Progressive tax reform and Iowa progressives examined
The text analyzes the push for a permanent tax commission and fair valuation of property including public service corporations. It notes the conflict between small and large property holders and cites farm versus city assessments. It also discusses Iowa progressives backing Clarke and Kenyon and Roosevelt, plus concerns at the Minnesota state fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenn KK. Brindley
Ames College
Tax Commission
Professorrindley
Buncombe
Court House
Polk County
County Asses Ber
Special Tax Commission
The Case of the Oyster
A satirical exploration of oyster eating and animal sentience. It cites Professor Nachtrieb on oyster sensitivity while mocking humane objections and imagining oysters pleading for kinder treatment as they face the dining table.
Iowa adopts tax reform plan with new state and county boards
The governor backs a permanent state equalization board and a permanent county board for each county. The special tax commission of Iowa has reported recommendations to improve tax conditions across the state and was followed by legislative action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Special Tax Commission of
Seach County
Des Moines Register embraces Judge Stevens amid contests
The Des Moines Register and Leader signals support for Judge Stevens as it reports on upcoming Jan and jelly making events. references to past Republican primaries and local fashion notes appear alongside remarks about Iowa adopting new ceremonial honors similar to New York and Detroit.
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Des Moines Register and Leader
Stevens
Register and Leader
New York
Detroit
Iowa
Bitter Iowa voters split over third party state ticket
Iowa editors quote voter anger at the third party state ticket and urged progressives and Republicans to back the Republican slate to keep progressives from losing ground. Marshalltown notes McCormick's push for the third ticket clashes with wiser judgment, risking a split in Iowa politics.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Roosevelt
Davenport
United States
Stevens
Marshalltown
Verses, gags and quips from a bustling cartoonish page
A collage of witticisms and snippets from various papers includes a judge quote on marriage as a pottery, tax missteps celebrated as a rare gain, a dynamo doctor described in humor, a theater telegram from Ferdinand de Footelites, and a spoof involving Champ Clark and a Ozarks boy seeking a watch.
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Champ Clark
Baltimore
Ozarks
Washington Star Quips On Keeping Timekeeper Traditions
A fragment quotes a Washington Star line urging Willie to stay and hum with us so he can wear the clock, reflecting a playful editorial aside about timekeeping or local fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Washington Star
Openhanded folk versus thrifty types in daily life
Ruth Cameron argues that true health comes from activity and proper digestion rather than frugality. The piece contrasts economical habits with generous behavior, highlighting how some savers avoid sharing costs and duty while others support communal needs.
Ames Men Chosen as Judges for County Fairs
The Iowa State College animal husbandry department will send judges to nearly 75 fairs in Iowa and nearby states this year. In September about 40 fairs will be judged, with October about half as many and August already counting a dozen or more. Judges include W. H. Pew and many others listed, who also carry messages of better agriculture.
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Ames
Iowa
Lewa State College
W. H. Pew
R. F. O'Donnell
M. G. Thornburg
C. N. Arnett
FE. N. Wentworth
L. O. Wise
Shearer
C. N. Kennedy
H. H. Kildea
I. Pf.gillner
Earl Elijah
L. L. Shoemaker
W. Coverdale
L. BE. Thornton
J. W. Sohwa
J. 0. Kelleher
J. L. Tompkin
R. Hutcheson
BE. F. Ferrin
K.P. Mayhew
M. W
One Cure for Deafness via Constitutional Remedies
Advertisement claims deafness results from inflammation of the mucous membrane of the Eustachian tube. It promises restored hearing by removing inflammation, with a money back offer of one hundred dollars if catarrh deafness cannot be cured by its remedy Hall's Family Mist from Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Denaevita
Hall
Umbrella Philosophy By Dr J O Stevenson
A humorous essay on carrying an umbrella and trusting Providence. The narrator recalls travel with a heavy durable umbrella, notes weather proves risky, and argues individuals must self protect and not rely on divine or others for shelter. It cites Noahs flood and King Lear for irony, ends with warning that even in churches umbrellas vanish if left unguarded.
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Europe
States
Canada
Iowa
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
Great Britain
Busby
Heard
St. Paul
Paul
Spooner
Wis
Waterloo
Lake Superior
Divine Providence
King Lear
Jetach
Iowa Woman Improves After Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Ottumwa Iowa resident Harriet E Wampler reports relief from chronic female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the tonic from native roots and herbs and urges others to try the remedy with confidential advice from the Pinkham company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
United States
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Harriet E. Wampler
S. Ransom Street
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Weather note on rain and umbrella planning
Ben C. Everall announces absence from Sept 7 to Oct 1 and advises taking an umbrella for wet weather.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Associated Freee
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W.W. Baxtnan Company
Park Avenue
Hagmuan
A.W. Prrkman
Sec
Waterton
Dany Ie Waterloo
Waterloo Beeuing
Don
Trafalgar Building
North Bamberland Avenue
American Exprease
Tod
Haymarket
Dawe's Steamship Agency
Paris
Boulevard Des Capucines
Place de Pa
Clarke and
Kenyon
Jackson
Mich
Davi Jt
Nachtrieb
University of Minnesota
Waterloo Savings Bank
Heck
Comer Commercial and Bridge
Sta. Waterloo, Iowa
Spirit OF the Iowa Press
Council
Louisville Courier-Journal
Chicago Tribune
Ferdinand de Footelites
Mallow-on-the-Marsh
Tinon
Ruth Cameron
J. O. Stevenson
Noah
Weather Bureau
God
Leslie D. Smith
M. D
D. O
Nursling
Candler
B. W. Schuneman & CO
East Fourth Street
Ben C. Everall
C. M. Wray, M. D
Natl Bank
To & D
Rea
Dr. C. A. Waterbury
Ussell- Lamson Block
E. T. Jaynes
Black Hawk Bldc
Franklin &J. Houra
Beardenca
D. Pedersen
Joan
Consolidated Phone
Jefferson Street
Robert G. Dakin
Lafayette Building
Blue Waterloo
Edgar H. Knittle
Carl Bickley
Cecil Bickley
West Fourth Street
Lafayette
DR. Gerrit J. Bennett
West Fourth
Elmwood and
Western
DR. Bodwell
Osteopathic
Gey the Ralston
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