Editor's Tax Receipt Challenge in Voorhees Ad
The Harlan Republican profiles editor John C. Voorhees and his study of a March tax bill totaling 73.74 dollars. It questions how a state senator candidate would reduce segments such as school and state university taxes, requesting clear plans and exposing perceived gaps in rhetoric.
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Harlan
John C. Voorhees
Atlantic News-Telegraph
John
The
Republican
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State University
State Agricultural College
State Teachers’ College
Capitol Extension
Agricultural College Extension
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County Schoo
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Board of Supervisors
Agricultural
Teachers’ College
Belright
Pork bill costs Iowa voters per capita versus state taxes
The piece argues the Washington pork bill would have imposed per capita costs on Iowa residents equal to or exceeding the entire Iowa state tax burden, had Senator Kenyon and fellow Republicans not blocked it. It accuses Democrats of seeking to curry favor with voters while promising fat contracts, and questions their bid for Iowa’s state treasury.
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Washington
Congress
Kenyon
Iowa
State boost to Iowa railroad property in 1913
A 1913 action by Iowa’s state executive council increased railroad property value by over fifty million dollars, marking the largest yearly boost and its distribution strictly by law. The note urges adherence to this fact and warns against misleading tales about railroad assessments.
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State Executive Council
Iowa
Comfortable Disappointments
A Detroit Free Press reader shares a lighthearted reflection on a petty financial mishap. The writer recalls waiting for a dentist appointment and a visitor asking for a loan, noting the discomfort of refusing a larger request while only having two dollars to lend.
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Detroit Free Press
Deduction. Diet Sparks Mock Debate in Kansas City Journal
An amateur pundit claims diet reveals character and cites a meal of welsh rarebit and lemon pie. The Kansas City Journal counters with a sharp tease calling the speaker a fool.
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Kansas City Journal
Iowa Finances Declared Clean Despite Expenditure Increases
The piece argues Iowa's finances are clean with no waste or graft in boards like the state board of control and state board of education. It notes higher spending due to necessity and defends Democratic involvement in chairing these bodies, while urging bipartisan cooperation to maintain fiscal integrity.
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Lowa
State Board of Control
State Board of Education
Iowa
Board of Education
Board of Control
Col. J. H. McConolgue
Mason City
D. D. Murphy
Elkader
John T. Hamilton
Hamilton
32D General Assembly
P. B. Counterman
Joplin
Chamberlain
Notable Iowa Bills Passed In Last Twelve Years
A compiled note references fifty top Iowa legislature bills from the last dozen years and mentions Governor Clarke's influence in shaping policy. The quoted Cleveland Leader passage contrasts domestic life with a traveling partner context, illustrating a public perception of political and personal life.
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Iowa
Clarke
Babel of Quotes from Chicago News and Martial Maxim
A fragmentary collection pairs a mock census line about Portuguese people with a landlady’s tally and a playful misprint. It includes a Chicago News item and a Martial maxim about enduring misery, reflecting a tone of satirical newspaper quips.
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Chicago News
Promise Us Performance by Senator Cummins
Senator A B Cummins reviews federal spending since 1913 under Democratic control. He contrasts promised economy with actual appropriations for 1915 and 1918, noting higher totals, expanded pensions, and larger rivers and harbors bills. He accuses the administration of failure to curb taxes or reduce government size, while promising to detail expenditures further.
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A. B. Cummins
United States
Baltimore
House
Senate
Pension Bureau
Cloud Formations and The Uncertainty of Clouds
War Cry notes clouds remain largely guesswork. Moisture rises from Earth by sun heat, gathers on particles or other agents, then forms droplets that become rain. Scientists now doubt dust as the condensation site and admit the exact process is still unknown.
Boscastle Dinner Mystery Meat Then Veal Clue
Stephen Hawker recalls a Boscastle landlady serving dinner described as meat and tastes with no bone to indicate origin. He later learns from Cornwall history that locals catch divers young scyles of uncertain fish or flesh and roast them as savory meat.
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Stephen Hawker
Boscastle
Cornwall
London Graphic
Epitaph for Mary Broomfield in 18th Century Churchyard
In St Michael's Macclesfield an epitaph notes Mary Broomfield who died in 1755 aged eighty. It says her life centered on planning her funeral, she enjoyed discussing it, lived on ninepence weekly, and saved £5 to be spent at burial.
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St. Michael's Church
Macclesfield
England
Manchester and
Glassow Road
Charles G. Harper
Mary Broomfield
County Supervisors Approve Bridges and Election Appointments
The Rome Iowa board approves contracts for bridge Nos 82 and 96 with Flaherty and Penny, transfers funds from domestic animal to county accounts, approves bonds for several contractors and a soldiers relief fund, and sets election judges and clerks for numerous townships in November 1914.
