Standpatism and reform mix in a 1912 political panorama
The column surveys the 1912 Republican scene, naming Taft faction figures and lobbyists tied to corruption, discusses Mulhall exposure shaping Democracy, and foresees a new opposition party. It also covers civic efforts by the Board of Trade to form a boys division, President Wilson’s stance on offices, and agrarian notes on alfalfa in Black Hawk county plus a quip about drownings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hie
Chicago
Taft
Crippie
Sherman
Foraker
Nelson
Minnesota
Ballinger
Hemenway
Cannon
Joe
Tawney and
Bede
Lodge
Stephenson
Aldrich
Townsend
Gallinger
Dalzell
Bartholdt
Watson
William B. McKinley
Congressional Committee
Barnes
Penrose
Crane
Root
Fairbanks
Coxey
Democratic Party
Training Boys for Citizenship in Cedar Falls and Winston-Salem
The Cedar Falls opening showケース introduces a civic school for youths with officials, policemen, and rules to teach morals and citizenship. In Winston Salem North Carolina a two year old program links public schools with the Board of Trade, adds a government and economics department, and forms a juvenile club with practical elections and a mock government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Winston-Salem
N. C
Board of Trade
Modkerty Council
Congress
United States
Bologna and Its Reputation in Iowa Press Snippets
Iowa readers see varied notes on food prices politics and law. Bologna costs ten cents per 4 link, cherries measure changes under a new law, Cato Sells remains in Washington for glory, raft seasons near end, judges face scrutiny from the press and justice department, with Courier ads promising savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Bookkeepers A paradox of figures and fate
A satirical piece on bookkeepers detailing how they live by figures and endure low pay, while shaping profits and deception. It notes the craft’s rise from ancient tallying to modern ledgers, the precarious life of skillful bookkeepers, and the curious figure of Ananias whose suspected fraud ends in a grim fate.
The Wayward Wit of Clerks and Creatures
A collage of vintage quips from papers like the Baltimore American Cincinnati Enquirer and Washington Star. Jokes on trains in Boston life old times money and manners. Snippets include a cassowary and alligator gag and a broker's nature retreat all tied by wry musings.
Sentiment grows for creation of National Highways Commission
A nationwide push favors a federal National Highways Commission of five president appointed members to designate national roads and oversee construction. Bills proposed to Congress, many framed as pork barrel, face hearings. Judge Lowe drafts a unified Francis Warburton plan to fund via tobacco tax and build a coast to coast highway system linking state capitals to Washington, with Route No 1 the Old Trails route. Waterloo businesses urged to lobby for Francis bill, potentially placing 60 percent of Americans within 100 miles of a national road in five years.
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Washington
National Highwaya' Commission
Congress
Francis
J. M. Lowe
Kansas City
Warburton
Cumberland
Boon’s Lick
Santa Fe
el Camino Real
National Capitol
Lowe
Old Trails Roadi Ag
United States
Los Angeles
Cal
Washington, D. C
Ocean
Ocean Highway Association, Incorporated
Frank A. Davis
Herrington, Xan
O. W. Gruening
Des Moines
Federal Roads Department
Iowa
Waterloo
Weather crop bulletin Des Moines July 1 1900 crop outlook
Des Moines Iowa July 1 under high temperatures bright sunshine and adequate moisture corn shows rapid growth with about a third in southern counties laid by in good condition. Night showers on the 24th and 25th brought heavy rain in southern and northern counties. Winter wheat and rye begin ripening, harvest to start next week. Oats variable but generally fair though straw and heads short. Some wind squalls have lodged grain and oats in parts. Dry weather seriously injured oats in Pocahontas and Cherokee counties. Haying underway with favorable conditions. Potatoes and pastures still doing well, apples field notes cut off.
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Des Moines
P.cahontas
Cherokee
Plans Laid for Basket Picnic by Waterloo Knights
The Waterloo Knights and Ladies of Security plan a Fourth of July event at East Side Park starting 10:00 A.M. with a basket dinner and supper. Fraternal orders including Mystic Workers and Homesteaders are invited to join, and electric fans are being installed at the Labor temple for Wednesday night meeting.
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Waterloo Knights
Ladies of Security
Labor Temple
East Aide Park
Mystic Workers
East Side Park
Cedar up with sun near zenith
Water falls to normal again bridge builders are happy. Heavy rain in Northern Iowa raised Cedar river and Black Hawk creek last week, backing water and hindering four new bridges. River levels receded by yesterday evening, workmen report, as east Black Hawk bridge nears completion and crews start on the west. Concrete structure across Black Hawk for the railway project proceeds smoothly.
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Cedar River
Black Hawk Creek
Mullan Avenue
Iowa
Busey
Black Hawk
Prosecutions Planned Over Ice Cream Quality in Des Moines
Des Moines on July 1 reports that three or four prosecutions of ice cream manufacturers will begin soon after tests by the state food and dairy commission. The chemist tests found faults in about 5 percent of samples, prompting a drive for sanitary compliance during peak ice cream usage. Commissioner W. B. Barney leads a crusade against unclean milk cans and will enforce rules requiring cleaned cans before return to producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Food and Dairy Commission
W. B. Barney
Barney
Grinnell Co-Ed Dies After Poison Mishap
Council Bluffs Iowa July 1 Miss Anna L Ottosen a Grinnell college junior and Grinnell orchestra member died after an eight day illness from poisoning caused by taking a bichloride of mercury tablet mistaken for medicine. Ottosen was visiting Malvern at the time of the incident.
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Council Bluffs
Anna L. Ottosen
Fort Dodge
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Ottosan
Malvern
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin and Providence Rhode Island women report relief from female complaints after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Ep Ferron from Chippewa Falls says she now enjoys fine health and would take the remedy again. Mrs Abril Lawson of Providence shares that treating organic displacement and related pains allowed her to work full time and perform housework, and she recommends publication of her name.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Lydia E
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ep. Ferron
High St
Wisconsin
Providence
R. I
Abril Lawson
Lippitt St
Providence, R. 1
Fort Dodge girl dies after medicine error at age 19
The 19 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs O Ottosen of Fort Dodge died after a mistake in medicines. She is survived by her parents a sister and two brothers. The body was taken to Fort Dodge.
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O. Ottosen
Fort Dodge
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Seruagem
Petreveky Prospekt
Bortagh
Ita
Republic
Wilson
White House
Black Hawk County
Spirit OF the Iowa Press
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Cato Sells
Sells
Marshalltown
Dubuque
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Attorney General's Office
Judge Speer
Igures
Ananias
Tines
Drop Bedly
GEO
Fally
Boston
Baltimore American
Cincinonati Enquirer
Washington Star
Chicago Tribune
Nature
Money Mart
Kansas City Journal
National Highways Commission
Beecham
Pete
Waverly
Waterloo Courter
MR. Geo. Hunt
Regeur
Waterloo Courter A
Bremer Ave
F. H. Latier
Lafayette Street
Fourth Street
Lafayette Building
4Th St. E
Lydia E.pinkham
C. M. Wray
M. D
First
Nate Bank
Remidence
I. S. Bazard
Black Hawk’ Bank
A. A. Waterbury
Russell-Lamson Block
E. T. Jaynes
Franklin
Carl Bickley
Cecil Bickley
West Fourth Street
F. C. Liffring
Lafayette Bldg
DR. Gerrit J. Bennett
West Fourth
Elmwood and
Western
T. A. McManus
Commercial Bank
Ralston
DR. Bodwell
Jas. L. Henderson
Bridge St
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