Waterloo river front plan and suffrage debate headline mix
Waterloo river front commission has proposed a long term program for riverbank beautification with parks and boulevards on both sides. The piece also discusses the growing push for woman suffrage, quoting Omar Garwood of Denver on equal rights and the need for active public support.
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Waterloo
Omar Garwood
Denver
Kansas
Topeka
Men's League
Colorado
The Public Schools Call for Youth to Relearn
The article emphasizes the nationwide appeal of public schools to renew studies for the coming battle in the world. It highlights schools as great institutions, urges parental cooperation with teachers, and notes the forthcoming call of college for continued citizen education amid sacrifices by parents and youths.
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Thicago
Cubs
Demon Giants
Windy City
White Sox
Husky
Clarence Darrow Acquitted in McNamara Case
Clarence 5. Darrow, famed Chicago lawyer and defender of organized labor, is acquitted of attempting to bribe a juror in the McNamara case in Los Angeles. The trial drew heavy attention as organized labor stood on trial with him, with a jury verdict finally guiding public judgment as fair and just.
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Darrow
Chicago
Organized Labor
McNamara
Los Angeles
Alou
Anized Labor May Pte
Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam Promises Quick Relief
Advertisement claims WAKEFIELD'S BLACKBERRY BALSAM can rapidly relieve diarrhoea dysentery cholera infantum and summer complaint. It states the remedy has cured bowel troubles for 66 years and often works after other remedies and doctors failed.
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Wakefield
Spirit of the Iowa Press Raisin Against the West
A mash of clipped editorials questions East West tensions. The Cedar Rapids Republican reports the Boston mayor publishing a recipe to curry favor with pork and molasses cooking. Sioux City Tribune notes postal workers may organize, taft politics linger, and a push against farm beef prices.
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Boston
Hans
Sioux City Tribune
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Political Cartoons and Opinion Snippets Pace Iowa Papers
Across Iowa papers the mix runs from mockery of the bull moose movement to critiques of party courage. Cartoons satirize Dr Hirlot and Osborn as Agile floppers while editorials fault Taft era tariff policy and Republican inertia on civil rights.
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Marshalltown Times-Republican
Hirlot
Webster City
Freeman-Tribune
Republican Party
Easy Slippers and Sharp Wits in Brief Humorous Bits
A collection of light vignettes and quips from various papers. Jokes include a judge grilling a tailor over odd markings like S B L for slightly bow legged and a tramp offered work with a shovel who jokes he could fry ham on it. Other bits touch on politics and mischief in everyday life.
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Robert ©. Kinkead
Judge Kinkead
Bristol Times
Iowa Taft Elector Resigns His Place
Jefferson August 20 1916 C J Martin republican candidate for presidential elector from the tenth district resigns from the Republican ticket addressing his letter to Charles A Rawson chairman of the republican state central committee saying he believes Taft was fraudulently nominated and cannot endorse or support Taft while the fraud remains in place and vows to withdraw his support.
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C. J. Martin
Tanth
Ta. Ang
Charles A. Rawson
Republican State Central
Mself
Taft
Republican National Committee
Reeublican
Resigning Iowa Elector C J Martin Withdraws From Ticket
C J Martin tenders resignation as presidential elector for Iowa Tenth district. He will announce withdrawal from the ticket at a progressive rally this afternoon to be addressed by Talmage.
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Tenth Congressional District
Iowa
C. J. Martin
Treating Friends With Less Courtesy A Common Habit
A columnist laments how people treat close friends worse than strangers, using examples of writing notes to vacation hosts and a neighbor who gives her lifelong friend the spare room. She argues “she'll understand” is a weak justification for slighting friends and urges genuine consideration for those we love. The piece also notes a Waterloo Courier promotion and a courtroom prescription ownership debate in Sioux City, Iowa.
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Lst
Elaine
Niagara’s wonders marred by tramps and hucksters
New York City August 17 reports Niagara Falls viewed as a grand natural spectacle yet marred by aggressive touts and petty scams. The writer warns visitors to avoid steep inclines and rude vendors, noting overpricing of rides and persistent hawkers as a spoil to the trip. He laments government expense yet calls for livable conditions and pest control at the falls.
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Niagara
New York City
Lawton Doctor Sues Kisian Over Prescriptions
In Woodbury County court Dr. B A Melgaard sues A J Kisian druggist after Kisian refused to return about 300 filled prescriptions. Melgaard seeks $300 for the prescriptions and $25 in damages, alleging a suit filed here. Both men are of Lawton Iowa. Kisian recently bought Banks drug business.
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Woodbury County
B. A. Melgaard
A. J. Kisian
Lawton, Ia
Kisian
Ed P. Banks
Melgaard
Factory Girl Praises Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Poughkeepsie N Y woman says back pains nervously and fatigue forced work cessation. Doctor urged operation for female trouble but Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her symptoms and helped her gain five pounds. She urges other women to seek advice from the company in Lynn Mass and notes the confidential female reader service.
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Poughkeepsie
N. J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Misa Titue
Jay St. Poughkeepsie
N. Y
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