Book reviewer praises Clifton Johnson Mississippi Valley study
The review highlights Clifton Johnson's Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley, noting his first hand travels among farmers and towns, including scenes from Iowa Illinois Wisconsin and the South tributary to the Mississippi. It praises Johnson's vivid portraits and photographs while contrasting the Iowa chapters with the broader river region.
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Arkansas
Shellsburg
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Prairie
Democratic Officials Set for Jones County Offices
The Jones County paper endorses C. J. Cash and Miss Kate Maurice as Democratic winners in county offices with faith in their abilities. It praises Cash as a capable lawyer and Maurice for teachers’ sympathy added to her resolve and self possession. It urges support for all new supervisors Noyce Byerley Finn Hale and Thomson and argues a public servant should be free of partisan aims once in office. It also discusses public confidence and cautions about capital punishment.
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Louis Busse
Butler County
Cummins
Busse
Iowa
Supreme Court
C. J. Cash
Kate Maurice
Jones County
Cash
A. G. Bauder
Miss Maurice
Paul
Maurice
Messrs
Noyce
Byerley
Finn
Hale
Thomson
Scroggie
Clay
Matthiessen
Peet
McDonald
Bomb thrower Steel linked to bank wreck and self murder
In Garner a northern region town, Steel, the bomb thrower who wrecked part of the Fourth National Bank of Philadelphia, killed himself and the bank cashier. His father, a wild socialist, trained him in desperate schooling that led to this terrible retribution.
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Fourth National Bank of
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Rolla Steele
Fourth Street National Bank
Vinton
A. EK. Sherman
Cedar Rapids
State Superintendent Urges Rural School Consolidation
Riggs calls for merging rural districts with pupil transport teams and notes thirty such schools in fourteen counties. He identifies thirty eight cities with manual training departments and cites Davenport as the pioneer school amid weather concerns and anxious iceman optics.
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Riggs
General Assembly
Davenport
Dart of Dubuque Man Killed in Stairway Fall
James Martin of Dubuque died after shouting a Happy New Year to his family and then fell down a stairway. The article also notes Oelwein building boom with 1906 spending of 100000 dollars in new buildings.
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James Martin
Dubuque
Oelwein
Shaw's Tough School Start Shapes Treasury Secretary View
Leslie M. Shaw recalls early teaching days when a tough class tested him. He describes a pupil who resisted spellings, the eye contact contest, and a three quarter inch hickory stick used to guide attention. The anecdote ends with a lesson on using one's eyes to win over any audience.
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Shaw
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
I. G. Moorehead
Bucket
Capt Rathbun Bumps the Primary in Iowa
A Marion Register opinion condemns the state primary process as a fraud backed by wealthy interests. It laments lack of discussion on merits and accuses rivals of inflaming caucus and town meetings to push expensive, inaccessible elections.
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Capt. Rathbun
The
Marion Register
Delaware
Waterloo
Dickinson
Des Moines
Shorter Hours in All Business
Dysart merchants begin closing at 8 p m as they recognize long hours do not pay. Storekeepers will seek reasonable hours, hire help, and expect to earn more, live longer, and be happier with balanced lives.
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United States
Burlington
Atore
Opinions of a Sinner from Cedar Rapids Republican
The piece notes a Des Moines revival cost about 4500 dollars to convert around a thousand men and questions the value of converted individuals. It mocks a woman of high social standing who has given up cards and games, criticizing her self publication and the era’s judgments.
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Des Moines
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