Cold Blooded Charity and Social Welfare Tactics
A critique of poor relief laws highlights harsh city actions to remove potential public charge mothers. A Dubuque case shows social welfare pressure forcing a mother with seven children from Clayton county, with threats to seize herkids unless she leaves. The piece argues mothers pension laws protect families, while some judges resist humane aims.
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Dubuque
McGregor
Clayton County
Beva
Lyle
Grace
Social Welfare ,League
Social Welfare Society
Alice Mincik
Social Welfare Society of
Old Senate Dilemma Echoes in Treaty Debates
The piece recalls an 1843 Oregon affair clash over presidential secrecy with Britain. Senator Allen urged submitting instructions from 1841 London talks to the Senate, warning that negotiations pending require Senate input. Debate contrasted executive discretion with Senate advisory rights.
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United States
Senate
Wilson
Great Britain
Oregon
Allen
Ohio
London
Archer, Benton
Buchanan
Questioning War Time Supply Waste And Saddles For Europe
The article questions government inefficiency in wartime procurement noting 2,000,000 saddles 4,000,000 halters and other cavalry gear ordered and stored. Chicago manufacturers urge delaying sale to avoid factory closure and mass unemployment, anticipating a future plea for delay two years hence.
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Chicago
Europe
Hitchcock Blasts Post Office Delays in Congress
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska censures the post office and war departments for mail failures to soldiers in France and the delayed letters reaching families at home. He calls the breakdown disgraceful and urges accountability.
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Hitchcock
Nebraska
Post Office Department
Congress
France
War Department
Street Railway Costs Feed Financial Strain Across Cities
The passage describes rising expenses and wage costs forcing street railway firms toward bankruptcy. The Chicago City Railway reports daily losses of twelve thousand dollars after not paying dividends. Des Moines and Ottumwa face receivership and strikes as councils refuse fare increases, leaving workers unpaid. A local man’s pro German sentiments surface as wartime loyalties fade and disloyalty is spotted postwar.
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Chicago City Railway Company
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Senate debates peace leagues and Monroe doctrine
The senate weighs international peace leagues and warns that any proposed treaty must inspire confidence for U S ratification. It cautions against weakening the Monroe doctrine and says isolation must not be undermined by excessive interference in European affairs.
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Senate
United States
Iroquois Chief Urges Cheerful Season
The Iroquois Chief tells readers to adopt a merry mood at Christmas, urging Basile to smile and avoid grumpiness during the season of good cheer.
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Basile
Local Notices and Obituaries From Anamosa and Surrounding Areas
A string of notices records marriages in Ryan and Olin, deaths in Anamosa and Cascade, and soldiers wounded or killed in France. It notes influenza quarantine relaxations in Maquoketa, a moving-picture exhibitor's arrest in Clinton, and public announcements from Cascade mutual insurance, plus a 60th anniversary at Coggan. Also mentions Iowa City S A T C discharge and tight statehouse races.
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G. A. Seery
Cascade
Los Angeles
California
Bob Kegley
Iowa
Ludwig J. Janda
Anamosa
L. Rose
Olin
France
Oxford Mirror
Wyoming Journal
Maquoketa
Edward Rigby
Stanwood
BE. H. Crocker
Cedar Rapids
Cottonwood Falls
Kansas
Mr. Crocker
State University At
Iowa City
Quartermaster’s Department
Chicago
State University
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association of
J. L. Faber
J. N. Kremer
John Maire
John Turnis
F. J. McNally
James Ireland
Coggon
Delhi
Ireland
England
Manchester
Commissioners of Insanity
Independence
Republicans May Not Secure Economic Majority Next Congress
The text argues that a GOP majority in both houses does not guarantee control of economic measures, noting some Republicans may seek opposition applause or owe favors to Democrats, with Iowa showing signs of such legislative instability.
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Iowa
Attorney General challenges tax plan in Waterloo suit
Des Moines dispatch reports Attorney General H. M. Havner argues in a Waterloo lawsuit that the moneys and credits tax statute, taxing these at 6 mills, is unconstitutional and discriminatory. He says it creates a special local law by classifying moneys and credits differently from other property, violating section 20, article 3 of the state constitution.
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Des Moines Dispatch
H. M. Havner
Waterloo
Iowa Manufacturers’ Insurance Company
Black Hawk County
Attorney General
General Assembly
Havner
Subsidies urged to keep American ships competitive
In San Francisco seamen unions oppose alien labor and wages for new American ships. The piece argues American vessels must be subsidized or taxpayer funded to compete with foreign ships, noting lower wages on rival fleets and the need to pay for a national merchant marine.
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Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
Kaiser Man of Lowden promotes Kaiser worship
The Cedar Rapids Republican exhorts Kaiser supporters in Lowden Iowa to renounce German loyalty after wartime propaganda. It condemns the man who fled his wife to mobs and argues the Kaiser brought shame on followers and the fatherland, urging allegiance to the stars and stripes.
