Devoted to Good Work by a Penny Giving Childs Tale
Devout child Helen age six and John age four visit Aunt Marys playing grocer and customer. Helen buys rabbits, John saves pennies, and both discuss plans to use money for Bible purchases for poor kids. A Providence Tribune feature discusses ancient Africans in Kikuyu country and the Gumba who taught pottery and iron smelting.
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Helen
John
Popcorn
Marty
Aunt Mary
Providence Tribune
Africa
Presen
Man
W. He. Beech
Kikuyu
Beech
Infant Industry Humor and Wealth Gap Quip Echoed
A terse humor piece contrasts Meeker and Pleeker over marriage and wealth. Meeker calls the fiancé of his ex-wife a poor man who is actually rich, while a pun about infant paralysis critiques industry. The dialogue ends with a quip on self policing and authority.
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Meeker
Dieeker
Pleeker
A Lone Vulgarian Restaurant Conundrum
A witty exchange describes an exclusive restaurant where even waiters are perfect gentlemen. The only coarse person is the proprietor, whom they jokingly concede cannot be excluded.
For Her Sake Remark Sparks Witty Exchange
A light exchange centers on a work praised as indispensable. The caller notes a wife’s blessing while a husband retorts that his actions may prove her view correct, highlighting the playful banter over material value and judgment.
Tea Fight Draws in Baltimore American Style
The Baltimore American reports a stalemate outcome in the tea fight with no clear winner. The clash ends in a drawn battle, leaving both sides without decisive victory.
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Baltimore American
Veiled Matrimony Questioned in Gossip Column
A sharp exchange questions a marriage for money as a partner comments that she always wears a veil when they go out. The banter hints at social intrigue and romantic elsewhere.
Iowa State News Highlights From Muscatine To Sioux City
Muscatine officials faced removal threats over liquor in hose houses as a raid found beer at a fire station. Major civil cases include banker George H Fuller facing a $113,295 judgment from Calty Motor financing. Sioux City eyeing a new hotel with Howard Hotel Realty and Howard Hotel forming corporations. Various incidents follow: crimes, accidents, and municipal actions across Iowa towns including Ames, Des Moines, and Mason City.
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Muscatine
Ity
District Court
Excelsior Hose House
Cerro Gordo County
George H. Fuller
Rockwell
Calty Motor Company
William Colby
Fuller
Sioux City
Howard Hotel Realty Company
Howard Hotel Company
Robert I. Leader
Grace Leader Davis
Fred Davis
H. A. Madeley
Denmark
Mt. Pleasant
Joseph Schaffner
Oakland Dam
Iowa Power Company
Skunk River
Packard
Floyd County
Will Nordman
Hampton Fire Department
New Hampton
Ghi¢kasaw County
M. Driscoll
Des Moines
Alice Gerlach
Poker Hill
Unionville
James Rees
Marble Rock
Gus Hummel
Rees
Hummel
Albia
William Rapp
Keokuk
Jugey
Julius Curley
LeMars
Julia
M. M. Stahl
Burt
Hupp
J. B. Davidson
Iowa State College
Ames
Davis
Cal
College of Agriculture
University of California
J. W. Ackerman
Waterloo
Scribner
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway
J. A. Ries
William Flynn, Jr
W. E. Grover
Delia Dorchester
Bellevue
Dexter
N. Y
George Pierce
Anderson
Iowa Supreme Court
Pierce
John Lephert
Miss Lephert
Waukon
Storn
Bert’Gasi
Heytman
Alvin Reems
Carl Pusley
Audubon
E. White
Summer
Grand Jury
Dubuque
Boyd Higley
Estherville
Ada
Minn
Bunial
Knights of Columbus
Iowa
Mason City
J. B. Keefe
Centerville
Ray Athe
David Sickles
James Sickles
Wapsipinicon River
Independence
A. Sewell
Frank Holmes
St. Vincent's Hospital
L. L. Stafford
Modale
Henry Holst
Iowa Spanish War Veterans
W. B. Emerson
Dee Moines
Byron A. Beeson
Riker
Council Bluffs
Hartley
Dora Wailing Riley
Glenwood
Keg Creek
Riley
Fox Hunting in Wartime Echoes at Eton and Shires
In a wartime reflection the author argues Britain may win if fox-hunting centers the effort. He notes 150 masters of hounds, 2,000 hunts, 1,500 hunt servants, plus army officers who ride to hounds, tallying thousands. The piece suggests fox hunting resembles a form of war in spirit and organization.
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Waterloo
Duke of Wellington
Eton
Britain
Flanders
George Bernard Shaw
Jorrocks
Jorracks
Opera arbiters taste remark on shoulders and gowns
Mr Highbrow, posing as a taste arbiter at the opera house, muses that a woman's shoulders may grant a moral right to wear a decollete gown yet notes the fashionable woman resembles a prophet who has little on in her own country. The exchange blends wit about dress and propriety.
Cuticura Ad Promises Dandruff Cure and Hair Growth
An advertisement promotes Cuticura ointment to stop dandruff and itching, claiming immediate effects on falling hair and growth. It also touts a hot shampoo with Cuticura Soap and offers samples by mail from Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept XY
Boston
Andy
Allen
The Real Thing Little Lemuel Say paw Gratitude
An odd vignette contrasts gratitude with heartbreak as a rich bachelor dies leaving his fortune to a woman who once rejected him, implying the lingering impact of past choices.
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Lemuel
Puffed Injuries at the Club Over a New Automotile
A fragmentary local item notes Redd-Ife excited about his new Green-On automotile and a club discussion about a proposal taken or laid on the table. The piece hints at fashion and a Red Cross ad campaign with grocers and a lightweight in the limelight.
Florida Lands For Sale to Settlers in Volusia County
Florida Lands For Sale to Settlers in tracts of ten acres and up wards, in Volusia County, adapted to cultivation of citrus fruits, vegetables of all kinds and general crops. Situation healthful. Railroad runs through tract. Will sell on monthly payments. Agents wanted. Address Florida Land & Settlement Co. Care Alex. St. Clair-Abrams, Attorney 615-19 Dyat-Upchurch Bidg., Jacksonville, Fla.
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Volusia County
Florida Land & Settlement Co- Care
Alex. St. Clair-Abrams
Dyat-Upchurch Bidg
Jacksonville
Fla
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