Market Place in Waterloo Favored by City Leaders
The Waterloo council and mayor favor establishing a market place to lower grocery costs, despite no rush to act. Collier's notes Des Moines experiments with municipal markets boosting producer sales and cutting prices, drawing broad publicity and debate on economic principles. Arbitration is increasingly used between nations, with the century expected to see it supplant other dispute methods.
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Waterloo
Collier’s
Des Moines
City Hall
New Po
Middle
Algo
Nes Moines
Arbitration and wheat hopes mix with Iowa plans
The article surveys early and modern arbitration trends led by the Hague system, noting 471 nineteenth century and 160 in the twentieth with projections of 1,600 this century. It discusses treaties, Pan-American conventions, and the move toward formal arbitral machinery. It also reports Iowa farmers shifting from wheat to corn, a Spencer Fourth of July fund of 2000 for 1912 celebrations, and political rifts between La Follette and Underwood over tariff strategy.
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D. W. Evans Darby
Chicago Tribune
United States
Brawi
Denys P Myers
Hague Tribunal
Spencer
Laws
Iowa Rains Shrink List as Official Candidates Grow
Recent rains in Iowa bring one notable drop while the field of state official candidates continues to expand after each shower with more names entering the race.
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Iowa
Extravagant municipalities draw warnings from papers
A collage from Iowa and nearby papers notes municipalities running deficits, floating debt, and long term bonds as a cautionary tale. It mocks extravagant spending while recalling Franklin, and jokes about lawn mower songs and scarce water in Ocheydan.
Plan to test weights curb grocery shortweights
The notice urges readers to buy a twenty five pound scale for under two dollars, test weights at honest dealers, and weigh purchases to avoid shortages. It notes dealers may rely on helpers and suggests reporting shortages to the dealer so others hear about it. Also mentions political items from Dubuque Telegraph and Sioux City Tribune about senators and conspiracies.
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Tracr Star-Copper
A Day for Driving and a Man's Silent Burden
The narrator recalls a stable worker's bleak, sunless life spent from dawn to dusk every day with no holidays or Sundays. The meditative contrast urges readers to value their own fortunes by picturing his routinized, hopeful-less existence and the invisible shadow it casts on brighter moments.
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Socrates
Plutarch
Son
Small Grain Had Very Good Season
George Hughes of Cedar Falls reports extraordinary crop prospects across northeastern Iowa and northern Illinois with oats at 50 bushels per acre, barley and rye near 45, wheat around 40, hay lagging. Corn ripening fast. frost unlikely to threaten bumper yields. pastures improved. southwest Iowa drier but improving with rain. corn and potatoes noted as strong. Foley Kidney Pills advertised.
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Dubuque
Wilnois
Iowa
Station Agenta
Illnois
Dapger
Hughes
George Hughes
Cedar Falls
Times-Journal
Fort Dodge
Minnesota
Illinois
Holden Faces Board Hearing Over Western Land Schemes
Waverly Democrat reports the state board of education summoned P. G. Holden of Ames College to appear at the next meeting in Vinton on September 7 for questioning about alleged promotion of western land schemes. Holden, a strong farmers ally, was denied reappointment to the extension department. The paper cautions about motives behind the move and calls for fair play.
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Wiley
Holden
Iowa
Iolden
First Pennant of Season Clinched
Memphis Tenn August 10 Vicksburg clinched the Cotton States League pennant with yesterday's game. It is believed to be the first pennant won in 1911 in the United States. The Cotton States League ends August 32. Greenwood will finish last as the 1910 pennant winner.
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Memphis
Tenn
Vicksburg
United States
Greenwood
Taft tariff response split by region and party lines
Chicago editors surveyed across 32 states report that opinions on Taft signing or vetoing the wool farmers free list and cotton bills split mainly along party lines in the east and south, with southern editors wary of reciprocity and some backing the veto. Some northern Republicans favored signing, while others urged delay for tariff commission reports.
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Chicago
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Gulf
The
Tribune
Taft
Tariff Commission
Ig Ae
Jara
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Amand
Democratic House
Senate
Northwest
Underwood
BeNeilly
Vicksburg
Waterworks Superintendent Fox Defends Against Criticism
Cedar Rapids dated Aug 10 reports Chas J Fox who was deposed as superintendent of the municipal water works last week issued a public defense letter to The Gazette editor addressing adverse criticisms. He says he is justified in defending himself.
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Cedar Rapids
Chas. J. Fox
the Gazette
Former City Water Works Superintendent Recounts Dismissal
CHAS J. FOX states that he was discharged from the city water works after refusing to endorse dealings by supervisors. He cites unresolved bonds and unviewed vouchers, and notes not being consulted on extra office help, despite his responsibility.
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Board of Trustees
Four Joy Riders Defy Polemen in Chicago Chase
Four young men stole the car of former Alderman Nathan T. Brenner and led police on a high speed pursuit along Michigan avenue and the south side boulevard. Detective Laydon boarded the car, firing to deter the thieves, as three were captured and one escaped. Names given: Frank Burns James Mulaweeney John Harris.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
Nathan T. Brenner
South Side
Laydon
Frank Burns
James Mulaweeney
John Harris
Heiress Elopes With Chauffeur in Newport Wedding
Miss Jutta Steele French, aunt to Mrs Regenalade and daughter of Amos Tuck French, eloped with John Edward Paul Gerahty, a chauffeur in Herbert E. Pember’s garage. They wed at 7 am in a Connecticut village, shocking Newport society and dominating summer conversations.
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Newport, R
Jutta’ Steele French
Amos Tuck French
Tuxedo
Newport
Regenalade
Vanderbilt
John Edward Paul Gerahty
Herbert E. Pember
Connecticut
America
John S. Gé
Elopement Leads to Marriage Report in Connecticut Village
A report on the elopement notes later that day the couple was found in a Connecticut village and a telegram to Geralty’s mother announced that he and Miss French had married.
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Connecticut
Geralty
Miss French
Des Moines Remarks on Bryan and Underwood Influence
A Des Moines Capital note suggests Mr. Bryan would prefer the Democratic Party fall under control of the undertaker rather than Underwood, reflecting intra party tensions.
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Des Moines
Bryan
Underwood
TIZ Foot Remedy Ad Claims Quick Pain Relief
An old advertisement touts TIZ for corns callouses and bunions promising immediate relief. It claims painless results after first use and a week to forget sore feet, with testimonials and a Chicago distributor.
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Sam
A. Hoover
Progress
N. C
Walter Lusther Dodge & Co
Chicago
Ill
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