Inauguration Reflections On Duty And The Social Evil
The piece discusses President Elect Woodrow Wilson's forthcoming inauguration, warning that compromise is no substitute for duty and noting Taft’s coming downfall as a moral lesson. It highlights the Rockefeller Bureau of Social Hygiene as a permanent, well funded force to investigate sex industry causes and reform strategies, questioning corporate culpability in the exploitation of women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Int Owen
Taft
Rockefeller “Bureau of Social Hygiene
Katherine Bement Ppatis
New York
Istata Reformatory
Technicalities in Waterloo liquor petition spark public debate
A storm of public opinion weighs the role of law and procedure in Waterloo’s open saloon question. The piece cites 3 548 valid petition names after withdrawals, notes Waterloo's 26 000 residents, and contrasts drys and wets. It argues majority rule, yet warns against ignoring legal mechanisms and past court uses.
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Waterloo
Cabon
Adam
Shylock
Taft and Roosevelt Inaugural Moment Recalled Across Centuries
A fragment recalls the 1909 inauguration as Taft and Roosevelt stood in the White House window awaiting the ceremony amid a blizzard. The piece notes a similar scene this week with Taft at the same window, hinting at echoes of history.
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Taft
Rovecvelt
White House
Turkey faces last gasp as politics reshape its fate
The passage argues Turkey's strength wanes amid civil strife and shifting leadership responsive to popular pressure. It notes changes in government, the limits of national power, and the inevitability of confronting natural law, with warnings about future turmoil as Europe’s balance shifts.
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Turkey
Europe
Simplicity at Last in Inaugural Remarks
A Mont Romery county observer notes that investments in agricultural advisers yield higher profits than expected. Des Moines Tribune claims the nation moves toward early days simplicity. Mention is made of Wilson's daughter visiting a simpler inauguration with a $650 gown. Uncle Joe Jarnagin praised as agricultural editor candidate.
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Des Moines Tribune
Joe" Jarnagin
Maron City
Bass Horns in a Brass Labyrinth of Political Sound
A humorous portrait compares a bass horn to politicians, detailing its grand yet ridiculed presence in bands. It notes the instrument’s heavy reliance on the ensemble, how it travels behind the baggage, and the humorous toil of its players. It also comments on temperament, longevity, and the unlikely fate of bass horn players toward leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carera
Rural schools and community centers urged in state talk
A farm journal editor praises practical farming traits while urging consolidated rural township high schools as general community centers. Columns from Harrison County News Scranton Journal Webster City Freeman-Tribune discuss education, prisoners’ labor, wealth, power, and contentment in a staged state discussion.
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Harrison County News
Clarke
Farmers’ Clubs
Webster City
Freeman-Tribune
Shaw
Philadelphia
Denison
Anti Spanking Views Stir Evening Chat Reflections
Ruth Cameron shares reader letters debating corporal punishment for children. A strong anti spanker cites kindness and noninjury as guiding principles while recalling Sentimental Tommy references. The exchange highlights differing views on discipline and effectiveness.
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Tommy
Allie
Symposium letters weigh in on corporal punishment
Gavin Dishart sketches the devil on a high slate as Ruth Cameron leads a reader symposium on corporal punishment. Letters debate the morality and effectiveness of whipping, with personal memories contrasting harsh discipline against placing pupils on their honor. The column hints at tomorrow's continuation and includes a coal ad from Best and Cleanest Illinois coal mined Saint Louis Lump at 5.50.
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Gavin Dishart
Mongay
Thun
Ruth Cameron
Saint Louis
Bum & Co
City Manager Plan Spread From Germany Suggestion for Mayor as General Manager
Marshalltown article reports Mr Kirby urging changes to commission plan laws to require a professional city manager. Houston study abroad recommends a general manager with a 10000 dollar salary. Arkansas City Kansas seeks a charter enabling a competent mayor to serve as general manager with expertise in municipal engineering and sanitation.
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Marshalltown
Kirby
Germany
United States
Houston
Texas
Houston Post
Arkansas City
Kan
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Five-Year Rheumatism Claim
Henry J. Goldstein of 14 Barton Street Boston recounts five years of rheumatism that left him unable to work. After trying many remedies he took Hood's Sarsaparilla and reports complete recovery, praising the medicine and recommending Saretabs in liquid or chocolate tablet form.
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Henry J. Goldstein
Barton Street
Boston
Mass
Hood
Mr. Goldstein
Municipal reform and the rise of city managers
The piece discusses proposed mayoral power extending to city economic roles, contrasts with South Carolina and Kansas ideas, notes Galveston’s commission form, cites 750 U.S. cities adopting it, and suggests the German general manager model as municipal reform progression.
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South Carolina
Kansas Town
Galveston
Texas
United States
Bryan Denies Miami Rumors On Wilson Cabinet
William J. Bryan denounces reports from Miami claiming he will take the secretary of state post in a Wilson administration. He says no one speaks for him and that neither he nor President-Elect Wilson is responsible for unauthorized accounts. He adds their talk with Henry B. Alexander concerned a different matter.
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Miami
Fla
Henry B. Alexander
Trenton
N. J
William J. Bryan
Wilson
Alexander
Prohibition Drive in the South Reveals Dark Revelations
Collier's Weekly recalls Will Irwin's study of southern liquor traffic noting that some gin brands in negro dives are marketed with obscene labels and double meanings to lure patrons. The piece suggests prohibition motives differ between regions and argues the race problem is intensified by such practices.
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Collier’s Weekly
Iowa
Will Irwin
South
Grout Sparks Debate On Hog Cholera Serum Effort
Des Moines Iowa January 31 special Representative Grout of Waterloo exposed a Park Davie Co Detroit letter raising doubt about funding a hog cholera serum factory. The firm says after twenty years of study no product meets prophylactic or curative standards and they do not plan to manufacture such serum. They note criticism at a national livestock meeting and Ottawa’s prohibition on imports, suggesting uncertainty surrounds serum efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Grout
Waterloo
Park, Davie & Co
Detroit
Mich
Park-Davia
Chicago
Syrup of Figs Advertises Child Health Remedy
A vintage ad urges mothers to use Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Benna to cleanse a child’s stomach liver and bowels. It claims relief from fatigue feverishness and constipation with a delicious fig taste and warns against other products. The notice promotes the California Syrup Co product and directs readers to ask a druggist for the full name.
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Benna
California My Syrup Co
Trent
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