1. Home
  2. Items
  3. Iowa state bystander. volume 16, number 16, September 24, 1909...
COMPLEX

Iowa state bystander. volume 16, number 16, September 24, 1909 Item Info

Contents include but not limited to local community reports of visitors, church services, funerals, society meetings, and school openings with Lincoln Institute enrolling about 250 students and plans for military and instrumental instruction, a fundraising dispute over entertainment funds for a National Medical Association meeting in Boston where women raised a large share of funds and accounting irregularities emerged, Matthew Henson’s first person account asserting he reached the North Pole with Peary including igloos built and flag ceremonies, the Niagara movement asserting a rights centered educational ideal, the sudden death and statewide mourning for Governor Johnson with funeral details and public observances, the opening of the Gunnison river tunnel delivering mountain water to irrigate a valley and generate power, a deadly Gulf hurricane with severe loss of life, rising immigration totals reported by federal authorities, law enforcement clashes with poaching Native Americans, and other topics.
Select to view full item
View on Timeline
Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 16, number 16, September 24, 1909
Date Created:
1909-09-24
Time Period:
1900s
Description:
Contents include but not limited to local community reports of visitors, church services, funerals, society meetings, and school openings with Lincoln Institute enrolling about 250 students and plans for military and instrumental instruction, a fundraising dispute over entertainment funds for a National Medical Association meeting in Boston where women raised a large share of funds and accounting irregularities emerged, Matthew Henson’s first person account asserting he reached the North Pole with Peary including igloos built and flag ceremonies, the Niagara movement asserting a rights centered educational ideal, the sudden death and statewide mourning for Governor Johnson with funeral details and public observances, the opening of the Gunnison river tunnel delivering mountain water to irrigate a valley and generate power, a deadly Gulf hurricane with severe loss of life, rising immigration totals reported by federal authorities, law enforcement clashes with poaching Native Americans, and other topics.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people Education Civil rights movements Obituaries Natural disasters Law enforcement Religious institutions Clubs Music--Performance Transportation Weather
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:
bystander1909092401
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9mw28p59
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 16, September 24, 1909", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9mw28p59
Rights
Rights:
No Copyright - United States
Standardized Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
« Previous Back to Browse Next »