Retailers vs mail order rivals threaten national market balance
A Vilnius-like account notes alleged conspiracies among state retail dealers to starve mail order houses of goods. Dealers deny collusion but boycott manufacturers, risking urban growth while rural towns face drift toward commerce collapse. The piece also critiques a Davenport to Dubuque interurban railway plan funded by bond issues, warning of inflated costs and potential profits for financiers at the expense of cautious townsfolk.
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Iaa
Ag J. W
Farwell & Co
Carson, Piere, Scott & Co
Hibbard, Bartlett & Spencer
State Superintendent Riggs Defends Teacher Exams as Fair
Riggs says last exam for teachers was no harder than the past twenty five years and that competent teachers should pass. He notes some failures but not more than prior county levels and argues many may have been scared off by rigid marking. He cites review by county superintendents and removal of political influence from certificates.
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Riggs
Coggan
Muriel Hall
Drake
Muriel
Cedar Rapids
Manchester
Texas Tuberculosis Quarantine Sparks Public Debate
The Texas health department contemplates a quarantine against tuberculous patients to curb disease spread. Critics argue it targets the incurable who seek outdoor climates, while supporters say it reflects a necessary ban on those who fail to heed medical warnings and risk harming others.
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Texas
Health Department
Marie Corelli Responds to "Unsexed Female" Label
Marie Corelli, nettled by the charge she is an unsexed female, vents sharp opinions at male readers as she defends her work. She refuses to abandon men while continuing to publish her sensational novels.
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Marie Corelli
Marie
Poor Korea and Iowa notes on politics and roads
The piece reflects on Koreans resisting oppression with patriotism amid regional power shifts and critiques Iowa road policy urging a shift from haphazard building to systematized, politically aware progress. It discusses Democratic party evolution, primary voting, and public worker issues, followed by a long local news digest of incidents and events across Iowa towns.
Reverend Blanche Addresses Oxford Fourth of July Speech
The Davenport clergyman in a letter to the Oxford Mirror clarifies his Fourth of July remarks delivered at Oxford Junction. He suggests moving to the chautauqua platform where statements need no explanations and no surprises occur. The Iowa state health board urges annual tuberculosis testing of all dairy and breeding cattle until herds prove free. Further legislation is urged to fund tests and compensate condemned cattle.
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W. H. Blanche
Davenport
Oxford Mirror
Oxford Junction
State Board of Health
Iowa
Tragic Michigan Rail Disaster Highlighted By Lapses
The piece laments a railroad man's disobedience causing many deaths in Michigan last Saturday. It condemns unsafe memory lapses of railway workers and stresses the need for sober vigilant conduct for travelers by rail and sea. It also notes political tensions with Senator Tillman and Bryan's stance on railroad ownership.
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Michigan
Davenport Maquoketa Interurban Plans Move Forward
A Davenport Maquoketa Interurban committee led by H M Tracy and others held talks in St Louis with Alzheimer and Rawlings about financing. The plan envisions $25 000 per mile building cost with 80 percent bond loan and 20 percent underwritten by six cent preferred stock. Davenport Commercial Club support noted and foreign capital tied to local backing.
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Davenport
Dubuque
Maquoketa
Davenport-Maquoketa
Maquoketa Excelsior
H.M. Tracy
O. McCaffrey
M. Mahony
C. F. Goller
St Louis
Davenport and Dubuque
Butler
Henry Vollmer
Alzheimer and Rawlings
New York
Cleveland
Ohio
St. Louis
Altheimer
Vollmer
Commercial Club
Excusing Personal Dishonesty in Schmitz Case
The Burlington Hawkeye rebukes Hearst's New York American for blaming corporations rather than mayor Schmitz's weakness. The editorial argues temptation is no excuse and commends honest officials serving the people. It condemns the hearst defense as contemptible and urges integrity in public service.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Hearst
New York
Schmitz
Mayor Scroggs Faces Fine in Anamosa Contempt Row
The Burlington Hawker reports a dispute between Mayor Scroggs and citizen Scroggs over a fine for blasphemous language. The citizen is expected to seek renomination and re election of Mayor Scroggs next spring.
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Mayor Scroggs
Citizen Scroggs
Burlington
Anamosa
Port Scroggs
Citizen Port Scroggs
Iowa leaders faced in public Hippodrome exhibition
In the Cedar Rapids Republican note from Des Moines a Des Moines paper reports the governor of Iowa spent weeks on a chautauqua platform. The piece questions if Cummins and Dol liver are exposing political notoriety for effect and suggests they quit the Hippodrome business to be sincere.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Des Moines
Cummins
Dolliver
Voters Question Iowa Primary Law Intent
The Des Moines Capital and Marshalltown Times-Republican note voters know why the primary law was enacted and its purpose. They question why Iowa political bosses meet a year in advance to outline the program to be done.
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Star Chamber Caucus
Des Moines
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Iowa
Reflections of a Bachelor From the New York Press
A humorous column notes gambling as a means to money only through work, cites a wife claiming her husband never argues, and jokes that poverty frees one from lying about taxes while stressing insurance against hell.
