Trust reform and tariff issues spark wide debate
Washington notes President Wilson may send Pryan to Europe on a peace mission as Coxey predicts another unemployed army. Iowa districts face tariff effects on candidates while farm and worker concerns rise in Second District races. A cruel joke lands on Albia Democrats as post office hopefuls await a recommendation.
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Iowa
Doug
Washington
Wilson
Pryan
Europe
Lewis
Maols
Jacob Sechler Coxey
Hach
Albia
Iowa's auto ownership ranks high in per capita figures
Iowa stands sixth in total cars owned but second per capita with one car per 36 residents, behind California's 33 to 1. The piece notes New York reports 39,500 cars and 57,000 chauffeurs, with Michigan and Pennsylvania edging into other comparisons, and it reflects on sparsely populated states and overall prosperity shaping these counts.
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Iowa
California
Golden State
New York
Mitchell May
Ines Ate Bedotse
Pennsylvania Sn
Eames
Senator Cummiss pushes amendments to the trades commission plan
Senator Cummiss urged three drastic amendments before the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. He seeks to empower the commission to curb corporate size that harms competition, prevent stock watering, and tighten control over overcapitalized firms.
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Cummiss
Congress
Interstate and Foreign Tanmerca Committee
Trades Commission
Commission
Roy Tad
Thinking Themes on God and Democracy in Cultural Change
The author argues that conceptions of God evolve with culture and politics. As democracy and modern sensibilities shape views on justice and desire, images of God shift from medieval punishments to a vision of heaven as fulfilled longing, while acknowledging ongoing growth and revelation.
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Tyr
God
Hout
Teaven
Saint Catherine of Siena
FAMOUS STREETS The Avenue du Champs Elysees
The Avenue du Champs Elysees in Paris is praised as a grand, convoluted city axis from Place dÉtoile to the Bois de Boulogne. It blends palaces, trees, and gravel patches with taxis and hooped fashion, ending near the Louvre and Rue de Rivoli as a famed, world watching thoroughfare.
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Waterloo
Lowa
Waterco
Einetice
Rhiz
Europe
Sie
Londen
Trafalgar Building
Northcumberland Avenue
American Express
Haytwurkel
Dawe
Steamship Agency
Ay Green Street
Paris
Boulevard Des Capucines
Cornet Place du Opera
American Express Offor
Rue Scribe
Berlineater den Linden
Bt. Petersburg
Nevaky Prospekt
Foreign Postag
Avenue du Champs Elysses
Avenue de Champs
Place d'Etonr
Champs
Bois de Boulogne
Louvre
The
Baron Haussman
Arc de Triumph
Boiling Over: Reappointment Debate and Postal Patience
The piece notes a political stance on reappointment the Republican incumbent faces and discusses trends in parcel post baby delivery and feminine patronage at post office windows. It also mentions a streetcar concession from Jerusalem to Bethlehem and a health ad promoting Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach relief.
No Topic Stays Still in Nation's Bystander Snippets
A mash of editorial snippets from Marshalltown Times-Republican Sioux City Tribune and Burlington Hawk-Eye reveal themes from a blind student leading a class to broader public concerns. Government ownership debates touch railroads and utilities. A rural book-supply plan seeks efficiency and honesty. Deer herd growth prompts talk of control and venison potential. Impending war rumors surface from San Francisco.
Tensions Rise Over Disappearance of 17 Year Old Sung Yue
Suey Sing tong demands explanation from Bing Kong tong about Sung Yue's disappearance and $1500 in jewelry. Suey Sings claim she left with Wong Song, a Bing Kong fighter. Bing Kong denies knowledge. public awaits developments on hostilities.
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Suey Sing Tong
Bing Kong Tong
Sung Yue
Wong Song
Bing Kong
Bing Konga
Dunn Book Attacks Government Ownership of Railroads
Washington County presses notes Samuel O Dunn’s new book opposing private ownership of railroads and urging public ownership, describing it as proof the issue has become national. It contrasts Meyers 1905 railroad funded critique of rate regulation with current rail lobby defense, and cites New York state figures on chauffeurs and automobiles.
