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Contents include but not limited to a wide range of local and regional news. City social notes report visitors, trips, illnesses, home improvements, and postponed picnics, with specific names and residences noted. Musical and theatrical events include recitals, a four act drama, and benefit performances with program details. Club and church meetings describe speakers, programs, and hostess lists. A national item covers competing claims to the North Pole with Cook and Peary each reported to have reached it, and scientific debate expected. Transportation news details a Kansas train wreck with injuries, and a Des Moines telephone consolidation proposal promising unchanged rates. Reports preview land openings on Indian reservations, list marriages, deaths, school openings, and fraternal activities, and other topics.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 16, number 14, September 10, 1909
Date Created:
1909-09-10
Time Period:
1900s
Description:
Contents include but not limited to a wide range of local and regional news. City social notes report visitors, trips, illnesses, home improvements, and postponed picnics, with specific names and residences noted. Musical and theatrical events include recitals, a four act drama, and benefit performances with program details. Club and church meetings describe speakers, programs, and hostess lists. A national item covers competing claims to the North Pole with Cook and Peary each reported to have reached it, and scientific debate expected. Transportation news details a Kansas train wreck with injuries, and a Des Moines telephone consolidation proposal promising unchanged rates. Reports preview land openings on Indian reservations, list marriages, deaths, school openings, and fraternal activities, and other topics.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people Education Religion Health Transportation African American business enterprises Accidents Natural disasters Fraternal organizations
Subject (Organization):
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
Language:
eng
Contributing Institution:
State Historical Society of Iowa
Publisher:
Iowa State Bystander Pub. Co.
Extent:
3 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:
bystander1909091001
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9wd3q91v
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/
Source
Suggested Citation:
"Iowa state bystander. volume 16, number 14, September 10, 1909", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9wd3q91v
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No Copyright - United States
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