Political announcements and notices in Courier weekly
A collection of political notices and candidate announcements appears in the Courier Weekly. Names include Wirt P. Hoxie Frank T. Bentley Charles Plummer James J. Rainbow E J Wenner and F M Shores as candidates for county attorney treasurer recorder auditor sheriff and related primaries in Black Hawk County with June election timing noted.
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Wirt P. Hoxie
Republian
Black Hawk County
Frank T. Bentley
Charles Plummer
James J. Rainbow
E. J. Wenner
F. M. Shores
The Harvesters Case and Iowa Convict Road Labor Debate
Roosevelt and Taft clash over the harvester trust case with questions of enforcement under the Sherman act. Warden McClaughry opposes convict labor on Iowa roads and proposes a state stone crusher plant to use convict labor for permanent road work.
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Harvester Trust
Roosevelt
Thas
Taft
International Harvester Company
Iowa
McClaughry
Anamosa State Reformatory
Warden McClaughry
Heo
Anamosa
Road work plan hinges on larger quarry and convict labor
The piece argues for expanding the quarry’s processing plant to clear rock for extensive road building in Iowa, using convict labor under a state highway commission. It critiques federal highway subsidies as insufficient and highlights Cedar Rapids Republican’s shift toward conciliatory views on Cummins and La Follette, plus local building material sourcing and banking reform talks.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids Republican
Taft
Cummings
la Follette
Roosevelt
Cummins
Spirit of Tile IGWA Press Indicates Party Strength
The piece comments on Champ Clark as a gauge of Democratic bourbonism within the party. It distills the broader campaign dynamics and signals the Cedar Rapids Gazette’s synopsis of the presidential contest.
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Spirit OF
Igwa Press
Champ Clark
Democratic Party
Political Campaign Notes Across Iowa in 1912
Reports from Des Moines to Dubuque outline rivalries among Taft, Teddy Roosevelt, and progressive Republicans. Mentions John Jones and John Paul Jones monuments, Clarke’s gubernatorial bid, and Clarke's rising support as he navigates Dallas County votes and Cummins leadership dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
Dubuque
Vision Health Urged In Reader Letter From RNTH CAMMRON
A letter to the Evening Chit-Chat discusses eye health, citing estimates of blindness and vision defects in the United States. It urges better lighting, desk angles, and rest for eyes, warns against direct sunlight, and recommends side lighting and avoiding mirrors, to protect eyesight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Detroit Free Press
Rnth Cammron
Methodist Host in Session Today
Delegates of every hue and in native garb arrive in Minneapolis for the quadrennial Methodist Episcopal church conference. About 1,000 delegates and officers plus 1,600 visitors from global missions fill the auditorium as the session opens with a public reception and a morning devotional led by Bishop Henry W. Warren.
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Minneapolis
Methodist Episcopal Church
National Guard Armory
Henry W. Warren
Denver
J. M. Buckley
New York Christian Advocate
W. W. van Oradell
Montana
Thomas H. Murray
Central Pennsylvania
Korea
Sang M.-i
Seoul
Bombay
India
Java
Lkewise
Joahn Thorkildsen
Skien
Norway
Tropics
Warranted to Wear and Oddities We Meet
A curio of humorous misreads and small scenes from daily life. A six year old chooses a puppy for longevity. A girl explains attempting to walk low theater in a splashy bath. A cafe card notes faces may not stay in the register. A Denver doctor advertises a specialist for all diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Lunde
Morement
Denver
Vancouver
New Hampshire
Mies Zella
Boyhood of Gross Men and Demosthenes Rise
A fragment from Boston Transcript humorously notes shifting lodging comfort while promoting a quiet breakfast routine. It recalls Little Demosthenes in Athens where a harsh mother punished him for laziness, driving him toward law and oratory despite early timidity.
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Demosthenes
Athens
Chicago Tribune
Happy Though Denied the Light
Blind from babyhood Prof H D Hollenbeck a Black Hawk county native visits and offers entertainments of musical and literary selections He is a violinist singer and speaker Though sightless he describes life by touch and sound and would recognize people by voice if sight were restored
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Hollenbeck
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Hollenbeck
Spring Creek
Fox Townships
Mrs Lucy Craige Brown Weds W C McConnell in Baltimore
Mrs Lucy Craige Brown daughter of John Cruise of Manchester Iowa married W C McConnell an attorney from Washington DC in a Baltimore ceremony Wednesday. Brown has spent the following years in Manchester and nearby communities helping with family affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Lucy Craige Brown
John Cruise
W. C. McConnell
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Brown
Notable Washington Lawyer McConnall Emerges In Capital
In Washington she spent years there and later met Mr McConnall, a leading lawyer in the capital city.
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Washington
Mr. McConnall
Capital City
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