Green to Chair Ways and Means in Sixty-Eighth Congress
The Ninth Iowa congressman W R Green is chosen as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee for the upcoming Sixty-Eighth Congress in Washington. Esteemed for economic and legal judgment, Green is seen as modest and substance driven, favoring a square deal for all. The piece notes his past as a district judge and his respected integrity.
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W. R. Green
Iowa
House of Representatives
Washington
Green
Congress
Congressman Green
America
Ways and Means Committee
House
Council Bluffs
Trial jurors defy verdict may face contempt penalties
A jury that publicly dis agrees with a verdict could be subject to fines and imprisonment for contempt of court, as announced to the judge.
War's currency worth shrinks to copper after war
Griswold resident Ross Groshong mailed three aged notes from Russia Austria and Germany to his uncle M. A. Groshong. The prewar values were $50,000, $500, and $25, totaling $50,525. Now the lot is worth less than fifty copper pennies, illustrating war's financial toll.
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Ross Groshong
Griswold
M. A. Groshong
Lewis Standard
14 Citizens' State Bank Investment Pitch in Anita Iowa
A savings account at this Bank offers 5 percent interest and is protected by the Banking Department of the State of Iowa. The note promotes 14 Citizens' State Bank in Anita, Iowa as an ideal investment option.
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Banking Department of
State of
Iowa
Citizens’ State Bank
Hog with two hearts shocks Hopinton farmer visit
A farmer near Hopinton Iowa butchered a hog that was found to have two distinct hearts. The incident is noted by the Atlantic visitor who recalls childhood wonder about animal anatomy and wonders why a chicken lacks more than one gizzard.
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Hopinton
Iowa
Ma Wants Two Pounds of Butter Exactly Like Last Week
A Wittsburg Chronicle Telegraph snippet shows a mother insisting on two pounds of butter exactly matching last week. The grocer replies with a prideful remark about pleasing customers while a boy confirms the request. The piece highlights household economy and strict preferences.
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Wittsburg
A Small Boy Complains Of His Ever Hungrier Stomach
A clownish verse features a boy pleading with his hungry stomach for mercy after claiming to share his meals. The poem blends playful dialogue with childlike grievances about overfeeding and stomach pains. A separate bank ad urges opening a savings account with one dollar to earn daily interest.
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Hungary
Bald-headed man seeks answer in farmer's tale
A bald-headed man, in a chatty exchange, asks why his head is bald while others have hair. The other person jokes that an empty barn is not worth keeping, reflecting rural wit from the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Remembered Blinks Recalls Boy Bobby Memory
The Mobile Register recounts a dinner with Blinks and his friend Jinks as Blinks recalls the memorable memory of his son Bobby. The exchange includes a daughterly memory of the past and a playful nod to a previous arrival.
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Blinks
Jinks
Bobby
Steel Fence Posts And Farm Supplies Advertisement
Joe E Morgan left Friday for Leteber South Dakota to see his ill father I J Morgan aged seventy six in poor health for several months Mrs Zike and husband Ralph from Federal Wyoming are visiting Anita guests of S P Cooper and both families have been in ill health for some time Cass county residents formerly of the area
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Joe. E. Morgan
Leteber
South Dakota
I. J. Morgan
Adita
Ralph A Zike
Federal
Wyoming
Anita
Public sales of surplus S. Army Munson shoes
We have purchased 122000 pairs of S. Army Munson shoes sizes 5 through 12. This is the entire surplus stock of a large U.S. Government contractor. Send correct size and pay on delivery or by money order. If not as represented, refund promptly upon request.
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Henry Ford
Kentucky River
Clay
Leslie
Henry
S. Army Munson
U.S
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