Campaign rhetoric bends to common sense not high brow ideals
The piece argues that voters should focus on domestic issues rather than grammar or refinement. It notes Harding and Cox as imperfect speakers, compares past presidents, and says Cox faces a tough balance between administration and anti administration factions as he seeks to please a powerful, settled House in the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Journal
Harding
James Cox
Gehenna
Andrew Jackson
Teddy
Carter Glass
McAdoo
Glass
Cox
Mild September Blues and Autumn Hopes
A reflective verse on September’s fickle heat and teasing hints of autumn. The speaker laments scorching streets and sleepless nights while anticipating cooler days, coats, and coal payments as fall promises arrive.
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The passage critiques a political figure's allegations of corruption and reactionary forces while contrasting party figures from Taft to McKinley as part of the same old party. It argues the S. O. P. shows life and questions the use of force to settle disputes while referencing Harding's nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Ss. O. P
Taft
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
McKinley
Roosevelt
Democratic Plans for 1920 Campaign Financing Surfaces
The New York World reports the Democratic Party aims to raise 5 to 10 million dollars for the 1920 presidential campaign to reach 12 million new voters. William D. Jamieson, director of finance, seeks 1,000,000 subscribers and 2,000,000 prospective contributors via a nationwide mail campaign. He plans to recruit three or four finance department managers and foresees extensive fundraising beyond the 1916 effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York World
Democratic Party
Wilson
William D. Jamieson
Democratic National Committee
Holland House
Finance Committee
Jamieson
Iowa
Leon Marsh
Washington
New York Times
Congress
New York
Republican Ticket Listed For State and Local Offices
A Republican ticket is detailed with candidates for national, state, and county offices including President Warren G Harding, Vice President Calvin Coolidge, and nominees for Governor N E Kendall and Attorney General Ben J Gibson. Local names include county auditors treasurers clerks sheriffs and hospital board members across multiple counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Albert B. Cummins
Polk County
N. E. Kendall
Monroe County
John Hammill
Hancock County
Walter C Ramsey
Wright County
Glenn C. Haynes
Cerro Gordo County
W. J. Burbank
Blackhawk County
Ben J. Gibson
Adams County
Fred PY. Woodruff
Marion County
Supreme Court
Silas M. Weaver
F. F. Faville
Webster County
Lawrence DeGraff
Judge Thomas Arthur Nominated for State Supreme Court
Des Moines Sept 4 Judge Thomas Arthur of Logan was nominated by the Republican state committee as their fourth candidate for the State Supreme Court to fill the unexpired term of the late Justice Frank Gaynor. Arthur, 57, widower with two sons, has served as judge in the fifteenth district since 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Thomas Arthur
Logan
Republican State Committee
State Supreme Court
Arthur
Frank Gaynor
Des Moines Club
State Committee
Charles A. Rawson
Dawley
Cedar Rapids
BE. G. Albert
Jefferson
Iowa
Iowa State University
Green
Fifteenth Judicial District
Carroll
Awful Possibility in a Childs Complaint
A Boston Transcript fragment records Marjory protesting mealtime pressure with a vivid boast about becoming “humpbacked in my stemimick like Brand pn” as her mother urges finishing her plate.
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Marjory
Mamma
Boston Transcript
First Automobile Reaches Tantoyuca Mexico During 1920 Visit
Frank Bh. Van Horn and two geologists drive a Dodge Brothers touring car into Tantoyuca Veracruz arriving March 23 1920. Natives in the town react with awe and the locals record the moment while Donna Feliciano Venida de Herrera hosts a welcome. The journey includes rough mountain roads and a celebratory city tour ending with a notable reception.
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Tantoquca
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Frank Bh. van Horn
Cias del Agris
Tampico
Tampa
G. H. Shelton
Richard Bryant
Dodge Brothers
City In
Mountains
Tantoyuca
Little City
Gulf Coast
Comales
Donna Feliciano
Vinda de Herrera
Parents and Progeny of American Presidents
The article traces the families of U S presidents noting fathers in politics and medicine and mothers near the White House. It highlights figures like Nancy Hanks Lincoln and several presidential offspring, emphasizing enduring parental influence and public fascination with heirs apparent.
