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Contents included but are not limited to featuring local news, social events, community updates, and political announcements primarily within African American communities in Iowa and nearby regions. It includes reports on accidents, marriages, club meetings, church activities, educational initiatives, and civic campaigns such as candidates running for school and city offices. The paper also covers broader topics like national celebrations of emancipation, debates on race relations in Jamaica, and an international conference at Tuskegee Institute focused on African and African-descended peoples’ progress. Additionally, it contains poetry, advice on home decoration, recipes, humorous anecdotes, advertisements, and notices about cultural events and personal milestones, reflecting the social, political, and cultural life of the time.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 18, issue 37, February 23, 1912
Date Created:
1912-02-23
Time Period:
1910s
Description:
Contents included but are not limited to featuring local news, social events, community updates, and political announcements primarily within African American communities in Iowa and nearby regions. It includes reports on accidents, marriages, club meetings, church activities, educational initiatives, and civic campaigns such as candidates running for school and city offices. The paper also covers broader topics like national celebrations of emancipation, debates on race relations in Jamaica, and an international conference at Tuskegee Institute focused on African and African-descended peoples’ progress. Additionally, it contains poetry, advice on home decoration, recipes, humorous anecdotes, advertisements, and notices about cultural events and personal milestones, reflecting the social, political, and cultural life of the time.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Education African American political activists Marriage Advertising Health Foreign news
Subject (Organization):
Tuskegee Institute
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:
bystander1912022301
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9r20s50k
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 18, issue 37, February 23, 1912", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9r20s50k
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No Copyright - United States
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