Democratic ties to Wilson haunt Anamosa bonds debate
The piece argues the Democratic party cannot escape responsibility for Woodrow Wilson's administration and the League of Nations, urging voters in Anamosa and county to resist costly bids for a new county courthouse while noting high interest rates and public salaries. It cites Bryan and Lincoln convention figures and critiques postmaster salaries and political alignments.
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Anamosa
Anamosa Eureka
Eureka
County records deemed safe in fireproof vaults
The county states records are secure in the current courthouse noting a fireproof annex was added years ago to the clerk and auditor’s offices with vault doors. Two fireproof vaults for the recorder and treasurer provide added protection, described as as safe as any bank vaults.
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Board of Supervisors
Rail wage award to force higher rates for public
The arbitration decree on railway wages may trigger at least a 25 percent rise in passenger and freight rates. The award adds $600 million to existing wage costs, forcing railroads to shift the burden to the public to avoid a breakdown. Shippers bear the price to placate defiant workers.
Kendall Secures GOP Nomination In Iowa Convention
Nate Kendall won the Republican state convention on the third ballot after Deems and Havner split, securing the nomination. The Albia resident served one term in Congress and is described as a graceful orator who will mount a stirring campaign.
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Nate Kendall
Deems
Havner
Kendall
Albia
Congress
Farmer Labor Party Named By Extreme Radicals
The text identifies a new third party of extreme radicals called the Farmer-Labor party. It claims the group libels farming and labor sectors and notes the presidential candidate is a Salt Lake City lawyer with a Cleveland labor activist as vice president.
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Farmer-Labor Party
Salt Lake City
Cleveland
History Repeats Itself on Minor Parties in Elections
Sioux City Journal argues that fifth party candidates in presidential races never sway outcomes. It cites perennial minor parties such as Socialists Prohibitionists and Forty-Eighters as fringe groups whose votes have not altered Democratic or Republican dominance. It notes New York 1884 as a rare blip and warns radical platforms impede cross group appeal.
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Sioux City
New York
Butler
Cleveland
Prohibitionist
Cox and Wilson clash over League of Nations in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes Mr. Cox urging progress on the League of Nations while accusing Woodrow Wilson of being a standpatter. It portrays Wilson as reactionary and moss covered, with Cox taking up Wilson’s burden to press the idea.
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Cedar Rapids
Cox
Harding
League of Nations
Washington
Wilson
France
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Cox
Mr.Wilson
Lansing
Porter Draws Flak for Windy Nomination Speech
In San Francisco Claude R Porter faced delegates demanding the name of Meredith as he nominated him. The Davenport Times notes Porter is a skilled prosecutor but his lengthy speech failed to create a favorable impression and tired delegates tuned out.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Billy Sunday
Harding
Mr. Sunday
Davenport
Claude R. Porter
Meredith
San Francisco
Porter
Jesse Fell
Wilkes Barre
Pennsylvania
United States
Doctor defends pneumonia diagnosis after patient dies
A Kansas City Star quip notes a doctor reassures a patient fearing typhoid after pneumonia treatment. The physician asserts his patient died from pneumonia, highlighting limits of diagnostic certainty.
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Kansas City Star
Wet Catspaw and Prohibition Politics in Cox Nomination
Harvey's Weekly argues Governor Cox is a wet candidate used by party bosses to boost local machines in New York New Jersey Chicago and others. It contends Cox’s nomination serves machine interests and does not alter the nation’s liquor laws while criticizing the gears behind the convention strategy.
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Harvey's Weekly
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Supreme Court
Mr. Bryan
Anti-Saloon League
Congress
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Murphy
New York
Nugent
New Jersey
Brennan
Chicago
French Lick
Cox Attacks Wilson Secretaries as Dirt Farmer Claim Stirred
The Dubuque Times Journal notes Governor Cox's claim he would appoint a genuine dirt farmer as secretary of agriculture if elected president. It contrasts Wilson appointees Secretary Houston and Secretary Meredith with Republican praise for Uncle Jim Wilson of Iowa, a real farmer who led the department for sixteen years.
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Dubuque
Harding
Jim Wilson
Iowa
Prohibition Debate Sways Parties Amid Wet Issue
The Dearborn Independent reflects on how both parties refuse to recognize a wet issue early in the campaign. It argues liquor prohibition rests with the people, not the president, and notes the drys achieved victory by silencing opposing measures even without a dry plank in the platforms.
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Dearborn
John Barleycorne
United States
Women oppose exact age disclosure for voting in Kansas
The Cedar Rapids Republican reports Kansas women resist giving exact ages to judges of elections arguing that proving they are over 21 suffices. They question why age details matter for voters while noting a broader appeal of women’s voting rights. Aberdeen News notes Republicans are satisfied with a Democratic convention choice and platform.
