Elm plantings on South Fourth Avenue urged by local enthusiast
Henderson Wallace, a camera hobbyist and nature student, proposes planting elm trees at sixty foot intervals along South Fourth Avenue near the hospital street. He believes the idea could be fostered by civic groups and notes potential long term rewards as the trees mature in about twenty years. The article recalls Washington's missed opportunity to secure a packing plant and Muscatine's failed project, urging lessons for local development.
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Henderson Wallace
South Fourth Avenue
Hospital Street
Improvement League
Washington
Muscatine
Washington woman seeks more frequent garbage collection
A Washington woman reports her garbage can is overflowing and neighbors face the same issue. Dogs knock over cans at night spreading waste in backyards. She favors increasing trash pickup over buying more cans or yet injuring dogs.
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Washington
Soldier bonus bill defeat noted by Fort Madison Democrat
The Fort Madison Democrat comments that the soldier bonus bill was defeated and yet scored a victory the same day, illustrating how the American soldier may be down but not out in public sentiment.
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Ft. Madison
A Girl Dances Ten Miles at Night
A girl will dance ten miles at night and say she isn’t tired but it’s different if she must walk a half mile to match a spool of thread for mother. Source: Oskaloosa Her.
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Oskaloosa
Rights Needed When the Right to Strike Applies
A concise look at when workers can strike and what protections or limitations govern collective action. Key points cover legality guidelines, union roles, employer duties, and potential penalties or remedies under labor law.
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason on Costs of Discontent
The poem laments widespread unhappiness and habit of complaint. It argues discontent poisons joy, temper, and productivity, urging a shift toward cheer and sane action despite daily woes and pay disputes. The voice mocks perpetual grumbling from workers, bosses, poets, and sages.
Rights to Buy and Sell Amid Transport Lines
The Marshalltown Times Republican notes the need to modify rights to allow farmers to sell and consumers to buy, highlighting the clash between private and public employment in the transportation line system.
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Marshalltown Times-Republican
Advertising to the Voters and Esch Cummins Railroad Bill
A columnist mocks flashy advertising and urges sincere copywriting for merchants. The political section lauds the Esch Cummins bill as a fair framework to settle industrial disputes with a nine member commission balancing labor capital and the public's interests.
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American Federation of Labor
Congress
Esch-Cummins
Industrial Commission
Cummins bill praised as remedy for strikes and economy
Weston A. Goodspeed argues the Cummins railroad bill calms labor unrest, protects capital, and stabilizes industry, urging farmers to vote for its sponsor in the U.S. Senate. He cites Des Moines County Farmers Union opposition to partisan pressure and defends the act against Bolshevik agitation.
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Soviet
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Congress
Des Moines County Farmers Union
Trades and Labor Organizations
BE. W. Romkey
The
Farmers Union
U. S. Senate
Farmers’ Organization
Cumming
Timate
Mr. Cummins
Weston A. Goodspeed
West Chester
Iowa
Holsteen favored by Farmers and Labor groups in 1920 bid
Washington trades leaders press for Holsteen as a congressman candidate. They praise his labor roots, farming background, business acumen, and military service, urging voters in the district to unite for his June 7 1920 election effort.
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Washington Trades and Labor Assembly
Mr. Cox
Burlington Assembly
Major Holsteen
Kopp
Cox
Des Moines
Louisa
Congress
Washington County
Washington
Holsteen
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