Kenyon Appeals Tariff Fight to Free Aluminum
Iowa Senator W. S. Kenyon argues that curbing trusts matters more than tariff hikes, urging an amendment to free aluminum and other court-identified monopolies. He recalls Dolliver’s tariff battles and warns that failing to curb trusts could cripple the government, urging changes to the Payne–Aldrich era rates.
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Nater
Kenyon
Iowa
Senate
Aminum Trust
Canada
Arntine
Dolliver
Congress
Payne-Aldrich
Mae
Nn Simmons-Underwood
Streme Court
Tall
Debates on tariffs and trusts echo in Senate discourse
The senator defends the Sherman Act and calls for enforcement against monopolies while supporting a graduated income tax and inheritance tax to fund a stronger navy. He favors nonpartisan tariff reform and warns that protection should end for lawbreaking industries. Also notes visits of Mrs McMillen and Mrs Freden.
Reminiscences of Long Ago From Muscatine Journal
A digest of past notes from the Muscatine Journal recalling five decades of local events. Army furloughs for Grant era soldiers, saloon crackdowns, social visits, river levels, building plans, and the first melons of the season hint at local life across ten years. Notes include officers, residents, and vendors tied to Muscatine and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Dayton
P. W. Decamp
Fruitland
Growera
May Allyn in a Beachside Play Romance
May Allyn, in a hotel rotunda, schemes to wear a lace cap and costume as she rehearses for a church benefit. Count Vortegan, a Paris-educated visitor, misreads her as a rich escort, while artist Bethune clues him in to May’s true status. A planned private meeting with Bethune is interrupted by a public stroll, ending with a tense, guarded bow as they pass.
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Frank H. Sweet
May Allyn
May
Tamma
Mamma
Betty
Jardinieres
Count Vortegan
Rotunda
Paris
Gray Harbor
Ata Demoiselio
Allyn
Angela
Ao ‘May
Monsieur Bethune
Bethune
Bathune
Mrs. Allyn
Hints on Hog Cholera By K A Kirkpatrick
Hog cholera remains a contagious swine disease spreading in county townships. The article outlines forms of the illness, causes as a filterable virus, and notes that feeding does not cause cholera. It describes symptoms, fever, and signs in dead animals, and emphasizes clean pens, ventilation, and parasite control.
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Ohio
Minnesota Experiment Station
Hog Cholera Guidance and Political Speculation
Detailed modern hog cholera control measures advise burning carcasses to prevent spread, burning litter, disinfecting pens, walls, and floors, and maintaining quarantine to stop transmission. The piece also surveys Illinois political dynamics around suffrage, income tax, and a looming senatorial race, noting Senator Sherman and regional GOP battles, plus congressional maneuvers and upcoming currency debates.
Senator Sherman Wavers on tariff in national debate
Washington observers track Senator Sherman of Illinois as he shifts between progressive and conservative factions. He disputes the tariff bill’s merits, opposing many progressive ideas such as deeper income tax cuts and higher levies on large incomes, arguing five thousand may be too low to begin. The debate centers on whether direct government stake will spur broader citizen interest.
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Kenyon
Sherman
Tlinois
Illinois
Progressive Party
South Dakota
Charles H. Burke
Coo I. Crawford
Burke
Old Guard
Cannon
Jim Mann
Mann
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Frank Woods
Iowa
Central West
Crawford
House
Washington
Congressional Campaign Committee
Washington, D. C
Aus
Senate
LaFollette
Clapp
Horwid
Congress
Des Moines Tribune notes Wilson weight gain and policy envy
Iowa press snippets report President Wilson gaining ten pounds since moving into the White House and political reflections on office influence. Chariton Leader questions Des Moines credit for consolidating revenue departments and ponders pension office control. Dubuque Telegraph-Herald and Register and Leader recount heat related hospital scenes and a soda bottle accident case. Sioux City Journal notes a Texas Democrats’ bid to lure Bryan from paid lecturing. Des Moines Capital skewers I W W violence as industrial justice.
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Des Moines
Wilson
White House
Chariton
Sioux City Journal
Democrats of
Texas
Tale
Bryan
Bandon
Bailey
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The
J Journal Journal Printing Co
F. D. Throop
P. Loomis
Associated Press
Lee Newspaper Syndicate
Journal Agencis
Feast Hill
Hurlbut Grocery
Vast
South Muscatine
Toberg Bros
Groc
Oregon Street
Lorenzen & Woodo
Mallera
New York
Cone
Lorensen & Woods
Brunswick
Wood Mag
Lorensen Gum
Muscatine
Daily Journal
Istirwal
Warrior
Mallee
Publaher
Osi
Eiensing Faitor
T. Walter
Society
Mer
Lamber 86
Pnator Kenyon
W. P. McMillen
Chicago
G. B. Updegrove
Geneva’ Island
3. Freden
Grandview
J. H. Fuller & Son
Lucas St
Muscatine Journal
Marshall Ewing
Mabel Spring
Ilda Grimes
Wapello
John Mahin
Colorado
Isaak Walton
John Boulton
Maggie Boulton
Boulton
Pythian Grand Lodge
Sylvia Lodge
William Franz
M. R. Houdek
Second
Sycamore
Home . Tea Co
New China Store
K. A. Kirkpatrick
Abe Martin
Judge Wade
Mr. Pepper
Jong
Representative Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Lie
War Department
Ga Jack Hughes
Sioux City
Baltimore
Connolly
Perty
Cummins
Dubuque
I. W. W. Outfit
California
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