Change sought by voters and editors across parties
The piece notes that both Republican and Democratic rank and file favor reciprocity and tariff cuts, with the Chicago Tribune editors’ poll reflecting broad public desire for tariff reductions. It cites optimism for better times, citing bank president George Roberts on improving crops and business, while acknowledging some industrial slack and improving manufacturing.
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George M. Roberts
Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Optimism Grows as Farm Prosperity Nears in Iowa Regions
A Waterloo wholesale merchant reports robust fall and winter purchasing plans after a strong July trade, with retailers and wholesalers noting heavy crops. Heartened by abundant farm products, consumers are expected to spend on home comforts as factory activity remains steady and loans extend to retailers.
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Iowa
Clites
Waterloo House
Nation Turns Temperate as Drink Costs Rise
The article notes eight billion dollars spent on drinks over five years with per capita increases slight. It cites beer replacing spirits, rising temperance views, and a Wisconsin Senator La Follette plan, alongside Taft speeches in Milwaukee on reciprocity. It also mentions millinery traveling men predicting Parisian dictates prompting women to wear small hats next season.
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Millinery Traveling Men's Association
Paris
Cedar Rapids marks corner stone of W C A building
Cedar Rapids celebrates the laying of the corner stone for a W C A building in a ceremony. The event is noted as a model for Waterloo to observe in the near future, likely next year.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Silent Iowa Press Commentary Echoes Across Papers
A collage of clipped opinions from Sioux City Journal and Tama News questions private talks between Bryan and Underwood and cites a court order ending a strike. It notes shoe dealers’ views on the busy season and jibes about optimism versus pessimism as pastures and crops face drought fears.
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Mr. Bryan
Mr. Underwood
Red Tape and Rhetoric Echo in State Press
A collage of editorial chatter from Cedar Rapids and Des Moines papers critiques state politics and public spending. Columns argue about independents, candidate promises, navy contracts, and a 76 000 to 160 000 bill for the state fair with receipts showing many free admissions. The tone condemns privilege, inefficiency, and biased funding.
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Armstrong Journal
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Ilka
The Pillory for a Cad of Empty Love
A reader warns against men who feign devotion to multiple women, hiding true intentions behind smiles and praise of bachelorhood. The writer urges strength to leave unworthy lovers, preferring a future with someone worthy, and notes true love defies petty meanness.
New York Cabby Wins 1911 Corn Eating Championship
New York August ninth reports the Tammany corn eating contest on the East Side won by James Dugan a cab driver who consumed seventy seven ears securing the 1911 title and a purse of gold coins. His nearest rival trailed by eleven ears.
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James Dugan
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Editors Favor Lower Tariff Across Twenty-One States
Two hundred editors from nine states telegraphed The Tribune urging Taft to sign wool, cotton and farmers free list bills. The poll shows a majority favor signing, while most Republican editors favor veto pending tariff commission reports. Grain states like Minnesota and the Dakotas show strong support for the bills amid reci procity concerns. A Des Moines woman found relief from bowels via Chamberlain’s remedy.
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Canadian duty on soft coal removed in west
Winnipeg reports the 53 cent per ton duty on soft coal from the United States was eliminated due to west coal shortages. The change benefits markets from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast. Dealers, led by W Clark and D B Adams, travelled to Ottawa to seek retroactive relief, arguing they paid heavy duties on large stocks and fear being undercut as coal enters Canada duty free now.
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Pacific Coast
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Canada
Youth Drowned at Manchester Iowa Pool
Glenn Duncan 16, grandson of Mrs. William Rover of Manchester, drowned in the Maquoketa River near the city at 6 pm while swimming with a group of boys. They had spent the afternoon at a famous swimming pool and were returning home when Duncan disappeared just three feet from shore.
