Journal Printing Co. details and local ad network
The Journal prints daily except Sundays with a semi weekly edition on Tuesdays and Fridays and lists numerous city convenience agencies from Kest Hit to Chayka's Grocery. It notes circulation superiority, advertising reps in Chicago and New York, and private branch exchange numbers for operator requests.
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Lournal Aguncles
Kest Hit
Hurlbut Grocery
East 2Nd
South Muscatine
Toborg Broa
Grock
Oregon Street
A. Busch's
Horshey Avenue
Iecklurville
Chayka’s
Eat Hill
Fuller
Bradford Grocery
Pally Journal
Chicako
Cons
Lorenzen &Woodwan
New York
Cone
Torenzen & Woodman
Brunswick
Kansas City
Lorenzen &Woodman
Gumbel
Hetroit
Lorenzen & Woodman
Free Press
Aclants
Brockway's Predicament
Jim Brockway of Letts, Louisa county representative and father of Iowa's good roads law, faces criticism as Iowa roads struggle with moisture. A Marshalltown Times-Republican editorial praises his 15,000 mile county road plan but notes roads fail to stay usable after rain, contrasting with Indiana's more durable, better funded system.
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Brockway
Jim Brockway
Letts
Louisa County
Tave Mers
Iowa
Marshalltown
Times-Republican
Towan
House
Brockaway
Highway Commission
Mamma
Des Maines
St Brockway
Indiana
Olio
Brockway's road bond stand sparks good roads debate in Iowa
The piece contrasts Iowa and California road funding, noting Iowa's 24 400 miles of roads and lower spending, while Wisconsin and others build hard surfaced routes through bonds. It praises Brockway of Louisa County for pushing road bonds, cites journalistic missteps, and references Roosevelt and German leaders in a broader reflection on progress and politics.
Keokuk Gaty City Voices on Fred Funston Star
In the Keokuk area the Emporia Gazette praises Major General Fred Funston, recalling his rise from train auditor to U.S. Army leader and predicting continued strong service. The Iowa items note shipping restrictions for a farmer in the northeast and critique concrete paving variances across cities.
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Keokuk Gaty City
Kansas
Fred Funston
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
United States Army
Santa Fe
Emporia
United States
Reminiscences and Local Notes Chronology Update
Reminiscences from fifty years ago reference incomplete 1864 files and a lecture by Leo Miller on women and temperance at the Methodist church. Also notes on Captain Clark’s return from England and Scotland, Mrs. Clark’s accompany, and social bits on visits and 20 to 10 years ago depot break in Summit, bean theft misadventure, and Royal Neighbors Sunshine club gatherings at Woodman hall with Mrs. Kate Danker and Mrs. Nellie Weismiller.
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Leo Miller
Methodist Church
Charlie ‘Mull
Cedar River
Cornell
Royal
Sunshine Club
Woodman Hall
Kate Danker
Nellie Weismiller
Kate Dunker
Ida - Oater
Wilson's Thanksgiving trip to Williams College in Massachusetts
News follows President Wilson traveling with a private car to Williamstown for Thanksgiving. Reporters watched the itinerary from New York to Albany to Williamstown as Wilson and his party visited St John’s Church Haystack monument and a Mountain outing. The Sayre family hosted a turkey dinner with Dr Grayson while Wilson read aloud after dessert.
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Washington, D. C
Press Association
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Williamstown
Massachusetts
Berkshire Hills
Carl ‘T. Grayson
Charley 3Wenn
Secret Service
Pennsylvania Terminal
New York
Weehawken
Col. E. M. House
Sayres
Old Williams College
Sayre
Mr. Wilson
Hi” Walden
Union Church
St. John's Episcopal Parish
Meritis
South America
Grayson
Williams
Greenfield
Springfield
New Haven
Poughkeepsie
Trenton
Smith College
Northampton
Iowa City paving bid leads to durable roadway
A professor’s property in Iowa City had concrete paving bid and installed by the professor at 1.208 dollars per yard, resulting in a nearly new surface. Other papers note discussions on suffrage, penalties for not voting, Governor Cosson’s 1916 prospects, and a forecast of national business prosperity reminiscent of 1896.
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Iowa City
Marshalltown
No Boycotts in America on Any Europeans
Cedar Rapids Republic: The German consul in San Francisco urged Germans in the United States and descendants to boycott goods made by allies amid war. He claimed 12,000,000 in the U S would form a vast consuming public if united. The piece rebukes foreign consuls trying to divide Americans and warns of counter-boycotts.
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Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
America
Germany
United States
Sheffield
San’ Francisco
Chamberlains Tablets Advertised For Digestive Ailments
An old advertisement promotes Chamberlains Tablets as a medicine for stomach troubles indigestion and constipation. It claims rapid popularity and wide availability, noting the product’s growing favor and easy obtainability.
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Chamberlain's
Jtta
Eennett Et
Courage in War and Blood Purifier Advertising Blarney
An early 20th century ad touts courage as born of pure blood and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier. The copy claims the remedy cleanses toxins through liver and kidneys, improves digestion, nerves, and skin, and restores energy and vigor to rundown people.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Every Woman Should Have Grant Nook Health Book
A veiled advertisement offers a cloth bound book of over 1 000 pages with color plates and illustrations. Dr Pierce promises practical information on accident or sickness for home reading and invites readers to send 20 cents for mailing charges to the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo.
Coonskin Cove Learns to Embrace a School
In Cumberland Mountains, nine families and fourteen children lacked schooling until a railroad visit spurred change. Uncle Peter Saunders, once ruler of Coonskin Cove, resists education until a toy schoolhouse is built and Miss Betty Sloan arrives from lowland towns to study the mountain people. Tom Hannock, initially opposed, gradually warms to schooling as adults begin to attend and a community transformation begins.
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June Gahan
Coonskin Cove
Cumberland Mountains
Peter Saunders
Peter
Nat
Bristol
Nashville
Betty Sloan
Tom Hannock
Skale
Tom
Peter S
Hannock
Tilda
Beaver
Cove
Coonakin Cove
In Love and Jealousy in Mountain Town
A mountain tale follows Tom Hannock as he balances love for schoolteacher Miss Sloan, jealousy toward a Bristol rival, and education versus tradition. He contemplates marriage with Tilda while Miss Sloan counsels education, leading Tom to leave town and consider his future.
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Tilda
Tom
Bristol
Tom Hannock
Tom’ Bannock
Debts to England Prompt Lloyd George Claim
Chicago Herald reports on E. Knapp and others questioning Chancellor Lloyd George’s Friday statement about the truth of Britain’s debts to England. The piece flags a debate over financial obligations and the wartime context shaping public opinion.
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England
Chicago Herald
E. Knapp
Herald
Lloyd George
Debt claims and Lloyd George remarks spark faux global debt pull
The piece debunks a United States debt figure cited by Lloyd George claiming about 1 000 millions sterling or 5 billion dollars. It explains US actual outstanding debt near 100 million, minus England’s similar claims, and notes American securities in Europe are time loans, not payable now. The stock exchanges closed to curb gold runs as Europe panicked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Liloyd-George
England
Europe
Resolutions Honoring Departed Comrade Jacob Blecker
A 1914 memorial from Shelby Norman Post No. 231 G A R notes Jacob Blecker of Company G 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry as a faithful soldier and good citizen. It calls for posting the resolutions in city papers, copying to his family, draping the post charter, and recording the notice in the post journal. The tribute praises his Christian character and loyalty.
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Jacob Blecker
Shelby Norman
Dept. of
Iowa
Shelby Norman Post
King of Kings
Post
X. Chenoweth
G. W. Schreurs
J. i. Carl
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