Osborn’s broadside tests Taft La Follette split
Governor Osborn of Michigan fires a broad critique of Taft and La Follette in a Lansing speech. He argues for a unity move with Roosevelt or Beveridge, while praising reform efforts and urging progressives to back a real progressive leader rather than forceful third-term or insurgent bids.
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New Year's Eve Standards and Public Charity Scrutiny
The piece contrasts small towns with Chicago’s revelry and moral panic over New Year celebrations. It notes reform concerns, praises Our Dumb Animals magazine’s refreshed color cover and content, cites divorces in Des Moines, and mentions J F Klingaman overseeing relief lists of 291 people.
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Weather Station Proposal and City Map Update
Column fragments from several Iowa papers discuss making Cedar Rapids a official weather station city and placing it on the weather map before Congress adjourns. Other notes touch on liquor law, economic prospects, and a scattered debate on the peace treaty.
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Congress
Ames School and state politics rhetoric clash
A collection of editorials and letters critiques hypocrisy in government and education policy. The pieces challenge a governor candidate, defend scientific agriculture, and scrutinize Roosevelt's arbitration treaty remarks while recounting Marks case testimony and juror doubt.
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Holden
Odeboalt Ohiniele
Ames School
E Hasy Slippers New Species and Etiquette Notes
A collage of humorous snippets from several papers. Satirical quips trade jabs on peace efforts, aging spouses, manners, and a New Year scene. A child compares a New York apartment to a farm's fire, noting an imitation gas log versus real fires.
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Jackie
New York
Appincott’s
Socialist lecture course announced in city
Editor Courter reports the socialist party of the city arranged with W. F. Wes to speak next week on How We are Gouger. Ries, author and oil man, funds and headlines the event. Five lectures are planned with speakers chosen by the national socialist party. Local organizers push for a large turnout and aim to grow the movement.
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Ohio
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Waterloo
Metropolitan Daily features sixty four page Waterloo growth edition
The Waterloo Courict published a splendid sixty four page edition in Wednesday’s issue highlighting the city’s growth for the year just closed. It boasted fine illustrations and special articles on many subjects, a credit to any metropolitan daily.
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Iowa Falls
Waterloo Courict
West Market Site Clash in Waterloo Neighborhood
A Waterloo letter to the editor objects to locating a west side public market at West Seventh and Duff Streets. The writer notes residential disruption and security concerns as trains stop for water and tramps rail through. Suggests moving market away from the railroad to deter gatherings. West Sider.
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Duff Streets
West Side
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Minnesota ruling protects fruit from flies and dust
Ex parte Bacigalupo cites Ex parte Bacigalupo 132 Northwestern Reporter 303 affirming St. Paul ordinance requiring all fruits and candies sold outside to be shielded from flies and dust. Judge Lewis says the rule respects private rights, is reasonable, and not unconstitutional, applying to wholesale or commission houses and including fruits like oranges and bananas.
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Supreme Court of Minnesota
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Epigrams for Investors by James B Clews
Safeguard principal first and treat others as secondary. A doubtful bond brings worry and loss, avoid bad bonds for heirs. Consult a banker for legal and investment advice, as familiarity with investments takes years of study. High grade means low rate, and low grade means high rate, but not synonymous.
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James B. Clews
Difference Between Boat Rower and Gunman Dragger
A Lewisville Courier Journal remark contrasts two men the one who rocks the boat and the other who drags a gun through the fence noting the latter need not drag for a body. The quip highlights differing levels of risk in their actions.
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Lewisville
Church Elects Annual Officers at Central Church of Christ
At the annual meeting of the members of the Central Church of Christ the following were elected for the coming year to succeed those officers whose terms have expired Elders F W Richardson and J M Morrir Deacons W F E Robinson A J Withhrick Grover Totten Walter Malone Victor Lone and J Z Holton Trustee D F Mythailer Financial secretary Callie Kline
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J. M. Morrir
W. FE. Robinson
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Walter Malone
Victor Lone
J. Z. Holton
D. Ff. Mythailer
Callie Kline
How to Live We Must Use Time Without Hurry
A reflective piece on time and modern life argues that Americans have mislaid time not talent. It contrasts hurried living with thrifty, careful work, rest, and enjoyment, urging readers to slow down, stop worrying, and value the hours we actually have. It cites a postcard aphorism and anecdotes about binding delays and domestic care to emphasize time as a scarce, precious resource.
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David Grayson
Fighting Spirit of Iowan Aroused
Walter Thurrell, longtime Dubuque Telegraph man now in Honolulu, writes of an oppressive health board order in Honolulu. The order requires cutting down banana trees within 150 feet of homes and within five miles of the harbor, a move he decries as oppressive and unjust.
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Dubuque Telegraph
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Board of Health
Banana plants spark legal clash in island town
The passage notes banana crops as a staple for poor families on the island, triggering a health board dispute at Thurtell’s residence where hundreds of banana plants drew opposition. Thurtell faces criminal court action while vowing to defend his plants as a matter of principle. An unrelated Portland incident reports a chef cutting into a sheep carcass containing £120 in coins found later by market clerks.
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Ile
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Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Cure
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