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Contents include but not limited to reports on political organization and party unity, urging Afro American voters to meet and select candidates with civil tone, commentary on local Republican factional disputes and criticism of office seekers, accounts of racial violence and criminal sentences in southern counties with mentions of specific murders and punishments, notice of religious and musical community events with performers and program details, reports of burglaries arson and train fatalities in various Iowa towns with property losses and arrests, legislative summaries of enacted state laws affecting taxation insurance and public works with brief descriptions, crop and drought relief reports noting rainfall and planting progress, and other topics.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 2, number 47, April 17, 1896
Date Created:
1896-04-17
Time Period:
1890s
Description:
Contents include but not limited to reports on political organization and party unity, urging Afro American voters to meet and select candidates with civil tone, commentary on local Republican factional disputes and criticism of office seekers, accounts of racial violence and criminal sentences in southern counties with mentions of specific murders and punishments, notice of religious and musical community events with performers and program details, reports of burglaries arson and train fatalities in various Iowa towns with property losses and arrests, legislative summaries of enacted state laws affecting taxation insurance and public works with brief descriptions, crop and drought relief reports noting rainfall and planting progress, and other topics.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people Politics and government Elections Crime Civil rights Religion African American churches Music Agriculture Natural disasters Transportation Public welfare
Contributor (Person):
Ruff, Charles S. Ruff, Thaddeus S. Thompson, John L. (John Lay), 1869-1930
Location:
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:
bystander1896041701
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9tx35f41
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 2, number 47, April 17, 1896", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9tx35f41
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No Copyright - United States
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