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Contents include but not limited to. Local community happenings with personal visits, picnics, church services, club meetings and obituaries, with names of hosts and guests and brief descriptions of social activities. Fire and disaster reports detailing a mysterious grain elevator blaze that consumed a Cambridge structure and left burning grain, and a separate report of a large tent collapse at a circus that injured spectators. Train wreck coverage describing a broken rail near Cambridge that derailed coaches, listed injured passengers by condition, and noted suspected causes. Agricultural and fair news reporting record livestock and horse entries for the state exposition, construction of new cattle barns, and a large educational crop panorama from many counties. Political and economic coverage of the new tariff bill with changes to lumber, metals, paper and duties, and notes on administrative and reciprocity provisions. Crime and law items including a Black Hand kidnapping investigation tracing trunks to Chicago, courtroom notices and foreclosure actions, and local police activity, and other topics.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 16, number 09, August 06, 1909
Date Created:
1909-08-06
Time Period:
1900s
Description:
Contents include but not limited to. Local community happenings with personal visits, picnics, church services, club meetings and obituaries, with names of hosts and guests and brief descriptions of social activities. Fire and disaster reports detailing a mysterious grain elevator blaze that consumed a Cambridge structure and left burning grain, and a separate report of a large tent collapse at a circus that injured spectators. Train wreck coverage describing a broken rail near Cambridge that derailed coaches, listed injured passengers by condition, and noted suspected causes. Agricultural and fair news reporting record livestock and horse entries for the state exposition, construction of new cattle barns, and a large educational crop panorama from many counties. Political and economic coverage of the new tariff bill with changes to lumber, metals, paper and duties, and notes on administrative and reciprocity provisions. Crime and law items including a Black Hand kidnapping investigation tracing trunks to Chicago, courtroom notices and foreclosure actions, and local police activity, and other topics.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people Natural disasters Transportation Railroad accidents Agriculture Iowa State Fair Livestock Crime Veterans Religious institutions Clubs Public health Education
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:
bystander1909080601
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9j38ks0p
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 16, number 09, August 06, 1909", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9j38ks0p
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