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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1906
Page
2
The piece surveys business prosperity and subscription costs, then critiques novel reviews and Shiloh battlefield inscriptions, noting Washington correspondents, the move to end free passes for railways, and the broader social context. It highlights Bradstreet forecasts, congressional adjournment, and railroad policy shifts affecting travel perks.
The Capital editor and Governor push for private car reform while Dolliver and Hepburn rally in Congress. The four brethren stand as champions of the people, with a Senate bill in sight to end private car graft and protect Iowa’s reputation.
Dear readers pledge to patronize home industries and local merchants, defending community interests over distant mail order temptations. Emphasizes supporting the home creamery, laundry, newspaper, mill, doctor, tub factory, and other local enterprises to strengthen the neighborhood’s prosperity, schools, churches, and libraries.
In 1900 the vast southwest held about a million people, soon to reach a million and a half. The argument says admitting four territories would give them quadruple Senate representation versus Iowa. Arizona and New Mexico literacy is low, Indian Territory holds many Indians and illiteracy is common, Oklahoma shows a better class but small population. The piece argues admitting three of four as states is liberal and more would be criminal.
Bradstreet's December 30 report calls 1905 a year of almost boundless activity in trade industry and speculation. It notes rich rewards to agriculture from record yields, abundant employment for labor, few serious strikes, building and constructive activity, greatly enlarged bank clearings, and striking growth across sectors.
An 19th century style ad promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female complaints. It claims cures for female weakness, inflammation, ulcers, bearing down, irregular or painful periods, nervous symptoms, and kidney backache. Ends with instructions to write to Mrs Pinkham in strict confidence.
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