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New York Press
Des Moines Register Warns State Fair Faces Criticism
The Des Moines Register urges the state fair not to rely on free publicity or railroads for success. It notes fairs around the state already pay for ads and campaigns, while the rail lines and press threaten reduced rates and coverage. Bath Maine Sets August Centennial in 300th Anniversary of Virginia Pinnace.
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Des Moines. Register and Leader
Bath
Maine
New World
Pinnace
Virginia
Local Hopkinton News Highlights Births Land Deals and Marriage
A Hopkinton boy was born last Saturday to Mr and Mrs Aug Slemmer east of town. Cortland Appleby suffers appendicitis near the county line. Hazel Green sees land deals: Proctor Perley sells 228 acres to Walter File at 80 per acre total 17840 with possession next March. File sells 160 acres to James McDonald at 80 per acre. Will Sheppard sells a large farm to Mrs Aldrich at 78 per acre. Mrs Bertie Brooks of Hopkinton and Charles Blanchard of Edgewood wed at Cedar Rapids Monday evening conducted by Rev Lockwood. The bride, raised in Hopkinton and Lenox College alumna, taught in public schools. the groom is Edgewood Bank cashier. The announcement came via Cedar Rapids Republican. bride is well known locally.
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Hopkinton Leader News
Slemmer
Cortland
HH. N. Appleby
Hazel Green
Proctor Perley
Walter File
File
James McDonald
Will Sheppard
Mera Aldrich
Bertie Brooks
R. G. Brooks
Hopkinton
Charles Blanchard
Edgewood
Cedar Rapids
Lockwood
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Lenox College
Edgewood Bank
Hia Town
City buys old blacksmith shop for street operations
The city acquires the former blacksmith shop between Millard Rigby’s and the city hall on Ford street south of Main to house the street sweeper and related paraphernalia. Miss Bessie Brown wed Joseph F. Maloney of Rugby Colorado on July 9 in Pueblo with her Cedar Rapids father present. A shipment of dama shells from Wapsie to Muscatine pearl button factory is planned due to shell shortages. John Humpall’s $1000 verdict against C N W Railway was set aside by Judge Reed in Dubuque after the single evidence failed to sustain the claim.
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Ford Street
Main
Bessie Brown
Joseph F. Maloney
Rugby
Colo
Pueblo
Colorado
O. M. Brown
Cedar Rapids
Wapsie
Muscatine
Mississippi
Missouri
John Humpall
Anamosa
Cedar Rapida
C. & N. W. Railway Company
Midland Round House
Reed
Dubuque
County Supervisors Approve New Bridge Plan
County Supervisors visited the town to inspect the north river bridge. They found piling rotted and unsafe, ordering a new 164 foot steel bridge from Clinton Bridge Co. at 3500 dollars to be completed by the end of November.
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Olin Recorder
Board of County Supervisors
Clinton Bridge Co
Local residents purchase autos for Cedar Rapids trip
Mesara L. M. Carpenter and H. W. Flenniken have placed orders for five and four passenger Reo cars respectively. They plan to travel to Cedar Rapids this afternoon and return by automobile.
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Olin
Mesara
L. M. Carpenter
H. W. Flenniken
Mr. Carpenter
Mr. Flenniken
Cedar Rapide
French scientist backs odd man on all fours idea
The St Pan dispatch quotes a French scientist saying a man should go about on all fours for longer life though the benefit may be less certain. The Louisville Post notes an English earl’s son choosing to work in America and urging exchange of wealth for opportunity.
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St. Pan
Saya
Louisville
America
Muscatine Women Form Club Limiting Hat Costs
Local women in Muscatine Iowa form a club and agree to wear hats costing no more than three dollars. The group aims for practical attire and excludes millinery specialists from its charter memberships.
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Sioux Falla
Muscatine
Topeka Capital Mockery on Heaven and Matches
A Topeka Capital quip jokes that pinning a smoker down would force him to admit his heaven includes endless matches. The line frames heaven as a place of abundance and trivial details.
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Topeka
Topeka Capital on Orchard killing price and remarks
The Topeka Capital notes testimony stating Harry Orchard charged $5 for killing a man with discounts for big groups. The Chicago Post reports a divinity professor declaring heaven no longer exists as extreme heat intensifies its effects.
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Topeka Capital
Harry Orchard
Chicago Post
Gaga
Heaven
Lincoln forebodings at polls mark Bates Century reminiscence
The current Century issue features David Homer Bates recalling Lincoln’s fears of defeat at the polls. Other pieces include Stories of a Girl in Italy by Lisi Cipriani child hood recollections in a Tuscan home and Francesa Duncan’s Charleston magnolia garden impressions. The leading article, The Gates of the City by Jesse Lynch Williams, portrays life and color at railway stations in major cities.
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David Homer Bates
Lincoln
Telegraph Office
Italy
Lisi Cipriani
Francesa Duncan
Charleston
Magnolia Gardens
Brewer family buys control of Cedar Rapids Republican
Luther A. Brewer former business manager of the Cedar Rapids Republican and associates acquire a controlling interest from H. G. McMillan. He is welcomed back into newspaper work by Iowa press colleagues.
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Luther A. Brewer
The
Cedar Rapids Republican
Yorch Press
H. G. McMillan
Preas of
Iewa
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