Republican View of Progressive Years and Iowa Leaders
A long critical essay by a lifelong Iowa Republican praising protected industry and past party stalwarts while deriding free trade and newer reformers. The author lauds McKinley era prosperity, condemns reciprocity and Cummins for intra party strife, and extols Senator Allison and Iowa’s Republican pioneers as guiding constellations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Republican Party
Garfield
Arthur
Blaina
Logan
Harrison
Morton
McKinley
Hobart
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Lincoln
Blaine
Dingley
Allison
Democratic Arty
Democratic Party
Republi ‘Can Party
Iran
Pat
Paty
William Jennings Bryan
Alton B. Parker
Met
Horace Greeley
Teller
Pettigrew
Representative Towne
Colorado
Towne
New York City
South Dakota
William DB. Allison
Commonwealth
Constellation of States
Henderson
Hepburn
Dolliver
Lacey
Shaw
Treasury Department
Gavers
Cummins
Alison
Aross
America
Political history and Taft ahead in GOP race
A Waterloo citizen writer argues with calm, factual analysis about party politics and progressivism, praising the article as clear and honest. The Burling-ton Hawkeye backs Taft for Republican nomination, noting Roosevelt’s absence as a factor and urging Iowa Republicans to avoid factional strife while Cummins’s ambition risks a harsh campaign. Meanwhile, Erie’s two baseball teams attract attention as the C P Scano club and a Girard team share ownership and management.
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Waterloo
Republican Party
Organization In
Laws
Teatts
Taft
Yawkeye
Roosevelt
Hilton
Iowa
Ibis
Cummins
Cumming
Erie
C. & P. Scano
St. Girard
Girard
Erie Interfigie
Political faith in regulation and leaders praised
The speaker praises regulation as a wise product of patriotism and foresight. He argues prosperity comes from governmental energy, not accident, and commends Senators Allison and Dilliver as right men in the right places. He urges keeping them before us and trusting their political leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McKinley
William McKinney
Willan McKinley
Grover Cleveland
Termarch
Towa
Isa
Allison
Delllver
Constantine
This Date in History May 2 Chronology
A compact list of historical notes for May 2: Jamaica discovered by Columbus and named Jamaica, Leonardo da Vinci death and birth details, Hudson’s Bay Company formation, revolts and railways, Irish leader Parnell release, various battles and conferences, and the wreck of the Steamer Falk with heavy loss. Includes ships, dates, places, and figures like Columbus, da Vinci, Parnell, and the Hudson’s Bay Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Columbus
Sp. Jago
Leonardo da Vinci
Palatery
Fontainbiew
Hudson Bay Company
England
Napoleon
Canadian Pacific Railway
Charles S. Parnell
Kilmainharst
Colonal Otter
Cut Knife Creek
London
Falk
Janes End
Birth of Jerome K. Jerome and scattered year events
A historical column notes Jerome K. Jerome born May 2 1861 in Walsall and highlights his London life and early works. It then lists assorted 47th birthday era items including Dorislaus assassination at The Hague, 1947 English naval actions near Cape Finisterre, 1832 Washington city charter, 1814 Bourbon restoration, 1844 Harreleon birth, 1372 Liberal Republicans convention, and 1905 International Railway Congress in Washington.
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Jerome K. Jerome
Walsall
London
Philological School
Marylebone
Jerome
Dorislaus
Hague
Charles I of
England
Anson
Warren
Cape Finisterra
Washington
Louis XVII
Paris
Charles
Harreleon
University of Pennsylvania
Bor
Philadelphia
Liveral Republicans
Clutinnet
Horace Graeley
International Railway Congress
Portrait of Jacob A. Rits A Danish-born Sociologist
Jacob A. Ris, born May 3, 1849 in Rits Denmark, emigrated at 21 to America after a failed romance. He worked in coal mines and lumber camps before becoming a New York reporter. His studies of the lower east side poverty and tenement conditions earned him international fame as a reformer and settlement worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob A. Rits
Jacob A. Ris
Roosevelt
Rits
Denmar
America
United States
Pennsylvania
New York
Hie Perssyarjenve
Lower East Side
Jong
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Remedies and Hall's Cure
Public notice warns against mercury ointments for catarrh and endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure from J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free. It explains internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and cautions buyers to ensure genuine product. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and assorted plants and nursery offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FLJ, Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
EL J
Cheney & Co
Druggtots
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Matt
Parritt
Boss
Parrott
Walon
Igo
Bell
Babscribera
Bes
Congress
Daniel Webster
Hicago
Iiko
Republic
Webster
White House
Wwe
Nial Bart
Grover, Cleveland
Tof America
Chicago
Ignis Fatuns
Clef
Gov. Cummings
American Union
Caesar
Britain
Stuxentius
Augustus
Rome
Reed
MacKinley
Commonwealth of
Ista
Cummius
Thousenis
Loffond
Jfrea
Tate
Hughes
Torbert
Cummin
Iever
Supreme Court of the United States
Albert B. Cummins
United States Senate
Kent
William B. Allison
Wilthin
Gav. Cumming
Corn Belt
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