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Mason Automobile, ca. 1910

Mason Automobile, ca. 1910

Mason automobile manufactured by the Mason Motor Car Company (Maytag-Mason Company) of Des Moines and Waterloo, Iowa. ca. 1910.

Used with permission of the State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.

©2005 State Historical Society of Iowa. All Rights Reserved.

Pathways

  • Early Newspapers Employ Kids
  • Ding Darling
  • The Iowa Bystander
  • A Magazine Called Wallaces’ Farmer
  • Businesses on Main Street
  • The Communications Industry

Why did people value the local newspaper? Is your local newspaper still valued by your community?

Media Artifacts

  • Newspaper Hand Press
    Newspaper Hand Press
  • Eldora Newspaper Office, ca.  1920
    Eldora Newspaper Office, ca. 1920
  • Newsboys in Iowa City, 1923
    Newsboys in Iowa City, 1923
  • Newspapers Raise Awareness
    Newspapers Raise Awareness

Reading Tip: Reflecting
When you are finished reading this article, think about how newspapers affect your life and the lives of others.

Web Sites

  • Links to transcribed versions of historical newspapers throughout Iowa
  • 1863 issue of the Burlington Weekly Hawkeye, including news reports from Iowans supporting the Civil War effort
  • History of the Hamilton Freeman, a local Iowa newspaper established in 1857
  • Biography of Henry Wallace, journalist, politician, grandfather to Henry A. Wallace and often called "Uncle Henry"
  • Short biography of Henry Cantwell Wallace, US Secretary of Agriculture and publisher of Wallaces' Farmer magazine
  • Biography of Iowa-born journalist and advice columnist, Ann Landers
  • Biography of advice columnist Abigail Van Buren, known to readers as "Dear Abby"
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