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Cedar Rapids
Kansas
Aberdeen
Blasphemous Prayer Sparks Outrage at Forty-Eighters Convention
A Sioux City Journal report denounces Rev. George C. Richmond and his prayer to Omnipotence at the Forty-Eighters convention in Chicago as blasphemous and sacrilegious. The piece condemns the minister for praising soviet Russia, attacking religion, and misrepresenting Christ’s mission while defending law and moral womanhood.
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Sioux City Journal
George C. Richmond
Avery
Soviet Russia
Korah
Moses
Agron
Mr. Richmond
Chicago
Jesus
Soviet
Russia
Foolhardy Niagara barrel jumper still missing
The Marshalltown Times-Republican notes the man who rode a barrel over Niagara Falls is missing after the craft was recovered. It calls the feat foolhardy and condemns those who risk health and family in reckless gambles while pondering which is the greater folly.
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Marshalltown Times - Republican
Niagara Falls
Niagara
The Drive Against Public Pockets Draws Heat
The New York Sun criticizes repeated drives on the public purse while noting calls to halt such campaigns. It questions the need for yet another fund raise to aid victims of prior drives and urges reconsideration.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
New York Sun
Kendall Wins Nominating Vote On Third Ballot At State Convention
At the Republican state convention last Tuesday Nate Kendall secured the nomination on the third ballot after shifting support from Moore and Deems during the second roll call. Hevault was later nominated by acclimation with other posts filled by Hamill, Haynes, Gibson, and Woodruff for lieutenant governor auditor attorney general and railroad commissioner respectively.
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Moore
Kendall
Deems
Havner
Hevault
John Hammill
Britt
Glenn C. Haynes
Mason City
Ben J. Gibson
Corning
Frank P. Woodruff
Knoxville
Tradition and party habits oppose revolts this year
The New York World argues that democracy and republican traditions show persistence despite unusual anti establishment movements. It says new parties or remnants offer only warmed over European revolutions and would not fit the American scene without using one of the old parties as the instrument.
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New York World
Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy plea from the era
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald quotes a call for spiritual values and modest living. It laments youth chasing jazz, luxury, and quick gains, urging a quieter life and time for holiness to foster balanced happiness.
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Dubuque
Bryan urged to bury the hammer in grave as graceful act
An opinion urges Mr. Bryan to act with grace by letting go of the past and moving beyond a heated dispute. The piece frames a call for reconciliation and restraint in a political moment.
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Omaha World-Herald
Bryan
Interesting Facts Worth Knowing About the Alphabet and Bees
A survey of miscellaneous trivia notes spans language history, measurement, world landmarks, astronomy, almanacs, alimony law, early technology, and the vital role of bees in fruit production. Entities include Edward I, 4840 square yards, Cambre Pass, Christ statue, Jesse Fell, 1808, Neurophobia, John Jacob Astor, Queen Street, Rameses, Purbach, Rabelais, Westinghouse, Vanderbilt, Cassatt, and Myan orchards.
Marking Anamosa Eureka County Primary Roads
The county will mark its 70 mile primary road system with signs on poles and bridges. The markings show state road status and include road numbers aligned with other counties and state systems to aid travelers using guide books.
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Anamosa Eureka
Local Officials Face Gas Crisis and Legal Troubles
Anamosa reports county demonstrator Misa Irene Wheeler resignation to take effect next week. J. D. Fairhurst of Olin arrested for threatening Dr. Soward White after a dispute. Gas plant crisis looms as Xis company may raise rates or shift to municipal supply. W. W. McCalmant bound over for cheating by false pretenses in sale of a county grader. Three women sail to Europe July 3 from New York, planning a year abroad visiting battlefields.
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Misa Irene Wheeler
Dave Pipper
Greenfield Township
Name Farm
J. D. Fairhurst
Olin
Soward White
Fairhurst
White
Warthurst
Anamosa Ia
Xis Company
W. W. McCalmant
Wyoming
Lawrence's Court
Oxford Junction
Smith
McCalmant
Grand Jury
Helen L. Shaw
Milas Rona Hubbell
Misa Mary Dutton
New York
Southampton
Ongland
Hurope
Toma
Monotony of grading papers brings humor for Miss Krapfl
In Dubuque Volograph Herald, Miss Monica Krapfl deputy in the county superintendent of schools office has spent two weeks grading hundreds of examination papers. Seventh graders provide humor with incorrect answers such as California rainfall being wet and expensive, longitude as temperature, and Lincoln threatening the South if elected.
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Dubuque
California
Abraham Lincoln
Japan's Shantung Claim Comment Spurs Global Debate
The Washington Post notes that Japan's assertion over Shantung would not require a lengthy justification if the claim had merit. The remark frames the wider international dispute and signals skepticism about Japan's legal and diplomatic rationale.
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Washington Post
Japan
Shantung
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