The Colorado Plan in State Highway Aid System
Colorado adopts a state aid and administration plan for highway building. The state commission laid out a cross state grid of primary roads linking major cities with east west and north south routes. Counties fund road and bridge projects, with state matching funds for approved work. The system aims to harmonize county and state efforts and progress as a model for others.
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Colorado
Towa
State Commission
Lawa
Commonwealth
Governor's reform call on inspections of state institutions
Governor Carroll urges abolishing the current inspection junket system and replacing it with a recess committee to audit institutions and prepare reports for the next assembly. A New York example shows mismanagement and fraud in egg procurement, with inmates fed cheap stock while officials and dealers profit. The piece endorses enacting the governor's recommendation.
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Carroll
New York State
Empire State
New York
Iowa
Giled
Congressional
Cost of enlarging this house project noted
A fragment notes a government loss of about half a million dollars if the national house of representatives enlarges the structure. The text implies budgeting concerns amid an official discussion.
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National House of Rep
House Expansion Costs and Inefficiency Debate
A newspaper opinion argues against enlarging the House, estimating 40 new members would cost about $700 daily and $500,000 yearly including seating and clerical expenses. It decries wasted funds, useless remarks, and increased inefficiency, asserting current size is excessive and harmful to the public.
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Congress
Jona
Soyi
Iowa
Tim
Iowa population up after growth under progressive laws
In a Des Moines paper TE Chassell argues Iowa is not losing population. towns gain about 3,000 yearly. He cites census data showing 1900 to 1910 drop then reversal by 1910, with four progressive laws in effect during growth. The piece urges continuing reforms to sustain upward trend.
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Iowa
Chassell
Des Moines
Mr. Chassell
Towa
Peterson Corporation
Clark and followers flip from revolution to regular party precedent
The passage notes Champ Clark and his backers in Congress shifting from a revolutionary stance to support for regularity and precedent. It questions whether Clark, once a leading critic, is now defending Republican precedent and contemplates the shift in influence from minority to potential majority status.
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Champ Clark
Congress
Put Experts On The Roads
Sioux City Tribune reports a good roads bill by Senator Van Law from Des Moines. It proposes a three member state highway commission—civil engineers from Town City and Ames plus a gubernatorial appointee—serving without pay to appoint a state highway engineer at 4960 dollars yearly. The engineer would plan and oversee state highways, sharing half costs with counties.
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Sioux City Tribune
van Law
Des Moines
Tie
Town City
Ames
Zovernor
Propose County Engineers to Guard Highways and Bridges
A proposal argues for creating county engineers with full charge of highways and bridges, removable only for mismanagement, neglect, or disability. It claims current boards and trustees waste funds and cannot manage engineering projects, urging trained engineers to ensure wise road spending and efficient operations, reducing the need for higher taxes.
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Ccounty
Boards of Supervisors
Iowa
Baron D Anvilee and Kane Reveal Joseph Danville Lineage
Chicago Tribune notes Joseph Danville’s genealogy explained by W Lewis Kane of Westchester Pa. Kane uncovers in Life of Joseph Gurney a Norman baron tied to William the Conqueror, suggesting hereditary ties. Minneapolis Journal observes rubber prices easing, criticizing theft.
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Chicago Tribune
Joseph
DanvUle
W. Lewis Kane
Westchester
Cannon
Commonwealth
Kane
Joseph Gurney
William the Conqueror
England
Balfour
Citizens and politics mix in Iowa state press roundup
A mosaic of editorial notes and city news cites citizens, governors, and lawmakers. Opinion pages critique a senatorial appointment, watchdogs praise prudent conduct, and a bill to bar taverns near state institutions stirs Davenport and Cedar Rapids comment. Licenses to wed listed. cold remedy ads precede theater promotions.
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Warrers
Cedar Rapids
General Assembly
Davenport
Ways Women Can Earn Money From Home in 1910s Advice
The letter urges women to seek wage earning work beyond teaching or clerical jobs. It cites law publishing, telephone dictation for quarantined clients, and poultry farming as profitable options. A Stenographer from home and jewelry-chain purse making are described with earnings examples, including hens yielding about 44 dollars monthly and purses producing several dollars weekly.
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United States
Wotet
Peterson Bros Framing Offers First Class Work Guarantee
Picture framing service highlights first class workmanship guaranteed by Peterson Bros located at 221 West Fourth Street.
