Waterloo Road Question and Industrial Interests
The piece argues city and industrial interests in Waterloo should push for a systematic, permanent road-funding system. It cites a Des Moines Road Maker’s remarks and a milk evaporator plant proposal blocked by bad Iowa roads, noting outflow of dollars to New York due to poor local road conditions. It urges reform to keep manufacturers and jobs accessible year round.
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Warenon
Des Moines
Waterloo
Eastern
Middle States
Middle West
New York
Iowa
Des Moines Tribune
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Oregon plan primary bill in Iowa passes early stage
The Iowa House committee on elections reports for passage the Oregon plan primary bill. With Republican majorities and a progressive governor, it is expected to reach the statute books. The bill effectively aids Cummins reelection plans for 1915 and hinges on the People’s will in the primary. Direct election amendment likely before Kenyon’s term ends.
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Iowa House of Representatives
Committee On Elections
Oregon
Iowa
Senator Cummins
General Assembly
Ofser Cummins
Kenyon
Public playgrounds urged by Iowa club women
Mrs. R. B. Johnstone of Cedar Rapids testified before the Iowa legislature’s change committee for a bill to empower cities to levy taxes to fund public playgrounds. She argued play areas are health builders shaping better, more moral citizens and urged that every sizable Iowa city should have playgrounds.
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Club
Women
Iowa
R. B. Johnstone
Cedar Rapids
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Government weekly newspaper proposal and political notes
California financier Rudolph Spreckles urges a government funded national weekly to inform voters, arguing it would supplement the current official record. The piece also notes Wilson’s inaugural compromise, a dry campaign in Sonora, a $1.3 million treasury balance, and a light critique of Rownd’s anomalies in a geometrical aside.
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Rudolph Spreckles
California
Goveernment
Wilson
Congressional Record
The
Spirit of the Iowa Press Foresees Education and Road Policy Shifts
A Cedar Falls Record survey notes lawmakers may seek to rescind a state education order amid school turmoil. Iowa City and Des Moines editorials praise state aid for agricultural and industrial education, while highways leaders resist loss of control. Nevada reports on Progressive hopes and Republican splits, warning that Taft era tactics may hinder party reform.
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Cedar Falla
State Board of Education
Iowa City
Republican
Firing Line Roles in Temperance Push Highlighted
Council Bluffs editors praise the temperance workers who promote dry territory and oppose saloons. The article notes the risk and effort involved in petitioning, funding, and voting to maintain dry limits and defend prohibition.
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Council Bluffs Neupareil
Dilares
Pere Chanes
Modern Inventions VACUUM CLEANERS Satirical Essay
By GBHORGE FITCH author of At Good Old Smash. A humorous critique of vacuum cleaners praising modern convenience while lampooning social changes and gender roles. The piece describes a vacuum as a large device in a small aluminum case, jokes about its impact on housework costs, politics, travel, and daily life, and imagines absurd future uses.
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Modern Inventions
Gbhorge Fitch
East Lynne
Temperance volunteers win Pottawattamie dry contest
The piece argues that Iowa temperance volunteers fund and manage petition drives without pay, unlike wet backers who hire canvassers. In Pottawattamie County the dry side narrowly reduced petition names but won, suggesting stronger temperance sentiment after two years of dry law and noting cordial conduct between sides.
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Iowa
Pottawatta
Mto County
Pottawattamia County
Foley Kidney Pills Endorsed by Conductor Miller
Conductor J Miller of Norfolk Nebraska an officer of the Honesteel Division of C and N Ry Co endorses Foley Kidney Pills. He reports very satisfactory results and recommends them for kidney trouble. Sold by all druggists.
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J. Miller
Norfolk
Nebr
Deol Institute Held at Audgon in Hudson Ia
Black Hawk County Farmers Institute and Corn Show opened Tuesday in Hudson with a large corn exhibit. Official judge A A Burger praised the corn as top quality and the program at United Brethren church drew heavy attendance. The institute is hailed as the most successful in years and promises greater preparations for next year.
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Hudson
Black Hawk County
Waverly May Lose Publishing House
Reports from Clinton Illinois say Wartbure Publishing Co now in Waverly and Chicago is weighing relocation to Clinton. The firm supplies books for the German Lutheran empire and college presses. If Clinton is chosen, Waverly would lose substantial business.
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Clinton
Wartbure Publishing Co
Waverly
Chicago
Spanking Debate Divides Readers in Evening Chit Chat
A Ruth Cameron column compiles reader letters on whether to spank children. A male correspondent criticizes corporal punishment as harmful and argues for moral suasion. A female writer advocates measured corporal punishment, while another mother condemns beating and urges gentler guidance.
Discipline and motherhood in a strict upbringing
A mother defends strict discipline for her strong willed 12 year old daughter noting firm obedience, reasoning with her child, and avoiding punishment beyond correcting wrong. She contrasts with anti spankings, cites discussions with friends, and links concern over children's health to the season, recommending Chamberlains Cough Remedy sold by dealers.
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Youo
Reign of terror alleged at Mineville strike
Washington reports alleged terror at the Mineville North Carolina strike as mounted and foot police, bosses and foremen break into homes to force workers back at gunpoint. Some refusers jailed. The American Federation of Labor has not decided on steps.
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Washington
Mineville
N. C
American Federation of Labor
Joseph N. Carmon
Special Poll for Gates' Successor in Iowa Senate
Des Moines reports Governor George Clarke is likely to call a special election next week in the Thirty-ninth state senatorial district to name a successor to Charles Gates of Greene, who died abruptly last Friday morning. The late senator was a member of the Thir- one.
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Des Moines
George Clarke
Charles Gates
Greene
Senator Gates Remembered In State Legislature Obituary
The thirty-ninth district comprising Bremer and Butler counties sees a new senator as Mr. Gates, elected to a term spanning two sessions, is honored by both chambers. The senate adjourned until Monday and the house until Saturday to permit funeral services with special committees attending. Gates’s desk remains crepe hung and floraled in tribute.
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Senate
General Assembly
Bremer
Butler
Gates
House
Fishermen Gather Fresh Catch From Navy Yard Water
Seattle February 1 The new dry dock at Puget Sound Navy Yard submerged to trap thousands of fish. Pumps ran for hours turning shallow water into a seething mass of smelt and herring. Men used wastepaper baskets to scoop up fish for their families.
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Seattle
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Mrs. J. T. Buttolph Dies in California
Town Falls Iowa February 1 Special News reached here last evening of the death in San Diego California of Mrs. J. T. Buttolph pioneer woman of the county and widow of a prominent banker. The death came as a shock to many friends as illness had not been reported. In recent years she lived with her family elsewhere.
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Town Falls
San Diego
Cal
J. T. Buttolph
Damage suit tops filings in this part of state
One of the biggest damage suits ever filed in this part of the state is that for $60,000, brought by A. M. Manneman of Clarion against the Chicago and Great Western railroad. The report mentions Mrs. J. D. Steere and Mrs. Maria Woodruff Buttolph, with links to the Steere family and early Iowa Falls Sentinel editors including Marcus Woodruff.
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J. D. Steere
Chicago
Steere
California
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