Republicans Rally Against Wilsons League Clash
The piece notes Senator Lodge as temporary Republican national chair and signals a GOP stance against Wilsons league without reservations. It cites Lodge backing reservations, predicts a Republican challenge to the presidents insistence, and frames the coming campaign as a test of the league plan. It also pays tribute to William D Howells and remarks on bull fighting, travel into Europe, and postwar hotel prospects in London.
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Wilson
League of Nations
Republican Party
Senator Lodge
League
Senate
Lodge
Mr. Wilson
Wealth, Labor, and Independence in Press Commentary
Nathan Strauss argues dying rich is a disgrace if wealth fronts as dependency for burial costs. The piece contrasts true competency with affluence and cites Bobby Burns on independence. It notes insurgent unions among switchmen and wage demands by some railway workers, warned against radical influence and Russian ideas.
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Nathan Strauss
Bobby Burns
Sugar price an issue as dealers press for higher margins
With sugar at a high mark, wholesalers and retailers complain of insufficient profits and seek permission to raise prices. The rise, they argue, will fall on producers or refiners, with dealers across the country flocking to Cuba to bid on goods that should have gone to America before the price surged beyond fair levels.
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Cuba
America
Meredith Seen As Democratic Presidential Prospect
Ed Meredith, a Democratic candidate described as a pleasant, luck-laden figure with a knack for advertising and a history of securing fine appointive roles including a cabinet post, though he avoids cabinet meeting details. The piece notes democracy has proposed worse for the presidency.
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Bryan
Ed Meredith
Meredith
Iowa Democrats Seek Claude Porter for Senate Ticket
Leading Iowa Democrats plan to ask Claude Porter to run in the coming Senate slate. Porter has a history of answering party appeals and taking vacations to Salt Creek. His perceived loyalty and weary acceptance of fate boost his standing with local politicians amid looming national convention fireworks.
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Iowa
Claude Porter
Porter
Salt Creek
Wood Emerges as Leading Presidential Candidate
The Express notes General Wood is the early favorite in presidential discussions. He shows strong support, with delegates pledged to others unlikely to keep away from him despite a large field.
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the Express
General Wood
Presidential Candidates Question Raised in Speculation
The question of who will be the presidential candidates remains unsettled with no definite knowledge. Some guesswork exists but lacks solid basis, likened to a gambler choosing red or blue with equal risk.
Johnson backs down after Wood recount offer
General Wood challenged Hiram Johnson to a New Jersey primary recount and offered to cover half the expenses. Johnson withdrew the demand, yielding to the pressure and avoiding the costly review.
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Wood
Hiram Johnson
New Jersey
California
Republicans Help Lowden in Neighborly Act
Iowa Republicans undertake a neighborly aid effort for Lowden but observers warn it may prove love's labor lost.
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Iowa
Lowden
Wilsons wartime language seeks world peace yet meets partisanship
Analyzing a Vancouver Sun editorial on President Wilson, the piece argues his utopian vision and fourteen points inspired hope but failed to unite his party and allies. It notes his lack of magnanimity toward opponents, insufficient persuasion at the Peace Conference, and overreliance on personal prestige, hindering a stable postwar path.
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Vancouver Sun
Wilson
Democratic Party
United States
Practical American aid to Mexico outweighs grand schemes
The piece argues the United States must establish a straightforward, practical, and friendly relation with Mexico before pursuing broader international plans. It contends improved bilateral ties can protect life and property, aid millions of Mexicans toward self support, and avoid impractical Geneva style or global ostracism approaches.
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Washington Post
United States
Mexico
Balkans
Geneva
Senator John son Urged To Avoid Hoover Debate
The Davenport Democrat warns Senator John son to refrain from public debate with Herbert Hoover, suggesting Hoover’s rhetoric would overwhelm any clear headed American in print discussion.
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Davenport
Senator Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Hiram
No Man Forgets The Power Of The People To Govern
The passage asserts the duty of citizens to obey laws and warns against combinations that obstruct regular government. It argues such factions can usurp popular will, turning organized groups into potent engines for ambitious leaders to seize control and undermine the people’s authority.
Prices and relief hopes echo Civil War era costs
The San Francisco Bulletin compares current living costs with post Civil War prices noting a 100 percent rise during war, a decline through 1865 1869 and a long return to prewar levels by 1878. It explains currency inflation and aviation of prices as key factors and cites economist views on returning to normal price levels as population and production normalize.
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San Francisco Bulletin
Roosevelt Advocates Artistic U S Coinage For Pilgrim Commemoration
The senate authorized a Roosevelt 2 cent piece and a 50 cent piece to mark the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrims landing. Roosevelt urged artistic coins with higher reliefs and raised rims to aid stacking. He collaborated with Saint-Gaudens to counter minters’ conservatism and promote historic design.
