The Annals of Iowa
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Rob Sand with Reid Forgrave, The Winning Ticket: Uncovering America's Biggest Lottery Scam
No full textJustice and Injustice in the Use of Pardons: What Shall be Done with John Cool
No full textMARY JO NISSEN examines the complex series of events that followed Jasper County resident John Cool’s murder of his brother-in-law in 1883. Cool’s trial and efforts to secure a pardon for Cool illustrate key developments in the use of the insanity defense, the role of public opinion in sentencing, the care of the destitute, and especially the involvement of governors in the resolution of criminal cases
Sue E. Burns, A common Life: A Voice from the Progressive Era from the Diary of Mary ann (Mosher) Briggs, 1888-1922
No full textChristine Pawley, Organizing Women: Home, Work, and the Institutional Infrastructure of Print in Twentieth Century America
No full textIowa's Reluctant Place in the Magic Circle, 1946-1960
No full textJEFFREY P. STONE explores Roger W. Babson’s Cold War efforts to transcend state boundaries and relocate all of American industry away from the coasts to a “Magic Circle” at the very center of the nation. Iowans’ disinterest in the failed effort demonstrate the importance of state loyalties, the role of state-based industrial boosterism, and the reasons for the failure of larger postwar decentralization efforts
