A Transparent Bluff on Reciprocity Debate
The Lafayette Young editorial is challenged as misrepresenting Blaine and the 1864 treaty. It argues Blaine called so called reciprocity one sided and insists true reciprocity requires mutual concessions. The piece urges careful quotation of history and warns against misusing dead men’s names to bolster a position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Young
James G. Blaine
Iowa
Blaine
Webster
Pine Tree
WIFE DESERTION CALLED OUT BY DES MOINES JURY
A Des Moines grand jury recently returned twelve indictments, six of them for wife desertion. The piece argues authorities must proactively pursue such offenders, noting women bear burden while men abandon families. It condemns male cowardice and urges punishment or rehabilitation for desertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
Des Moines
Jess
Indian Pride Uprising Over Portrayal of Indians in Films
Chippewa delegates from Minnesota and other tribes join in an uprising against film promoters. They accuse producers of using white actors in headdresses to recreate wild western life and misrepresent native peoples in scenes that are not accurate portraits of Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Moving Pictures
Moving Picture
Debunking Indian portrayals and cotton boll weevil plot claim
Controversy erupts over a motion picture showing Indians with a protest to regulate moving pictures. A Native graduate’s tale is denounced as false by tribes and officials urge respectful portrayal. Georgia Governor Hoke Smith warns of a boll weevil germ distribution plot to raise cotton prices, calling it a damning scheme.
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White House
Taft
Washington
United States
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Danville vote scandal judged likely to yield no convictions
The writer predicts the Danville vote scandal will amount to nothing in prosecutions, likening it to the Lorimer affair. He argues the case is rotten at its core and cannot form a basis for a successful prosecution.
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Danville
Lorimer
Aviators Seek New Crossings After Channel and Alps Feats
The article notes aviators push to cross further barriers including the Isthmus of Panama while reflecting on lawmakers spending values and eulogies. It contrasts historic air triumphs from earth to the great beyond with senate sessions praising the dead and critique of using such honors to shield crooks from accountability.
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Engish Channel
Alps
Key West
Havana
Panama
Earth
Great Beyond
Spirit of the Iowa press on elections and politics
A collage of Iowa editorials notes papers not quoting the agriculture secretary on a Canadian accord. It praises the Cedar Rapids to Waterloo interurban idea on ground, cites Brandon-Urbana unity, and discusses Deemer’s acceptability to progressives. Columns urge Senator Young’s defeat as deadlock remains and Davenport laments bulk sales bill defeat as prejudice.
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Tama Jim
Council Bluffs
Secretary of Agriculture
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Brandon-Urbana
Cedar Falls
Lafe Young
United States
Mr. Young
Davenport
Bill to curb fraud in credit sales defeated
A proposal aimed at preventing debtors from selling an entire stock on credit and then pocketing the proceeds to dodge creditors was defeated. The plan required notifying wholesale houses to safeguard their interests before such sales could be lawful, a rule seemingly harmless to honest traders but ultimately rejected.
Cheap and Low Strategy in Two Camps
Chicago Record-Herald attacks Speaker-To-Ba Clark on annexation talk and war scare tactics. It argues jingoism and insurgent tariffs lower the political and moral tone, labeling opponents as treacherous and hypocritical while defending the reciprocity agreement as beneficial and adequately protective for agriculture. The piece mutters about standpatters and insurgents, calling for the agreement without further reductions.
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Wwewe
Chicago Record-Herald
Clark
Congress
Canada
England
Thatk
None
Unable to determine a coherent news item from the provided fragment. The text appears to be a general opinion on protectionism and referencing the Pine Tree state, lacking identifiable people, events, or venues to anchor a headline or summary.
You Can Please Some of the People All of the Time
A reader shares two letters about marriage and housekeeping. One argues that judging wives by their home care is unfair and praises stable family priorities. The other recounts a practical plan to dress neatly while working at home and to improve home upkeep with affordable, washable housedresses and tailored aprons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deemer
Dubuque
Thatman
Mr. B
Blaine Testimony on Reciprocity Treaty History
The Des Moines Capital denounces tariff zealots equating Blaine with Canada reciprocity. It cites Blaine’s opposition to discrimination and recalls the 1844 1866 treaty and 1864 fisheries rights. The piece stresses careful use of dead figures and says Blaine recorded his views for posterity.
