Helen Keller essay celebrated in Century magazine
A long tribute praises Helen Keller born June 27 1880 in Alabama as a remarkable woman who overcomes blindness and deafness through touch. It notes her education at Radcliffe College and Perkins Institute, her teacher Miss Sullivan, and her influence as an inspiration for the capable and the challenged alike.
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Perkin’s Institue
Boston
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Being a Good Fellow Bank Failure and Its Price
A friend of E E Snyder proprietor of the Bank of Olin describes him as a mighty good fellow and accommodating to borrowers. The piece argues such reputation leads to ruin as depositors recover only a fraction, and warns that generosity to debtors without security exacts a heavy toll later.
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E. E. Snyder
Bank of Olin
Joans
Iowa Delegation Supports ICC Powers To Regulate Rail Rates
The Iowa delegation to congress endorses legislation strengthening the Interstate Commerce Commission to supervise railroad freight rates. The people of Iowa, aside from railway interests, affirm the President's recommendations.
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Iowa
Congress
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Dennison Slanders Civic Federation in Omaha Suit
Tom Dennison files a libel suit against Civic Federation members in Omaha alleging defamation. He contends he was called a gambler and a thief though he admits gambling and seeks to avoid extradition to Iowa where an indictment alleges theft.
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Tom Dennison
Civic Federation
Omaha
Dennison
Heaven and Earth
Iowa
Assessors to Take Census Duties in Addition to Usual Work
Township and town assessors will include census taking in their duties increasing workload. County auditors may hire additional enumerators if any assessor proves incompetent at census tasks.
Sermon Parallels Liberal Thought At Harvard
The New York Sun prints part of Rev. Lyman Abbott sermon to Harvard College students. He presents liberal ideas in parallel with Tom Paine sentiments, showing strong theological similarity between the two positions.
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The
New York Sun
Lyman Abbott
Harvard College
Tom Paine
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald Backs Healy for Governor
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald boosts Healy as a Republican candidate for governor. It hints the paper could gain influence by choosing all Republican nominees. The piece notes a New York publication idea by a man and compares demand to a past suffragist venture.
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Dubuque
Mississippi Responds to Vardaman on Ridding the South of Negro
Southern plantation owners criticize Governor Vardaman for claiming the South should rid itself of the Negro. Mississippians insist they will not do an unwise thing and will rid themselves of Vardaman instead.
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Vardaman
South
Mississippi
Governor Cummins Heads Delegation to Inauguration Day
Governor Cummins travels with his staff of hot house colonels to Washington for the presidential inauguration. They will mingle with militiamen and old time Rough Riders during the event.
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Cummins
Hot House
Washington
Rough
Senator Depew Faces Odell Battle for Senate Seat
Senator Depew vows to counter Governor Odell as Odell schemes to win the national senate seat. The clash centers on party control and political influence in the state.
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Depew
Odell
National Senate
Sioux City Promises Renewal After Two Million Fire
Statement pledges Sioux City will rise from the two million dollar blaze stronger and more prosperous, turning tragedy into a finer city than before the destructive fire.
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Sioux City
Can Marshalltown Afford an $800000 Drink Bill
A Manning Iowa perspective notes 14 saloons in a 1500 population and argues business men advocate limiting saloons to protect other trades. In Marshalltown the union meeting claims 22 open saloons bring in about 350000 a year, raising questions about the true cost to residents and merchants.
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Marshalltown Times Republican
Manning
Iowa
Carroll County
Union
Marshalltown
Methodist
Rules for Banking Out West
A satirical notice on Wyoming bank signs after a Cody robbery mocks security demands. It jokes that patrons should not shoot the cashier, that deposits of the killed remain the bank's property, and that staff may fire on armed intruders. It quips about pens, funerals, and delaying staff by shooting lights.
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Portland
Cody
Wyoming
American Sharpshooters Association
Waverly Taps Public Control of Utilities in City Purchase
The city of Waverly has taken possession of its electric light and water works, buying them from the former owner. The piece argues municipal ownership can seem attractive yet warns of common miscalculations. It asserts city managers may lack private sector insight and cites bureaucratic slowness as a risk.
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Waverly
Buylington
Morals and manners tumble in quirky quotes
A collection of witty aphorisms on gender roles and society. It jokes about men building houses, women's fashion, Christmas expectations, and colleges teaching for life. The tone is observational and satirical about truth, vanity, and earning a living.
Advice to a Young Man from the Sedgwick Paragraph
The piece urges caution in rising fast and praises steady progress. It counsels young men to avoid charging ahead and to hold onto a secure position, arguing success comes to those who hang on and build on steadiness rather than bold, front‑line moves.
Golden weddings noted across Clinton region
Mr and Mrs William Phillips celebrate their golden wedding near Clinton on the sixth. Mr and Mrs D A Fletcher of Manchester mark a golden anniversary on the twenty seventh. Anamosa widow J C Griffith dies leaving eight children. Eastern Iowa Buttermakers meeting set for Dyersville in January.
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Clinton
D. A. Fletcher
Manchester
J. C. Griffith
Anamosa
Iowa
Cascade
Farmers’ State Bank of
Dyersville
Davenport
Ward
Preston
Harris
Daniel Shippy
Armour & Co
Shippy
Coe College
William Wiberforce Smith
Berkley School For Boys
New York City
Smith
James F. Carroll
Recorder
J. E. Webb
IL. B. Blanchard
L. Fisher
Elkader
Webb
Fisher
Beatrice Barquin
Dubuque
C. S. Barclay
West Liberty
Barclay
Iowa College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
American Poland Record Association
Boulder Township
Prairieburg
Joseph Whitney
Carroll
Chicago, Anamosa & Northern
Main Street
Inside the U S Consular Service The Watkins Study
An illustrated article by John Elfreth Watkins in the January Cosmopolitan surveys the men of the consular service. It notes seven hundred thirteen foreign posts where these guardians of U S interests operate and that consular officers may be arrested though ambassadors and ministers are protected. Pay ranges from one thousand to twenty thousand dollars annually.
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John Elfreth Watkins
Oosmopolitan
Pojnta
Florinda’s Dinners Series Continues in Twentieth Century Home
The January issue of Twentieth Century Home carries Florinda’s Dinners as a continued feature. The magazine nears its first anniversary and has proved wildly successful by filling a genuine need for a women’s publication with real purposes.
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Serris
Florinda
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