Renewal of faith sparks Buck Creek church revival
In a rural Iowa note, Rev. Chalice at Buck Creek near Hopkinton grows a restless congregation. From a salary strain to a thriving church, the revival expands to new members and a parsonage, showing the power of committed leadership. It contrasts broader debates on suffrage and prohibition with local religious renewal and political scoops from Des Moines to Cedar Rapids.
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Buck Creek
Hopkinton
Chalice
Castle Grove
Montgomery
California seeks eighteen million from keen travel spenders
California hopes to reap about eighteen million in a year by attracting free money spenders who would normally visit European amusement centers. The European war keeps travel high and Californians aim to capitalize on wealthier travelers on this side of the Atlantic.
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California
United States
Atlantic
Blended Christmas Spirit and Nebraska Legislative Outlook
The piece reflects on giving and receiving in Christmas spirit and the child’s social lessons. It then notes Nebraska will not pass radical legislation this winter that harms business, while Kansas mirrors the stance, with implications for crops and commerce. Legislators feel confident or rue the damage already done.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Multiple Iowa items mix politics crime and charity in 1900s notes
The column surveys diverse Iowa happenings from Detroit remarks about Speaker Champ Clark to a 13 percent divorce rate in Iowa marriages. It notes Rev J F Moore moving from Manchester to Waterloo, Dubuque charity appeals, the death of Rev Anton Niermann, student suspensions for drinking, and county expenses. arrests for hunting, a Tipton electric plant vote, a Storm Lake marriage, a Mason City gym, Marion bond refunds, auto theft near Maquoketa, a Shaver park gift in Cedar Rapids, Davenport politics shifts, a $10,000 pipe organ gift to Iowa Wesleyan, a disorderly policeman, Manchester bank relocation, county agricultural work, Tipton veterinary quip, Cascade rail widening costs, Anamosa corn contest winner L N Ellis, Cedar Rapids soup-house talk, Dubuque vs Iowa Telephone franchise suit, and related court questions.
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J. F. Moore
Manchester
Waterloo
St. Elizabethian Society
Dubuque
Anton Niermann
Davenport
University of Iowa
Delaware County
Ed Holtman
William F. Miller
Frank Munson
Cedar Rapids
London
Tipton
Ross Fife
Anamosa
Marion Smith
Storm Lake
Fife
Metropolitan Supply Co
Mason City Methodists
Marion
Otto Seeberger
Maquoketa
Roy Henrichson
Warren Stanley
Columbus Junction
I. H. Shhaver
Shaver
Stephen Bawden
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
St. James Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago
H.C. Buaman
First National Bank
Clarence House
Clinton County
M. L. Mosher
Clinton Commercial Club
Mechaniceville Pioneer Press
Cascade
Niles & Watters Savings Bank
L. N. Ellis
Ellis
Jones County
R. Hester
Ed Flaherty
Will Folkers
Andrew Watt
A. J. Shanklin
Frank Ward
Sunshine Mission
Regret and sympathy for Champ Clark amid loss and ridicule
Sioux Falls Press argues Champ Clark, after twenty five years in Congress and a narrow presidential loss, is a sympathetic figure rather than a joke. It condemns Detroit’s tragedy framing and calls ridicule of the elderly statesman mean-spirited, urging kindness toward a disappointed veteran.
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Sioux Falls
Champ Clark
Congress
United States
Detroit
Baltimore
Bryan's Prohibition Drive Stirs National Interest
Fremont Tribune weighs Mr Bryan's wither to push national prohibition within the Democratic Party. The piece asserts Bryan's unparalleled political power and questions whether his influence could steer the 1916 convention toward a dry platform and potentially win on the liquor issue. It notes his age and evolving purpose.
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Bryan
Fremont Tribune
America
Mr. Bryan
Teetotaler Ideal for Presidential Aspirations
An opinion asserts that any presidential hopeful must carry a teetotaler’s reputation and record, arguing clean living is essential for national leadership ambitions.
Sibley Tribune Examines Gardner Enlistment Question
Reader questions why Uon geessynan Gardner does not enlist, with local context and potential implications discussed by Tribune writers. The piece weighs personal choice against community expectations and military service norms in Sibley.
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Sibley Tribune
Uon_geessynan Gardner
Tell Her So Love Note From Detroit Free Press
A brief verse urges husbands to praise and cherish their wives amid daily life and toil. It recalls past efforts to win affection and suggests ongoing need to express love, noting a wife’s enduring value and beauty as priceless.
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Detroit Free Press
United States Faces World Aid Challenge With Generous Purpose
The Omaha Bee frames America as a beacon of benevolence amid global need. It asserts U S resources and moral strength, free of entangling alliances, to provide aid in food clothing and medical care. The piece emphasizes a historic moment of national service and peaceable influence.
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Omaha
United States
Monticello Maintains Prohibition Despite Outsider Claims
The Jones County Times rebuts a Chicago based liquor campaign arguing against wet territory. It cites Memphis dry policy as harmful and asserts Monticello has progressed since prohibition and will stay dry despite pressure from breweries and mounted bad press.
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Jones County Times
the Times
Chicago
United States
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Monticello
Tennessee
Fall of Champ Clark at Detroit public meeting
Des Moines Register notes Champ Clark, speaker of the house, appeared intoxicated before Detroit's chamber of commerce. Friends assisted him from the platform after he objected to leaving, sparking a national scandal and calls for his retirement.
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Des Moines Register and Leader
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Clark
Chamber of Commerce of Detroit
So Say They All: Critique of Iowa stock disease control methods
Opinion column criticizes Iowa authorities for tying up counties to fight hoof and mouth disease like measures, arguing hog cholera management last year reduced outbreaks without quarantines and that officials cling to fixed positions despite costs and practical harm. The piece cites Mr. Vernon Hawkeye and broader public response.
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Vernon Hawkeye
Iown
Taft Advocates Conscription To Avert Standing Army
The New York Evening Post reports Taft urged ending military extremism and facing the fact that in peacetime this nation cannot maintain a large standing army without conscription. He warned that any party backing conscription would fade from memory like other vanished movements.
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New York Evening Post
Taft
Brooklyn
Is Christianity a failure asks earnest contemporary
Washington Post notes a provocative question about Christianity’s fate. It contrasts public debate with quiet personal doubts among some Christians, exploring faith, doubt, and identity in modern times.
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Washington Post
Jones County Quarantine Eased for Five-Mile Stock Shipments
Federal rules ease local stock quarantine allowing interstate shipments of fat stock for immediate slaughter from farms at least five miles from known hoof and mouth cases. Two inspectors, Dr. A. S. Brodie and Dr. Paxton, will inspect and issue health certificates with no fee.
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Jones County
Atute
Oxford Township
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
A. S. Brodie
Monticello
Paxton
Ulm
Brodie
Monmouth
Jackson County
Dysart Merchant Sued for 10000 Dollar Damages
A prominent Dysart merchant, A Keidle, faces a $10,000 suit from L E H Daley of Savanna Illinois alleging damages from alienating the plaintiff’s wife.
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A. Keidle
Dysart
L. E H. Daley
Savanna
Illinois
Saloon Privilege Auction Set For Preston
Art Hicks will pay 4000 dollars for the privilege of conducting a saloon at Preston during the coming year, according to the notice in this edition.
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Art Hicks
Preston
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