What the Convicts Eat and Wear at Iowa’s Fort Madison
The article reports on prison budgets at Fort Madison detailing monthly food and clothing costs for about 450 inmates. It notes rising prices, a fixed support fund, and meals totaling around $5.20 per prisoner per month. It highlights tailor-made uniforms, benefited by a state contract, and a shift to collarless shirts and purchasable dress shirts. Inmates knit socks weekly and cobble most shoes locally, with overall goal to minimize costs while maintaining decent attire and nourishment.
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Fort Madison
Linsit
Iowa
Sanders
Towa
Hawkeye
Lahor
Much Hated Much Loved Des Moines Alderman MacVicar
Des Moines alderman at large John MacVicar, a former first commissioner under the new city form, is noted for strong convictions and political battles. He leads public approval among many and remains a sworn foe of some public service interests, while serving as secretary of the League of American Municipalities.
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Iowa
John MacVicar
Des Moines
Mac Vicar
Just a Theory. Professor-Suppose an Irresistible Tone
An analysis discusses how an irresistible tone appears in a theoretical context, exploring possible effects on reader perception and engagement. It examines rhetorical strategies and potential implications for communication theory without presenting conclusive findings.
Government May Pay Bill For Shiloh Monument Repair
Governor Carroll intends a personal probe into restoring the fallen Shiloh battlefield monument. Col. George W. Crosley argues the federal government bears responsibility, as transfer of care to the national commission may bind the nation to fund. The governor considers two possible state funds for restoration if needed.
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Carroll
Shiloh
George W. Crosley
Fendral
Iowa Wins Three Apples Prizes At Kansas City Show
Iowa takes first, second and third in apple prizes at a Kansas City exhibition, urging growers to spray timely and improve practices. The piece lauds Iowa as an apple state and praises local winners while noting broader fruit-raising lessons. Also included is a short profile of Louis Hartsough, reverend and hymn writer from Mount Vernon, Iowa, who authored I Hear Thy Welcome Voice and served as a Civil War chaplain.
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Iowa
Kansas City
Rey
Louis Hartsough
Mount Vernon
Epworth
Maine
California
Cy. Hartsough
Washington
D.C
Freed At Last From Kidney Disease
Mrs Isabel Ivie of Henrietta Texas credits Dean's Kidney Pills with ending fifteen years of kidney trouble two years of misery and immobility. She reports back pain weakness and irregular kidney secretions resolved by the remedy enabling her to work like a healthy woman at nearly eighty. Remember the name Doan's sold by all dealers 9 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Isabel Ivie
Henrietta
Texas
Dean
Doan’s
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
A Man of Resource in the Province Stage Trade
A provincial actor asks for ten cents for a shave after four days as Hamlet. The manager jokes relief and suggests switching to Othello as the beard grows, reflecting troupe life and quick-change humor.
Country neglecting the children tuberculosis burden in US schools
A Stockholm study shows 1.61 percent of eight to fifteen year olds may have tuberculosis. Extrapolating to the United States implies 273,700 affected children, while only 11 open air tuberculosis schools operate nationwide with nine more proposed. Even with new and proposed facilities, less than four tenths of one percent of needy children would be served.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
The Cost of Politics by George F. Parker
Parker recounts a NY gubernatorial bid story about prodigal political spending. A wealthy hopeful seeking the Democratic nomination is urged to start with a canvass and spend $200,000 to become hooked on further expenditures. Whitney counsels decisive action and large spending.
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Grover Cleveland
George F. Parker
New York
William C. Whitney
Darky on Trial and Judge’s Quip in Georgia Court
A Walker County Messenger correspondent recalls a criminal court bigamy case where Judge McReynolds told the guilty Crum he could only give the minimum. The defendant urged mercy, saying he would rather go to prison. Also noted is Canada’s July report on foreign trade, with the United States selling $620 million to Britain, and more than to France, Germany, and Holland combined.
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Darky
Walker County Messenger
McReynolds
Cram
Jedge
Caid
Crum
Atlanta Constitution
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Holland
Department of Trade and Commerce of
Canada
Secret Workers The Plan Upon Which Gofee Operates
A Memphis wife recounts her husband’s illness linked to coffee and how replacing coffee with Postum cured his stomach and heart trouble. After one year, he gained thirty five pounds and improved health. She notes boiling Postum fifteen minutes improved flavor and urges others to switch.
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Gofee
Memphis
coNee
Wary Remedies and Quips From a Fragmented Page
A collage of old ads and sayings bursts with quips on remedies and morals. Notable lines urge rubbing Wizard Qi for colds and boast a waxed moral fade with лакe of conscience. The page blends broadsides from vendors and aphorisms, with stray references to Kingsley and Puritan-like warnings.
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Outside Gang
Dobn Mac Vicar
Publus Syrus
Joro
Kingsley
N. W. Hide & War Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Stein
Uncle Sam
Dr. M
Omahn
Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Props
N, Y
Mayer
George
Martha Washington Comfort Sk
Shhe F. Mayer Boot & Shoe
Milwaukee
Wis
T Deale
Wrigley’s
WRIGLEY _PEPSIN
Evene
Agia N Ear
W. L. Douglas
Farge
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Doug
W. L. Donglag
Colt Distemper
Lowaventy
Bee Rff
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