Taft's Message Aims at Reform and Fiscal Guardrails
The article praises Taft's message as progressive, urging enforcement of existing laws, judicial procedure reform, and cutting graft. It endorses economy, opposition to pork, and calls for parcels post, Peary honor, ICC powers, and Panama Canal fortification while noting tariff debates and urging Congress to act to avoid doomed Republican last acts.
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Taft
Congressional
Congress
Supreme Court
England
South America
Peary
Interstate Commerce Commission
Panama Canal
Republican Power in Congress and the 1918 Outlook
A political column urging the Republican Party to press swift action in Congress within three months. It argues for area parcels post measures and tariff schedule reforms, warns Democrats cannot repeal good Republican laws without Senate support, and calls on Republicans to abandon old habits to avoid defeat in the next election. It also includes stray notes on local crime and weather anecdotes.
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Congress
Commission
House
Senate
Housewife laments handbills as nuisance and favors newspapers
A Courier report from yesterday recounts a housewife's complaint about circulars in city homes. She argues advertisers should use newspapers to reach customers, noting the paper already enters nearly every home and delivers bargains daily. Also discusses job loss among older men and the plight of unemployed women in factories, with pension concerns and limited female opportunities.
Fresh Christmas Goods Sell Fast in Local Stores
Merchants warn shoppers that Christmas merchandise is rapidly selling out as crowds rush to buy gifts. The note hints at a humorous exchange involving Taft and Lafe Young, reflecting local social chatter and seasonal bustle.
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Johnny
Hubby
Rich kin and a poor boarder tale in a breakfast table scene
A landlady recounts the life of a once wealthy Lady from the Golden Red family now down on her luck. Gifts from rich relatives include a silver waiter and a bouquet, kept in water on display. A widow with a poor child recalls a cruel gift from her late husband’s uncle, a plaster image wrapped in a towel. The speaker, a lone woman supporting herself by boarding, reflects on poverty and dignity.
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Golden Red
Midas Golden Rod
Walter
Benjamin
Wa’ c
Senator Young Advocates Protective Measures Told by Papers
A collection from Sioux City Tribune and Des Moines Capital portrays Senator Young as seeking to protect home industry. The Eldora Ledger notes his stance on legislative action and hints at a shifting political mood as a new light appears ahead.
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Young
Sioux City Tribune
Des Moines
Senator Young
Eldora Ledger
Lafe Young
Direct primary debate widens across states
Louisville December reports a split in support for direct primaries. Governor Fort backs expansion, while Governor Draper of Massachusetts is defeated. Governor Elect McGovern pushes the Wisconsin idea toward national adoption, arguing for independent voting and voter independence. Deneen Hadley favorwide primaries. Marshall Harmon inclined but silent.
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Louisville
Fort
Draper
Massachusetts
Eugene N. Foss
McGovern
Wisconsin
Union
Deneen
Hadley
Marshall
Harmon
United States
Dolliver and Young in an election quandary slips deepened
In Des Moines Capital the failure of Cummins friends to back Senator Young’s willing candidacy for a special primary is noted. Marshalltown T.A. discusses saloon influence versus wage raises, urging a higher wage scale to aid wives and babies. Osage News questions the rationale of a governor naming Lafe Young and classifies progressives as sheep. Cedar Rapids Gazette expresses Cedar Rapids fans’ disapproval of a state proposition.
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Bob
Hoo
Des Moines
Cummins
Young
Auc
Osage News
Lafe Young
Mr. Young
Carroll
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Seeks Stronger Baseball League Entry
In a discussion of a regional baseball league, Cedar Rapids is urged as the best market among nearby towns. The author notes Cedar Rapids is twice as large as most suggested cities and would draw larger crowds, but calls for an entrance opportunity within a league approved by experienced figures like Beldon Hill, while signaling a pause on the game until then.
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Marshalltown
Iowa City
Boone
Mason City
Oskaloosa
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
Beldon Hill
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Asterloo Daily Courier
LEE W. BH. Hartman Company
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W. Peterson
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Tribans
A. W. Allen
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Black Hawk County
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Trafatrar
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Nevsky
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F. H. Latier
Tel. C. B
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Asrael
Spirit OF the Iowa Press
Scott
ICT Reds
Vall
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Dolliver
Colonel Young
T.A
Ayer
Black Hawk National Bank
Fourth Streets
Attorneys AT Law
Waterloo Land Co
Cady & Gallup
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Gibson Inn, CO
Pacee
E. Williams
B. McMurray
C. Murtagh
French & Frazer
Texas Land
Chas. R. Gates & CO
A. G. Rem
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Jowa
de Pike & Knapp
Wesecesins
Cenfrae 1Owa Granite Company
Telephone
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Williams Quality Segar
Fourth Street
Marsh-Place
Mary Forsythe
Black Hawk Hawk
Howe
AULA
Muffer
Beadfield Regulator Co
Atiuta
Mothees Trend
Japan
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LaFayette Building
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