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Peterson Bros
Haymonds Heads Gain Growers and County Winners
Ames Iowa Jan 16 Special The Iowa Grain Improvement association annual meeting elected officers GR A Waymond La Porte City president Fred McCulloch Hartwick vice president J C Burnett Ames secretary treasurer Page County won the boys corn judging contest with 251 77 points Wayne Whitmore Coin Page County took top individual honors L C Shivers Knoxville Marion County second Ivan Antonius Council Bluffs Pottawattamie County third Page County also won the girls cooking contest Story County placed second Ora Tompkins Page Center high individual honors Lulu Kagley Ames second place
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Ames
Iowa Grain Improvement Association
GR. A. Waymond
la Porte City
Fred McCulloch
Hartwick
J. C. Burnett
Tage County
Wayne Whitmore
Coin
Page County
L. C. Shivers
Knoxeville
Marion County
Ivan Antonius
Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County
Story County
Ora Tompkins
Page Center
Lulu Kagley
Why the Panama canal should be neutralized plan
A statement titled The Six Reasons was issued in Boston on January 16 urging Panama Canal neutrality and not fortification. It lists sponsors including Richard Olney Jane Addams and Ida Tarbell and argues neutrality aligns with treaties, reducing costs, and preserving open access for all nations.
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Boston
Panama Canal
United States
Richard Olney
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford, Jr
United States District Court
George Froster Peabody
New York Banker
Mir
Hay-Pauncefort
Eneg Tand
Taft
Congress
David J. Foster
Committee of Foreign Affairs
House of Representatives
Henry Wade Rogers
Yale Law School
John Graham Brooks
Francis Lynde Stetson
New York
Ida Tarbell
N. Q O. Nelson
Forgetful party men stumble over Democratic ticket names
A Waterloo banquet tale reveals Attorney M. H. Kelly forgetting the Democratic vice presidential candidate and confusing William Jennings Bryan with past campaigns. The reporter prompts memory as Kern’s identity and role prompt a blush and correction.
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William Jennings Bryan
M. H. Kelly
Kelly
Waterloo
Champ Clark
Mr. Kern
Indiana
Kern
Mr. Kelly
Mr Now
Wer
Courier Adds Black Hawk Exhibitors to Subscriptions
The Des Moines corn exposition issue notes limited Courier subscriptions for Black Hawk county exhibitors. Listed Cedar Falls residents include Harry R Plantz Clarence Leverses George C Pashby Chris Nelson K E B Penny L E Hansen A R McMillan. LaPorte City names R J Gillespie O Haymond Sons Jess Fry J B Roszell Son G Geren Ed Geren F P Newhalsen J V Gillespie. Dunkerton KL HH Turner.
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Courier
Black Hawk County
Des Moines
M. L. Bowman
Cedar Falls
Harry R. Plantz
Clarence Leverses
George C. Pashby
Chris Nelson
K. E B. Penny
L. E. Hansen
A. R. McMillan
LaPorte
R. J. Gillespie
Haymond & Sons
Jess Fry
J. B
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West Park Ave
John ©. Hartman
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Daily Courier
Wateris
Associated Freecandlowe Evening Press Association
Europe
Waterloo Courier
London
Frafalgar
Northcum- Ferrard Avenue
American Exprese
Basmarket
Dawe'a Steamship Agency
Green Street
Feris
Bouevard Des Capucinen
Pisce de l'Opera
American
Baron D'Anvillae
Minneapolis
Seatentastasta
Yowa Press
Waverly
Mason City Times
Creston American
Peter Hepburn
Town
Livingston
Georgia
Burlington
Dolliver
William F. Close
Gladys Edna Whalen
Grove
The
Crystal Theatre
Rock Island
Honore
National Biscuit Company
Uneeda
Russell Lamson
Bodwell
E. A. Hunt
T. U. McManus
M. D
Ginssea
Commercial Bank Building
DR. Ben. D. Everale
Marsh-Place
J. KR. Corr
Ida M. Scott
Commercial Bank
F. C
Lafayette
OfMics, Co. B
R. D. Tiffany
Consolidated Service
Black Bawk Bank
StoSite
Robert G. Dakin
East Fourth Street
C. Weigert
E. T. Jaynes
Black Hawk Bank Rildg
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