Republican stance on soldier bonus bill and Johnson talk
The piece critiques Republican plans to allow debate on a soldier bonus bill as a campaign talking point with no real aid to soldiers. It recalls Chronicle jokes about Hiram Johnson, argues against Johnson as president, notes Michigan’s 1912 vote for Johnson with Roosevelt, and urges productive industry over partisan posturing.
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Republican Congress
the Chronicle
Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Michigan
Wilson
Senate
Theodore Roosevelt
Bullmoose
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
Henry Ford
Struggling Papers and Draft-Era Opinions Across Iowa
A near century old debate notes paper shortages driving downsizing and advertising shifts favoring rural presses, while postwar readers react to labor strikes and government draft enforcement. It cites Davis county cases, gymnasium battles at Central College, and calls for orderly policy over unauthorized strikes.
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Iowa
Davis County
Germany
Bergdoll
Dickson
Fragmented idle anecdotes and Iowa town glimpses brief notes
A jumble of vignettes from Iowa towns includes a girl and her friend discussing mothers at choir practice, a knife incident during a meal, a cat burned by a high tension wire, and various local musings about brains, glee club tours, and land offers. The piece ends with Leap Year Defense actions against a Chronicle editor and Van Houweling.
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Iowa
Oakland
Carson
Hancock
Lone Trail Council No. 1
Leap Year Defense
the Chronicle
Aart van Houweling
Regular meeting over onion garden accusations
A regular meeting this week debated a charge that two members grew large gardens and sought explanations. Both admitted the charge, saying they raised mostly onions and cited the proverb onion a day keeps the doctor away. The council slowed the matter, vowing watchful eyes on those under suspicion.
All-Wool Suitings Sale at $43.50 by Vander Linden
SAVED and HAPPY because he saved it. He saved $20.00 on his suit. Of course he is happy. So will you be, 200 kinds of All-Wool Suitings at the same price of $43.50, M. Vander Linden.
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M. Vander Linden
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