Express Paper’s 49 Years of Steady Service Highlighted
An aging Express article recalls 49 years since its founding by O D Crane on July 10 1865 and details ownership, noting the present proprietor Voxsee connected longest and several past owners including Herrick Doxsee Blanchard. It reflects on dedication, modest success, and hopes for another decade of fair work. Also discusses President Wilson pressuring for confirmation of Jones amid Senate party divisions and the fate of independent senators.
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O. D. Crane
Voxsee
Herrick &. Doxsee
Herrick
Doxsee
Crane
Scott & Howard
James Davidson
G. W. Hunt
John Blanchard
Blanchard
du Maurier
Why Do Not More Young People Attend Church Services
An anxious inquirer asks about declining youth church attendance. The observer cites youth seeking constant recreation, lack of reverence, and excessive auxiliary services such as Sunday schools and youth leagues as factors. He argues attendance would rise only if junior services were reduced.
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Church of the
Christian Endeavor Societies
Haworth
Saloons Out of County Boosts Towns and Democrats
The absence of saloons reduces complaints as saloon organizers fail to secure signatures and leave towns better off. Democratic papers pushed the issue as a political fight, but the predicted ruin did not occur. Candidate P Meyers, running for lieutenant governor, is openly anti saloon and unashamed of it.
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Democratic Party
P. Meyers
Deadliest year for ocean vessels since Titanic era
The report notes a decade of severe ship accidents with a Danish coal boat tragedy blamed on a third officer who altered course without orders and failed to notify a superior during fog. Since then ships have run aground or narrowly avoided disaster weekly, aided by nearby vessels transferring passengers.
Jealous wife hid dictagraph in doctor’s office to hear patients
The wife of a Freeport New York doctor accused of murdering a patient installed a dictagraph to eavesdrop on conversations with women patients. The piece argues stereotypes about jealousy and professional secrecy. It also comments on tariff debate and rising free imports last month, noting more goods entering duty free.
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Freeport
New York
Portrait on business cards drew fire from paper
A communication from Grundy county praises the bull moose platform's constitutional prohibition plank and urges the Republican party to endorse it. The paper mocks a professional man who prints his portrait on his business card, suggesting he is more self interested than morally steering a movement.
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Grundy County
Republican Party
Boss Rivalry Over Anamosa Post Office Job
The piece discusses trouble among Democrats in Anamosa over the post office appointment. It questions whether the Boss can still push through Billy Hogan or if Maurice Fay gains support as the Boss’s influence wanes and Fay seeks information on the situation.
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Anamosa
Billy Hogan
Maurice Fay
Fay
Primarys drain energy from conventions, says state leader
The state convention was a perfunctory ratification meeting yesterday and the same pattern is expected at the Council Bluffs convention next week. The writer argues that the primary, if perfected to allow mail voting, will remove the enthusiasm and energy for all party conventions.
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Council Bluffs
Mediators only organize and adjourn as fighting nears capital
The mediators appear to have done little beyond organizing and adjourning. The president remains watchfully waiting for the salute to the flag as the fighting continues, increasingly close to the capital of Mexico.
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Mexico
Carroll man dies after ride with drunken chauffeur
A Carroll man died after riding in an automobile with a intoxicated chauffeur and a barrel of beer. Authorities seek to charge the chauffeur with manslaughter while the fate of the beer remains unclear.
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Carroll
Magnetic young Mr Connolly sparks prairie blaze
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald notes the magnetic young Mr Connolly setting the prairies afire and expresses hope he will wait until harvest and haystacks are protected with fire brakes.
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Dubuque
Three Day Speech Mention Highlights Cummins Auditors
Washington audience shows limited interest as Senator Cummins delivers a three day speech with only three senatorial auditors present.
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Washington
Cummins
Meredith Declines Assistant Secretary Post in Washington
Mr Meredith says he has no time to take the assistant secretaryship in Washington. He questions whether a senatorial seat is a sinecure and adds he will not commit to the offer.
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Meredith
Washington
East Speaks Lightly on Vollmer’s Heated Rhetoric
The East keeps poking fun at Vollmer's heated and spread eagle rhetoric, offering frothy material for readers who enjoy biting, playful commentary.
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Vollmer
State Senator Perkins Faces Court Setback on Sterilization Law
State Senator Perkins reacts to a court challenge over his sterilization statute and appears markedly changed in demeanor as legal battles unfold.
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Perkins
Huerta Resigns and Mexico Crisis Shapes Political Front
The piece notes Huerta’s resignation and flight, criticism of U S aid to the constitutionalists, a feared Mexican capitulation to rebels, and a new government in waiting to oppose future sub-rebels. It also covers the National Educational Association backing female suffrage and shifts in state and national party dynamics.
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Huerta
Akin
United States
Constitutionalista
Mexico City
National Educational Association
Connolly campaign faces backlash over closed inner circle tactic
Des Moines newspaper reports that Maurice Connolly's bid for the U S Senate is allegedly being organized by a closed Democratic group in Dubuque. Locally the move prompts anger as a form letter seeks intimate voter details and loyalty questions about Democratic workers.
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Des Moines Register
Maurice Connolly
United States
Connolly
Dubuque
Connally
Clark
Wilson
Meredith
Oconnolly
Pat in His Wife's Name Announcement in Anamosa Journal
H R Moore announces he transferred all control of The Anamosa Journal to his wife Mrs H R Moore on July 1 before taking U S marshal duties. He states she will have absolute control of the paper financially and politically and readers should not fear any deterioration under new management.
