Press Club Luncheon Entertains at Chamberlain Hotel
The Woman's Press club of Des Moines enjoyed a nine course luncheon at the Chamberlain with Mrs. William Lundy Brown as host. A burlesque newspaper theme featured readings by club members and a wedding society scoop amid table decor and toasts.
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Woman’s Press Club
Des Moines
William Lundy Brown
New Chamberlain
Brown
Martha Johnston
Emilie Stapp
Nellie Matthews
Martha B. Johnson
The
Mail and Times
Nelle W. Matthews
Register and Leader
Jennie Hagen Brown
el Campo
Texas
Lafe Young
Hardin
Ames Twxs
Mary Cockerly
Capital
Alice W. Weitz
Johnston
Club
H. D. Reichard
Robert Moore
Ottumwa Herald
Lafayette Young
A. B. Billington
E. C. Spinney
Wallace Matthews
Anna oss-Clarke
Floy McCready
Oskaloosa Times-Herald
Barbara Garver
Sue McNamara
Clara Lacey Greene
Martha B. Johnston
F. W. Weitz
John R. Drake
Adaline Payne
Nevada Representative
H. B. Hawley
Ella Hardin
Ames Timers
Alice Hepburn
Bess Crary
Boone
James G. Berryhill
Jennie Hagan- Brown
LaFollettes Poised To Win Wisconsin Senate Seat
Eventy weeks remain until grass and six weeks until the school election. LaFoullette is set to be elected U S senator in Wisconsin as the LaFollette faction secures a sweeping win. Russians feud after a Japanese defeat signaling internal war. a harsh winter with a foot of snow and Iowa wind chills the region.
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LaFoullette
U. S
Wisconsin
LaFollette Fellows
Slushy snow burying man prompts amused crowd
A Boone Independent quips on the odd scene of a man buried up to his neck under a roof slush after a quarter ton slid off. The remark notes a Ames resident who might have met the moment when reading an old letter in the Times.
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Boone Independent
Ames
Trmes
Snow and scandal mix in Iowa recollections
A local columnist recalls Archi e Smith and county politics after a Jokey shot at Scultz. humorous snippets from Boone and Des Moines raise church norms and a beef cattle piece in The Homestead. a blizzard tale ends with a rueful poem by Johnny McBride and Marion Junction memories.
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Archie Smith
Storm Lake
Pilot Tribune
Iowa
Scultz
Schultz
Dictionary dispute over telephone spelling leads to phone joke
Two men argued over how to spell telephone and tried the dictionary but could not find it in Ts. One suggests checking the Fs since some people call them phones, a humorous twist to the spelling disagreement.
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George
Tennessee Tax on Bachelors Sparks Debate on Marriage
A Tennessee bill proposes a graduated tax on bachelors from age twenty three starting at 50 dollars a year rising to 225 dollars by age fifty, then free. The piece argues marriage pressure and economic mismatches affect young couples while offering a practical coal heater for ten dollars from the office.
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Tennessee
Liberal January Offer Reduces Stock Before Invoicing
In January the store offers cash discounts to convert stock to cash before delivery. Groceries excluding Sugar and Flour get five cents off each dollar with cash prior to delivery. Chinaware Glassware and Crockery receive ten cents off per dollar under same terms. No discount below one dollar.
Seed corn excursions announce spring farm tours
Secretary Wells of the Iowa Grain Dealers Association and Iowa State College schedule seed corn specials across several rail lines from February to April with stops and evening meetings to spread the gospel of seed corn. The piece then sharply shifts to a political note on Russia, revolutions, and Poland, describing unrest, sieges, and global concern amid the Russia Japan war context.
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Wells
Iowa Grain Dealers Association
Iowa State College
Rock Island
Old B
Northwestern
Iowa
Milwaukee
Illinois Central
Dubuque
Omaha
Albert Lea
Cherokee
Sioux Falls
Teacher fears contagion and child insists disease not catching
A young rural Horton Kansas teacher wary of contagious illness sends a pupil home after the mother falls ill. The next day the child returns with a finger in her mouth and a hood on a string claiming they have a baby at home but mamma says it isn’t catching, highlighting fear and superstition.
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Horton
Kansas
Kansas City Star
Irony of Hague tribunal founder under attack and rising terror
The piece laments the assassination attempt on the Hague tribunal founder and predicts a reign of terror rivaling France’s bloodshed. It argues Russia reaps the whirlwind of centuries of oppression and misrule as autocratic rule crushes freedom. The US voice warns of mob power and its dangers.
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Hague Tribunal
France
Russia
United States
Do Not Suppress a Cough When You Have One
Do not suppress a cough, remove the cause. A cough signals a cold and relief comes from Chamberlain's Cough Remedy which eases the throat, clears mucus, and helps cure the cold. Also promote Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for biliousness. both sold by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
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J. Jacobs
Ames, Iowa
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Ames Times
Story County
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RAMES
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U. S. Senate
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William
Leslie Smith
St. Cloud
Minn
Smith
Farm Journal of America
Dakota Territory
Dakota
Milwaukee Road
Marion Junction
Bob McBride
Johnny McBride
John
Minnesota
B. A. Kanudson Ames
N. Y
Vinton Corn
Keen
Eae
Emr
St. Petersburg
Dreds
Moscow
Odessa
Kharkov
Poland
L. M. Bosworth
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