Bryan Addresses Prohibition and Suffrage After Winning Support
Mr. Bryan delivered a campaign address at the county seat last Tuesday advocating prohibition and women's suffrage. He has long led the Democratic party and was pivotal in nominating Wilson in 1912, despite recent setbacks in his home state. Anamosa crowds greeted him warmly as rival leaders applauded his critique of liquor traffic and calls for voter rights. Local leaders seemed to sympathize with his views, if not fully with his broader agenda.
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Bryan
Democratic Party
Wilson
St. Louis
Anamosa
Harpers Weekly transfer and local sheriff primary contest
Harpers Weekly absorbed by The Independent and a note on its historical role as a Civil War pictorial record. The piece then shifts to local politics, detailing Democratic sheriff candidates Billy Hogan Finnegan Miller and Moore backing, with a lively county primary contest context.
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Harpers
Independent
Beat
Itea
Harpers’ Weekly
Thomas Nast
Nast
George William Curtis
Harper Corporation
Express
Diplomats Navigate Ambiguity In German Ultimatum
Commentary notes German language in the ultimatum as evasive yet cleverly framed to delay Wilson. The piece suggests Britain’s actions will shape interpretation and warns that optimistic readings may mask deeper concessions. The author calls German phrasing adept and capable of multiple meanings.
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State Department
England
Times-Republican Critics Target Jowan Memories
The Marshalltown Times-Republican chides rivals for clinging to past memories while noting they pursue future prospects. The piece comments on the dynamics of support and the subtle politics around a favored candidate.
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Hughes
Marshalltown Times - Republican
Ed Meredith Rants At Democrats Over Personal Liberty
The piece portrays Ed Meredith blasting Democrats for allegedly pushing personal liberty claims as if they owed obedience to his view, claiming they bend to his will while he criticizes their stance with heated rhetoric.
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Ed Meredith
Prophet Harvey Predicts Hughes Nominated for President
Col George Harvey the North American Review editor declares Justice Hughes will be nominated and accept the call of the country. He cites Harvey's past predictions and argues Hughes embodies courage stability and moral intellectual strength for future challenges.
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Prophet Harvey
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Literary Digest
Justice Hughes
America
Col
George Harvey
The
North American Review
Republic
George Washington
Conl. Harvey
Wilson
Taft
Roosevelt
Colt Harvey
Hughes
Harvey
New York
Col. Harvey
Germany asserts/admits positions on submarine warfare and US policy
The report outlines German statements admitting possible errors and denying deliberate indiscriminate destruction. It claims restrained submarine actions, calls for humanity, and argues for self defense. Germany seeks to shift blame to the United States and Britain while pledging to observe international law if conditions are met.
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Chicago Herald
Sussex
United States
Britain
Germany
Admires Lincoln Comparison Stirring Political Talk
A Charles City Press reader complains that praising a governor hopeful as a Lincoln figure is sacrilege and nonsense. The letter mocks attempts to compare modern leaders to Lincoln Grant Washington Napoleon or Gladstone, calling such claims gush and a reflection on Lincoln’s memory.
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Charles City Press
T. Meredith
Abraham Lincoln
Senator Cullom
Illinois
Sherman
Ilinois
Wilson
Lincoln
Washington
Napoleon
Gladstone
The Colonel’s Next Move In Mexico War Debate
The piece argues that if Wilson remains in Mexico he becomes an imperialist war maker while retreating would label him a mollycoddle coward. It notes the colonel will wait to avoid the undersea affair ridicule, but one denunciation is certain to occur.
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Sioux Falls
Argus
Wilson
Mexico
Henry Vollmer Is Left
The Iowa Falls Citizen questions the fate of the personal liberty argument and asks readers to await the Clinton convention. It notes Democratic candidates Meredith and Clarkson, their records and positions on prohibition and the mulct law repeal, and laments silence on their distinct views.
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Henry Vollmer
Marshalltown
Iowa Falls
Meredith
Clarkson
Primary Ballot Nominations Filed for Local Offices
The list includes Republican candidates for supervisor, treasurer, recorder, assessor, clerk, and other posts across multiple townships such as Scotch Grove, Wyoming, Madison, Fairview, Monticello, Oxford, Lovell, and Washington. Democratic contenders for supervisor, clerk, auditor, treasurer, recorder, and sheriff are also named with respective towns and offices.
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Ien Buol
A M_ Fairbanks
H G Manuel
Henry Kruse
B W Streeper
Louis G Stuhler
Treaurer
G W Walker
C J Northrop
WK Pearson
L. D Gallacher
Lloyd Soper
Oo Atty
E Rhinehart
Scotch Grove Township
DO Sinclair
H A Carason
G J Hughes
Justicae
Geo Oltmans
SJ Rics
J W Callahan
Wyoming Township
J W Morse
J M Hoge Boom
T F Allen
D A White
Lightfoot
Brownell
W N Morse
Charles Atherton
Man
Madison Township
J A McDonald
Geo
R D Finnegan
J Ef Miller
Oxford
Man—A Stratelek
John Quirk
Lambert Cave
J E Mead
Amos Hodgden
J A Mulvehill
P J. Hansen
Manford Jeffrey
S £& Rorick
John Henek
Lovell
Trustese
Reuben Dress
Opward
Washington Township
Dennis Cullea
Wayne Township
Albert Doyle
Monticello
JJ Locher
Manchester schools new superintendent and local bond vote notes
J S Hilliard of Postville elected Manchester schools superintendent. Vinton voters hear a $100 000 bond issue for a new school building. Iowa Electric Co buys Manchester Heat Light and Power plant. Jay Matthews remains manager. Baseball scores: Iowa State 1 Missouri 8. Simpson 8 Varnell 6. Ames freshman Finnicum dying in Winnipeg hospital after an attempted suicide. Cornell beat Iowa 8 to 7 in a pitchers’ duel. Iowa State University will graduate 365 students across liberal arts dentistry law medicine applied science and pharmacy. Wapello County sheriff removed for telephone juror subpoenas and improper mileage charges. W H Winsor custodian of Cedar Rapids Labor Assembly ball, linked to Shakespeare lineage via family Bible. Winsor aged 61.
