Meat imports threaten U.S. meat prices and farm profits
A Des Moines editorial notes pushback against the capitol grounds act and calls for an impartial investigation. It argues Des Moines should not be overcharged for air parks and urges a national standard for ample grounds before action. It also discusses meat trade shifts due to New Zealand imports and Panama Canal effects, questioning consumer benefits.
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Register and Leader
Des Moines
Register & Leader
Iowa
Courier
Treasury
New Zealand
Mr. Boys
Panama Canal
New York
Australia
Argentina
Chicago
United States
England
London
Waterloo Fire Loss Prompts Sympathy and Aid Efforts
Sympathy and ready-handed help will go out to those afflicted by the fire yesterday morning, the most disastrous in recent years in Waterloo. The loss, greater in value than any prior blaze, left many with shattered livelihoods yet spared lives. The owners vow no slackening in rebuilding and city commerce.
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Waterloo
Ideas of a Plain Man in Man and Woman
A quoted essay argues the wife often handles household and business cash in France and challenges the belief that women lack business ability. It claims men fail more broadly, while women excel in routine office tasks and detail work, asserting women are gradually invading the business world and managing affairs well.
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France
The Columbia River Awe Inspires Western Travelers
A vivid description of the Columbia River from western Canada to Oregon highlights its beauty and utility. The river shifts from a youthful, rocky stretch to a broad, navigable waterway with salmon abundant and a strong role for steamers, while noting dramatic canyons, high banks, and challenging bar crossings near Portland.
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Columbia
Wrettern
Canada
United States
Rhine
Danube
Washington
Oregon
Willamette
Portland
Orient
Indomitable Waterloo Spirit Faces Fire Gear Shortage
The piece notes Waterloo's steadfast civic spirit while urging greater public generosity to fund fire department equipment after a recent scare. It recalls Waterloo’s fire destruction lessons and asserts Col. Goethals will not abandon a task nine tenths done, stressing perseverance amid trials.
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Waterloo
Col. Goethals
Spirit of the Iowa Press Oddities in Headlines
A compilation echoes sympathy and sarcasm across Iowa papers. The Sioux City Tribune notes Swan Pullman porters in a bandit holdup feel worse for themselves than the victims while the Council Bluffs Nonpareil laments standpotters lacking a place to stand amid Progressive troubles and the Des Moines Capital critiques lengthy federal appointments as one of the most protracted. An Animated Guessing Contest appears in the assortment.
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Sioux City Tribune
Council
Des Moines
Iowa
Controversial Oklahoma governor hopeful from former train robber
Monticello Express notes Jennings, once a southwest train robber, seeks the Democratic nomination for Oklahoma governor promising to reform the party if elected. The item recalls past officeholders who were worse, and hints that some still need educating in the political scene.
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Monticello
All Jennings
Southwest
Oklahoma
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo High
Twenty Years Ago News Clips From Jan 41 1894
Obituaries for Judge John D Platt and Rev W Clinton and Rev J C Austin detail deaths in Port Huron Alden and Riverside California. Also notes warnings of continued cold weather, sleighing prospects, and local business changes including Wood & Son house fillings and dissolution of the firm Facley Pinkerton & Company with A W Pinkerton withdrawing.
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John D. Platt
Franklin C. Platt
Port Huron
Mich
Alden
Moments of Fuxe and Wit in Humorous Snippets
A collage of jokes and quips from newspapers, including lines about antiseptic wax for lips before kissing, climate jokes about warmer winters, a caricature in art class, and a host’s dinner table pun. It ends with an ad for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound promising relief for coughs without upsetting the stomach.
Commercial Club Extends Sympathy To Paul Davis Dry Goods
At a recent annual meeting in Elks hall the Commercial club and Board of Trade adopted resolutions expressing sincere sympathy to Paul Davis Dry Goods Co and its president Paul Davis, and to the building owners Mr and Mrs C O Lamson, after the firm’s stock was destroyed by fire. The motion honors the store as a longtime leading city business and recognizes the community ties of its leadership.
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Commercial Club and Board of Trade
Elks' Hall
Paul Davis Dry Goods Company
C. O. Lamson
Paul, ‘Davis Dry Goods Company
Paul Davis
Big Associates
A Difference in Working Hours Causes Public Reaction
Lamson rights and sympathy extend to building tenants facing loss and inconvenience. Commercial Club and Board of Trade figures include LL. H. Cass, W. P. Hoxie, and L. H. Weidemann. A public note urges Foley Kidney Pills to sustain kidneys for 24 hour body function and 8 hour work. Sold by all druggists everywhere.
Anti-Horse Thief Body To Protect The Autos
Council Bluffs Iowa January 27 an anti horse thief association extends its authority to car owners showing the shift in Iowa where farmers guard autos as zealously as horses. The movement reflects rising concern over theft and the need for organized protection for vehicles.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Pottawattamie Association Extends Protection to Autos
At its annual meeting the Pottawattamie County Protective association resolved to extend its horse theft protection to automobiles. With increasing joy riding and widespread farmer car ownership, autos will now receive the same protection as livestock and a minimum $100 reward is set for capturing car thieves.
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Bers
Pottawattamie County Protective Association
Jalmont
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Pee
Hartman Company
Mopitis West Park Avenue
HaRtman
Prreagon
Geo. Mgr
Tribune
Alfred Bens
Tribune Huilding
Alw. Allen
Lott Qour
EL Ropa
Amenese
Furmpe
Vanneron
Eden
Trafalgar Building
Northemberland Avenue
American Express
Haymarket
Dawes Steamship Agency
Green Street
Paris
Boulevard Des Capucines
Comer Place
Ds Opera
Berlin
Unter den Linden
St. Petersburg
Des Moines Register
General Dodge
Greater Capitol Grounds
Soldiers’ Monument
Mitchel
Francis T. Boys
DR. Frank Crane
Columbia River
Ford Automobile Works
Spirit OF the Iowa Press
State Historical Society
Anamosa Journal
Gene Vhitago
Anamosa and Northern Railroad
Dubuque
George B. Caldwell
Louis B. Myers
W. J. Gorman
Davenport
Suez Canal
Fas
Cedaring Ig
Gance
Carter House
Overman
Artemus Ward
Russell
Professor Leach
Abraham Lincoln
TW. Clinton
They
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Vine Lron
Vinton
J. C. Austin
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Universalist Church
Riverside
Cal
Mercury
Ploemt
Wood & Son
Facley
Pinkerton & Company
Cluthiers
Pinkerton
Houston Post
Kansas City Journal
Satan
Atlanta Constitution
Tommie
Yonkers
Foley
Eugene M. Pullen
Carpenter
Marcellus Avenue
Manasquan
N.J
DR. Pierce
Dr. BR. V. Pierce
Invelids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N.Y
Hileman & Gindt
Mulberry Street
Weet Tia St. L. J. Benser
F. H. Latier
Lafayette Street
Fourth Street
Lafayette Building
4Th St. E
DR. I
Bazard
Black Hawk Bank
E. H. Knittle
NAT. Bane
F. C. Liffring
Lafayette Bldg
Gerrit J. Bennett
West Fourth
Elmwood and Western
Ralston
Frec
Lamson
DR. Bodwell
Bidg
C. D. Pedersen
Ioan
Consolidated Phone
Jefferson Street
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