Return fare and car service urged for Waterloo students
The Waterloo Daily Courier reports calls for better interurban to Normal Hill service. It notes sixty riders from Waterloo and Cedar Falls face cold, crowded transfers and requests a through car or larger local cars. Additional items discuss Minnesota fire losses, youth firearms rationales, and infant death causes in Iowa.
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Waterloo
Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Labor Federation Targets Pickett and Kennedy in Race
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald reports the Towa State Federation of Labor, via its executive committee, campaigns against Congressman Pickett and Kennedy in the First district while opposing Fifth and Ninth district incumbents Smith. It faults their votes against an antitrust enforcement amendment that would bar using funds to prosecute unions. The piece contrasts labor allies and critics, noting Courier support for labor and calls to modify Sherman law.
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Dubuque Telegraph- Herald
Towa State Federation of Labor
Pickett
Kennedy
Good
Smith
American Federation
van Cleave
St. Louis
Post
Battle Creek
Water log hosts town fair with long Island exhibits
Small boys sympathize with fancy cattle at the show as they endure daily washings with soap and water. Exhibits from Long Island look queer at the town fair, reflecting the broad scope of the Water log event.
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Long Island
Insurgent John son and the papers mood on reform
A jumble of editorials and notes from Iowa papers mentions figures such as Claude Porter and Walter Wellman awaiting developments on liquor and aviation stories. The scene includes jokes about a boy named Insurgent Standpat Johnson and parodies of political language.
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Oskilonsa Heraid
Standpat Johnson
Uncle Rasherre
Why a City Should Advertise and Its Financial Rationale
The article argues advertising a city draws visitors and newcomers, boosting real estate demand and prices, rents, and job opportunities. It notes benefits to residents and businesses but warns single-year campaigns fail. persistent, multi-year efforts yield lasting growth and prosperity.
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Davenport Times
Tlis
Wien
Aelty
Real
Women and press reform cited in suffrage club discussion
A large women’s club hears a speaker defend suffrage to purify the press. She cites Eva Booth and the Rockefeller inquiry on white slave trade, arguing open reporting educates mothers and aids reform. The talk contrasts dangerous sensationalism with responsible journalism.
Foley's Fancy and Tar Praised in Illannthal Note
A letter from M Rtockwell of Ilannthal Wo describes using Foley's Fancy and Tar for a bad cold that threatened pneumonia. The writer claims the first doses gave relief and one bottle cured them, noting the product contains no opiates. Wangler Bros and H Wy are credited as sources or sellers.
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M. Rtockwell
Ilannthal
Foley
Wangler Bros
H. Wy
Target
Bogardus
Lincoln
Jil
Wangler Ros
H. W. Taggart
Labor official defends Iowa child labor enforcement
Labor Commissioner Van Dyun responds to Cedar Rapids Tribune charges about child labor law enforcement in Iowa. He cites 1910 data showing 30 orders issued and 30 complied in Cedar Rapids, disputes Tribune claims, and questions motives behind the criticism. He urges officials to report violations by mail.
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Courier
Cedar Rapids Tribune
State Federation of Labor
Cedar Rapids
Stewart
the Tribune
Iowa
Bureau
Cedar Rapids Federation
Labor Department
The
Tribune
Des Moines
State House and Labor Bureau
Towa
Theresa
Department
Viahn
Tyne
BW. van Duyn
Tes Moines
Stoves and ranges advertised by The A.C. Ryan Co
An advertisement claims stoves and steel ranges will last at least twice as long as ordinary models and cost about half as much, urging readers to visit The A C Ryan Co at 21 825 Mulberry Street for value and durability.
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A.C. Ryan CO
Mulberry Street
Penny Postage Moon to Be Real Penny Postage Moon to Be Real
Washington October 13 Postmaster General Hitchcock announced the federal postal service will become self sustaining by the end of the coming fiscal year without cutting service or efficiency. He said the 1912 estimates total 250733945 and that expenses in Washington have not risen, backing penny postage as a practical business aim.
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Dubuque Times-Journal
Joan Shark
Sioux City
Provident Loan Association
Rockefeller
Penspaper
Samuel Johnson
Or. Johnson
Dr. Johnson
Kansas
Iowa
Armer
Washington, BD. C
Federal
Hitchcock
Treasury Department
Department
Postal Service
Post Office Department
Washington
Postal
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Jobe
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A. W. Peterson
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State Board of Health
Kansas City
Taft
Charles ©. Pickett
Spirif
Iowa Press
Sebre Searedaale Soatpiteels Tea
Marshailtown
Claude Porter
Sioux City Tribune
Walter Wellman
Atlantic
Sana
Sioux City Journal
Roosevelt
Southern Conservation Congress
Atlanta
McOnrage
Cosson
Connell Bruffs
Attorney General's Office
Page
Ate
Times
Eva Booth
Salvation Army
America
New York
Wateriro
Labor Commioner
van Dayn
Wallace
Dr.prices
Co 9
Hitchcock Reports
Treasury
Congress
Pierce
Fetter
Beftaio
John G. Wright
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Covell and Sons’ Hardware Store
F. H. Latier
la Fayette Street
C. B
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LaPayette Building
Cornar 4Th Street
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