Yeomen plan national home for orphans and half orphans
The Brotherhood of American Yeomen approve a plan to fund a national children’s home through a monthly 10 cent tax on members, aiming to raise 360000 dollars yearly and 1000000 total investment. W R Shirley of Oklahoma chairs the board. A N Farmer of Grand Rapids named director of the children’s home department. Site location pending as states vie to host.
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Des Moines
Save the Dren of America
E Brotherhood of American Yeomen 1
Aoe
Yeomen
W. R. Shirley
Oklahoma
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Denver
A. N. Farmer
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Children’s Home Department
The
Farmer
Honey and Tar ad promotes relief for child coughs
Mrs G Grab of 3116 Washington Ave New Orleans recommends Foley's Honey and Tar for a child with a bad cough that nearly caused strangling. The remedy is claimed to ease colds bronchial coughs croup and whooping cough and is sold widely.
Slacker Goes Into Court Denies Damages in Mob Attack Case
A federal jury in Council Bluffs refused Fred Tenningkeit 50 000 dollars against Frank Wilson former Audubon county sheriff and bondsmen for failing to protect him after a mob dragged him with a rope around his neck on December 26 1917 in Audubon. Tenningkeit had been forced to sign a 1000 dollar Red Cross contribution and buy Liberty bonds before release. The jury deliberated 15 minutes.
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Council Bluffs
Fred Tenningkeit
Frank Wilson
Audubon County
Teningkeit
Audubon
Red Cross
Council of Defense
Tenningkelt
Wilson
Charles van Gordon
Edwin M. Johnson
Frank Watts
Lines to Be Remembered. A Forgiveness Compared to a Burned Note
Quote from Henry Ward Beecher discusses forgiveness and memory as a permanent debt. It argues a true forgiveness should erase the offense completely, like a canceled note torn and burned so it cannot be used again.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Uses for Clocks in Medical Care
The worn clock serves in the sickroom by marking medicine times. After giving a dose, rotate the bands to show the next due time, aiding schedule adherence.
More Men Than Women Have Appendicitis
Medical reports show men are more subject to appendicitis though many sudden cases occur among women. It can be guarded against by preventing intestinal infection. Adler-i-ka acts on upper and lower bowel removing foul matter which might cause infection. Excellent for gas stomach. Higley Drug Store ACY.
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Higley Drug Store
Parole Board Report Shows 290 Reinstated to Workforce
The board notes 211 paroled and 297 released from Madison and Anamosa respectively, totaling a net Iowa prison population gain of 290 for the year. It defends parole as employment aid and argues habitual criminals are kept from circulation, citing board claims of 290 men secured work while under parole supervision. It contrasts past criticism with a call for understanding of long sentences under new law and the role of parole in public welfare.
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Madison
Hugh
Anamosa
Iowa
Board of Parole
Of Interest To Women Foley Kidney Pills Ad
Women in homes offices and factories are urged to use Foley Kidney Pills for kidney trouble. Mrs Carey of Middle town New York reports relief after taking the pills. Sold everywhere.
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Foley
Carey
Middletown
N. Y
Adv
Booze Smuggler Tells Of Playing Tag With Officers
Norfolk reports reveal an Atlantic coast liquor smuggler known as Captain X detailing raids from the Bahamas to Norfolk. He describes loading cargo on a motor boat, dodging government craft, hiding cases under hay, and evading a pursuing submarine chaser on a six day voyage.
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Norfolk
West Indies
Captain X
Bahamas
Constipation remedy claims gentle bowels and liver help
An advertisement urges taking two Chamberlain's Tablets after supper to ensure a healthy bowel action and correct liver disorders, promising a gentle movement and removal of dull, stupid feelings often linked to constipation.
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Chamberlain
Walcott Iowa Lacks Churches and a Working Jail
Davenport reports Walcott, the richest town per capita, has no active church and no usable jail. The jail building stands with hinges rotted. residents reject church establishment, declaring free thought and citizenship seven days a week. Mayor Strohbeen explains no denomination gains traction as residents won’t patronize them.
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Davenport
Iowa
Walcott
Strohbeen
Walcott Iowa Town Life Details Population and Progress
Mayor describes summer amusements and weddings with ministers rarely used. Johannes Kroeger serves funerals without church ties or creed. Walcott hosts two banks with deposits over 1.5 million for a 384 population town. A top school and new public auditorium host chautauquas and dances.
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Strohbeen
Davenport
Johannes Kroeger
Kroeger
No intoxicants can enter U S warned by authority
An expert warns that no intoxicants may cross U S borders. He questions limits while noting domestic supplies remain ample. The remark implies concerns about imports and enforcement amid ongoing supply concerns.
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U. S
Dean's Kidney Pills Helped Fairfield Man Says
Samuel Neiswanger of Briggs Street Fairfield testifies that kidney trouble and back pain improved after using three boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports colored urine and nighttime urination diminished with the remedy, which he says eliminated the kidney trouble. Price 60 cents at all druggists. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y manufacturers.
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Fairfield
Samuel Neiswanger
Briggs St
Dean
Mr. Neiswanger
Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs
Buffalo
N.Y
Adv
Slav Boy of 17 Decorated by Four Nations
Lincoln Neb An officer in the Russian army at ten decorated by four nations for valor and with a service bar. Koslov Marek an orphan and a seventeen year old in the University of Nebraska arts and sciences college, entered the United States after war service in Europe and Egypt. He bears medals from Russia Poland France and Czecho Slovakia and shows wounds from the Bolsheviks. He fled from Brunn Moravia with his father, a Russian captain, and his English is limited.
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Lincoln
Neb
Europe
Egypt
Koslov Marek
America
Arts and Science College
University of Nebraska
Marek
San Francisco
Vladivostock
Japan
United States
Atlantic
Moscow
Czar Nicholas
Hanin
Masaryk
Czecho-Slovakia
Moravia
Hapsburgs
Government seeks emergency funds for dairy herd TB eradication
State aid for dairy herds reports exhausted tuberculosis elimination funds and hurried efforts to secure emergency appropriations through Congress as government sources outline the request.
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Congress
Gov
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Gore
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Kellogg's
Kelloggs
Logg
Florida
Carolinas
Gulf Coast
Texas
Cuba
Southland
W. C. Harrell
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