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Contents include but not limited to a report on a Baptist executive board investigation into a Keokuk church dispute, noting witness testimony, questions about exclusion procedures, and recommendations for reconciliation, a meeting of Iowa rural letter carriers promoting good roads and discussing parcels post and postal savings, a tragic collision of excursion steamers in Montevideo harbor with heavy loss of life and panic, a million dollar fire that devastated Decatur and caused a water famine, preparations for a massive peacetime army movement converging on Des Moines with parades and presidential review, a university expedition planned to collect bird specimens on Layson Island with artist panoramas for a museum, and other topics.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 16, number 12, August 27, 1909
Date Created:
1909-08-27
Time Period:
1900s
Description:
Contents include but not limited to a report on a Baptist executive board investigation into a Keokuk church dispute, noting witness testimony, questions about exclusion procedures, and recommendations for reconciliation, a meeting of Iowa rural letter carriers promoting good roads and discussing parcels post and postal savings, a tragic collision of excursion steamers in Montevideo harbor with heavy loss of life and panic, a million dollar fire that devastated Decatur and caused a water famine, preparations for a massive peacetime army movement converging on Des Moines with parades and presidential review, a university expedition planned to collect bird specimens on Layson Island with artist panoramas for a museum, and other topics.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people Religion Transportation Natural disasters Education History Public health Agriculture
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:
bystander1909082701
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w94t6fb7b
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 12, August 27, 1909", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w94t6fb7b
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