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Contents include but not limited to local social news and visitor reports, church and club meetings with program details and speakers, a civic reception for a newly elected national legislator with mass turnout and parade, plans for state fair exhibits and race and band attractions, fraternal and veterans gatherings including a Knights of Pythias encampment and a Grand Army grand review with patriotic ceremonies, a Des Moines telephone company reorganization creating six districts and division superintendents, a dramatic balloon ascent over high alpine peaks with extreme altitude reached, reports of criminal incidents and a jail case, a disturbed mother who attempted to burn her children and was detained, a national irrigation congress proposing a vast public works funding plan, and other topics.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 16, number 10, August 13, 1909
Date Created:
1909-08-13
Time Period:
1900s
Description:
Contents include but not limited to local social news and visitor reports, church and club meetings with program details and speakers, a civic reception for a newly elected national legislator with mass turnout and parade, plans for state fair exhibits and race and band attractions, fraternal and veterans gatherings including a Knights of Pythias encampment and a Grand Army grand review with patriotic ceremonies, a Des Moines telephone company reorganization creating six districts and division superintendents, a dramatic balloon ascent over high alpine peaks with extreme altitude reached, reports of criminal incidents and a jail case, a disturbed mother who attempted to burn her children and was detained, a national irrigation congress proposing a vast public works funding plan, and other topics.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people Politics and government Veterans Fraternal organizations Community organization Transportation Natural disasters Accidents Crime Law enforcement Agriculture Science
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:
bystander1909081301
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9db7vz6x
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 10, August 13, 1909", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9db7vz6x
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No Copyright - United States
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