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Washington County Press
Samuel O. Dunn
Hugo R. Meyers
Dunn
Meyer
Moment of Fun and Financial Resolve From Old Dialogs
A fragmentary collage quotes dialogue about savings and New Year resolutions. It mentions a Detroit Free Press item and a Boston Transcript script with lines on saving, a wife’s allowance, and a satire of prosperity.
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Detroit Free Press
Resinol helps child with itching eruption claim
A Baltimore mother reports her daughter suffered a growing itching eruption on hand knees and scalp for months. After using Resinol Soap and Ointment prescribed by a doctor and samples, her symptoms subsided and a fifty cent jar finished the relief. Resinol advertised as effective for itching eruptions pimples dandruff burns old sores and piles.
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Baltimore
Mande Schmechel
Bury Street
Resenol Chem
Baltiniara
Open Letter to Iowa's Fish and Game Warden
Washington letter from J. Palmer Assistant Chief of Biological Survey urges Iowa officials to enforce federal migratory bird laws this spring. It notes no state can suspend federal act, calls for accurate public notice, and asks for cooperation to protect birds and prosecute violators. Palmer cites Arkansas winter slaughter decline and expands staffing and coordination with Iowa authorities.
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E. C. Hinshaw
Iowa
Washington, D. C
Ebc
Hinshaw
Spirit Lake
Towa
Indiana
New Jersey
Jersey Commission
The
Game Commission
W. A. Groneweg
Bluffs
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Palmer
Women Vote Loss and Militant Hunger in Rhetoric
An exchange quotes a speaker criticizing women's voting influence, predicting eventual suffrage victory but arguing the vote will prove valueless. A pedestrian metaphor compares women voters to a highwayman demanding a pocketbook, implying futility. The snippet also notes a local claim about a famous ragtime songwriter and lynching.
Altruist defined as content with government and team
A Cincinnati Enquirer quote defines an altruist as a man satisfied with how government is run and how the ball team is managed, stated to a son by Willie-Paw.
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Willie—Paw
Paw
Son
Cincinnati Enquirer
The Writing on the Wall in a Humorous Verse
A humorous verse from the Houston Post mocks a barefoot boy with a beak and predicts shoes priced at ten planks per pair. The note mentions Holland maintaining 1 436 cooperative agricultural societies with a 156 000 membership.
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Houston Post
Holland
The Fruit Tree Symbol in Home and Field
Dr. L. H. Bailey extols the fruit tree as a symbol of home comfort and good works. The essay describes the tree as a life link between home and world, a warder of fields, a shelter for birds, and a beacon of seasonal change from dawn to winter. It reflects on childhood loss without fruit trees and wonders at the first red fruit ripening toward the sun.
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L. H. Bailey
Apple Tree Remembers Decades of Orchard Years
The old apple tree stands as a living archive of many years, waiting for the first fruit that yields to the thumb. Verily the tree holds memories embedded in every season and harvest.
The Best Cough Medicine Endorsed by a Homemaker
L C Hames of Marbury Alabama praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as one of the best for colds and whooping cough and notes it works well for her family. Dealers carry the remedy and it is used for family health. A beaver colony damages a wood lot in Oquessoc Maine felling 194 trees. Reading and writing literacy is a voter requirement in Portugal.
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L. C. Hames
Marbury
Ala
Oquessoc
Eczema Found To Be A Skin Disease Says Meritol Remedy
The article asserts eczema is a skin disease, not blood, and concludes cures come from treating the skin. Meritol Eczema Remedy is applied directly to the affected skin, with Red Cross Drug Co and Henderson Drug Co listed as local agencies.
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Red Cross Drug Co
Henderson Drug Co
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