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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
3
The region endures a delayed spring as the train schedule falters and daily rains hinder field work. Farmers face slow corn growth but optimism remains that ground cultivation now will yield a strong crop once soils dry and warm.
The passage laments a mythic Dark Ages from year three hundred to thirteen hundred, claiming a millennium without any notable inventors, institutions, or progress due to the absence of Freedom, with the voice of Elbert Hubbird.
An old Spencer newspaper features a long essay arguing moral themes of self restraint and duty. It critiques war's stress on character, urges integrity, and cites philosophical ideas from Ecclesiastes and European thought alongside a discussion of governance and mercy in a death sentence case.
Leo M Frank was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of a young woman at his factory. A colored servant testified as key witness and was suspected as the possible killer. Franks bid for pardon or commuting the sentence failed until Governor Slaton commuted it to life imprisonment amid public uproar and threats of violence.
Joe Hastall of Kit Carson and G A B Washington DC argue eliminating martial imagery from church hymns. The discussion questions wartime faith, fighting words, and whether Christian life is a battlefield. It warns that life, conduct, and character shape destiny and eternal outcomes. Now is the time to choose the path that leads to virtue and lasting consequences.
One reason to oppose Senator Allen for governor is not his lack of principles or competence but that Casson has shown himself more likely to win. Casson is described as right, effective, and able to secure the right outcome.
A collection of witty quotes about ambition and prices. A child says he would rather be a horse, or a steam engine if he cannot be a horse. Another quip notes that the greatest change is price changes as water turns to ice.
A poetic tribute extols water as life giving, pure, and universally beautiful, contrasting it with harsh alcohol production. The piece envisions water in nature from glades and valleys to mountains and seas, celebrating its life sustaining power and heavenly light across scenes. The closing line cites a retail hat retrim shop and Mrs Orth’s assurance to please.
A reader quote from Ladine's Home Journal shows Mrs OToole expressing indignation that 1A has finished washing and ironing while she declines to boast about her own chores. The exchange highlights pride and neighborhood banter over domestic labor.
A survey of 624 replies from Episcopal Baptist Congregational Methodist and Presbyterian ministers Sunday school superintendents and editors on equal suffrage. Eds and ministers largely favor it saying it broadens women’s minds raises public interest in questions and improves schooling while denying connections to immorality and divorces.
A reflective monologue seeks practical wisdom and moral restraint. It asks for understanding basic measures sixty minutes per hour sixteen ounces per pound and one hundred cents per dollar while requesting strength to live without guilt, avoid harm, and face life honestly with family and community values.
A mother confronts her daughter after she was found in a spirited hair pulling encounter with a friend. The child admits Satan suggested the act, but claims kicking the shins was her own idea, as reported in Tit-Bits.
A local letter mocks perfect street surfaces in Spencer while urging action on Main street. The writer notes tourists may praise roads if kept in good repair, and warns vehicles risk damage without paving. They credit street officials but call for timely upgrades to avoid complaints.
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