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Cox
Dayton
Harding
Marion
Coolidge
Vermont
McKinley
White House
Garfield
Grant
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
National Portrait Gallery
Prince John’ van Buren
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure and Reward
An advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Medicine promises a $100 reward if it fails to cure catarrh. It describes internal action through the blood on mucous surfaces and asserts disease foundation destruction. The ad cites F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio and offers testimonials free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Nature
Halls
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Railway Time Table Om Bro Corrected to March 1 1920
Corrected railway timetable listing arrivals and departures for several lines including Washington Branch and Westbound services. Notes local freight and passenger trains with numbers and times, adjustments for Sundays and weekdays, and mentions of cancellations and special stock extra departures.
Masonic Lodges and Chapters Schedule Gathered
A local notice lists regular meetings for Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M Damascus Shrine and multiple chapters and commanderies. It includes meeting nights, officers, and invites visiting members to attend at various halls in Iowa, with times on Fridays and one on Tuesday evenings.
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Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
Charles Freding
W. M
Arthur Goodin
Cyrus
H. T. Carris
H. P
Bethlenem Commandery
K. T
J. D. Glasgow
E. C
H. Richards
Washington
O. FE. S
Mary Lavada Kerr
Myrtle Speer
Damascus Shrine
W. S
Moose Hall
Rose M. Reid
Mildred Rice
Covenant Lodge No. 101
Wait N
Iowa Ave
M. D. See
Noble Grand
S. Kefler
Brighton
North Iowa Crown
M. D. Sea
Elmer McFadden
Aristrocracy and tragedy echo in Spoon River musings
The Monmouth Review recalls a line from Spoon River Anthology about parents who praise their sons' achievements yet mourn the self-inflicted ruin of a father who could not bear his brood of young eagles. The piece contrasts steady maternal aristocracy with a fatal personal burden and a public defeat in a county school superintendent race.
Great Western sells box cars to Mexico
Four hundred box cars from the Great Western railway are sold and will depart for Mexico. The diminutive cars, painted dark green, bear the under paint insignia C M P A visible only from a distance. The transfer includes coal cars bought by the American Smelting and Refining Company.
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Oelwein
Great Western Railway
Mexico
United States
Rio Grande
The
Great Western
American Smelting and Refining Company
Height of Something or Other
A fragmented note describes an unlikely scene involving a 20 pound cornfed girl jammer and a tin bathtub attached to a motorcycle linked to Arkansag Thomas. The text reads as a curious, crowded caricature with unclear provenance.
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Arkansag Thomas
Cat
Marshalltown approves 1.90 gas rate amid temp relief plan
The Iowa Railway and Light Co faces a fixed rate of 1.90 per 1000 cubic feet for gas in Marshalltown after the city council set limits amid a petition to raise from 1.40 to 2.25. The company has not yet stated approval, and officials indicate the relief is temporary pending production cost changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Iowa Railway and Light Company
Charles Munson
Spines of Porcupine Quills and Ejection Myths
The porcupine rests with spines laid back but can raise them when exerted. Quills are loosely attached and detach easily when shaken, likely fueling myths that the animal can shoot quills at foes.
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Slder & Shannon
Bruce Cowden
City Auditor
Ist Tone
Lo van
Walt Mason
Democratic
Republican
W. F. Kopp
Henry County
C. F. Letts
Highland Township
A. L. Griffith
Harry McCall
Keegee
Charles M. Denison
Belle Rice
Ford
T. A. Michels
George W. Hay
Board of Supervisors
Judge Arthur
Washington Branch
Sanday H. W. Russel
Porcupine
Prybicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
Irvin
Huston
Southwest Corner Square
Lemley
Washington, IA
S. H. Bateman
M. D. Blair
General Practice of Medicine
J. E. Edgington
M. D
F. & M. Bank
Auctions
SERS
Austin Sutherland
Washington, Iowa
R. R
REAL
Westchester, Iowas
Yarme
Feome Good Bargaina
Washington County
Brockhart Bros. Law
Opera House
Mutual Phone
Temple Building
Black
CO. J, Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Warshington
Lawwyrkrs
Eicher, Livingston & Eicher: Law
Abetract Departmert
Keeley
W. H. Butterfield
Crall
Leminena's Pharmacy
Blue
G. W.meyer
Keota, Iowa
M. H. Sartor
Sartor & Sartor Chiropractors Southeast
Kiein Klothing
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