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Contents include but are not limited to local Des Moines African American community news illnesses, club and church meetings, the formation of the Des Moines Negro Civic League (endorsing S.Joe Brown for council), literary and lyceum activities, social visits, and personal items alongside human interest pieces (a profile of Mrs. Suella Coshburn), poetry("John Brown's Grave"), and practical notices club convocations business ads. It also reprints regional and national news: President Taft's positions including support for raising the wreck of the Maine), plans for an Iowa millers wheat testing laboratory, labor actions and meat boycott pledges in Ohio, deadly fires and factory accidents bank failures and speculative stock collapses, and various state reports on fairs, strikes, public health and philanthropic efforts, interspersed with ads and household remedies. Overall the paper blends community organizing, civic commentary, cultural pieces and broad news items.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 16, issue 32, January 21, 1910
Date Created:
1910-01-21
Time Period:
1910s
Description:
Contents include but are not limited to local Des Moines African American community news illnesses, club and church meetings, the formation of the Des Moines Negro Civic League (endorsing S.Joe Brown for council), literary and lyceum activities, social visits, and personal items alongside human interest pieces (a profile of Mrs. Suella Coshburn), poetry("John Brown's Grave"), and practical notices club convocations business ads. It also reprints regional and national news: President Taft's positions including support for raising the wreck of the Maine), plans for an Iowa millers wheat testing laboratory, labor actions and meat boycott pledges in Ohio, deadly fires and factory accidents bank failures and speculative stock collapses, and various state reports on fairs, strikes, public health and philanthropic efforts, interspersed with ads and household remedies. Overall the paper blends community organizing, civic commentary, cultural pieces and broad news items.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Clubs African American churches Community activists Lyceums Poetry African American business enterprises Foreign news Presidents Meat industry and trade Fires Accidents Bank failures Stocks Health Household appliances--Technological innovations Community organization African American civic leaders Cultural relations
Subject (Organization):
Negro Organization Society
Contributor (Person):
Ruff, Charles S. Ruff, Thaddeus S. Thompson, John L. (John Lay), 1869-1930
Location:
Iowa--Des Moines 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:
bystander1910012101
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9f47h29t
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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Suggested Citation:
"Iowa state bystander. volume 16, issue 32, January 21, 1910", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9f47h29t
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No Copyright - United States
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