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Anamosa Journal
H. R. Moore
U. S. Marshal
Juy 1
Make Automobilists Sane Also
Cedar Rapids Republica notes that while the Fourth of July is fairly sane the number of automobile accidents remains high. It attributes most crashes to new drivers eager to show skill, while seasoned drivers avoid unnecessary risk.
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Cedar Rapids Republica
Telegraph-Herald backs Connolly for Senate seat
The Des Moines Capital reports the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald eagerly supports Maurice Connolly for the United States senator's seat. The paper, in a buoyant mood, notes the newspaper previously backed William J. Bryan in three presidential campaigns.
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Murphiy
Des Moines
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald
Tsure
Maurice Connolly
United States
Dubuque
Telegraph-Herald
Gure
William J. Bryan
Our Thrifty Congressmen
The St Paul Pioneer Press notes that despite congressmen’s wasteful image they demonstrate private thrift by living on mileage and mileage allowances while saving a $7,600 salary. The piece highlights frugal use of government funds and personal savings.
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St.Paul
The Philistine Man Laughs Only Under Barleycorn
A satirical remark notes a man who cannot laugh unless under the influence of John Barleycorn, labeling him a weak character by implication.
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John Barleycorn
Iowa News In Briefs Include Drought and Drowning Events
Numerous short items report local incidents across Iowa. Topics include paving in Mason City. new Hast Cascade principal Bruce Mahan. county representation at a bull-hoose convention. Congress funding for a Vinton post office site. a Hopkinton revival tent with Evangelist Forsythe. a Delaware county crop-destroying storm. deaths of Dr. Carl Matthey and others. tobacco dealer fines in Marshalltown. rising automobile speed in Hopkinton. drownings near Dubuque and Dyersville. a Lost Nation farmer’s death from Bright's disease. typhoid death in Emmet Idaho connection. Cedar Rapids drowning of Harold Eastburn. Iowa River dangers at Iowa City. Graham nurseries fire near Mechanicaville. Oxford Junction store robbery report. plus humor items and anecdotes.
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Mason City
Bruce BE. Mahan
Hast Cascade
Benton
Cedar
Jones
Tama
Congress
Vinton
Hopkinton
Evangelist Forsythe
Delaware County
W. H. de Ford
National Dental Association
Anamosa
Deis Moines
Carl Matthey
Davenport
Henry Matthey
Marshalltown
Burna
Ministerial Association
George Lewin
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Lewis
Michael Bach
Chicago
Dyersville
William Nagle
Lost Nation
Bright
Mr. Nagle
Leslie
Stephen B. Edmonds
Manchester
Emmet
Idaho
Isabelle Ross
Bowen’s Prairie
Alfred Ross
Harold F. Eastburn
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Medeapolis
Iowa
Iowa City
Oxford Junction
P. F. Schultz
Marshal Schultz
Schultz
Consolation For Us People
Cedar Rapids Republican notes that most people staying home for summer are better off than those at resorts. Home life offers freedom to do as one pleases, while resort crowds in hired quarters require adapting to many others.
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Cedar Rapids
Republican Convention Nomination and Platform Details
At the state convention Shaw of Tama county was nominated for state auditor. A 21 plank platform endorsed protective tariff and the present multi liquor law with enforcement. The nonpartisan primary for judges was condemned. Women's suffrage was endorsed and Senator Cummins spoke against the protective ring.
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Shaw
Tama County
Cummins
If He Is Running Again Enforcements on Weeds
Town ship trustees who neglect weed cutting face a $100 penalty under law. The county attorney of Iowa is charged with enforcement. If weeds aren t cut residents may ask the county attorney why and when they will be addressed, shifting responsibility to him to act promptly.
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Dubuque
Coal Production Rise in Iowa for 1918 Surpasses 1912 Levels
Iowa coal output reached 7,410,641 short tons in 1918 valued at $18,491,061, up from 1912 by 201,112 tons and $278,973. Normal year aside from June–September drought, labor disputes in Colorado boosted Iowa production. Coal beds are thin and irregular, noncoking and high in sulfur, mainly used locally with limited interstate trade. Employment fell from 16,370 in 1912 to 15,679 in 1913, boosting average per miner output to 478 tons.
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Iowa
E. W. Parker
United States Geological Survey
Iowa Geological Survey
Colorado
Nebraska
Minnesota
Ilinois
Des Moines
School Vacation Work and Youth Career Paths
Marshalltown Times Star argues vacation baseball jobs pay 800 to 1000 dollars monthly with expenses, but urges boys to farm or pursue productive work. It laments college students idling at home and extols self made success like Jones' son becoming a manager at 35 and a county bar leader after starting from humble labor.
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Marshalltown Times- Republican
Jones
I Loathe an ism Says Dr. Frank Crane
Dr. Frank Crane criticizes explicit ism in the New York Globe. He argues that ideologies such as socialism anarchism and single taxism lose humanity when turned into rigid systems. He cites Christian cruelty in war and torture to illustrate the danger of sectarian zeal.
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Frank Crane
The
New York Globe
Those Baby Chauffeurs
A Marshalltown Times-Republican piece warns against letting a 10 year old steer a car. It suggests drivers may soon surrender control and watch from the seat as a child takes the wheel.
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Marshalltown
Roosevelts Plea Over Ruin of Abandoned Policies
In Louisville Courier Journal coverage, Col Roosevelt expresses deep pathos over the wreck and ruin he sees in the United States following the abandonment of his policies. He condemns current course and urges renewal of his program, warning of further decline if pursued.
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Louisville
Mediation Board Calls Off Sessions For Summer Break
The mediation panel announces a summer recess delaying upcoming sessions. No dates set yet as officials plan to resume after the hot season.
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