Prohibition, platforms, and politics in a 1916 state–local view
The Tribune notes the push to ban liquor state wide and critiques party platforms under Wilson. It discusses plant funding ideas, Republican delegates in Florida, preparedness calls, and debates over constitutional changes and re election pledges, linking them to national policy and voter sentiment.
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Henry
Freeman and Tribune
Daily Freeman-Tribune
Democratic Party
Wilson
W. J. Bryan
Council ‘Bluffs
Sifting through partisan signals in Iowa and national debates
Letters and editorials from multiple Iowa papers critique tariff policy third-term talks and water power conservation. Gifford Pinchot warns against losing public control of water resources while pundits discuss Cummins, Thorne, Brandeis, and other figures shaping 1912 political discourse.
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Congress
Senate
United States
Roosevelt
Taft
Shields
Ferris
Public Lands
National Forests
House
Grand Canyon
Forest Service
Interior Department
Washerington
Houston
Chili
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Milford
Boy Scouts Open Meeting With Sports and Honors
At the scout hall a large audience witnessed a Scouts open meeting with installation of three first class and eight second class scouts. Gerald Wiese led in bugle calls and merit badge tests covered health, athletics, firemanship, and civics. Camp memories, prize contests, and events like rope climbing, Indian wrestling, and tug of war electrified the night. The Helks won the overall tally, while improvements include new glass door cases and preserved collections. The next contest is planned for March 2 with more enclosed competitions and prizes.
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Waa
Glen Qomstead
Murray ‘McMurray
Swith
Gerald Wiese
Brigg’s
Ruppel
Bell's
Chas. H. Comley
Cook
Bell's Mill
Hawkeye
Bilke
Helks
Helkes
Arnold Schultz
Harold Clifton
Taughade
Ralaing
Arnold -Bohuits
Harold Hail
Charles Mason
Mosat
Elthe
Busick F errell wedding at Blakreburg home
Margaret Odessa Belle Busick weds William Bu zick at the Blakreburg home of Mr. and Mrs. John Ferrell. Rev Spiker officiates a green white wedding with attendants Miss Mattie Cade and Claude Busick. A three course dinner followed for about seventy guests. The couple plan a March first home on Walnut street. Score one for an Iowa jury comment ends piece.
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John Ferrell
Blakreburg
Margaret’ Odessa Belle
William 2. Buzick
A. J. ‘Bue Aick
Blaireburg
Emma Jaycox
Mendelsohn
Verna Read
Spiker
Congregational Church of
Blairabure
Mattie Cade
Decatur, IL
Claude Busick
Blatraburg
Mra
Buzick
Chepie
Walnut Street
The
Burlington Gazette
Townland land value debate stirs regional papers
The Washita Journal questions accuracy while the Burlington Hawkeye cites growing belief that Townland will fetch about $500 per acre. Local observers weigh impacts on farms, developers, and planning, as prices draw attention across communities.
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Burlington Hawkeye
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