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White Oak Telephone Co
West Corner
White Oak
Laurel Hill
Greenfield Center
Forest Hill Telephone Company
Fairview
Laurel Hill Telephone Company
Maple Grove Telephone Company
Maple Grove
Hale
Flaherty and
Penny
Thomson
E. J. Hines
Ansmosa
Thomsen
Bobren
Joseph A. Weiss
Soldiers’ Relief Caom
Flaherty & Penny
C.B. Smith
Marcus McDermitt
Mershon & Son
Bridge No. 96
Washington Township
Murfield
Cass Township
N. P. Clarke
Fred Chipman
Ed Flaherty
A. Ray Fairbanks
James Dougherty
Castle Grove
A. Stadtmueller
M. A. Waddick
A. L. Fairbanks, Jr
S. M. Hosford
H. JF. Balster
Center Junction
John McDonald
Howard Leech
Holst
George McDonald
James Kennedy
South Madison
Charles P. Saxon
Levsen
H. G. Manuel
S. L. Davis
A. J. Rohwedder
Oxford
Henry Schimerda
Frank Powelka
QO. A. Gable
L. F. Zeller
H. Jd. Ingwersen
Wyoming
John W. Morse
T. F. Allen
R. D. Cooley
D. A. White
Peter Jansen
Hale Township
Dick Carstens
Don Vrooman
Paul Ingwersen
Henry Kruse
E. H. Levsen
Greenfield Township
John Bauer
Uriah Barr
A. B. Caffee
A. L. Hoffman
Harry Holcomb
Jackson Township
Carl Eden
John Morrissey
Fred Taylor
A. L. Huggins
Guy Byerly
Rome Township
A. O C. Burroughs
Samuel Pieper
H. Gardner
Fairview Township
J. I. Hay
O. Hartman
Glen Peet
W. H. Buckner
Lee Larson
Anamosa
J. L. Kaufmann
M. Byerly
Ira Bowen
A. A. Clarke
P. H. Olsen
Geo. W. Beaman
John W. Goodman
John Dumont
John Walsh
Tom Lister
Ed Reed
Robert Green
Clay Township
J. A. Hamilton
W. H. Orr
Patrick Hughes
J. L. English
W. A. Hicks
East Richland
J. N. Kremer
John O’brien
W. Marten
George P. Rogers
al Beatty
West Richland
R. Gerdes
Len Buol
Monticello
G. P. Rockstad
J. L. Arduser
W. A. Beery
Clerks
J. J. Locher
C. J. Northrop
2Nd Ward
F. W. Ferring
Hoag
L. H. Lang
Wm. Podhagki
Leroy Clarke, Jr
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Martial
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Philadelphia Ledger
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Puck
Third Ave
Killian’s
N. Schoen
Cedar Rapids, Ia
Hans
J. E. Bateman
Yowa
Mayr
Geo. H. Mayr
Mtg
Whiting St
Chicago
Ill
W. W. Stickford
Supervisors’ Proceedings
Rome
Bunker Hill Telephone Co
Greenfield
Bunker Hill
Hazel Hill
Jass Mutual Telephone Co
Cherry Grove Telephone Co
Cherry Grove
Farmers Linn Grove Telephone Co
Martelie
Cottage Hill Telephone Co
Cottage Hill
Center
Germany
Martelle
Great Western Telephone Company
Linn Franklin Telephone Company
Sord Ward
Isaac Schneider
Louis Scherrer
R. BR. Tuel
G. Schneider
D. Slauson
Scotch Grove Township
J. W. Hutton
John Fagan
H. H. Carson
C. M. Holst
G. J. Hughes
Wayne Township
Peter Robertson
G. Rickels
Fred Plueger
P. B. Daly
J. O. Bailey
Frank Byrne
Monticello Town
Kettlitz & Kay
ER. G. Rawson
Onslow, Iowa
M. W. Herrick E. BE
Reed Herrick & Reed Attorneys AT Law
Monticello State Bank
H. M. Hexuey Janes
Remley & Remley
Attorneys AT Law
Majin Street
Kauterly Hotel
Chiropractic
Garnayville St
L. A. Beaver
D.C
U.S. A
Hotel Cumberland
New York
Broadway
54Th Street
First
Stimson
Hotel Imperial
H. C. Bohlken
Horse Hospital
George Albery
Cedar Street
First Street
Tincis
Rites
Eppayer
Harry Fe.netcott
Independence, Iowa
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