Russia’s Prohibition Move Spurs Global Temperance Push
The piece argues the czar’s ban on manufacturing and sale of intoxicants across Russia shows a moral shift in Europe. It highlights Norway as a model with lower per capita alcohol use, cites declines in saloons and deaths, and contrasts with U S liquor profiteering and politics. It also touches on U S ballot reform, county cattle disease, and political stances toward liquor interests.
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Europe
Norway
United States
Liquor Trust
Price Collier
Scribners
Sweden
Denmark
United Kingdom
Belgium
Germany
Boss Moore’s Payment Confesses Wrong Over Ballot Fees
The article argues that Boss Moore paid $79.84 into the county treasury after publishing a primary ballot not required by law. It claims this withdrawal was money he did not deserve and portrays the payment as a confession of error after challenging the attorney general. It suggests his efforts to oppose the auditor failed as the tiger turned on him.
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Boss Moore
Taking the Broad View to Aid War's Homeless
A columnist urges a peaceful outlook and urges readers to help all affected by war. The message emphasizes gratitude for peace and the duty to aid homeless and suffering people in war torn Europe and beyond.
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Europe
Dr. Burdette Dies in California Humorist and Minister
Dr. Robert J. Burdette, who died in California last week, built a national reputation on the Burlington Hawkeye and spread cheer as a lecturer and later minister of the gospel. He carried to thousands the view of a better life with a hopeful smile and uplifting words.
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Robert J. Burdette
California
Burlington
Auto accidents raise toll amid warnings near Fort Dodge Ames
Last Friday's dispatches reported five killed when an automobile was struck by a train near Fort Dodge while another incident crushed the head janitor of Iowa State College at Ames. Numerous minor crashes followed as warnings persist about careless driving.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa State College
Ames
Southern influence to grow in coming administration
The South will wield greater power in the administration for the next two years. Democratic losses in the House are attributed to northern members, suggesting the South has had unusual influence over the president since the start of his term and is likely to increase rather than decrease.
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P.e* Dent
Brown-eyed girl born at Mercy hospital brightens Anamosa scene
Anamosa Eureka reports a brown-eyed girl born at Mercy hospital last Monday evening. The birth brings a sense of hope as the editor notes the sun is brighter and life’s burdens feel lighter.
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Anamosa Eureka
Mercy Hospital
Pro pressive leaders seek graceful return to party fold
In the St. Louis Globe-Democrat snippet a note observes that progressive leaders would like a smooth reentry into the Republican fold, contrasting with the smoother shift seen among rank and file followers.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Republican Party
Neighborhood News and Local Incidents Across Iowa
Joe Peters named postmaster at Preston. Miss Annabel Potter and Raymond Bickford wed in Maquoketa. Dubuque firm gets large wagon contract for Europe. Mason City pastor Rev J W Welsh resigns to join Rev W A Sunday’s staff. Delaware County population ~21 160. hog cholera hits farms. Iowa college football results listed. Clear Lake nets end season yield 325000 pounds of fish. Legal claims rise over auto accident near Delmar bridge. Cornell College reports one million dollar endowment and healthy budget. Rockefeller settlement boosts productive endowment to one million. plans for half million more building funds discussed.
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Preston
Annabel Potter
Raymond Bickford
Canton
Maquoketa
A. A. Cooper Wagon Co
Dubuque
Europe
J. W. Welsh
First Congregational Church
Mason City
W. A
Delaware County Auditor
Iowa
Upper Iowa University
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Grinnell
Cornell
Nebraska
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Drake
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Iowa City
Vollmer
A. M. Billingsley
Methodist Episcopal Church
Des Moines
Webbles & Smyth
Marion
John W. Smyth
A. G. Webbles
Clear Lake
KE. C. Hinehaw
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Clinton County
Clinton County Board of Supervisors
County Bridge
Delmar
Ella E. Kramer
Myrtle Sinkey
Cornell College
Rockefeller Board
Fragmented Humor and World News Snippets
A collage of quips and wire-service style lines covers humorous asides and field reports. It includes remarks on Balkan commissions, war correspondence, and editorial jabs, plus a courtroom joke about spelling names and a quote from Ladies' Home Journal.
