Dubuque Saloons Face Aggressive Enforcement under Mulci Law
The city braces for a vigorous prosecution of saloons defying state law as the Law and Order League files injunctions. A key lawyer launches suits before service, while Archbishop Keane and Dr. Cady push for compliance and temperance unity amid business opposition. Senator Ericson touts prudent investment, and Rankin's plan gains traction to curb illicit liquor, even as a federal move eases small alcohol production rules pending September enforcement.
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Dubuque
Archbishop Keane
Dr. Cady
Congregational Church
Temperance
Law and Order League
League
Dan Glasser
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Congress
Wilson
International Revenue Department
Capitalists and workers clash over wages and respect
The text argues capitalists and manufacturers prioritize profit over individual worth. It contends strikes and socialist unrest will fade if employers show greater sympathy for employees. It warns against treating workers as serfs merely for earning a wage.
Medical college reform and medical education standards rise
The Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington voted to require four years in medical college for all students with credit only for time spent in college. The move raises the standard for becoming a doctor, implying an eight year pathway after high school. The piece also notes critiques and broader economic and political observations from the era.
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Association of American Medical Colleges
Washington
J. R. Guthrie
Dubuque
University of Iowa
Clinton Mirror Nears Fifty-Fourth Year Under Eaton
The Clinton Mirror completes its fifty third year and, after 46 years under editor W. D. Eaton, seeks to round out a half century on the paper.
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Clinton Mirror
W. D. Eaton
Padding Payrolls and Stock Padding Taint Chicago Road
The road master of the Chicago and Great Western received a three year term for payroll padding. He followed the executive head who also engaged in stock padding, illustrating a pattern of malfeasance at the top levels of the line.
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Chicago & Great Western
Iowa Neighbors Debate Speak Out on Progressive Movement
Des Moines Register-Leader argues the president should declare whether he will voice support or opposition to progressives as the movement stalls. Other notes mention Cummins vetoing an eight percent dividend bill for insurers, Talmadge's death, Byers and Garat in political camp, and weather assurances for Iowa.
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John Watson
Ian Maclaren
University of Edinburgh
Liverpool
Des Moines Register-Leader
Byers
Garat
Ater
Cumming
Citizen vs. City in Chase for Beauty of Iowa Streets
The text quotes Prof. T. H. MacBride urging preservation of mature street trees and home aesthetics amid street grading. It laments how modern engineers and surveyors press for uniform grades, destroying long cherished trees and the neighborhood’s beauty, framing it as a citizen versus city clash.
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T. H. MacBride
League of Town
Iowa
Duluth
Lenox College to Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary Week
Lenox College preps for a June Commencement Week marking its Civil War record. June 7 13 events include a national program with Governor Cummins Senator Allison and 10 legislators. Ninety two students enlisted, led by the college president, leaving only one male student behind. A campus monument honors fallen Civil War cadets, oldest of its kind in the state by eighteen months.
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A. G. Smith Sr
Geo. N. Greer
Santa Ana
Cal
Miss Torrence
Samuel Greer
Lenox College
Cummins
Allison
Gildner Brothers Expand by Buying Mason City Store
Anamosa Eureka notes Gildner Brothers owners of stores in Anamosa Manchester and Nora Springs have acquired an additional Mason City establishment with an expected invoice of about 50000 dollars. The brothers are described as enterprising Iowa businessmen who credit success to brains and abundant printer's ink.
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Anamosa
Eureka
Gildner Brothers
Manchester
Nora Springs
Mason City
Iowa
Re-elected Dornan serves Vinton with 1600 yearly pay
A roundup of local Iowa items notes Superintendent Dornan’s re election in Vinton at 1600 dollars annually, Cedar Rapids Medical Society meeting dates, a Waterloo judge’s wife’s death, Dyersville’s 50th railroad anniversary, and various regional incidents from Marshalltown to Dubuque. It cites obituaries, legal matters, and school tests with names like Clarendon, Clemans, and Wilcox.
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Franklin C. Platt
Waterloo
Dyersville
Marshalltown
Signal Given Boosts Roosevelt Endorsement in Iowa
The Vinton Eagle notes a Republican faction waits for the governor to signal. Cummins has endorsed President Roosevelt, promising to set the Marshalltown Times-Republicans in motion. The piece remarks T. R. supporters need the cue to act.
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Vinton Eagle
Gov. Cummins
Roosevelt
Marshalltown Times-Republicans
T.R
New Dutch Stamps On Postage To Fund Tuberculosis Efforts
Three new stamps issued in Holland double postage. half funds state uses and half supports anti tuberculosis work.
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Holland
St. Petersburg
Wochenblatt
Groningen
Aurich
Switzerland
Speech power, crime of rhetoric at dinner remark
District Attorney Jerome of New York argued at a dinner that fast fluent speech can perform miracles and sway truth. A shopper story followed about a bonnet sale where a twist of speech altered the meaning and price of goods.
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Jerome
New York
Sentence Sermons from the Chicago Tribune
A collection of aphoristic lines on kindness virtue destiny love and self discipline. It contrasts generosity with profit seeking and warns against hypocrisy while urging personal reform and inner strength.
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The
Chicago Tribune
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W. O. Briggs
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Clemans
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Grand Lodge of Iowa-Masons
Atlanta
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Supreme Court
Oxford Junction Savings Bank
Re. F. HK
Cook
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Northwestern Railway
Dubuque-Davenport
Frank E. Wilcox
Cascade
M. W. Herrick
Wilcox
Thorne
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Lizzie Williams
Tipton
Fair Association
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Reinbeck
Science and Industry
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Reeser
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Geo. L. Lovell
R. O. Stirton
W Doxace
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Nicholas Holst
A. L. Fairbanks
W. A. Miriok
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M. Schodde
Majestic
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Ohio
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Ofey Wat
Chums
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