Henry Ford's early voting tale linked to 1884 candidate
The Minneapolis Journal recalls Henry Ford's first vote at age 21 after his father urged him to support Garfield. It notes Garfield was dead by 1884 and that Ford later admitted he never voted except when influenced by his wife. The piece sidelines Ford's political ambitions as a senator candidate.
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Minneapolis
Henry Ford
Michigan
Henry
Ford
James A. Garfield
New York Times
Henry Lord
James G. Blaine
Garfield
Publican candidate S W Flaherty injures in auto mishap
S W Flaherty Republican candidate for county clerk was in a serious car accident Saturday morning along the ridge road west of Char ley Gull farm. The Ford overturned after he allegedly stepped on it while driving alone to Morley to inspect Mr Miller’s elevator. Babe Hunter arrived shortly after, helped the injured man from the road, and returned him home. Flaherty is badly bruised but recovering and expects to attempt another Ford trip soon.
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Olin
S. W. Flaherty
Harry Miller
Ford
Morley
Charley Gull Farm
Babe” Hunter
Hunter
Meredith Sees Britain Will Fight On
K T Meredith of Des Moines, back from the western front, asserts Britain would quit fighting without American aid. He argues England would endure and resist German aggression, countering claims that the empire would submit to serfdom.
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Manchester
K. T. Meredith
Des Moines
America
Great Britain
Mr. Meredith
Lloyd George
England
Meredith
Germany
Pointed Paragraphs from Chicago News
A collection of aphoristic reflections on dignity, vanity, success, and fame. Opinions comment on mirrors, women, men, conscience, and private hopes, contrasting self-image with public perception and the fate of praise after death.
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Chicago
Protect The Children
Marshalltown Times-Republican urges calm and practical precautions during an infantile paralysis outbreak. It stresses keeping children at home, avoiding contact with infected areas, and practicing common sense to minimize risk rather than panic.
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Marshalltown
Coal Men Clash Over Prohibition Policy
Mr. Hurley head of the shipping board pleads against prohibition arguing it would demoralize shipyard workers. The National Coal Association calls for prohibition claiming booze undermines miners and will cause a coal shortage. All experience supports the coal association’s stance.
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Kansas City Times
Hurley
Shipping Board
National Coal Association
Coal Association
Removing Discontent
A Sioux City Journal note reflects wartime anxieties as Europe endures hardship while American temperance advocates push for prohibition amid reports of weak beer tempering morale in England France and Germany.
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Sioux City Journal
Europe
America
England
France
Germany
Jokes and verses from the Baltimore Sun collection
A collage of humor bits and short poems compiled from readers and column snips. The snippets include quips about shoes from leather and banana skins, a dock of quips about schooling and weddings, a barn painter’s hurry, a tailor of oysters, and playful lines about lawyers and trust. Also included is a two flags poem praising national pride and fallen servicemen.
Democrats Clash Over Sheriff Auditor Deal At County Convention
At Anamosa the county Democratic convention grew heated during a debate over a conference committee report. The panel proposed swapping sheriff for auditor, with Republicans countering by nominating a coalition ticket. The floor vote ended the plan 50 to 19.
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Anamosa Hureka
Committee of Democrats
Germany Must Require
The New York World argues Germany will justify barbarous acts to itself while facing retribution. It asserts the Allies may curb revenge for hospital bombings and hospital ships but will remember the atrocities endured by their people and punish Germany across generations.
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Germany
New York World
Comparison of England and American income taxes
The text argues English income tax rates exceed American ones at similar incomes. It lists English rates such as 44.4 percent on $1,000 and 7 percent on $2,000, contrasting with American levies that grant exemptions for married or head of family earners and set low or zero rates for many brackets. It also notes English rates rise faster with income, giving examples at $3,000 to $15,000 while American married rates stay near one half to 1 percent, with minimal increases for unmarried filers.
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England
America
Sioux Fails Press Measure of Viereck Defense
The debate centers on George Sylvester Viereck, noted erotic poet and Fatherland editor, as his stance and influence face scrutiny in the press. Public figures weigh his literary and ideological connections.
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Sioux Fails
George Sylvester Viereck
Fatherland
Education Board Holds Series of June to July Meetings
The Monticello area Board of Education convened in special and regular sessions from June to July 1918. Actions include approving bills, purchasing the L. G. Stuhler property for 6500 dollars, advertising bids for high school shingling, hiring teachers Miss Bess Belz and Miss Wyckoff, electing Ruth McClain, and awarding bids for coal shed work and high school roof repairs.