Reforming Election Counting in Modern Times
Mr Vernon Hawkeye argues for a simpler method to hold elections using electric power adding machines typewriters and card systems. He notes the current process takes twenty four to thirty six hours to tally results from voting precincts to county and state headquarters and calls it slow.
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Vernon Hawkeye
Should Have Set An Example In Civil Rights Debate
Cedar Rapids Republicans argue President Wilson’s defenders claim the head of the negro delegation to protest segregation lost his temper addressing the first man of the republic. They question whether the president should have maintained better conduct as a model for the nation.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson
Iowa Voters Unaware of Nonpartisan Judiciary Law
Election returns show most Iowa voters did not know such a law existed despite publicity.
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Sioux City Journal
Iowa
The Girl and The Stranger
A Marshalltown Times-Republican piece notes daylight proximity of a girl and a man near a street, questioning propriety. The witness fears parental concern and urges the girl to tell her father, suggesting trouble if she cannot bring him home to mother.
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Marshalltown
Davenport's Reasons and Davenport Free Employment Bureau
The Muscatine Journal notes a puzzling election split in Scott county with three Republican legislators elected alongside a Republican senator. Davenport launched a municipal free employment bureau registering 102 men in the first hour and 221 by 83 o clock, suggesting industrial stagnation may explain the political outcome.
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Muscatine
Sioux City Journal
Scott County
Davenport
Municipal Free Employment Bureau
Advising Slower, Thoughtful Legislation for Iowa
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil argues for a slower general assembly with better work. It urges correcting clear errors, careful preparation before new lines, necessary prison laws, road law supplements with long term bonds for permanent roads, and shorter ballots. It predicts Gov Clarke will propose a careful program for substantial progress.
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General Assembly
Assembly
Clarke
Iowa
Overbreeding the Corn Says Iowa Farmer
An Iowa farmer discusses corn breeding in The Iowa Farmer noting yellow dent varieties now have tall ears on light stalks that break easily in strong winds. He claims overbreeding reduces cob size and stalk strength, cites Reid's yellow dent deterioration, and praises Boone white for better wind resistance where winds are severe.
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Iowa
Reid
Boone
The Greater Need in Omaha Bee Reflections
The article extols the virtuous citizen who does his best in every task and serves greater causes through steady, everyday effort. It frames personal duty as a path to collective improvement and moral progress.
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Omaha Bee
Hoof and Mouth Outbreak Expands in Iowa's Oxford Township
Two new hoof and mouth disease outbreaks appear in Oxford township near Lathrop farm after cattle were destroyed Tuesday. Skinner’s herd and Sazma’s farm are quarantined as ruminants on affected properties are killed to stop spread, with state and federal guidelines outlining shipment and disinfection rules for livestock and vehicles.
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Nathan Lathrop
Oxford Milla
Oxford
Skinner
Lathrop
Sazma
Oxford Junction
Veterinary Department
J. I. Gibson
Atate
Iowa
Johnson
Jones
Cedar
Clinton
Jackson
Foot and Mouth Scandal Critique of Cattle Inspection
The New York Sun denounces federal and local cattle inspection as ineffective after foot and mouth disease spreads across fourteen states. It calls for reorganization of services, accountability for officials, and punishment for those responsible while noting taxpayers fund the failed system.
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New York Sun
United States
Advice to Congress on Economy and Clarke
Sioux City JournalEditorial argues public support for Gov. Clarke should not be seen as a license for wasteful spending. The Journal expects the next legislature with Clarke’s cooperation to pursue economy and efficiency and deliver tangible benefits.
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Sioux City Journal
Journal
Gov. Clarke
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