Greater or Lesser Import Includes What’s Going On
The Iowa weekly list records many war losses in the last week with names from Bedford to Des Moines, plus reports on national and state affairs. It notes teachers’ reforms, school health plans, college expense claims, drainage disputes, and a Christmas tree celebration in Wright county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowans
Glenn S. Calhoun
Bedford
John P. Sheldon
Keokuk
Walter Co. Tilden
Eagle Grove
Ferdinand Wiese
Holstein
William I. Jiuegerick
Carroll
Chester R. Howard
Mount Vernon
Sergt Gilbert Woods
Des Moines
Corp
James P. McCourt
Atlantic
Nels Thompson
Jewel
Fred W. Smith
Alta
John O’neill
Clear Lake
Guy H. Peters
Lloyd H. Tussey
Shannon City
Loren ‘W. Davis
Libertyville
George F. Jones
Red Oak
Klerman ‘Timmer
Boyden
Richard Applegate
Charles Ek. Anderson
Bagley
Mike 8. Mulhern
Sheldon
Martin O. Iverson
Dorchester
Peter ‘Penning
Buffalo City
Byron W. Spencer
Dumont
Leo P. Nauman
Dubuque
Frank Karal
Fairfax
Timothy L. O’boyle
Vail
Vernor M. Staples
Clinton
Theophiel
Hartwick
Lorin J
Jenness
Ionia
Harry N. Owen
Iowa City
John R. Moss
Missouri Valley
John C. Knutson
Fertile
Gilbert J. Powelka
Oxford Junction
Irvan B. Lyons
Charter Oak
Joseph J. Christophersen
Remsen
Martin HI
Gilman
Joel E. Parsons
Webb
Otto G. Krekow
Sioux City
Clare S. S. Mahony
Stanley
Harvey A. Mosserer
Sumner
Iowa State Teachers' Association
Drake University
War Department
Army Training Corps
Des Moines College
Mills
Jfremont
Callahan Bros. and
Creedon
Omaha
United States Faelity and Guarantee Company
Baltimore
Jo George Deahl
Exline
Appanoose County
Iowa
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Deahl
Wright County
Santa Claus
Court House
Electric Company
Soldiers’ Fathers League of
Des ‘Moines
Lowa
G. K. Ketterer
N. Lowa
Bureau of Navigation
Nts
Theodore Roosevelt Remembered By Leaders Across U S
Tributes pour in from Secretary of State Lansing Acting Secretary Polk and many leaders mourning the death of Theodore Roosevelt. Officials praise his vigor Americanism and leadership across politics the navy army and public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Lansing
Col. Roosevelt
Navy
Army
Josephus Daniels
Pranklin K. Lane
the Interior
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Tawt
Lincoln
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Lewis
Twlinois
America
Harding
Ohio
Kenyon
Iowa
Abraham Lincoln
New
Indiana
Martin
Virginia
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Lfe
Benator Kellogg
Minnesota
Senator Johnson
California
Benator Knox
Pennsylvania
Chamberlain
Oregon
Medill M'Cormick
James R. Mann
Representative Fess
Republican Congressional Committee
Cannon
Republic
Legislative Department
Representative Gillett
Representative Shallenberger
Nebraska
Representative Sherley
House Appropriations Committee
Charles Evans Hughes
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Colonel Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
Whithe
William R. Day
Joseph McKenna
Leonard Woovd
Poincare
France
Liberty
Henry Whith
Mr. Roosevelt
Herbert C. Hoover
Razor in Civilization Reveals Clean-Shaven Caesars
Busts of the Caesars show them clean shaven while eighteenth century men leaned on barbers for head shaving. Hogarth painted a beau of the period who, by chance, had whiskers missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogarth
Scottish Divine Intervenes to Calm Drunken Passenger
A famed Scottish minister boarding a carriage observed fellow travelers attempting to eject a drunken man. He intervened promptly and calmed the situation, preventing conflict and soothing the disruptive rider.
Canada Proclaims No Room for Pessimism After War
Canada reflects on wartime sacrifices and record gains in agriculture, railway earnings, and bank deposits. A Boston Transcript piece lauds Canadian resolve, industry growth, and national credit, noting 50 000 soldiers buried and vast costs, while predicting a buoyant peace era and transformed nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Boston Transcript
Europe
Where He Stood in a Christmas Kiss
A romance unfolds from a mistletoe moment as Wilfred awaits a response. She asks if he drinks, prompting a grave look then a hopeful embrace as he pledges to do anything for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Blood Action
An old advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by acting through the blood on mucous surfaces and promises $100 for any case it fails to cure. It cites testimonials from Fr. Keney & Co in Toledo Ohio and lists a price of 76 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Keney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Adam Names the Animals in a Quiet Lesson
In a garden scene a boy tires of zoology and notes Adam naming every creature. The fragment hints at a schoolish, contemplative moment with a child weary from study. The tone recalls a domestic anecdote about learning and nature.
Cuticura Comforts Baby's Skin
Advertisement promotes Cuticura products for irritated skin on babies. Recommends hot baths with Cuticura Soap and gentle application of Cuticura Ointment. Also endorses Cuticura Talcum as an essential part of the Cutic Toilet Trio for ongoing care.
Fragmented Ad Copy Mentions Tea Cure and Codd Wife
The text appears as fragmented advertisement style lines about Garfield Tea as Nature's remedy. It references Bekele George and a claim of creating a good husband, plus stray lines on constipation and wasted bread, with garbled punctuation and stray quotes.
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Hawkeye State News
Washington
Orbert Hoover
Maxim Gorky
Petrograd Soviet
Hollister
Cleveland
Cox
Hugh Rodman
North Sea
Petrograd
Russia
Wilson
Congress
San Francisco
Germany
Senate Military Committee
White House
George von Hertling
Ruhpolding
Bavaria
Railroad Administration
Spurthenus Group
Berlin
State Department
Yyemsk
J. J. Gibson
League of Nations
United States
Paris
Camp Cody
Camp Dodge
Camp Funston
Posen
Elireles
Sagamore Hill
Peace Congress
Johnson
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Pittsburg
Daniels
House Naval Committee
Oklahoma
Colorado
Harry Kk. Thaw
New York State
Pennsylvania Hospital
New York
Kansas City
Burlington
Scottsbluff
Kansas City Railways Co
War Labor Board
One
Field Artillery
Newport News
Holman
Missouri River
Little Sioux
Bill” Barnes
Wilbur Johnson
Rex
Mabel Jones
Barnes
Ford Motor Company
Mosses Ford
Henry Ford
Francisco Villa
Dayton
Stormoway
Scotland
McCumber
North Dakota
Oyster Bay
N. J
Towa
Nature
Ed Herbe
Garfield Tea
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