Campaign finance and honesty in politics debated
The piece discusses how money fuels political campaigns and the need for publicity in a democratic system. It argues advertising pays and that honesty transcends party lines, urging voters to examine eight years of national experience to judge candidates. It notes officers spend on campaigns, travel, mail, and outreach, and warns against unjust accusations while calling for scrutiny of obligations behind spending.
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Wood
Lowdon
Journal
United States
Washington
Marshall
East
All Alike Then They Roar At Each Other In Dispute
The speaker vents at a quarrelsome neighbor who denounces productive work while deflecting blame. Both sides trade insults as they predict social upheaval yet decline to change, urging land work and honest effort over empty talk. The poem contrasts idle rhetoric with practical farming needs.
Best of Our Opportunities Have Been Made by Us
The speaker questions whether the country’s affairs have been in the hands of experienced, competent leaders or sidelined by novices. It urges acknowledging real issues, warns against charging honest people with dishonesty, and stresses that incompetency is a public menace equal to dishonesty.
Plenty of Room For Forty-Eighters Convention Change
The national convention of the forty-eighters will not go to Chicago, as a smaller city cannot accommodate the gathering, according to the Des Moines Register.
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Chicago
Des Moines Register
Patchwork Attire as Political Camouflage in US History
In a Burlington Hawkeye editorial the writer argues that patched pants and overalls are often worn as a safe disguise under certain political administrations. The piece critiques partisan style as a veneer rather than a reflection of policy.
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Burlington
English Visitor Jokes About Americans Wealth in Iowa City
A visitor from England remarks that Americans have so much money they do not know what to do with it. The Iowa City Press notes the comment as a light aside tied to local character, while hinting at a shared townsfolk joke about a specific case.
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Poland
China
Lowa City
Quote on luxuries and necessities from Olive Munro in Washington
The Exchange notes inflation as captains of industry indulge in luxuries while families overspend on silk shirts and vampire socks. Olive Munro of West Chester spent yesterday in Washington, reflecting on the cost of living and the need for coal and hominy next winter.
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Poland
China
Olive Munro
West Chester
Washington
Housing shortage spurs $560 million need in New York
A report by Edward Doyle, secretary of Mayor Hylan's housing committee, says 160 600 more apartments costing 600,000,000 must be built in New York to relieve the housing shortage. Banks and insurers will be urged to lend up to the limit for projects aimed at housing relief.
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New York
Edward 2. Doyle
Hylan
Russian trade envoy seeks Entente aid to revive Mussina ties
Gregory Krassin, a Russian Soviet trade commissioner, works to arrange support from Entente allies to restore trade relations with Mussina. He navigates diplomatic friction and economic interests amid postwar tensions.
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Gregory Krassin
Mussina
Mrs Harding Aideful and Warm To Reporters
Mrs Warren G Harding impressed Chicago reporters with charm and tact as she discussed her views, noting she wished Warren to win for his sake and predicting he would not bolt the party. She praised the newspaper fraternity, said a senator’s wife would suit her, and shared glimpses of family life and public duties.
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Warren G. Harding
Warren
Mrs. Harding
White House
Nebraska
A. R. Humphreys
Harding
Man Credits Tanlac For Restored Health In Des Moines Story
J O Lauder of Des Moines a telegraph operator who suffered years of stomach trouble and nervous strain says Tanlac restored his appetite sleep and well being after two doses He reports a renewed vigor and urges others seeking relief to try the remedy Sherman Bros in Washington Mac Gugin Drug Co in Wellman and other leading druggists advertise Tanlac.
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Tanlac
J. O. Lauder
Dean Avenue
Des Moines
Iowa
Lauder
Co. Res. & P
Rock Island
Mr. Lauder
Taniac
Missouri
Taniae
Washington
Sherman Bros
Dn Wellman
MacGugin Drug Co
Advt
German diplomat declines chancellorship in Paris
Paris June 184-Dr Mayer Kauf Beuren German charge d affaires here refused the post of German chancellor offered by Karl Trimborn. He said his Paris mission is too important to give up amid the formation of a new ministry after the recent election.
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Paris
Mayer Kaufbeuren
Karl Trimborn
Center Party
Mayer
Rickenbacker Named to Ohio Aviation Commission
Capt Edward V. Rickenbacker famed American ace named a member of Ohio's newly formed aviation commission by Governor Cox in Columbus. The panel is described as the first of its kind in the United States. President Wilson commuted the sentence of Juanes Dorsey, a Flgin, HL cattle dealer, from eight to four years for mail fraud, in Chicago.
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Edward V. Rickenbacker
Ohio
Cox
Columbus
State Aviation Commission
United States
James Dokgl
Wilson
Elgin Millionaire
Washington
Juanes Dorsey
Flgin, HL
Chicago
Dorsey
Adolfo de la Huerta Elected Provisional Mexican President
Adolfo de la Huerta, elected provisional president of the republic of Mexico, takes office amid transitional governance and ongoing political realignment.
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Adolfo DE LA Huerta
Adolfo de la Tinerta
Republic of Mexico
National Guard gains from army bill after bitter fight
National Guard victory in the army reorganization bill passed by Congress June 3. Pay gains for officers and enlisted ranks outlined, with new drill pay scales and annual sums. Raises promised to attract recruits, retention rules loosened, and Militia Bureau reforms set by the president with Senate approval. Names and faces of local observers noted as visitors and returnees from Estherville and Rock Island.
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Des Moines
Congress
Friends of the National Guard
Rainbow
France
House
National Guard Association of
United States
Senate
Training Camps Association
National Guard
General Staff
Militia Bureau
War Department
Guard
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Hohom
Mrs. Seward Dillon
Estherville
Chas. Schmoeller
Peter Optenberg
August Schroeder
Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
Irvin BE
Huston
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Lemsey’s Grocery
Washington, IA
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M. D. Blair
J. E. Edgington
M. D
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Austin Sutherland Auctioneer
Washington, Iowa
R. R
J. D. Dayton
Oo County
Brookhart Bros. Law
Opera House
Mutual Phone
T. A. Michels
Temple Building
Black
C. J. Wilson
CO. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
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Morrison & Morrison
Morrison Bidg
Nerth
Ficher
Livingston & Eicher
LAW
Abstract Department
Bhington
W Keeley
W. H. Butterfield
Craig’s
Waseh'ngton
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Blue
G. W.meyer
Keota, Iowa
M. H. Barter
M. BH
Sartor & Sartor Chiropractors
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