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Minneapolis Journal
Senate
Roosevelt
America
Greece
St. Gaudens
Monocle Fashion Sparks Town Opinion in The Capital
Hd Howe reflects in his Monthly that society’s rottenness is mostly gossip and self restraint is strong among all classes. The Topeka Capital notes monocles becoming fashionable in the village and jokes that one pane in a face obscures vision, reducing what the town sees on windy days.
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Hd Howe
Topeka
Anniversary and obituaries mark Buck Creek area edition
Local notes report Rev and Mrs Grant’s 25th wedding anniversary at Buck Creek church near Hopkinton. Sarah Abrams of Manchester dies after childbirth on May 2, with health failing since. Lucile Arnold of Independence named most beautiful girl at Cornell Mt. Vernon. Russell Johnson of Hopkinton dies after intestinal surgery in Philadelphia. Marie Hiadek and Frank A Thompson wed in Manchester. Iowa State Bar Convention in Cedar Rapids set for June 24 to 26. William H. Robinson of Coffin's Grove dies after a stroke in the field. Four year old loses a finger in Manchester hay pulley incident. John Badaff buried under collapsed Oxford Junction sewer ditch. collar bone broken. Leonard Wood nominated for president at Cornell college mock Republican, Hoover close second. Park dedication slated for Friday May 28 in Delaware county. formerly Devils Back Bone. Planed picnic with state land added to park’s value.
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Buck Creek
Hopkinton
Sarah Abrams
Manchester
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Lucile Arnold
Independence
Sam Johnson
Philadelphia
Russell
Marie Hiadek
Ryan
Frank A. Thompson
United States Navy
Mare Island
California
Iowa State Bar Association
Cedar Rapids
William H. Robinson
Coffin’s Grove Township
Delaware County
Oxford Junction
John Badaff
Radoff
Leonard Wood
Herbert Hoover
Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
Devils Back Bone
Parrot shop talk to thrift and wit in old jokes
A jumble of comic quips from newspapers shows shop talk about parrots and prices. A dealer swaps price tags, a suitor woos the daughter of a literary man, and thrift sermons provoke laughter amid quips from Boston Transcript and other papers.
Debs Portrait Sparks Socialist Controversy at Convention
An Omaha World-Herald critique denounces the Socialist nominee for president, a ten year federal convict, highlighting the prisoner’s praise at the convention, the red flag procession, and calls the display an affront to patriotism and religion. The piece condemns the call to evangelize outsiders and questions the party’s morality.
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Omaha World-Herald
Federal
Debs
Checks as receipts for payment may not prove settlement
The American Printer cites a court ruling that indorsed and canceled checks do not reliably prove payment unless they state their purpose or other evidence links them to a specific bill. The burden falls on the payer to show the checks settled an account. The remedy is to inscribe the invoice date and amount on the check.
Ambiguous Office Topics Quip About Life Changes
A quip claims a baby will make love stronger days shorter nights longer bank-full smaller home happier clothes shab bier the past forgotten and the future worth living for.
William Dean Howells in Life and Work as Critic and Realist
A New York Tribune appraisal of William Dean Howells portrays him as a major American novelist and influential critic. It traces his evolution from Dickensian roots to a realistic, humane focus on everyday life and the moral forces of habit and duty, noting his democratic spirit and lifelong support of younger writers.
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New York Tribune
William Dean Howells
Howells
Dickens
Thackeray
George Eliot
Mr. Howells
Lfe
America
Denison
Overalls gesture proves modest impact on sales
The piece argues a nationwide overalls movement did not drive large purchases or price increases. It notes far more overalls are bought by corporations daily and that the movement functioned mainly as a gesture used by dealers to justify a price uptick without real demand rising.
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New York Times
Senator Hitchcock Opens Campaign with Corkscrew
The Knoxville Express mocks Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska as a loyal Democrat but jokes he bungled the national campaign launch by using a corkscrew as a metaphor for his misstep.
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Knoxville Express
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Fifty Three Acres In Forty Eight Hours Realized By Farmer
A Perry Town farmer plowed fifty three acres in forty eight hours with a tractor. The piece contrasts old Bet and Baldy plow days with modern machinery, praising the rapid advances in agriculture and rural life and noting ongoing progress from horse to tractor and beyond.
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Marshalltown Times Republican
Perry
Sonson Hko
Old Bet
Baldy
Tipperary
Ultima Thule
Dia
Shed corn for sale notices from local sellers
Multiple short notices list shed corn for sale by G H George and S J Rice along with offerings of imarly and late temato plants from Mrs Newton Parrott. A Ninety day variety shed corn is also advertised by S J Rice with address 40 2.
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G. H. George
Imarly
S. J. Rice
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Chiropraoctio
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Monticello, IA
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