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J.S. Hilliard
Postville
Manchester
Vinton
Iowa Electric Co
Cedar Rapids
Thas
Manchester Heat Light & Power Co
Jay Matthews
Iowa
Iowa State College
University of Missouri
Simpson College
Varnell College
Ross GC
Finnicum
Des Moines
Ames
American Legion of the Canadian Troops
Winnipeg
Cornell
Byerly
Deardorff
Foster
Hawkeyes
State University of Iowa
Wapelio
W.H. Winsor
William Shakeapere
Labor Assembly
Winsor
Lorin Stuckey
Stephen Shakespeare
Stratford on-the-Avon
William Shakespeare
Philadelphia
Stephen
Shakespeare
Gedar Rapida
Slogan contest sparks debate on Iowa towns
Mr Vernon Hawkeye argues Toledo offers a 15 dollar premium for a community slogan while Tipton offers a 5 dollar prize. The Cedar county offer seems closer to the goods value and towns question the appeal of familiar slogans like Waterloo Way Wins Cedar Rapids City of Home and Des Moines The City of Certainties. The piece suggests novelty is needed to attract attention.
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Vernon Hawkeye
Toledo
Tipton
Cedar County
Tama County
Waterloo
tWaterloo Way
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Des Moines
The Calf Sale Fable by Walt Mason
Walt Mason tells of eight dollar and fifty cent Polled Angus calf sales as he wanders selling with a stubborn buyer chorus. A neighbor advises advertising, the ad draws ten buyers, one buys the calf, others balk, proving a small notice can yield results over loud bustle.
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Walt Mason
Iroquois Chief Warns Against Car Credit Schemes
The piece likens buying a car on the monthly payment plan to wearing costly diamonds on credit. It argues car upkeep drains funds and the asset loses value while the buyer still owes payments, contrasting a car with a diamond that can be kept or sold.
Washingtons in Ohio Born Three Sons in Odd Line
A newspaper piece notes an Ohio man named Washington has three sons with striking names. The first is George Washington, the second Booker Washington, and the third Spokane Washington, chosen after much deliberation. The Atchison Globe adds a remark on the high cost of living.
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Saturday Evening Post
Ohio
Washington
George Washington
Cams
Booker Washington
Spokane Washington
Atchison Globe
Anamosa Supervisors Convene May 1916 Session Adopts Tax Credit
The Anamosa board of supervisors met May 1916 with full membership. Minutes from April 17 approved. Tax relief of 12.56 for Mrs. Ruth Arthur approved due to inability to pay. May 2 session approved important bridge contracts, tax refunds, and poll/ward appoints for the June 5 primary.
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Anamosa
Board of Supervisors
Downing
Moffatt
Ruth Arthur
K. J. Hines
Jumby
Eclipse Corner Highlights Farm Prep and Eclipse Fence Sales
Local column notes steady sales of Eclipse Peerless fence and steel coal shutes amid winter. Wayne farmers buy materials, builders add garages and sheds, while Jement sacks move to mills. town gates, Iowa latch, and cupolas for barns feature in preparations for the coming farming season.
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Iowa
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Carl Renk
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Oxford Township
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Lee Reid
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Rockstad
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LH Lang
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J M Rodman
Isaac Sehneider
Louis Scherrer
BR Fuel
Olerka
G Sehneider
F D Slauson
Geo Ambuehl
GH George
J B Oswald
O W Brazelton
Herman Farms
Scotch Grove
D O Sinclair
John Fagan
If Ho Orison
J Hughes
C M Holst
Wayne
WK Zimmerman
Fred Pleuger
Peter Robertson
B Daly
O T Ruhe
East Richland
J N Kreiner
Joseph B Fagan
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KJ Martin Jr
West Richland
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Len Buol
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J W Switzer
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Clay
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Onshow
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H Kohl
E H Shotwell
O H Brown
B R Easterly
John Moreland
A M Taylor
H H Freeman
Geo B Macomber
Jackson
Nathan Carter
John Morrissey
W J% Hay
Lee Voorhies
Guy Byerly
Wyoming
I F Allen
State Highway Commission
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Chaplin
Monticello State Bank
Llenry Choortz
M. Carpenter
Eb, Hoag
William Stuhler
W. Schweitner
Tenry M. Carpenter
GH. George
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Jones County Trust and Savings Bank
Gerd Harme
John H. Rick
Jement
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