Heart of Fate and Folklore in Arts and Literature
The piece argues truth in art lies in style not fact and that literature and drama reveal inner life more than routines. It cites Wagner and mythic sources, urging storytellers and playwrights to pursue grand truths and inner growth over mere didacticism.
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Prometheus
Sophocles
Oedipus
Homer
Ulysses
Virgil Aeneas
Richard Wagner
le Wan
Olympus
Dhur Faillore
Frederic Barbarossa
Tannhaeuser
Europe
Tost
Ocean Traffic Rules Debut at First International Conference
Twenty-one nations met in Washington for the first International Maritime Conference to standardize sea travel rules. Initiatives included currents mapping, fog signals, vessel seaworthiness, wreck responsibility, and buoy systems now guiding over 2 million Atlantic travelers annually. The era’s gains reduced wrecks while increasing ship numbers.
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Washington
Sham
China
Hawaii
Blaine
Meary
Highlander Hero Guards Bridge Under Galling Fire
A Highlander led a detachment of 159 to defend a Alsng bridge during a surprise German assault. As bullets rained and the Maxim gun crew fell, he shouldered the weapon, laid it down, and opened fire to hold the passage until reinforcements arrived. He died at the bridge, shot through with thirty wounds.
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Horatius
Rome
Jef
Lie
Ite
A Sioux City boy gets fifteen years for street theft
A Sioux City youth who snatched five dollars from a farmer last summer was sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen years after a guilty verdict. The judge stated the law required the maximum penalty, prompting questions about the era and its harsh punishments.
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Sioux City
Jean Valjean
Feng
Harvard Professor Resigns Over Money and Free Speech
The famed psychologist Hugo Muensterberg resigns from Harvard as Major Wiener of London threatens a $10 million endowment withdrawal unless the professor is dismissed. The episode pits free expression against capital, with the martyrdom of Muensterberg likely to boost his American profile.
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Muensterberg
Harvard
Kaiserling
Germany
America
Wiener
London
Muensterburg
Lut Muensterberg
Candidates Clash Over State Policies In Vexed Debate
The piece portrays John Cownis and Une Cownie attacking Clarke administration while Warren Garai faces private insurer pressure over a proposed state workmen compensation plan. John T. Hamilton criticizes state spending as he vies for governor, each figure pursuing personal advantage amid a crowded political fray.
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John Cownis
Clarke
Une Cownie
Warren Garai
John T. Hamilton
Hamilton
England as a German Colony in wartime sentiment
A collected critique on WWI-era attitudes noting that fear of peace under German occupation risks greater tyranny. It cites a Sioux City Tribune letter claiming England would fare worse with occupation, praises H. G. Wells on air power, and critiques Wilson and Cummins rhetoric amid Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls debates.
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Sioux City Tribune
England
Germany
Rest bill postponed not defeated by southern political tensions
The passage argues that a Democratic victory would funnel funds to Northern Industries while artificially propping up Southern cotton. It condemns local congressmen for serving bosses and warns Westerners to act to protect their districts or face heavy payments when money becomes scarce.
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Orthern Securit
Iowa politics and tariff debate in Cedar Rapids newspapers
The Cedar Rapids Gazette and Republican clash over Senator Cummins and Senator Kenyon. Both papers question protectionist support and predict shifts among Republicans and Democrats, arguing for economic prosperity over party lines. Farmers in many areas may reduce protectionist backing.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenyon
Cumimins
Washington
Bener
Cellar Rapids
Sennnter Camiming
Congress
South in the Saddle? Contrasting West East and Politics
A Washington dispatch argues that Northern and Middle Western Democrats back a party line favoring the South. It contends middle western congressmen helped push bills shifting funds southward, backed war taxes, and approved a pork barrel river and harbor bill, amid charges of partisan control and sectional maneuvering.
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Middle West
The Zeppelins War and the Dream of Peace
A historical reflecting piece argues that Zeppelins caused fear yet were overestimated threats. It contends war remains terrible and the sky should belong to peace, praising restraint and the dove of peace over aerial combat.
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Europe
Dove of Peace
Pennies to Pay for Church Furniture in Nashua
The Nashua Congregational church, built for $12,000 with brick tile and stucco, will be dedicated in November. Furniture funded by a penny mile will total about $4,480 after counting 16 pennies per foot. The church originally organized in 1866, with first pastor J. K. Nutting and ties to the Little Brown Church in the Vale.
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Charles City
W. F. Gatseh
Emery Morse
W. A. Smith
B. W. Howard
A. Troutner
Church
J. K. Nutting
Little Brown
Vate
Nashua
Spearen Society
Charter members and pastors of the new church
Charter member A. Meads of Nashua helped lay the cornerstone of the new church. The Rev J K Nutting is in Florida and now supervising the building of another Hitle church there. Other pastors listed include Wt J Williams M J Page J D Spencer L D Boynton C A Marshall Thomas Reed N J Packard A H Sedgwick H C Scotford M Barrett E Ewald A W Sinden H H Burch and the current pastor Rev B W Burleigh.
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A. Mead
Nashua
J. K. Nutting
Ly Itg
Florida
Wt. J. Wiliams
M. J. Page
J. D. Spencer
L. DB. Boynton
C. A. Marshall
Public Recitals Postponed at West High
The auditorium event guided by Miss Ethel Zartman has been postponed to next Friday afternoon due to heavy work from the end of the first six weeks term. Pupils’ grade reports are being prepared and sent to parents noting student progress. Chile plans to use oil burning equipment on all government railways.
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St. Paul's
Czar's Palace
West High
Ethel Zartman
Chile
Papes Diapepsin Offers Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast remedy for indigestion gas and sour stomach. It claims instant relief from upset stomachs with no adverse effects, urging purchase of a fifty cent bottle for home use.
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Pape
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