Wilson Aims at Banking Reform to Free Business
President Wilson urges Congress to adopt a national banking and currency system to free business initiative, reduce tariffs distortions, and prevent private control of credit. He stresses urgent action, public control, and alignment with evolving credit needs, promising full cooperation. The message emphasizes credit mobilization, elastic currency, and government ownership of monetary powers.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Passion for the Parlor and Home Hygiene Critique
Prof H R Kenwood argues at the Royal Sanitary Institute that motor dirt and invisible germs in homes fuel tuberculosis. He urges simple cleansing with damp methods, movable furnishings, sunlit rooms, and minimal parlor fetish to improve youth health and the overall home environment.
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Royal Sanitary Institute
H., R Kenwood
Bedfordshire
London Daily Telegraph
Obliterating Waterloo Field Threatens Historic Landmarks
A British officer warns that Waterloo terrain and defensive walls at Hougemont and La Haye Sainte face rebuilding and destruction. He cites vandalism by roadside cafes and cheap travel fostering neglect, urging Belgian English cooperation to preserve the topography as has been done at Gettysburg, though funding will be costly.
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Gettysburg
England
Waterloo
la Hale Sainte
Hougemooct
Hougomout
Feld
Imperial Guard
Boston Transcript
Thomas H. MacDonald
MacDonald
Dallas
State Executive Council
L. A
Executive Council
A. R. Corey
Fair Board
Association of American Portland Cement Manufacturers
Fair Grounds
Corey
State Highway Commission
Porch Vine Training Device Illustration
To train porch vines a simple labor saving device is described. A one inch square strip about six feet long fits with a pair of screw eyes. Drive two nails to the porch, tie strings to the strip, hook the eyes over the nails, and anchor the lower ends with pegs to train the vines.
Appointment Promoting Dodge Draws Attention at Capitol
Des Moines, August 1882. The Dodge commission on display at the state historical building attracts many visitors. The relic, stained with blood, marks General Grenville M. Dodge’s promotion to brigadier general on March 31, 1882, after he was wounded at Atlanta July 22, 1864. The exhibit includes a wartime receipt stained with blood and other certificates detailing his parade duties for the Grant memorial dedication and McKinley inauguration.
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Des Moines
Grenville M. Dodge
Iowa
State Historical Department
Edgar R. Harlan
Colonel Dodge
Avanta
Atlanta
Dodge
Smith
Grant
New York City
William McKinley
Iowa Grand Lodge names and town department officers
Grand Lodge installs deputies and reappoints officers led by George L. Garton Des Moines as deputy grand master and Rev Joseph F Newton Cedar Rapids as grand chaplain. Also elected were Laura Zimmerman Mason City president town department and others. A parade, fires, and civic plans followed with multiple town reports on thefts, fires, floods, road plans, and civic improvements across Iowa.
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Whittaker
Council Bluffs
Iowa Magonic Grand Lodge
George L. Garton
Des Moines
Joseph F. Newton
Cedar Rapids
T. H. Warren
S. Percival
Bonaparte
J. B. Lyman
Tracy
Samuel Clark
Sahula
Thomas Hench
Maquokuta
Tyler Amos N. Alberson
Washington
Laura Zimmerman
Mason City
Tewn Department
GQ. A. R
Mary Burt
Devorah
Pearl King
Waterloo
Myra Root
Delta
Tamar Taylor
Red Oak
Ad. HL Jacobs
Davenport
Meg
Towa
Illinois
Burlington
New Virginia
Severo Joss
Boyles & Stickels
James Ring
Dewey Corbett
Eldara
Hasleron
Jefferson
Iowa City
We. P. Hohenschns
W. M. Welch Company
Anamony
Metropolitan Supply Company
Tiherenlosig
Knoxville
Logan
Thomas Arthur
Lars K. Opheim
Humboldt County
Board of Supervisors
New Hampton
Shenandoah
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General Dodge
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A. H. Davison
Joe Byrnes
Ora Williams
Davison
George W. Clarke
W. §. Allen
W. C. Brown
General Assembly
Mr. Davison
State Board of Control
Forrest Ss. Treat
Railroad Commission
State Fair Board
George A. Newman
Guneral
State Fair Admissions
State Veterinary Board
Mel J. Gibson
Thias H. McDonald
George Cosson
E. C. Hinshaw
Hinshaw
Iowa State News
Ent
Charterdale
Mnatter
Black Hawk County
Knowles
Cedar Falls
W H. Benson
United States Department of Agriculture
I. W. Creighton
William Nicholson
Calligion
Great Western
Twelfth Avenue
Marshalltown
Green Mountain
Montezume
Williamsboro
Deer River
Montezuma
Scarshoro
Lyaville
Sully
Reasoner
Prat City
Guy Baker
Lone Tree
Port Madison
Baker
Oliver P. Driver
Wappinonoc Central School
Lee
Humboldtn
George de Groote
Pocahontas County
Mmimersburg
Northwestern Veterans’ Association
Professor" We
Stev. B. Hayes
Catholic Church
Imogene, la
Old World
Ireland
Rome
Keokuk High School
Board of Education
Center
Point Harvey Weller
H. E. Heidinger
Western Action of Baptist Churches
Chardan
Miles
Clinton
Centerville
Ringgold County
North Liberty
Grand Aerie
Tawa Aerie of Eagles
Crifar Rapids
A. M. Worden
Ida Grove
Battle Creek
Parag
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