magazine
Pacific Ocean
Mars
Earth
Asia
Africa
Pickering
Harvard University
The Century 1907 Preview Promises Rich Fiction Palette
The Century unveils plans for 1907 featuring Mason’s Running Water continuing for months, new serial Come and Find Me by Elizabeth Robina, Burnett’s The Shuttle beginning in November, and seventy five short stories. Roosevelt writes a color illustrated study, Taft discusses the Panama Canal, and a volume of art and science features, with heavy color work and portraits planned.
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A. EB. W. Mason
Elizabeth Robina
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Jay Cooke
O. O. Howard
Lincoln
War Department
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Leyendecker
Panama Canal
Taft
EK. W
William
Whistler
Cyrus Cuneo
Otto Bacher
Elizabeth Robina Pennell
Joseph Pennell
Anna Whelan Betts
J. C. Leyendecker
Sigismond Ivanowski
Cartoonist Ding Darling Joins Des Moines Register and Leader
The Des Moines Register and Leader announces the exclusive services of J N Darling known as Ding, famed for cartoons at Sioux City Journal. His daily sketches on state and national affairs will delight readers as the legislature session provides material. His addition strengthens the paper’s position as the state’s best newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register and Leader
J. N. Darling
Ding
Sioux City Journal
Register and Leader
Darling
The
Caterpillar Fever Warns Against Hairy Caterpillars
London Mail reports caterpillar fever or caterpillar rash caused by contact with hairy caterpillars such as the palmer worm. Symptoms include intense palm irritation and facial blistering. eye involvement can blur vision. Prevention is to avoid handling hairy caterpillars.
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London Mail
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Iowa
Allison
Vicksburg
Mississippi
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Iowa Monument
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United States
Lewis
Massachusetts
New York
Des Moines
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Educational Examiners
Neighborhood News
Probate Matters
Maggie Cashen
Margaret Weismeier
William Caldwell
John C. O’brien
Helen A. Booth
Gretje Siemers
Chauncey Rogers
Howard Rogers
Ethel Smith
Guardian
Hannah Grover
Abigail Magee
Nellie Bucklin
Robert Carson
Fred Hasler
John Hasler
Frances J. Pepin
Connor
A. P. Jennings
Platt Jennings
B. EK
Rhinehart
John McDonald
John Robertson
Lucinda Klinefelter
Fredb. Hakes
Well, Gaspard & Co
C. Graft & Co
Winifred H. Carroll
Erwin B. Carroll
John Delay
George W. Bacon
E. E. Reed
Emma L. Kendall
Jacob Miller
Birth OF the Moon
Luna
Jerome
Royal
Acval Baking Powder CO
Monticello State Bank
Sarrry
Promirnrss
Savings Department
Home Banks
Lowell State Bank
Geo. L. Lovell
J. W. Doxne Nich
Sard
Directoi
R. ©. Bsurton
Cashier
HH. Sandhouse
W Las Holst
A. L. Fairbe
W. A. Mirick
J. 8. Hall
M. Schodde
Inka
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Illinois
Majestic
Wilford
Ohio
J. A. Voorhees
Maple City Soap Works
Teesee Or
Monmouth, Illinois
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