Cummins Urges Delegates for Iowa Good Roads Meeting
Gov. Cummins appeals to county supervisors and groups to appoint delegates to the Iowa Good Roads Association convention on February 7th and 8th in Des Moines. The Y M C A building will host sessions. Lantern slides from state photos illustrate concrete use in culverts and bridges. Wingfield, editor of the Pville News, clashes over eligibility and condemns the contest as a Congress of Liars, joking about Ananias.
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Wingfield
P Ville News
Board of Supervisors
Congress of Liars
Annanias
Ife
Newspaper man rises from ashes and finds extra policy
A Chariton Leader editor, Hen Gittenger, lost his paper in a large fire but discovers a $1,000 insurance policy among old papers, potentially covering losses beyond his earlier estimate. The Harvey News' Aunt Robey departure is tied to a coincidental find of a two-cent postage stamp by a debtor, amid assorted town anecdotes.
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Hen Gittenger
Chariton
Robey
Harvey News
Merchants Urged to Tell Truth in Advertisements
The piece notes merchants in several Iowa towns face scrutiny from newspaper boys over truthful ads. In some places bold claims mislead buyers, who then discover products not as represented. Frustrated advertisers vow to stop spending on ads as it yields no sales.
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Iowa
Pella
Town boards urged to use road fund for King drag contracts
An exchange suggests that town boards should appropriate $200 of the $1 million road fund to contract 200 King drags and turn them over to township trustees for pledges to use the drag. The note also urges liberal advertising space to showcase local offerings against eastern competitors.
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Boards of Supervisors
Trouble Ahead For Roosevelt In Republican Rifts
Washington World correspondent notes growing disruption within the Republican Party as President Roosevelt faces opposition from a rebellious Congress similar to Cleveland’s final term. Prophets warn of disastrous outcomes for the president’s party amid tense factional conflict.
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Republican Party
Washington
New York World
Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Congress
Cleveland
Roosevelter
Barkloulsely
Roosevelt Endorses Pardon Petition Denied
President Roosevelt opines on a pardon petition from the South Dakota delegation for a man jailed for mailing obscene literature. He writes that those supporting the petition should be informed he regrets it falls within his power to increase the sentence of this scoundrel.
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Roosevelt
South Dakota
Association
Methusala and the Rocky Mountain Tea Folklore Note
A fragmentary verse mentions Methusala as a good old soul who might still be living had he taken Rocky Mountain Tea, attributed to KK D Stobenrauch.
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Methusala
The Opinion of a Minister Editorial in The Express
The Knoxville Express notes Rev Frank Stull praised a piece on The Population of Nell. Stull declares his belief in an endless hell, claims he can name all Knoxville preachers bound for heaven, and mocks the Sage of Cloud’s uncertainty about hell’s limits.
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Knoxville Express
Frank Stull
the Express
Nell
Sage of
Cloud
Theoloians
Knoxville
Bac
Heaven
Hell
Dr King's New Life Pills Claim Cure For Germs
Ad copy proclaims a remedy for yellow fever and malaria germs. It compares the germs to malaria and promises to free the system from disease. The product is sold at Henry M. Langerak's drug store for 253.
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Dr. King
Henry M. Langerak
Binding Twine Bill Aimed at Iowa Farmers
A proposed binding twine measure before the Iowa legislature seeks relief from the binding twine trust. Representative Powers plans to push a bill in committee on agriculture, proposing a 50,000 dollar appropriation to build facilities at Ames Penitentiary and install equipment to produce ten to thirty thousand pounds of twine daily. An additional 150,000 dollar revolving appropriation would stock the plant and cover material, with price set by the warden and board of control, to be sold to farmers at cost plus labor. The plan includes annual production and sale targets with a March 1 deadline for each year.
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Iowa
Register and Leader
Powers
House
Committee On Agriculture
Anamogsii Penitentiary
State of
Anamos
Jie
Fleury Walter
Minnesota
Tate
Iowa Prison Twine Bill Push Affects Farmers and Labor
Iowa lawmakers consider a bill by Mr Powers to require prison made binding twine sold to citizens at controlled prices with sales records and penalties for violations. The plan claims to save farmers about 400000 annually and to create about 200 prison jobs, citing Minnesota's twine plant history and profits as a reference.
Twine Plant Cost Inquiry Explored at Iowa Site
An 18 000 twine facility in Iowa is examined for feasibility to install equipment power and building to produce 10 000 pounds per day for under 50 1000 dollars. The review notes cost efficiency and potential timelines for setup.
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Iowa
Advertising and home merchants in a changing market
A New Sharon Star opinion argues most exchanges over the past year criticize catalogue houses but rely on advertising to gain attention and trust. It urges local merchants to advertise boldly to compete, noting that prominent advertisers do the most business and that town trade hinges on visible, ongoing promotion.
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Sharon
New Sharon
Iowa
Indiana hen nests stolen tale in Iowa politics
Joe Trigg reports a parable from Indiana about a hen stealing a nest in a neglected wheat stack and an array of birds laying eggs, used to illustrate the Republican party’s troubled state in Iowa today. The tale features an old hen leading a family with two juvenile turkeys, five chicks, an infant guinea, and two ducklings as a satirical image of political plurality and misfortune.
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Joe Trigg
Indiana
Republican Party
Iowa
Healing Gospel Opens With Electric Bitters Testimony
The Rev J C Warren pastor of Sharon Baptist Beclar Ga proclaims Electric Bitters a Godsend to mankind. He says it cured his lame back stiff joints and collapse and after two bottles he walked three miles in fifty minutes and feels able to walk three more. He calls it the greatest remedy for weakness and stomach liver and kidney complaints sold under guarantee at Henry M Langerak’s drug store for 50 cents.
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J. C. Warren
Sharon Baptist Church
Beclar
Henry M. Langerak
Drag Store
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