State housing law eyed for health and home ownership aims
A statewide housing plan proposed by Dr Curtis W Reese, Iowa housing committee chair, would regulate light, ventilation, sanitation and fire safety in dwellings. It argues for a revolving fund to help low income residents buy homes with easy payments and low interest to foster responsible citizenship and reduce social unrest.
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Curtis W. Reese
State Housing Committee
Iowa
Chicago
Spitting on Sidewalks Targeted by Health Board
The board of health issues warnings against sidewalk spitting in Fairfield and beyond. Window cards urge sanitation, promising penalties after fair warning, with speculation about a $1 offense and possible city enforcement.
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Fairfield
Board of Health
the Tribune
Myaor Munro
The Heart Beats On The Spirit Of The Soldier
A reflection on perseverance and civic duty, celebrating protest and daily work as fuel for progress on the Road to Tomorrow. The piece links steadfast effort to the soldier’s spirit, urging continued courage and service.
Fragmented wartime meditation on life and faith
A reflective prose piece contemplates giving years to war and loss, praising faith as a cure for poverty of mind. It contrasts dawn and dusk, growth and aging, and the cycle of sunshine and sorrow, ending with a hopeful note about light after darkness.
War reparations rail car demands differ in official texts
The article notes armistice terms shifted from 50 000 to 150 000 railway cars and 5 000 locomotives. It cites figures showing Germany seized 185 000 cars in 1914 and Belgium 80 000, plus 7 000 locomotives produced early in the war, with Major Garrett defending the higher car count.
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State Department
Marshal Foch
Dr. Solf
Germany
Major Garrett
Railway Commission
France
Nord
Est
Belgium
Philadelphia Public Ledger
No African Colonies for Us Says Des Moines Editor
Des Moines Daily News argues against rewarding wartime sacrifice with empire. The piece rejects acquiring German colonies in Africa or elsewhere and asserts Americans oppose imperialism and the costly military commitments it would require. It cautions against jingoes who pursue colonies for power or profit.
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Des Moines Daily News
Africa
Philippines
Porto Rico
Shank 0 the Week Cartoon and Flu Talk in Fairfield
A Fairfield attorney flew to Des Moines this week to discuss the flu. Christmas themes appear and a cartoon riffs on the Kaiser, with reflections on reconstruction, shortest and longest days, and holiday contrasts between boys and girls.
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Fairfield
Des Moines
Happiness and Sugar Saving Drive Cornerstone Message
A wartime appeal notes happiness cannot be bought and praises Americans for saving 775000 tons of sugar in five months. It states Hoover will return and no further savings on specified commodities until then. It urges full enrollment in the Christmas Red Cross roll call in Jefferson county and community-wide participation.
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The
Food Administration
Mr. Hoover
Wilsons France visit blamed for Tafts pains says doctors
The note questions if Wilsons reception in France triggers Tafts aches rather than rheumatism, as diagnosed by physicians. It highlights speculation about external factors influencing the presidents health during foreign travel.
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Wilson
France
T. R
The Scope of a State Housing Law
Dr Curtis W Reese outlines a statewide housing framework to protect homes and health. He urges constructive, practical measures applying broadly with phased rules for new and existing dwellings, enforcement by health officers, and penalties to curb unsafe, crowded conditions.
Trade Body Cites Mail Order Concern in FTC Complaint
The Federal Trade Commission filed a formal complaint against Orden-Van Tine company alleging mail order statements and ads are false deceptive and misleading. It claims secret bonuses to contractors and false charges that local lumber dealers belong to a lumber trust to inflate prices and falsely claim savings for consumers.
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Federal Trade Commission
Orden-Van Tine Company
Iumlor
Catalog House
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R. G. Walker
New York
N. Main St
Shank
Christmaa Red Cross
Jefferson County
State Housing Commission
W. L. Harding
State Board of Health
Roth & CO
Merry Christmas
F. D. Kerrick
R. J. Wilson
L. J. Marcy
Frank S. Boies
W. P. Starr
Anton Carlson
First National Bank
OF Fairfield
J. C. Thorne
Dilon Turney
eHnry C. Alston
Fred A. Spielman
W. C. Spalding
OUR Savings Department
Southeast Corner Park
B. A. Thomas
Jericho & Easton
Quality & Price Right
Flaherty Mig. Co
Owa
Washington
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