Bishop Dowling for Equal Rights Favors Woman Vote
The Rt. Rev. Austin Dowling, bishop of the Des Moines Catholic diocese, declares himself in favor of woman suffrage. He says there is no reason women should not vote and notes the church has not spoken against it. He cites sermons and public remarks supporting suffrage and urges recognizing women’s role in education, philanthropy, and governance. He addresses ongoing Iowa Equal Suffrage plans for November.
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Austin Dowling
Des Moines
Review Club
Bishop Dowling
St. Ambrose Cathedral
New York
New Jersey
Dowling
Dubuque
Wyoming
Archbishop Delaney
Tasmania
Delayed but Not Defeated Says Press on Suffrage
After election coverage from New Jersey to New York, editorials insist suffrage faces delays but will win. Major papers praise suffragists for turning defeat into momentum, with calls to persevere and view the first test as a beginning, not an end.
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New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New York Sun
Telegraph
Commonwealth
Lincoln
Boston
The
Traveler
Dollar March for Iowa Bootstraps Suffrage Support
Nebraska suffragists launched a dollar march to aid Iowa in its campaign at Columbus meeting of the Nebraska Woman's Suffrage association. Each attendee donated a dollar and Viola M. Harrison of Lincoln was appointed to grow the fund.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Nebraska Woman's Suffrage Association
Columbus
Towa
Viola, M. Harrison
Lincoln
Victory Is Blocked by Party Machines
The article reports that Pennsylvania’s suffrage amendment carried Allegheny county by 2,600 votes and won in 81 other counties, while losing in 26 counties. It credits the Philadelphia Ware-McNichol Republican machine with blocking broader support, noting Philadelphia’s adverse mayoral result and betting ahead of the election. The gains included Allegheny Lackawanna Luzerne and Northumberland, with Shantokin singled out by the New York Tribune as a remarkable win.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
Ware-McNichad
Quaker City
Reform
Allegheny
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Lackawaonna
Northumberland
Shantokin
New York Tribune
Long Acre
New York State
Sofraga
New York
Massachusetts
Chautauqua
Schenectady
Tompkins
Broome
Cattaragus
Cortland
Wassau
Ithea
Jamestown
Rockport
Niagars
New York City
Buffalo
Rochester
Uticn
Auburn
Prominent Iowans Rally Behind Suffrage Support
Prominent Iowans including Clifford Thorne railroad commissioner and several state senators plan active suffrage support with speeches in Dunlap Keokuk and other venues. The piece notes New York and Massachusetts results boosting turnout for suffrage and discusses stock market speculation concerns voiced by Samuel Untermyer and calls for stronger regulation.
Genius Seen In Everyday Courage And Hopeful Parenting
A discussion recalls women who endure hardship with grace and ambition. Molly Earls praises a hardworking mother who guides two children, supports her husband, and helps him quit fast habits, illustrating genius as the endless effort to create beauty and stability amid hardship. The piece parallels other women who embody dignity, resilience, and community assets.
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Livi
Souvnane
Min
Hye Jing
Amary
Tig
Molly
Hesttle
Reddy Fox Goes Out Alone and Gets Caught by Farmyard
Mitlet Reddy Fox disobeys his parents by secretly following Jackie Rabbit to a farmyard for breakfast. He is captured in a hen coop and kept all day, missing his parents who return at dusk. His mother scolds him and his father reminds him to wait until he is grown enough to roam alone.
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Papa
Momma Fox
Mitlet Reddy Fox
Reddy
Jackie Rabbit
Jackie
Reddy Fox
Nerdy
Hitie Reddy Fox
Reddy Pax
Ile
Ang
Tackie
Missouri's dirt roads blamed for slow progress
Missouri has spent over fifteen million dollars on highways since 1912 yet lacks a single cross-state route. Col Frank W Rufum, state highway commissioner, calls dirt roads a tragedy and says Missouri’s central location should attract more travel, criticizing wasted funds.
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Missourys
Fatsame
Kansas City
Star
Missouri
Frank W. Ruffum
United States
Counties Spend On Roads Amid Rock Road Gaps
Counties spend millions on road programs with some reporting no rock roads while state funds since 1912 total $1.39 million under vehicle tax and corporation registration and supervision acts. The figures show uneven infrastructure investment across regions.
Sacred Rice Festival Opens At Imperial Palace
Kioto Japan Nov 18 The Nal jocai festival or grand thanksgiving rite began at the imperial palace during the coronation ceremonies. It offers sacred rice to imperial ancestors and deities of heaven and earth and is one of the three great rites of coronation with ancient origins. Ninigtno-mikoto features in the ancient ceremony.
Beedicest of Daljo Cal Festival and Imperial Harvest
A fragmentary ancient tale traces Amulorngu Omid, founder of a dynasty, linking his lineage to Uta and the sacred harvest rite. It describes food offerings, the inaugural festival, and the imperial edict establishing rites of the first harvest during a new emperor’s reign. The text blends mythic origin with ceremonial observance across a feudal succession.
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sAon
Amulorngu
Omid
Kyushu
Ouasesty
Vuntrak Dea
Land transfer notice in Waterloo business district
Mary Hartian transfers parcel to Matthew Davenport in Johnson's addition Waterloo lot 14. Davenport deeds back to Hartman with park rights. Abatrack Co and Osby Black and Co appear as intermediaries in the transaction.
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Reata
Pers
Osby Black and Co
Abatrack Co
Mary Hartian
Matthew Davenport
J Johnson
Waterloo
Mary Hishiman
Park
Lot
Hack
Waterloo land transfers and a stray vote remark
A string of Waterloo property transactions appears with buyers such as Fegele, Coby, and Wilson Hudth plus parcels in Baker's and Rainbow's additions. A Washington Star quote questions whether women’s suffrage changed views, concluding the voter insists his wife is fit to vote and calls returns fraudulent.
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Ike
Washington Star
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Flora Dunlap
the Tribune
Tron Trade Review
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Stock Exchange
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Ti Gonius
Cha
Matty
Mra
Dela
Ste
Sly
Elyelo
Tian Genius
Lyetle Reldy Fon
Mae
Wranglev Broa
Tnwest Pricer
Stoke If
Ager
Bros. Co
Lowa
Reese
Gerrit J. Bennett
Dracasca
Grant Ave
Frank T, Hartman
Fifth and Mulberry Streets
East Side Library
Edward Molloy
James Black
DE. C. L. Chambers
James Biack
Alford and
Bickley
Boston Confectionery
E. 4Th
Cte
Ene i Gy
Johnson
Win
Fegele
Jacob
Coby
Baker
A.M. Place
Rieker & Aratnober Land Co
Lewis Miller
Wilson
Htuth
Westfield
Sah
Jno
Windalf
George A. Ropern
Ruddlor Rainbow's
San Francisco
San Diego
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester
Waterloo Savings Bank Building
Samuel Bopp
Denver Road
Interurban
Hert
Commodore
Choice Sultan
Whitehall Sultan
Hed Hare
Daisy
Beauty
Rose of
G. BH. Burge
Mit
Vernon
A. Murray
Waverly
Ira Rovamat
Altalta Way
Iashel Tots
Wwe
Pouml
Courteons
Cedar Falls Union
Waterloo, Towa
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