President Wilson urges action on remaining program measures
President Wilson in a joint session message urges rapid action on major rail regulation and reform. He backs enlarging the Interstate Commerce Commission, an eight hour day for interstate railway workers, a public-oversight body, and potential freight-rate adjustments, plus strengthening arbitration. He calls for broader reforms to elections, Porto Rico, and foreign trade measures.
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Washington
Dec
Wilson
Congress
Interstate Commerce ‘Commission
House of Representatives
Senate
Anen
Rathway
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Commission
Interstate Commercce Commission
Porto Rico
Yowa
Raporta
Iowa
Towa
Tom J. Phillips
Phillips
Ottumwa
George Cosson
Cummins
Evangelist Billy Sunday
Ottumbva
Charles Reign Scoville
Evangeliat Stoville
Atata Horticultural Society
State House
State Food and Dairy Commission
W. A. Jesaup
W G. Raymond
Engineering College of
the University
Iowa City
Federal Commission On
Jessup
Dean Raymond
South Dakota
Nebraska
Department of Agriculture
State University of Iowa
Iowa University
Ames
Algona
Bial Nass
James H. Wilson
Town State Board of Railroad Commissioners
D. C
Railroad ‘Board
R. P. Howell
First Iowa Cavalry
George Hall
Flintdown Infantry
Webster County
Ft. Dodge
Fort Dodge
The Years After Fifty A Reflective Life Stage
The piece explores how men after fifty often perceive later life as their richest period. It describes a quiet, mysterious quality of aging, where happiness may arise not from public success but from honest living and inner fulfillment.
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Chen
Rongrernhirlen
Right Pather and Bobby Share a Clever Fatherly Moment
In a quiet scene a father tries to calm his eager son Bobby who asks for ideas for a school composition. The boy pleads for guidance and the elder responds with a playful lesson about finding topics by reflecting on faces. The exchange ends with a lighthearted quip about writing about faces.
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Pather
Bobby
Papa
Ani
Eating Higher Up
Fort Worth native Bert Swor, famed for his sharp character impersonations, recounts a tale of a flashy suitor trying romantic leverage after a closed door. The suitor fails, and Clarissa dismisses him, declaring she has moved on to a “new bonnet.”
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Bert Swor
Fort Worth
Vox
Swor
Swain
Henry
Hottey
Kase
Clarisyn
Tys
Clarissa
Terse Gossip Echoes Old Theater Feuds
In a clipped Times past, the actress Fifi Flubdub is described as temperamental, allegedly swooning at tuberoses, requiring constant management. A cryptic remark claims she was raised near a gas house, hinting at a rough upbringing and shifting social fortunes.
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Fifi
No dread for future years seen in American magazine
A fragment states a man walks forward with no fear for his future, believing the best opportunities lie ahead. This sentiment from American Magazine hints at optimism about what remains to come in his life.
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American Magazine
Scales Short Weight Claim Reported by Detroit Reader
A Detroit Free Press reader laments a grocer’s scale after weighing himself on personal scales that showed he was 2 pounds lighter than expected. The exchange suggests trust in the scales versus merchant weight. The fragment indicates a dispute over measurement accuracy and consumer concern.
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Detroit Free Press
Memorial Day baseball bans loom in Iowa legislature
Iowa lawmakers may seek new legislation to bar baseball and similar athletic events on Memorial Day. Current law prohibits games before 3 PM. Other Iowa items include liquor license revocations after a Santa Fe typhus quarantine drive, prison movie bans for fire safety, and bridge-building plans in Tama County.
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J. H. Milla
Mills
Milla
State Department of Justice
Keokuk
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Pred E. Hanson
Nevada
State Auditor's Office
Story County
Hansen
Fort Madison
Tha
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
Des Moines
Omaha
Tuinola Enal
H. W. Wakeman
Otho
Mr. Wakeman
Webster County
E. T. Meredith
W. J. Harding
Meredith
Harding
Tama County
Sinca
A. R. Hebanstreit
How to improvise light during a blackout
If electric lights fail, a makeshift candle can be created by melting a teaspoon of fat and filling the top of a baking powder can. Insert four strands of white twine, leaving one end about half an inch above the rim, and light the exposed end as a candle.
Dodd's Kidney Pills End Backache Claim
Prof Aug F W Schmitz of Thomas Oklahoma reports long term relief from backache after using Dodd's Kidney Pills for Bright's Disease and recurring kidney issues. He states three boxes cured, with further two boxes removing residual pain, endorsing the product for others. Buffalo New York medicine firm advertises 50 cents per box.
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Aug
F. W. Schmitz
Thomas
Okla
Bright
Dodd
Prof. Schmitz
Jack
Dodd's Medicine Co
Buffalo
Aged admiral spins tall tale of red lobster island
At supper a renowned exaggerator claimed a voyage near the Mediterranean included a volcanic island with boiling springs, where lobsters supposedly turned red. A guest challenged the tale, noting lobsters turn red only when boiled.
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Admirul
Mediterranean
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Ad Promotes Health
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a remedy to regulate liver, bowels, and stomach for clean and healthy children.
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Dr. Pierce
Matter-Heated Apartment Provokes Quick Conflagration Cue
In a witty exchange, the caller jokes about steam heat versus matter heat in an apartment, implying a volatile situation. The flat dweller confirms initial assumptions about the heating and notes the irony of trouble size guiding its own conflagration.
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