Plymouth County Road Patrols and County News Highlights
Plymouth county supervisors will hire road patrolmen soon. Alden voters approved a $71,000 school house by a wide margin. Cedar Falls street paving plans, Des Moines style show dates March 10 11 and 18. Grain Bureau endorses Wallace export ideas urging immediate congressional action. Dr B B Stromlig tests cattle in east Pottawattamie. Judge House notes a raffle winner on a plane. Midyear exercises award 108 military commissions. Pottawattamie county roads and bridges cost $205 456.15 in thirteen months ending Jan 1. Chester White Post moves from Minneapolis to Maquoketa in a $100 000 magazine venture. Hog receipts at Sioux City stockyards in January total 860 827 head setting a record. Miss Kate Reed’s 31 years teaching in state celebrates long tenure. Pig clubs incentives offered by F W LaDoux. Milk production leaders listed for Fertile and Hamiltown. Complete soil surveys for several counties to aid farming. Iowa’s prehistoric tribes overview. Iowa Radiological and Physiotherapy Society to meet Feb 26 at Des Moines Hotel Savery. State banks show deposit growth and reduced borrowing in 1923. A.M. Collinson of Clear Lake reports herd with 15 cows generating 92.09 per cow without butter and 63 000 from onions grower Mueller of St Ansgar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Alden
Cedar Falls
Des Moines
Farm Buréau Indoraed
Wallace
Congress
EB. V. Stromlig
Pottawattamie County
Judge House
Maquoketa
Cheater White Post
Mitineapolis
Magqupketa
Sioux City
Burty
Kate
Reed
Gant
Abraham Lini Jean
Council Blufta
LaDoux
Dupli ‘Tate
Clay County
Furness
Hamlontown
Jahavke
Fayette
Iowa
Jorge Iya
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa Radiological and
Ottumwa
State Banking Department
A.M. Collinson
Clear Lake
St. Ansgar
Mueller
Fragmented early 1900s cosmetic ad copy
A damaged OCR passage promotes simple dyeing directions for women to tint worn items with phrases about colors and travel comfort. It includes garbled branding and an ad tone for an external remedy and plaster, reflecting period advertising language.
Migratory Bird Slaughter and Cooperation Call
Fragmentary note discusses Canada and the United States attempting to stem migratory bird slaughter. Visuals mention Mexico as a wintering locale and criticize lack of cooperation. Obscure references to a poor lawyer and a deed appear amid the garbled remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laveida
Canada
United ' States
Tory Wild
S Nature
Mexico
Ren
Dandelion Butter Color Sold In Stores For Decade
A long used vegetable butter color named Dandelion has been sold for about 85 cents in drug, grocery, and general stores. The product remains a common kitchen item for decades with broad consumer distribution and no major safety concerns reported.
Caught the Past Pat Intervenes in Roadside Pileup
While Pat trails along, Larry speeds by on a bicycle and calls out, then swerves and crashes into a telegraph pole. Pat arrives to assist as Larry disentangles himself from tangled wires, joking about the mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Larry
Rat
Bayer Aspirin Ad Warns of Imitations and Safe Proven Use
An old advertisement urges customers to demand Bayer Aspirin citing millions of proven safety and 28 years of physician use. It warns that tablets without the Bayer name on the package are not genuine and may be dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BAYER
Fish Not Brain Food Says New Health View
An old belief that fish and phosphorus rich foods heavily enhance brain power is challenged. Brain cells appear to use the same nutrients as other cells, and overall brain health relies on maintaining good bodily health rather than focusing on specific foods. The piece notes that asking questions leads to diverse, sometimes snubbed, viewpoints.
Shave With Cutlours Soap Advertises Versatile Use
An advertisement claims Cutlours soap doubles razor efficiency and improves skin purity and health. It touts irritation-free results even with twice daily shaving and promotes a single soap for shaving, bathing, and shampooing.
Roads Employ Many Men 77 000 Trolley Car Workers
A historical notice reports that 77 000 trolley car motor men, 48 000 conductors, and about 150 000 others work on electric railways nationwide. Wages come from passenger fares, underlining the large labor force behind urban transit. An unrelated advertisement promotes Cole’s Carbolli salve for pain and healing.
Coal Mines Visualized as An Ant Hill Bridge
A description likens a coal mine to an ant hill with a main corridor and lateral chambers. If the surface were lifted, the mine would resemble a long bridge with supports laid on its side, revealing rootlike networked corridors and chambers beneath.
Clear Explanation on Genders Delivers Controversial Quip
An American Legion Weekly piece presents a Teacher asking Johnny about two genders. Johnny responds with a biased division labeling masculine and feminine into temperate and temperate lists. The exchange reflects dated stereotypes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
American Legion Weekly
To Spare Yo Ain't Got No Brains Excerpt
A fragment shows dialect dialogue questioning brains and loyalty with mock bravado and names likely from a local humor piece. The line contrasts Ab with another figure, hinting at cleverness and rivalry in a colorful street scene.
Danderine Promises Thick Beautiful Hair for Girls
An advertisement touts Danderine as a tonic that rapidly improves lifeless hair by toning the scalp, reducing dandruff, and restoring strength and shine. It claims to stop itching, prevent falling hair, and revitalize thin or fading hair with a non greasy formula available at drug stores.
Boarding Cave Officer Stonebar Proposal Scene
A quirky dialogue describes a boarding cave officer recounting a chaotic scene where suitors propose to a woman after she cooks hearty meals for her boarders. The tale blends rustic humor with sudden romantic interest voiced by Widow Bonechisel.
Box On Hand Brandreth Pills Laxative Ad Claims Safety
An advertisement promotes Brandreth Pills as a safe and reliable laxative made in America for ninety years, highlighting its entirely vegetable composition and urging readers to keep a box on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
London Lord Mayor’s Allowance Versus Private Fortunes
The lord mayor of London receives a $50,000 official allowance for his year in office, but his private fortune contributes at least as much again to cover costs. A candid man muses that extra money invites spending on gratuitous expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rs Ton Lina
Ean Nna
Dodd
Ordirec
Seowa
Dodd’ Medicina Co. Ofu
Buffalo
N.Y
Mother Gray CO. Leroy
Garfield
Hawkeye
State News
Ove
Allegck
Cole
J. W. Cole Co
Rockeford
Monarch
Farm House
Boom
Suger
Goran
Doe
Favor of
AMERS
Gill
Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!