Canada as a Vast, Hustling Nation Across the Border
The piece portrays Canada as a vast, resource rich country rivaling the United States. It notes British ties, French and American traits in regions, two great regions joined by rail, and a large but balanced population with substantial cross border migration for farming and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
North Pole
Great Britain
Pennsylvania
Quebec
Wheat
Niagara Falls
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountains
International Baseball League
Janes
Kansas
Illinois
St Louis Atlantic Meggitt Born Aboard Ship
A Charles City couple welcomes son St Louis Atlantic Meggitt born aboard the liner St Louis while crossing the Atlantic. The infant was baptised and a $100 purse raised by cabin passengers. The Meggitts plan to stay in Logan until Mrs Meggitt can travel home. Also in Logan, James Ketchell, a farm laborer, was jailed two years for carrying a revolver. Charles Brown pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and received ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Guy
George Meggitt
Warstucken
Europe
Atlantic
St. Louis
St. Louis Atlantic
Meggitt
New York City
Charles City
Meggittes
Logan
James Ketchell
Missour Valley
Rockefellow
Charles Brown
Fort Madison
Further Hearing Set for Glidden Bank Cashier
Carroll Sept 16 Judge Hutcheson fixed Saturday for resumption of the examination of J C Coder cashier of the late Farmers bank at Glidden. Examinations began Aug 24 and were postponed as Coder needed more time to review his books. He plans to prepare a complete report for the receiver.
Thrown From Buggy and Hit by Moving Train
Webster City report: Seth Welch, a farmer, was thrown from his buggy near a Tankway as an Iowa Central passenger train passed. He crawled to a farmhouse for aid. the train did not stop. His leg was amputated below the knee after being brought to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Seth Welch
Ivinois Central
Welch
Kenyon Presidency Hopes Stir Kansans and Iowa Debate
Kansans reject indirect talk and press for Senator Kenyon as a potential presidential candidate. Washington reports suggest a plan to kidnap the senator for a 1916 bid, while Kenyon’s supporters see him as a future leader. If 1916 falters, his strength may rise in 1920 amid party doubts and calls for social justice.
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Movling
Kansas
Kenyon
Iowa
Senate
Washington
Wilson
Republican Party
Roem
Teaching the Heathen confronts missions and war ethics
The piece argues England avoids deploying native Indian troops against white enemies, fearing loss of racial privilege. It notes reluctance to recruit Malays and reflects on missionaries funding in India, criticizing the modern display of “applied brotherly love” by great faith nations during conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
India
Woman's Club Fund Aims At Waterloo Club House
A Waterloo Women's Club plans a fund to build a club house for public welfare work and social betterment. The piece praises the club's civic role while warning that a luxurious home could undermine its mission and urges careful purposefulness.
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Women’s Club of
Waterloo
Woman's Club
The Girl at the Wheel and Other Notices
The manager of a school of automobile engineers asserts women show more interest and study harder to become chauffeurs and will find jobs. other items note Belgian neutrality, Turkey, and demagogues, plus Iowa and Davenport issues, a fatal attack on a man protecting his daughter, a drunken auto accident in Cedar Rapids, labor legislation in Tawa, and improving transatlantic mail service to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scheel
Davenport
Wvedar Rapids
To the Heart of the Matter about Strikes and Humanity
A reflective piece argues that strikes carry spiritual value beyond wages. It notes workers show their humanity by resisting oppression, while warning that society misreads power and health until disruption. An anecdote about tour groups and cocoa beans illustrates empathy gaps in ordinary life.
Souvenir Post Cards And The European Tour
The writer muses on travel pleasures and the urge to tell others about trips. From sending simple postcards to elaborate cards, the act of sharing experiences adds to both enjoyment and potential regret. The piece reflects on how souvenirs and postcards evolved as a social outlet for travelers.
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Europe
Stay-At- Homes
Plymouth Rock
Moment of Fun Sufferers and War Poems Satirize Media
A fragmented poem page mocks wartime neglect of individuals from sports to theater and stock tips. It highlights a New York pitcher complaining his deathless fame goes unseen, actors lament forgotten art, and brief quips note chorus girl shortages and political probes. Names such as Maud, Lind, Rockefeller, Thaw, and others appear in the spoofed quotes from various papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Montague
New York American
Cedar Rapids Records Eight Inch Rainfall in One Day
Des Moines reports nearly eight inches of rainfall in Cedar Rapids within 24 hours, the heaviest in the city’s history. Heavy rain also hit Dubuque Albia Iowa City Keokuk and nearby areas while Des Moines saw only 0.36 inch. Weather officials note a disturbance moved into Canada and another system affects the western regions. Corks In Mexico stores smoke while on duty.
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Tes Moines
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Albia
Towa City
Keokuk
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Canada
Kansas
Northern
Wisconsin
Canadian Northwest
Rocky Mountains
Cleaning establishment proprietor dies from gas fumes
Trutman aged 24 formerly of Burlington now running a cleaning business here died instantly yesterday from gasoline fumes. Town City September 16. Peter Klein, a Johnson county farmer alleged to be arrested as a spy in Germany, is alive and safe in Richigen Switzerland. He writes to his sister Anna Klein of Iowa City. Passports thought to cause detention arrived safely, but letters from six weeks ago failed to reach the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trutman
Burlington
Town City
Peter Klein
Johnson County
Germany
Richigen
Switzerland
Mies Anna Klein
Iowa City
Episcopal church moves Rev A B Adams from Atlantic district
The Episcopal church in Atlantic yesterday planned to remove Rev. A B Adams of the city, a Progressive candidate for congress in the Ninth district, to Dow City if he accepts the appointment. A windstorm near Manson killed 18 cattle at a barn four miles west of town, with some horses escaping injury. The barn was insured but stock insurance was small. The storm arrived after heavy rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Atlantic
A. B. Adams
Dow City
Manson
Frank Nelson
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Bork
Atlan
Aian
Glidden Bank
Congress
Fata
Council Bluffs
Des Mount Pleasant
Earle Moines
Methodist
Turkey
Stave Colleges and University
Board of Education
Claude Porter
Connolly
Tawa
Tawa State Federation of Labor
Clarke
Athia
New York
Eve
Eden
Ruth Cameron
Pittsburgh Post
Maud
Boston Transcript
John Lind
William Rockefeller
Harry Thaw
Tom Marshall
The
Sphinx
Cincinnati Enquirer
Hesion
Mexico
Royal
Eerie
Cedar Falls Union
Waterloo, Iowa
Ayers
Iowa Gleaning & Bye Works
Waterloo Cleaning and Dye Works
Phone
Weet Fifth Street
F. H. Latier
Lafayette Street
Fourth Street
Evening Courier
Lafayette Building
Ee Eewatin Academy
Florida
Thincipal
Dept
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Gerrit J. Bennett
Black
Grant Ave
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