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Cedar Rapids
Lowden
Iowa
Kaiser
Lowdon
America
Congress to curb extravagance and higher taxes promises
The following congress elected by a Republican majority vows to trim government waste and curtail Democratic era excesses. It argues that taxes will target northern successful capitalists and that government railroads will employ millions, with rates rising under national ownership to win worker support ahead of the next election.
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Marshalltown Times - Republican
Congress
Mason and Dixon
North Carolina
Democratic Party
United States urged to demand nothing in world talks
The Chicago and Chicago Daily News discuss U S strategy at an upcoming conference. Realists warn against giving up the Panama canal or the Philippines while pursuing isolationist policy. The papers contrast European approach with American restraint and caution.
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Chicago Tribune
United States
Panama Canal
Philippines
Europe
No Visionary Schemes Wanted
Chicago Daily News argues that President Wilson seeks practical, tested ideas, avoiding utopian plans or radical revolutions. He aims to exchange ideas, cooperate on feasible solutions, and resist perverse reaction at the conference while opposing visionary schemes of world reorganization.
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Chicago Daily News
Wilson
Europe
Great Britain
France
Haly
Woodrow Wilson in France Receives Widespread Applause
Des Moines Capital reports Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States, is in France and welcomed by officials and the public. Applause greets him everywhere, and observers say he handles himself with grace and steadiness, inspiring confidence in the American people and allied partners.
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Des Moines
Woodrow Wilson
United States
France
Goose and Cow Trade Barbs In Folk Tale Satire
The Bystander teases a man advancing with an ax toward a goose in Aesop inspired farce. The owner insists on not missing the bird as he boasts of a cow yielding 70 cent butter and 15 cent milk, while a stranger questions the goose's golden ages.
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Pittsburgh
Nationalist call to punish Von Bernstorff for German plots
The editorial urges the United States to seize and punish Wilhelm von Bernstorff as a warning to future diplomats. It contrasts Allied plans to punish German agents and Britain’s expulsions with a firm stance against the German envoy.
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Dubuque
Postmaster Plan Aims Phone Message Charge Reform
Burleson criticized for spotlighting public sore spots while outlining telephone reform ideas. The proposal includes charging for messages to distant towns even when no direct conversation occurs, a move described as revealing.
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Des Moines Register
Postmaster General
Burleson
Unknown Prussian son-in-law at peace talks sparks questions
Commentary questions whether Henry White the American peace commissioner will meet his Prussian son-in-law at the peace table. The piece notes the son-in-law is a relatively obscure figure with substantial influence in Prussian circles, making the selection peculiar.
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Marshalltown
Henry White
Ireland's Peace Menaced Description
A Kansas City Times correspondent reports that the I W W have landed in Ireland and are working to disrupt Irish society. The piece expresses hope that seeds of discord are not sown in the peaceful island.
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Kansas City Times
Ireland
Johnson Returns to Congress with War Experience
Royal C. Johnson resumes his congressional seat after a year in military service. He plans to bring exceptionally authoritative information and experience from the fighting ranks into the house.
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Omaha World-Herald
Royal C. Johnson
Congress
Householders Deal With Fancy Cutout Intruder at Cold Night
In Kansas City the community faces a quirky problem as a sophisticated cut out intruder looms during a cold night. The article notes the ex-kaiser figure being encountered in the scene and details residents attempting to shoo away the unusual visitor.
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Kansas City
Holland
Americans Keep Calm In War Despite German Claims
The Boche reports that American troops behave orderly and gentlemanly, a claim the author concedes may be true though it is hard to accept. The note reflects wartime tension and cautious credibility given by opposing forces.
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Oregon
McDuffy
Washington Post
President's First Venture Sets Sail on George Washington
The Sioux City Journal notes the president’s inaugural voyage into an entangling alliance aboard a ship named George Washington marking a notable diplomatic milestone.
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Sioux City
Freedom of the seas debate over noncombatant warnings
Boston Herald critiques the notion of freedom of the seas arguing it should not permit forcing noncombatants into boats a thousand miles offshore drawing attention to maritime law and wartime conduct.
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Boston Herald
Armenian Crisis Reflected in Sultan Weeping Over Walrus
A public ledger note frames the sultan's sorrow for Armenia as an ironic echo of the walrus pitying the oysters, highlighting political sentiment through a vivid allegory.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Armenia
Poem Fragments Amid War Era Musings and Farewell Lines
A fragmentary passage blends wartime street scene with sentimental verse. It mentions Berlin officers halting sidewalk pushes, Bolshevik laments, and a Valley of memory. The text includes a quoted poem by John Masefield about enduring love and mortal passage.
The Eclipse Corner on Christmas Amid World War I Victory
The piece proclaims a triumphant Christmas as Civilisation’s cause wins in the war. It celebrates the collapse of Prussian autocracy, the defeat of the Hohenzollern menace, and the dawn of freedom and reconstruction, while acknowledging ongoing global problems.
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