Courier Per Page Rates and Travel Offices Listed
The Courier announces readers can place want ads at one cent per word with a minimum of ten cents and rates subject to change on notice. It also lists foreign portage pages and offices in London Paris Berlin St. Petersburg plus travel depots for American travelers and various delivery details. The piece then comments on U.S. political issues touching Taft Roosevelt debates and Debs, noting debates over representation and federal actions, with calls for fairness and public opinion shaping.
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Cooum
Jevasintad Tourman
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Tim Rarruie
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Park
Reale Paranson
Mgr
Mare Tork
Bias Scamege
Catage
Tondey
Wednendey
Frkiey
Postediics
Amy Deliy
Waterloo
Europe
Iaterhoo
Pdow
Trafalgar Building
North Rermberland Avenue
American Express
Haymarket
Pawe's Steamship Agency
Otren Atre
Paris
Soulevard den
Unter den Linden
Bt. Petersburg
Nevaky Prospekt
The Logic of It Editorial on Iowa Road System
The Des Moines Capital editorial argues state control of road funds prevents waste and unifies county work. It asserts state aid would follow fixed rules, funding counties for compliant projects to build a unified state road network. Urges action now to avoid further millions lost to a disjointed, ineffective system.
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Des Moines
House Roads Committee
Iowa
DISTRICT REPRESENTATION IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
Two bills in the legislature address presidential preference by district. One bill by Representative Huntley would award the state’s entire delegation to the statewide majority, preserving an electoral college style system. It would deny minority regional influence and could place unanimously supporting districts’ delegates under a collectively opposing state majority.
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California
Taft
Republican National Committee
Stipe
Huntley
Chicago
Nature's Remedies For Disease In Olden Times
A historical note traces family medicines using roots herbs and barks for common ailments. It highlights Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a renowned female remedy, claiming its origin forty years earlier from similar roots and herbs and grown into a popular standard remedy for female ills.
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Lydia I. Finkham
Poe the enduring gloom master of poetry and prose
A tribute sketch chronicles Edgar Allan Poe as a frail genius who carved sorrowful verse and invented the detective tale. It notes his poverty, peculiar habits, and lasting fame, suggesting his manuscripts would outvalue a poet's yearly income today.
Lawmakers seek to tell voters and bribe reporters
Iowa legislators debate new rules to govern personal conduct and voting. One bill would impose a $2 fine on voters who fail to cast a ballot, another would punish legislators who ignore bribery offers with up to five years in prison. The piece notes Wilson’s unpopularity with Washington’s social scene and hints Black Hawk’s potential Senate appointment benefiting Waterloo.
Spirit of the Iowa Press editors seek reforms in Congress
A collection of editorials from Des Moines and regional papers critiques national politics. It cites La Follette as a fearless reformer and urges parties to be judged by merit. It notes Kenyon’s sincerity and urges legislators to adopt blunt, principled stances. It also reports Kansas wage conflicts as a union pressure tactic in Wichita.
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Webster City
Freeman-Tribune
la Follette
Advertising and the Iowa Auto Trade
A Davenport Times and Iowa City Republican exchange views on political party futures and the impact of advertising on Iowa’s automobile industry. They argue that a strong moral issue is needed for a new party and criticize eastern manufacturers for dominating car prestige while urging more vigorous local advertising to boost Iowa made vehicles.
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Davenport Times
Grouns
Republican Party
Towa City
Republican
Iowa
First Sample of the New Woman Business
Ruth Cameron notes a trim young woman at an inquiry office who patiently waits her turn, challenging the habit of rushing ahead. The scene prompts reflection on justice, courtesy, and the role of courtesy as a complement to true fairness rather than a substitute for it.
Women must demand justice without crowding others
In a spirited argument, Ruth Cameron asserts that women entering business and professional spheres require a stronger sense of justice. She argues cour tesy and fairness must coexist, and women should not push ahead of others in lines or situations, even with good opportunity, while upholding larger principles of decency and equality.
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Iff
Ruth Cameron
The Cowardly Way
Des Moines Capital argues that Iowa road and bridge funding is wasted. It notes seven million dollars yearly into county and township treasuries for roads, totaling around 140 million in twenty years, with Polk County boards failing to spend wisely and funds often going to trustees relatives. It calls for changing the system after twenty years of poor supervision.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Treasuries
Board of Supervisors
Polk County
Boards of Supervisors
Iowa road graft fears loom as trustees face reform
A debate over township trustees and county supervisors pits taxpayers against a powerful lobby of road material sellers. The Sage Foundation notes social center schools in 101 U.S. cities hosted by trained leaders, with paid staff directing many centers in New York Chicago and other cities. Citizens urge Mayor Sparboe to seek re election to uphold reform.
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Sembly
Trustees
Boards of Supervisors
General Assembly
Iowa
United States
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Columbus
Detroit
Jersey City
Loufaville
Rochester
Washington
Social centers in schools movement grows nationwide
The Washington Star notes increasing demand for broader use of public school buildings as social centers. Citizens in many communities discuss and implement projects to open schools for community use, aiming for intellectual and moral gain beyond child-centered activities.
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Washington Star
Washington
Indorse Officials At Webster City
A mass meeting in Webster City Iowa on Friday night at city hall protested slanderous stories about the city administration and its conduct. The hall was packed with bankers, legal professionals, and other workers, described as the most representative gathering in years. A resolution was unanimously adopted.
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Webster City
Every Little Olive Tablet Has a Movement All Its Own
Your doctor will tell you ninety per cent of all sickness comes from inactive bowels and liver. Dr Ed wards, a well known physician in Ohio, perfected a vegetable compound mixed with olive oil, to act on the liver and bowels, which he gave to his patients for years, Olive Tablets, the substitute for calomel, are gentle in their action, yet always effective. They bring AHOML that exuberance of spirit, that natural buoyancy which should be enjoyed by everyone, by toning up the liver and clearing the system of harmful impurities, 1Me and 2he per box, The Olive Tablet Co., Columbus, O.
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Edwards
Ohio
Olive Tablet Co
Columbua, O
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