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Contents include but are not limited to local community items and many advertisements: editorials and reports address racial and social injustices convict leasing, Southern persecution, migration to Mexico note Ida B. Wells' lectures, Tennessee prison demographics, calls for Afro-American political organization and criticism of national indifference; extensive local columns cover marriages, deaths, church and society events, entertainments, and club activities across Iowa towns Des Moines Ottumwa, Newton, Mt. Pleasant newspapers and court related items report legal decisions, robberies, fires, stikes, Congressional and international news summaries; classifieds and ads promote magazine subscriptions patents, medicines, rail excursions, goods and services, and legal notices. The tone alternates between community reporting, moral commentary, practical notices and commercial promotion, reflecting the paper's role as a news hub and community organ for Iowa's African-American readers.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 01, number 37, February 15, 1895
Date Created:
1895-02-15
Time Period:
1890s
Description:
Contents include but are not limited to local community items and many advertisements: editorials and reports address racial and social injustices convict leasing, Southern persecution, migration to Mexico note Ida B. Wells' lectures, Tennessee prison demographics, calls for Afro-American political organization and criticism of national indifference; extensive local columns cover marriages, deaths, church and society events, entertainments, and club activities across Iowa towns Des Moines Ottumwa, Newton, Mt. Pleasant newspapers and court related items report legal decisions, robberies, fires, stikes, Congressional and international news summaries; classifieds and ads promote magazine subscriptions patents, medicines, rail excursions, goods and services, and legal notices. The tone alternates between community reporting, moral commentary, practical notices and commercial promotion, reflecting the paper's role as a news hub and community organ for Iowa's African-American readers.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Advertising Editorials Criticism Marriage Death African American churches African American entertainers Clubs Robbery Fires Medicine Paper industry African American religious leaders
Subject (Organization):
Central Tennessee College Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Contributor (Person):
Ruff, Charles S. Ruff, Thaddeus S. Thompson, John L. (John Lay), 1869-1930
Location:
Iowa--Des Moines Mexico Iowa--Des Moines
Language:
eng
Contributing Institution:
State Historical Society of Iowa
Publisher:
Iowa State Bystander Pub. Co.
Extent:
4 pages
Genre:
Newspapers
Type:
Text Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9156m
Related Resource:
Library of Congress Control Number: sn83025186
Digital Object Identifier:
bystander1895021501
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9fx7460n
Metadata License:
This metadata record is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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"Iowa state bystander. volume 01, number 37, February 15, 1895", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9fx7460n
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No Copyright - United States
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