Newspaper page fragment with ads and notes
A cluttered OCR dump shows ads, notices, and editorials from a daily courier page. It mentions travel offices in Europe, postal rates, and a political note about Roosevelt and party survival, with a brief nod to Cenrge Fitch being elected to the McNuols legislature.
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Faterloo Evexing Cour Mester Acsocieted Press
Peraason
York Ofte
Tibune
Cikeg
A. Wal
Fenner
Waterson
Dell Berey
Percen
Europe
Trafalgar Bediding
Pegieriant Avenue
American Express
Haymarket
Dawe
Steacabip
Ty Green Pirect
Paris
Boulevard Des Capucines
Fiers
Opera
Cenrge Fitch
Vest
Courier
McNuols
Iowa Legislature Should Advance Progressive Agenda
The article argues for a reformed legislature to modernize Iowa laws on roads workers compensation taxes schools and jail reform. It promotes direct election of senators via the Oregon plan as an alternative to federal constitutional amendment and urges timely action to ensure state progress and Cummins’s possible re election.
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Iowa
Congress
Towa
United States
Oregon
Carrail
Lee
Cummins
The Price of Coal and Human Cost per Ton
The piece argues coal prices hurt consumers and questions fair dealing by producers. It notes mining output for eight months is unknown, but 1,488 tres of men were sent to work, implying a cost to human life associated with each ton of coal.
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Pretseora
W. D. Bucuanas
Deely St. Resinel Semples
Dept. PN
Resinel Chemical Co
Baltimore
Iowa political notes and medical ad sampler
Iowa readers see notes on the presidential preference primary plan and Governor Clarke prospects. Des Moines Capital highlights school law reform needs with a steering committee and calls for timely legislation plus a testimonial for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from Lavonix Georgia.
Can the Party Survive
The piece argues the Republican Party is not dead after a weak presidential showing and lost ballot advantages. It cites strong regional status, current minority leadership gains, and the need for a political genius akin to Disraeli to reorganize and restore conservative appeal in the era of Wilson plus a radical Progressive challenge.
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Springheld
Maas
Commonwealths
Progressive
New England
Maine
New York
Ohio
Wisconsin
Missouri
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Taft
Roosevelt
Atlantic
mid-Rockies
Illnois
Congress
America
Democratic Party
Wilson
New
Progressive Party
Republican Party
Disrael
Progressive Answers Alleged Attack
Editor notes Mr Lovejoy’s piece on Causes and Remedies for the Law’s Delay mischaracterizes the Progressive party. The letter defends the party’s stance that the people hold final power and that laws passed by legislatures reflect representative will.
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Lovejoy
Progressive Party
Peorl
Speed and the Fever for Quickness in Modern Life
George Fitch notes speed shapes all eras from steam to airplanes and romance. He jokes how progress turns months into days and meals into minutes, with rapid travel, fast elevators, and hurried education redefining success and habits across society. He mocks accelerated living while laughing at its excesses and oddities.
People as final say on laws and courts
A letter argues that the people, not courts, should decide the fate of laws despite moves to label voters as a mob. It cites Progressive Party platform proposals to allow public votes on acts deemed unconstitutional and asks where ultimate authority resides.
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Progressive Party
Supreme Court of the
United States
A. J. Edwards
Marconi Appears Publicly After Accident in Venice
William Marconi made his first public appearance since his accident at a luncheon in Venice honoring by Princess Marie Berthe. He wore an artificial eye that moves and closely resembles his real eye, stunning onlookers with its natural look.
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Venice
William Marconi
Marie Berthe
Count Carlos of Bourbon
Marconi
Barghetto
Stickers Report Harriman Line Strike Continues
Street posters near Lafayette and Fourth streets accuse the Harriman lines of dangerous trains and deadly wrecks. The stickers claim a yearlong mechanics strike and urge ending work on the Illinois Central and Harriman routes.
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Harriman
Lafayette and
Fourth Streets
Trg
The Golden Age of Wealth Worship Ends in Chatty Rooms
Ruth Cameron laments a modern era where success and riches define people and conversations. She recalls boarders bragging about twenty dollar hats and forty five dollar coats, while a New York summer wedding reveals inflated gift values for customs checks.
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New York
Bermuda
Golden Age Motto Echoed in Money Image
Ruth Cameron recalls a social scene where appearances trump wealth, noting the adage that to have money or merely seem to have it is the age's guiding duty. The dialogue highlights social judgments on prosperity and image.
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A Jooks
Ruth Cameron
Bitter fight to resist Bryan in new Democratic era
Washington notes Speaker Champ Clark plans to oppose William Jennings Bryan after the Baltimore platform pledges, while Bryan pushes for administration and Congress to follow his lines. Wilson faces pressure as factions clash, with Clark, anti-Bryan forces, and potential Underwood involvement shaping the early Dixon era politics.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Baltimore
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Congress
Wilson
Clark
White House
Underwood
Strengthening plasters advised against by advert
Advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Liniment as cheaper and better for pain relief. Claims a dampened flannel bound over affected areas will ease soreness. Sold by all dealers.
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Adivertizement
Perky Named to Succeed Heyburn in Idaho
Governor Hawley declined to resign to become US senator and instead appointed Judge K I Perky of Boise to fill the late Senator Heyburn's unexpired term. Perky, from Wayne County Ohio, moved to Idaho in 1894 and served as Fourth district judge since 1901 and as state Democratic chairman in 1900. He aided in Dubois defeat in the senatorial contest.
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Boise
Idaho
James H. Hawley
United States
Sweetser
K. I. Perky
Heyburn
Hawley
Perky
Wayne County
Fourth Judicial District
Dubois
Brimful of Suppetising Recipes Free with KC Baking Powder
A sales pitch asserts EC Cook's Books with simple directions guarantee success. The offer promises free delivery on receipt of a colored certificate found in every KC Baking Powder 25 cent can, from James Mrs. Co. of Chicago, noting cans lack Cook's Hook certificate.
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Jaoes Mra. Co
Chicago
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Des Moines
Better Schools Commission
Devoe
General Assembly
Chamberlain
Itugh Campbell
Lavonix
Progressive Answers
George Fitch
Chas
H. Fletcher
Genuino Castoria
Waterloo
Majestic Theatre
Boston Cooking School Magazine
Meritol
Henderson Drug Co
Red Cross Drug Store
C. M. Wray, M. D
Natl Bank
E. T. Jaynes
M. D
BUITE
Black Hawk
Franklin Stours
C. D. Pedersen
Jefferson Street
Robert G. Dakin
Lafayette Building
Blue Waterloo
Carl Bickley
Cecil Bickley
West Fourth Street
DE. J. C. Mortonson
Black Hawk National Bank
West Eleventh Street
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Lafayette
Gerrit J. Bennett
West Fourth
Elmwood and
Western
DR. Bodwell
Osteopathic
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Ralston
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