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Board of Education
J. J. Reed
1. G. Stabler
T. S. Lazell
O. N M. Brainerd
T. M. Redmond
R. H. Ricklefs
Tel Co
J. H. Holcomb Mfg. Co
D. H. Knowlton
Metropolitan Supply Co
L. G. Stuhler Property
Bess Belz
Miss Wyckoff
R. HH. Ricklefs
I. [. Reed
T.S. Kuaazell
OQ. J. Brainerd
Monticello Electric Co
H Cross Hdw. Co
Kettlitz & Kay
I. M. Rodman
Fred Kellum
Ricklefs & McNeill
TDR
Wisewasee
LE. Sloan
Central Lubr. & Coal Co
Matt Parrot & Sons
Hoagbuster Co
Luce
Cenius
Ruth McClain
S. P. Neilly
H. Ricklefs
Rh. A. Ricklefs
Reed
TS. Luzell
J. Brainerd
Iowa Telephone Co
Ed Duster
Kd. HY. Ricklefs
J. Reed
Laszell
Brainerd
Hoag Duster Co
Miss Briggs
Kk. H. Ricklefs
Monticello
Iowa
Hanssen
Beil
Iowa Tel. Co
Standard Oil Codd
J. Liddy
Kettlitz & Ikay
Sutton Bros
Ik B. Castle
Lee
F. Kellum
A Meyers
Northrop
Chris Dinklage
J. O. Farnham
J. H. Carlmeee Testeheg
Dt Ishr Nuth
Postage
H. S. Lee
Arduser
Monticelo Electric Coo
Tom Carson
John Behrends
Main Street
Committee On Sewers
C. J. Northrop
Gleaning Pioneer Proves Wheat Worth Saving
Charles Lehr of Mulvane weeded a forty acre wheat field last year and, after thrashing, found eighty bushels of wheat worth $160. He argues saving a bushel at equal labor cost is a patriotic act for a world needing wheat.
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Mulvane
Charles Lehr
Poor Dwellings in Wet-hel-wet Chinese Territory
The article describes Wet-hel-wet as a British leased naval and commercial base on Shen-tung peninsula near Wincow. It notes mainland and island areas with docks and coal yards, civil population along the main street, British offices, and seasonal Chinese shops catering to visiting warships. The landscape is sandy with windborne dust and gullied hills. European households rely on cheap Chinese servants for dusting.
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Shnintung
Wincow
Wetherwel
Beards Across Eras Stir Bold Conflict and Fashion
The article recounts historic clashes over beards from Tartars and Persians to Greeks and Romans. It notes rulers like Alexander and Peter the Great enforcing shave orders, and cites pre 1840 U S shaving norms, including famous bearded women such as Margaret of Savoy and a Parisian with a waist‑length beard, plus a five and a half foot beard captured at Pultowa.
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Tartary
Alexander
England
Peter the Great
Coleridge and De Quincey Rivalry Over Unfinished Plans
The article notes Coleridge described Coleridge as a man with endless unexecuted projects and cites De Quincey claiming opium shaped their literary outputs. It recounts Coleridge’s imagined list of unwritten books and De Quincey’s own ambitions like De Haciendatione and a Prolegomena to All Future Systems of Political Economy, which never reached publication.
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de Quincey
Coleridge
de Cnincey
Spinoza
Morning Calisthenics for Quick Health Boost
Early morning exercises promote health through light calisthenics done near an open window. Begin with deep breaths, then two or three simple moves such as arm doubles and fingertip touches. End with a kneeling bend to the floor. total time under five minutes boosts circulation and muscle tone.
Mourning Blues and a Widow’s Legal Knot
A New York Tribune note describes a widow choosing dark blue mourning to signal divorce and separation from her husband. She explains the color marks a compromise between memory and ending the union, while noting the husband’s fate as a stenographer.
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New York Tribune
Breakfast Amid Mongolian Finches in Malay Mountains
William Beebe recalls a Malay world voyage starting at a dak bungalow in Kwala Kubu. He describes breakfast of tin birds and the Malay belief that mountains guard the world from the Yajuj who threaten an apocalyptic end, with limestone cave legends as backdrop.
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Kwala Kubu
Malayasia
Finger
Siam
Singapore
William Beebe
The
Atlantic Monthly
Rude Awakening Beside a Parson in Snowy Nebraska
A Wenatchee, Washington newspaper man recalls a Nebraska incident where a family slept with a preacher instead of a youth. Oscar Woods started the fire on a 15 degree morning, the house awoke to a wild confrontation before the mistake was realized and the preacher survived.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Oscar Woods
Nebraska
Oscar
Earthquake activity and the seismograph explained
The text notes about 80,000 earthquakes yearly or 8,760 hours yielding roughly three and a half quakes per hour. It contrasts minor tremors with major events like 526, 1693 Lisbon 1755, and Chile Peru Japan, then explains the seismograph records even bell rings and other non seismic vibrations.
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Mediterranean
Sicily
Lisbon
Chile
Peru
Japan
Privileges of the Poor in Quotes by Luaura Spencer Porter
A passage from the Atlantic Monthly questions who among non fairy tale figures can wield fearsome power over others. It imagines calamities cast on a cloak and rapid shifts in family size and comfort, challenging social privilege and control.
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Luaura Spencer Porter
the Atlantic Magazine
They Were Mollycoddles Through the Ages
The London Times notes that royal era dandies vanished with Queen Victoria. Earlier epochs used terms such as deaux fops sparks and macaronis to label men famed for eccentric dress and manners, with the current dandy movement traced to the Regency.
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Royalty
Queen Victoria
London Times
Queen Anne
Georges
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