Progressive League Urges Unity for Honest Government
The Republican Progressive League forms to unite good citizens against wealth influence and corruption. It plans to endorse public measures, influence national and state legislatures, and invites Democrats to form a similar bi partisan league for shared policies.
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Progressive League
League of
Progressive Republicans
Washington
Ring
Republican Progressure League
Gonn
Democratic Party
Republican
Progressive Demerats
Repub-lien Progressive League
Naimely
Mieg
Education and Public Libraries Highlight Iowa Issues
A column discusses education’s aims and questions posed by a Chicago professor, contrasting noble ideals with practical outcomes. It notes Iowa’s progress toward universal free libraries, with several towns adopting library levies and many counties now served, while a list of counties remains without. The piece also praises Jesup and Iowa City while critiquing local governance and funding for public welfare.
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Iowa
Galva
Grundy Center
Pella
Sie City
Libby
Mr. Carnegia
Clarinda
Humboldt
Lake City
Laurens
New Stampton
Onawa
Red Oak
Rockwell City
Sheldon
Woodbine
Union
Adair
Awamakee
Audubon
Butler
Claston
Davis
Fremont
Tancock
Weoknk
Louisa
Ringgold
Shelby
Taylor
van Tren
Wayne
Winneshirk
Worth
Public sympathy for calamity funds and individual charity
The passage argues that large disasters prompt more aid than small ones and that reliance on scattered donors leads to dependence for vulnerable women and children. It condemns ad hoc fundraising and praises support systems that protect families without risking public welfare.
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Philadelphia
Bodine Street
Spirit of the Iowa Press and Local City Notes
A collage of Iowa newspaper snippets notes Waterloo to get a ten story office building while others urge caution and moral reform. Fragments quote council debates in Waterloo Grinnell and Oskaloosa on education temperance and politics with a St Joseph parish bazaar at Elks Lodge offering hot supper.
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Nout
Council Bluffs
Waterloo
Grinnell Nerald
Oskaloosa Saturday Globe
Ladies of
St. Joseph's Parish
Elksfia
The Fiddler Must Be Paid Just the Same
The piece argues indirect taxes mislead to cost of government. It cites New York’s deficit as a result of indirect taxation fueling lavish appropriations. It suggests direct taxes or new indirect taxes will rise and affect prices, urging citizens to demand clearer government cost reports.
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New York
New York Sun
Teapots Journal
Indianapolis News
United States
Tawney
Eigil
Saving for Fashion: A Glimpse of Two Department Store Girls
In a nearby department store two teen workers, Miss S and Miss E, receive five and eight dollars weekly. A blind forewoman pressures them over wardrobe, reveals Miss E. saves about a dollar weekly and holds over a hundred dollars, enabling bargains. Miss S. saves less and looks better dressed, while Miss E. cites savvy buying and timing as keys to affordable style.
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Miss S
Miss E
Miss 5
Forewoman Bets On Saving Lesson For Miss E And Others
In a factory exchange, a forewoman offers Miss E a chance to learn savings by starting with one dollar saved by next payday. If successful for six months, pay rises to nine dollars. The forewoman notes others could gain purchasing power if they follow the plan and asks if they will.
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Miss E
Real Estate Transfers in Cedar Falls and Waterloo
Mary A Finch and others sell lot 4 block 3 D C G Overmans addition Cedar Falls to Cora A Canning for 3200 dollars. Ann R Fuchs sells part of lot 7 block 3 Sullivan Days addition Waterloo for 1 dollar. Elizabeth Kerns sells land in 19011 to Lewis Kerns for 5200 dollars. Hannah D Hever sells part of lot 37 Auditor Rainbows at No 4 Waterloo for 15 dollars. Kelen M Starr sells part of lot 8 Uriah Dubois addition Waterloo for 1 dollar.
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Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
Mary A. Finch
Cora A A. Canning
Rainbow’s
Waterloo
Kelen M. Starr
Alfred T. Starr
Uriah DuBois
Read of the New West in Rozet Wyoming
A lyrical verse by May S Ensign envisions Wyoming’s broad land and cowboys, imagining a consoling home and quiet life. The piece reflects nostalgia for the old West and ends with a dated note Rozet January 20.
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May S. Ensign
New
Wyoming
West
Rozet
No Dancing in Public Schools Sparks City Meeting
Charles City Iowa January 25 The school board hosted ministers and about fifty visitors to oppose introducing dancing in public schools. Board members debated with some supporting and others opposing the plan. W E B Willer spoke against it and was cheered as the board assured no dancing would be sanctioned.
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Charles City
W. EB. Willer
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Csitier Perseer
Creyear
Creo
Laws
the Carrier Is A Member of
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Arsociated Freer and Laws Evening Press Association
Black Hawk County
Yates
ECS
Mange
Exc
the Courier
Europe
Waterloo Courier
London
Trafalgne
Northeam
Ferland Avenue
American Express
Pando Haymarket
Dawe’s Steamship Agency
YI Green Kereet
Paris
Boulevard Des Capucines
Ath Street
Q&eice
Lafayette Street
F. OF
Lader
Lorimer
Burrows, Heyburn Et al
Chicago University
Meri
Nano
Abraham Lincoln
Hawley H. Crippen
Norton
Beecause
Dawson
Iowan
Jesup
Iowa City
Spirit OF the Lowa Press
Cedar Rapids
Gagette
Knoxville Journal
Young
Marshalltown Times
Natalie Tentem
Les Eerie
Penza State Hospital
Deneen
Illinois
Frank Billings
Chicago
J. Ja Green
State Board of Administration
J. D. Single
State Psychopathic Institute
H. 8. Grindley
George W. Webster
State Board of Health
Howard T. Ricketts
W. J. McNeal
Oliver 5. Ormsby
Commission
Peoria State Hospital
E. W. Grove
ST. Denis
New York City
Bath
WM. Taylor & Bor, Inc
Rock Island
Sing—Dream
Old Town
Ager
RAYO
Alwaya One
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Black Hawk National Bank
Commercial
Fourth Streets
Waterloo Land CO
Cady & Gallup
E. Williams
Galloway Gibson Inv
Weeee Ey W. B. McMurray
Chas. R. Gates & CO
Segars and Tobacco
Williams
Segar Shop
Fourth Street
J. C. Murtagh
A. G. Reid
Pike & Knapp
Central Iowa Granite Company
C. A
E. T. Jaynes
Black Hawk Bank
Robert G. Dakin, M. D
East Fourth Street
BR. D. Tiffany
Consolidated Service
2. R. Scott
Ida M. Scott
Commercial Bank
T. A. McManus, M. D
Comercial Bank Building
E. A. Hunt
Ben. C. Everall
Marsh-Place
F. C
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Town
Bodwell
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