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Des Moines
James G. Blaine
Blaine
Canada
United States
Congress
Wna
Sedentary Habits Cause Stomach Trouble Advised
The notice cites sedentary habits and poor digestion as common stomach trouble causes and urges using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. It mentions J H Schuneman selling tablets and taking charge of a Sioux Falls drug store, after previously operating in Fullerton Place.
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Chamberlain
J. H. Schuneman
Schuneman
Fourth and
Lafayette Streets
Sioux Falls
Mrs. Schuneman
Fullerton Place
Pinchot Speech Credits Progressives in Resource Reform
Gif ford Pinchot told New Rochelle's People Forum that conservation achievements stem from the progressive movement and Roosevelt's legacy. He praised national forest policy, attacked water power monopolies, and argued that equal opportunity has vanished as big money dominates politics.
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New Rochelle
Gifford Pinchot
National Conservation Association
Taft
United States
People’s Forum of
Roosevelt
Pinechot
Guggenheims
Alaska
Glavis
Mr. Plachot
White House
Garfield
Appalachians
White Mountains
United States Forest Service
Henry 5. Graves
Airship Propeller Cuts Rabbit in Two
Harry 8. Harkness, a wealthy New York sportsman, narrowly escaped injury when a gust toppled his Antoinette monoplane near his North Island hangar. The propeller struck the ground just before impact and, oddly, cut a rabbit in two.
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San Diego
Cal
Harry
Harkness
New York
North Island
Coronado
Trouser skirt debuts in Paris racing season opening
Paris viewers witnessed two rival trouser skirt designs at the opening of the racing season. A pantaloon skirt in blue satin showed baggy trousers with a front and back panel, walked the paddock with a long wrap revealing the ankles. The opposing style hid baggy trousers under a slit overskirt while the wearer paused, drawing mixed reactions from the crowd.
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Paris
Home Made Mentholaxene Syrup Promises Wide Cures
An investigating chemist touts essene mentholaxene as a home produced cough syrup that relieves asthma bronchitis and chronic lung coughs. It claims a laxative action with 8 to 30 doses daily and is said to be cheaper than labeled syrups. Prepare by dissolving 2½ ounces essence mentholaxene in a pint bottle with sugar bottling water and mix then take a teaspoonful 8 to 10 times daily.
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the Courier
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American Express
Haymarket
Dawe's Steamship Agency
Purie
Boulevard Das Capucines
Senate
Argu
Spirit OF the Iowa Press
Heemer
Sioux City
Judge Deemer
Senator Young
Jowa
Secree
Estry
Scott
Black Hawk National Bank
Fourth Streets
Waterloo Land CO
Cady & Gallup
Rooma
Ee Galloway Gibson Lnyv
Chas. R. Gates
Williams, Tel
Beeen Peteseee
W. B. McMurray
J. D. Murtagh
A. G. Reid
Iwwa Mausoleum CO
Teipehone
Segars
Eee Williams
Quality Segar Shop
Fourth Street
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Weeesereeeteeres
Ee “Central Iowa Granite Company
Ayer
Lydia E. Pinkeham
Alan Chara
L E. Pinkham
Mra. J. P. Expurce
BR. F. D. No
Erie
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
C. A. Waterbury
Russell-Lamson Block
E. T. Jaynes
Black Hawk Bank
Robert G. Dakin
HM. D
East Fourth Street
Pisk Waterico
de, Jerger
RB. D. Tiffany
Consolidated Soertens
J. B. Scott
Ida M. Scott
Commercial Bank Building
T. A. McManus
M. D. Eye
Gibsens
Jioura
DE. E. A. Hunt
Ben. D. Everalal
F. C. Liffring
Lafayette
Bodwell
Syndicate Building
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