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Glenn Duncan
William Rover
Maquoketa
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Mother's Friend Promotes Comfort for Expectant Mothers
A vintage ad urges young expectant mothers to prepare for childbirth using Mother's Friend. The formula claims to ease the physical stretch of pregnancy, keep breasts in good condition, and help both mother and baby reach the crisis in strong health. It notes widespread approval and offers a free book from Bradfield Regulator Co in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Atlanta
Local Boy Rescued From River After Drowning Incident
An hour into the tragedy a large crowd gathered as Chas. Malven dived about fifteen feet, locating the body quickly and bringing it to the surface with assistance. The deceased, identified as Duncan, had lived with his grandmother Mrs. William Dover after his mother died. The boy's father is still not known, and he leaves a sitter and two younger brothers.
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Duncan
William Dover
Noted Iowa jurist dies at 83 in Arkansas
Judge Joseph Samuel Darling, a former leading Iowa criminal lawyer, died suddenly at his Arkansas home at age 83. Born in Canada in 1836, he practiced in Sabula and Clinton during the 1860s and 1870s, handling about fifty murder cases with none resulting in execution. He was renowned in Jackson and Clinton counties.
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Joseph Samuel Darling
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Clinton
Canada
Towa
Jackson
World Ends Within a Few Years Declared by Adventist Leader
Indianapolis August 9 Elder O Montgomery president of the Indiana conference of Seventh Day Adventists at a camp meeting warned the world would end within a few years He said it could be next year or five years away but before the last man who witnessed the 1833 starfall dies He claimed scripture proves the millennium will follow that event and science cannot solve the mystery
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O. Montgoémery
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Loud Call for Harvest Hands in Karlstad Minnesota
Karlstad Minnesota August 9 Three hundred men are wanted at and about Karlstad to harvest the crops and cut wire grass. Oshkosh Grass Matting company needs workers as it has large acreage of grass to cut and cannot secure enough men and teams. Two camps require at least 150 men until Christmas. Several thousands tons of grass will be cut. The company contemplates a spinning mill this fall to save shipping costs.
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Oshkosh
Poisoned Gum Plot Alleged in Mexico Missouri
Jem Woods Lee Boyd and his wife were arrested in Mexico Missouri on August 9 amid accusations of a conspiracy to murder by distributing poisoned chewing gum. Police claim the group planned the harm using tainted gum and are pursuing charges.
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Jem! Woods
Lee Boyd
Slander Case Probed as Attorneys Gather Witnesses at Concord
At Concord, Thomas Hite, Edward McPheeters, and Robert Dilmore hosted attorneys to defend the Boyds and Woods amid slander allegations. Charles C. Hay, attorney for Dr. W J Bilis, aids the Callaway prosecutor in the state cases, claiming witnesses will place Woods in McPheeters yard with gum. Gum samples were sent to Columbia for chemist analysis. In Ohio, H M Youngpeters credits Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets with restoring his health after years of poor digestion.
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Edward McPheeters
Robert Dilmore
Concord
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Woods
Charles C. Hay
W. J. Bilis
Callaway
Boyds
McPheeters’ Yard
Columbia
University of Missouri
Shock of Pain Restored Voice of Nashua Youth
Henry Rickhoff a Nashua youth about 30 who four months earlier was rendered speechless by a lightning bolt shock regained his voice in a peculiar way yesterday. He works at Martin Walz's blacksmith shop and, while at work, stepped on a tack piercing the shoe sole and wounding his foot, the sudden pain triggering his return of speech.
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Nashua
Henry Rickhoff
Martin Walz
Restored Voice After Sudden Shock Seen in Report
A sudden shock caused Rickhoff to cry out and, to his surprise, his voice remained as strong as ever. The incident seemingly restored his vocal organs to their normal condition and surprised observers.
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Rickhoff
Murderer Arrested After Four Years in Lethbridge
In Lethbridge, Alberta, Victor Thomas vanished after gravel hauling in Oct 1907. His body surfaced in spring 1908 near Diamond City. Royal Northwest Mounted Police tracked the case until George Whiteford was arrested following testimony of a murder told by treed witnesses.
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Alta
George Whiteford
Victor Thomas
Diamond City
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
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