Money Into Manhood at Waterloo YMCA Fund Drive
A Waterloo YMCA investment argues money buys manhood through community support and proper use of the association. It highlights services from recreation and swimming to sex hygiene instruction and probation work, claiming benefits reduce costs for asylums, courts, and jails while building character and spiritual uplift.
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Waterloo
Young Men’s Christian Association
North America
Waterloo Association
Lesides
Vamployes
How to Prevent Crime by Helping Boys at Home
Secretary W A Hartquist argues that parental cooperation dominates crime prevention and urges fathers and mothers to keep boys occupied, at home, and away from bad company. He proposes stricter consequences for neglect, access to playgrounds and industrial farms, supervised reform for incorrigible youths, and earlier reform school placement for persistent offenders.
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W. A. Hartquist
Cities urged to balance commerce with humane institutions
A regional editorial argues prosperity for commercial interests must not neglect human and religious groups like the YMCA. It cites a Washington report on Ohio floods blaming artificial waterway constriction for devastation and recommends clearing channels and strengthening levees over reservoirs.
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Washington
Commission of Army Engineers
Secretary of War
Garrison
Ohio
Ohio River Valley
Ohio River District
Cedar
Iowa
A Rare Opportunity for Town Criers at Advertising Convention
A group of ambitious promoters from the city are taken on a cross country trip to major cities for an advertising convention. The journey promises inspiration, ideas, and potential benefits for the home city, with focus on learning and networking during a long tour.
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Lara
Remarkable City Seeks To Honor Loyal Minds
A brief two week away from home inspired and broadened minds return with renewed loyalty and devotion. The city boasts a history of unique appreciation and values the enduring loyalty of its people.
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Ality
Reminders of 1306 in Iowa politics surface again
The reactionary wing of Iowa Democrats, edged from the Baltimore convention, faces renewed criticism as old scores are whispered. Secretary Bryan is seen as balancing past grievances while Cumminsitis brews, with Porter returning to the spotlight alongside Senator Cummins, hinting at recalls of 1906.
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Democratic Party
Iowa
Baltimore
Bryan
Porter
Cummins
Game Preserves Proposed Near Dubuque Hills
Mason City Times reports Dubuque sportsmen plan game preserves fifteen miles south of Dubuque. An custodian will feed and safeguard wildlife and prevent trespassers. War den Hinshaw calls the site ideal. Dubuque notes rapid local progress.
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Mason City
Dubuque
Hinshaw
Uch
Dubnuque
Obscure Quotations and Jests in Early Print Ads
A collage of comic snippets and quotations from Punch, Lippincott's, and Cleveland Plain Dealer. Jokes touch on grammar shifts, suffrage, and local humor. A Virginia dealer offers a Christmas gift choice to his faithful driver, who favors wood over coal.
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Virginia
Dobson
Christies
Hoss
The Meaning and Morality of Philanthropy
The piece defends philanthropy as a noble method of giving while criticizing wieghed motives and social costs. It argues that genuine philanthropy creates hospitals asylums and homes, yet warns some wealthy builders profit from low wages and unsafe factories. It concludes smarter money use would reduce the need for philanthropy.
Editorials on Cummins plans and Claude Porter
Sioux City Journal and Clinton Herald reject a plan seen as open recognition of Senator Cummins. The Davenport Times praises a Brockway law backed highway plan but warns roads won’t build themselves. Sioux City Tribune mocks Claude Porter’s bid for office and his anti Cummins stance, labeling him a humorist and a poor opponent.
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Clinton Herald
Chicago
Cummins
State Highway Commission
Davenport Times
Iowa
Cabinet to discuss Saturday half holidays soon
The president's cabinet will decide on half holidays with an early determination anticipated. Secretary Bryan favors five months. Other members hold varying views. Also eight hours for city employs is urged by the Cleveland Federation of Labor for the new city charter, though the commission previously voted against it. New labor appointments include Watson as chief clerk and Box as disbursing clerk in the Department of Labor, Gompers Jr. as chief of the bureau of publication, and Hugh L. Kerwin as secretary to Secretary Wilson, a former congressional aide.
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Charter Commission
Cleveland Federation of Labor
Department of Labor
Robert Watson
Lowell
Mass
Department of Commerce and Labor
George C. Box
Buffalo
N. C
Samuel Gompers, Jr
Bureau of Publication
Civil Service
Civil Service List
Hugh L. Kerwin
Wellsboro
Wilson
Kerwin
Fifteenth
Pennsylvania
Protection of Birds Legislation Urged By Audubon Group
Readers are urged to support laws safeguarding birds as the Audubon society highlights Roosevelt and Wilson quotes on ending plume hunting. The letter describes plume harvesting from egrets, with birds left wounded and starving, and notes cruelty to nesting colonies and chicks.
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Roosevelt Haa
America
New Jersey
Wilson
Campaign to end aigrette trade urges federal action
A New York letter urges immediate action against the ivory trade in birds used for millinery. It notes natives in Paria and Venezuela fashion feathers for hats and condemns the practice as cruel. It calls for a publicity campaign to push tariff provisions banning aigrettes, citing President Wilson and Audubon Society as supporting avenues.
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Venezuela
Paria
New York
United States
Wilson
Congress
Audubon Society
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Cure for stomach disorders Chamberlains tablets
An advertisement touts Chamberlains tablets as a remedy for stomach disorders and claims many remarkable cures. It notes the product is sold by all dealers.
Refugees Describe Mexican Affairs At San Francisco Port
Steamships bring American refugees to San Francisco as several passengers recount forced journeys from Mexico. Dr M T Moore of El Paso describes a ten day siege and capture of Alamos while natives say Americans in the district received protective treatment from both state and federal troops.
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San Francisco
Mexico
San Jose
M. T. Moore
el Paso
Tex
Alamos
Vindication for O'Hara in Report on O'Hara Charges
Springfield May 20 The Ettleson investigating committee report clears Lieut. Got. Barratt O'Hara of the charges affecting his character. The document emphasizes due process and finds no wrongdoing by the officer in question.
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Springfield
Ettleson
O'Hara
Got. Barratt O'Hara
Report on Lieut Governor Evidence Clears Moral Turpitude
The report will state no evidence of moral turpitude against the lieutenant governor. It notes he was at the Sherman hotel per Maude Robinson affidavit timing, and the allegations in the affidavit are affirmed by the evidence presented to the committee.
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Sherman Hotel
Maude Robinson
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