Essen the city of peace amid Europe’s wars
A biased 1910s look praising Essen as a model city of prosperity under Krupp, claiming 100000 workers live in ideal villages with libraries theatres and pensions while noting Germany’s gun manufactury. It ridicules Russia and extols Frau Krupp as owner who hires scientists to make cannons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essen
Ila
Belgium
Europe
Germany
Krupps
Russia
Krupas
Yesen
Frau Krupp
Strong Words of Pactoral Letter Released in London
Quotation from Cardinal Mercier’s pastoral letter published in pamphlet form in London asserts Belgian sovereignty under the king and government. It states obedience only to national authority, condemns German occupation as illegal, and urges restraint unless liberty of conscience and patriotism are attacked. The document emphasizes civil authorities’ warnings against hostility toward the occupier and calls for unity in defense via the nation’s institutions.
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Iondon
Jan
Cardinal Mercier
Netherlands
Tijd
Hadeen
Belgium
London
Acta
Galicia
The Madness of National Slaughter Speech by Karl Liebknecht
Liebknecht urges socialist unity against World War I. He criticizes imperialist motives and calls for peace, arguing that liberation comes from each nation’s own effort and that the working classes oppose the war more than leaders admit. He praises the British Independent Labour Party for upholding socialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Liebknecht
Reichstag
England
Germany
Great Britain
Socialist International Union
British Independent Labor Party
The Human Touch and the death of Frank Higgins
The article honors Frank Higgins a Minnesota preacher known as a humble sky pilot who lived among outcasts. It places him beside figures like Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln, praising his selfless work, hardship, and ultimate death while urging readers to value human touch over comfort and convention.
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Frank Higgins
Minnesota
Benjamin Franklin
Abraham Wincoln
Jacob Riis
Edward A. Steiner
Higgins
Menu
Sky
Lumber
When Will the U S Act on Mexico and Reform
The piece argues that watchful waiting failed to restore Mexico peace and calls for decisive action. It contrasts moral suasion with punitive measures and cites political tensions, corruption, and public malfeasance while referencing Attorney General Cosson and a wartime tone.
Is Telephone Company Liable for Fire Alarm Delay
The Iowa Supreme Court faces a case testing whether the Iowa Telephone Company can be held liable for fire damages when operators fail to promptly send an alarm. Providence-Washington-Insurance Company appeals, perfected Wednesday, as argument proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telephone Company
Tex Moines
Jan
Iowa Telephone Company
Iowa Supreme Court
Providence - Washington - Insurance Company
Central
Haller
Davenport
Fire Department
Insurance Company
Iowa Exposes $400000 Wrongfully Withheld From Treasury
Attorney General Cosson notes through state examiner findings that in about a third of Iowa counties $400000 has been wrongfully withheld or drawn from the public treasury. Some funds have not been recovered due to dead officers or expired statutes, while other counties show abuses such as inflated daily wages, unitemized blanket claims, and mispaid deputies. A Des Moines man is serving a ten-year sentence for offering to steal a turkey the night before Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Cosson
A. D
B. C
Altho
Des Moines
To the Heart of the Matter MAD WORSHIP
A column contrasts Idealists and Materialists with Plato versus Democritus as enduring reality. It questions belief in mind or soul, conscience, love versus lust, and views on woman and truth. The piece cites a Selma Lagerlöf character and ends with a rural fire incident and a telephone alarm delay dispute involving Davenport’s lines and an insurance claim.
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Plato
Democritus
God
Wordsworth
Davenport Case Involves Auto Damage and Telecommunication Negligence
In Davenport this week a $2,750 claim concerns Dr. J. T. Haller whose automobile was destroyed on June 2, 1913. The car, insured, had damages paid by the company before seeking recovery from the telephone company for alleged negligence in storm reporting. The telephone company denies negligence and the district court judge directed the jury to verdict for the phone firm. Haller notes initial damage details but the record ends mid statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Rec Jord
Gre
J. T.haller
East Fourteenth Street
Telephone Company
Haller
Garb of righteousness backsfire in theft at church
Rev F W Carstens urged clothing in the garb of righteousness at North Broadway Baptist Church in Los Angeles. An unidentified thief stole the minister’s overcoat and hat and another consistory member’s coat during the 1915 ideals sermon, with police searching for the thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tos Angeles
F. W. Carstens
North
Broadway Baptist Church
Rev Frank A Hardin Recovers Vision in Washington
The Rev Frank A Hardin longtime Methodist Episcopal minister and former presiding elder who has been blind for four years regained sight after an operation in Washington DC He is living with his daughter in Freeport Ti at about 75 years old He has served as a minister over sixty years and the notice notes a local advertisement offering coal for the furnace and security items from Bleal Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Frank A. Hardin
Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington, D.C
Hardin
Jas M Graham Heads Y M C A
James M Graham was elected president of the Y M C A with Fred Northey as vice president and Gav HE Pike as recording secretary. W H Langlas became treasurer with Austin Burt J R Vaughan Paul Davis Harold Plum Geo W Miller and John Hanson as acting members. A monthly noon meeting schedule was set and committees will be formed for religious, physical, educational and other works.
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James M. Graham
Fred Northey
Gav. HE
Pike
W. H. Langlas
Austin Burt
J. R. Vaughan
Paul Davis
Harold Plum
Geo. W. Miller
John Hanson
Maquoketa Wets Withdraw Petition
Maquoketa January 8 Maquoketa city supervisors canvassed liquor petition when attorney Frank Kelsey for wets withdrew the petition and no further circulation is planned this year Bar hours extend to January 1 1916 under existing consent Three bars operate under the current petition while dry forces were represented by M S Odle for the Anti Saloon League The Evening Courier is widely read in Waterloo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Frank Kelsey
Maqquoketa
M. 8. Odle
Des Moines
Anti-Saloon League
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Mexico
United States
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John Offi
Town House of Representatives
Offil
Iowa
Frank A. Flardin
Trump, Micnals
Bleal Co
Jas. M. Graham Heads
Y.M.C.A
St. Juon
Post-Dispatch
Javerts
Jean Valjeans
West 4Th St
East St. St
Frankfurters
Bologna
Ae Sane
Sea
Oak Ridge
Swift
Lincoln
Maquoketa Wets
Waterloo
Lincoln Circle
Tha G. A. R
Charlotte B. Morgan
Nationa Press
Ann B. Weaver
C. M. Berkley
Hardware Co
F. H. Latier
Lafayette Street
Fourth Street
Evening Courier
Lafayette Building
4Th ST
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