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Newspaper
Telegraph Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1910
Page
14
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald traces origins to 1836 and 1870 with consolidations and became the official city paper by 1901. Publication details note daily editions with varying schedules and subscription terms including semi weekly and mail options.
Subscribers must provide both old and new addresses when changing delivery and must notify for discontinues. papers continue unless explicitly ordered. Telegraph-Herald does not return rejected manuscripts. all contributions accompany this understanding. address business letters to The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa.
The Greater Dubuque Fund reports $23,000 of a $150,000 stock issue subscribed, with Archbishop John J. Keane contributing $5,000 and praising the city’s future. Other donors include Union Electric, The Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque Brewing & Malting Co., Rider-Wallis Co., and multiple large supporters. The directors aim for ten more $5,000 subscriptions, confident in prudent investment and full deployment. Keane’s gift highlights his reputed generosity given his $5,000 annual salary and vow to live modestly, treating money as a servant.
John Callan O Laughlin quotes the Chicago Tribune saying President Taft will devote himself to chief executive duties and abandon partisan politics. He claims Taft sees a period of hypocrisy and demagogues preying on Tariff Trusts and lawless combines while Roosevelt’s supporters push public power and fair deals for the people.
The text argues that Taft entered with broad popular support and trust, while ten months later his administration lost public confidence. It claims Roosevelt’s loyalists were purged and his enemies placed in power, blaming Taft for wrecking his own administration and condemning demagoguery as the cause of the fall.
Governor Haskell defends the Oklahoma deposits guaranty law against critics from national banks and opponents of vested rights. He cites growing state bank deposits from 17 million to 50 million dollars, shows few national banks converting, and predicts the law’s strong chance in the U S Supreme Court with potential support from Oklahoma voters. The governor argues the law aligns with the state constitution and will win broad support.
The piece praises liberal victory in British elections, urges lords to bow to the commons, and argues privilege must yield to the people. It says government burdens fall on wealthier classes and notes democracy spreading beyond England to Turkey and Persia with significant reforms.
The article argues that global revolts show progress toward popular rule while the Washington administration opposes democracy as centralist and aristocratic. It contrasts Taft with Jefferson, Lincoln, and other founders, asserting democracy will prevail over imperial and corporate forces. It cites Philippines, Porto Rico, and Cuba as tests of self-government.
The 1909 Russian wheat harvest reached 783 million bushels, surpassing its own prior best by 100 million. Russia expanded wheat acreage from 42 million to over 65 million acres since 1895, with rye as the main bread grain and wheat as the money crop, about a quarter exported.
A fashionable trend among the younger New York society set shows sympathy with shirt waist factory strikers. Several young women have been arrested for picketing, while many more engage as a diverting pastime for the wealthy, though not all view the strike seriously. Some women express deep, genuine interest and a wish to aid the workers.
Governor Hughes says he will not seek a third term to focus on his family. Friends of the Empire state executive deplore the decision while critics recall Hearst's remark calling him "the animated feather duster."
The report suggests the Earl of Percy died from injuries in a duel, a claim that would hold weight only if the opponent were not a nobleman. The remark implies social privilege shields a noble from accountability in dueling.
If Secretary Knox succeeds in regulating the Manchurian railway, he might then turn his attention to the railroads at home.
A New England paper asks what became of the old shawl worn by men and muses if officials investigated a local rum mage sale and its lingering artifacts.
The Boston Journal reports 91 Massachusetts towns under 2,617 people show a combined population drop from 76,125 to 73,903 over ten years, fueling concerns over enterprise, moral energy, and schooling. The piece links rural decline to urban growth and questions how national morality should adapt.
The account highlights black whydah finches with male birds in long glossy tails and insect like demeanor. Males perform in artificial dancing rings along a Kamiti riverbank while females flock nearby and feed in Heatley's grain fields.
A Baltimore Sun poem notes the contrast between daily toil and the comfort of a child’s love. Repeated questions ask what one cares about when a child is near. The verses describe lullabies, bedtime, and the soothing power of a child’s presence.
A February Young's Magazine poem narrates a suitor’s cautious love for a vain maid with pigtails who speaks bluntly that she prefers "big men." He resolves to wait, hoping she remains unwed until she is twenty one, then he may pursue at fifteen years hence.
A humorous verse narrative follows a bashful suitor and a farm girl named May. The chorus invites the couple to meet at the henhouse to improve the bank roll, with playful misadventures and a joking marriage by a justice named Mike. The hens strike adds a comic twist to the tale.
The Waterloo Courier notes that colds are preventable with proper care and discipline. It argues against indoor confinement and promotes brisk, outdoor activity, cold baths or dry rubs for invigoration, and avoiding sudden cooling after exertion as ways to avert winter illnesses.
The Manson Democrat notes that Morse of New York and Walsh of Chicago head toward longer confinement as Justice aims to arrest more of the so called guardians of the people's money. The piece criticizes bank guaranty laws as confiscatory.
A review shows that more than 24 million dollars in Davenport savings bank deposits may be concentrated in the names of men, suggesting a gendered pattern in account holdings and financial prominence within the city.
A macabre verse sketch narrates a doctored amputation performed with humor and irony. The speaker requests removal of a leg then a head, while the doctor and narrator chase satirical themes of science versus profit, pain, and heroism. The piece closes with a drugged-free bill claim and a nostalgic bow to the physician.
The Davenport Democrat notes that women across the country, young and old, married and single, are the more numerous riders in saving. They watch account books and scrimp to lay something aside the first of the month, urging readers to turn their pocketbooks over to mothers, wives, sisters, or daughters.
The Maquoketa Record argues progressive Republicans should nominate a candidate against Governor Carroll. It accuses Carroll of purging progressives from the statehouse and building a pro standpat machine. It urges Iowa Republicans to choose between insurgent and standpat factions and to back Cannon Aldrich Ballinger or oppose them.
A columnist argues that fearing discovery by others is a dangerous habit. True happiness comes from aligning actions with inner conscience, not avoiding others' disapproval. The piece contends consequences are nature's medicine for our sins and warns against valuing appearances over integrity.
The speaker reflects that the effort may not be fully successful now or ever yet regards it as a healthy exercise for the soul. The tone is contemplative and self critical. The comment invites continued effort and implies personal growth through practice.
The editor informs readers that questions are answered in rotation and it may take two or three weeks if many are ahead. Names and addresses must accompany all questions or no attention will be paid. this notice is for information only and not for publication.
A collage of Q and A exchanges covering when Jesse James died April 3 1882 ground hog day February 2 and other trivia. It includes questions on Cooper sea tales Pauls age Colombo and airproof cloth plus meanings of sapphire and birthstone September and battle of Leipzig with figures.
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