Charity, crime, and politics mix in winter New York and Milwaukee
A New York City report shows a drop in shelter demand as warming houses run near empty amid wage gains and less alcohol. In Milwaukee, pro German sentiment persists with Victor Berger back in Congress. calls grow to expose war-cost fraud and waste. Roosevelt’s death fuels talk, Leonard Wood is praised, and Detroit slows to a weary slogan about moderation.
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Bowery Mission
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Kings County
Bellevue Hospitals
Bird S. Coler
Commissioner of Charities
Bowery
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New York
Milwaukee
Fifth Congressional District
Victor Berger
Congress
Berger
Victor
Col. Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
Code Revision Sparks Push for Early Legislature Call
Code commissioners push for an immediate extra session to review the proposed revisions. Governor Harding declines to convene before March 15, saying the public should have time to study the new code and that he will not be forced to call an early session.
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Harding
Lewis predicts five presidential tickets risk of House vote
Senator J. Ham Lewis, in an after dinner speech, predicts five presidential tickets may split electoral votes and push the selection of a president into the House of Representatives. The speaker remarks on the division and votes as a warning of political uncertainties.
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J. Ham Lewis
House of Representatives
Lewis
And Then Doesn't Washington Star Wise Man Quote
A Washington Star pondering a proverb notes that wisdom comes from hard study and knowing what to avoid. The remark frames prudent learning as selective, shaping character and judgment.
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Washington Star
Tire Waste in France Sparks Thrift Lesson for Americans
Cedar Rapids readers recall a French field piled with thirty five million dollars worth of new tires left to rot. A Cedar Rapids man witnessed the waste and warned of the damage to wartime thrift. The piece denounces excess and urges thrift, saving, and prudent use of resources.
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Cedar Rapids
France
United States
Mr. McAdoo
Concrete roads prove cheaper to maintain than gravel says Cerro Gordo official
A Cerro Gordo County supervisor cites five and a half miles of gravel near Mason City costing 1,232.60 per mile to maintain over 1917 1918, while six miles of concrete from 1913 to 1918 averaged 31.50 per mile. He argues the costly gravel program yields little return, whereas the concrete road remains in first class condition with minimal wear on slabs.
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Iowa
Cerro Gordo County
Mason City
Watering Down Radicals in United Mine Workers
The Washington Post notes that the country ignores internal UMW politics while calling radicals in the organization defeated. It argues Americans are patriots facing wage and living-cost pressures and that workers remain guided by common sense over agitators.
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Washington Post
United Mine Workers’ Organization
United States
All contemporary fiction a note on her says The Review
H W Boynton argues modern fiction centers on a female protagonist who captivates male attention while provoking varying reactions from older generations. The piece discusses how this new character challenges roles for spouse and community, sparking both admiration and discomfort.
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H. W. Boynton
Deaths and events in Oelwein Iowan and area notices
Henry Cobb editor of the Oelwein Iowan dies at 63. Clinton county faces hog cholera losses running into thousands. Veterans attorney Thomas Darling dies at Jackson county home. Jackson county pioneer Eliza Crawford dies at 91. Manchester schools to reopen December 29. Waggoner marriage near Olin announced. Mary Fife dies in Manchester at 90. Dr. Dennison reports sleeping sickness case near Bellevue. Local wrestling match ends in slugging. Jackson corn farmer wins Iowa Silver Mine seed corn prize of 35 dollars. Cornell College upsets Iowa basketball on university floor 37 to 32. State wide effort to form no pay high price clubs advancing. Davenport coasting accident injures Henry Mess. Manchester man dies after shaving brush infection attributed to Anthrax.
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Oelwein Iowan
Clinton County
Thomas Darling
Preston
Jackson County
Eliza Crawford
Miles
Manchester
James Stanley Waggoner
J. F. Waggoner
Olin
Tena Husmann
E. Evans
Anamosa
Mary Fife
Heinie Engle
Dubuque
Charles J. Cornelius
Jackson Township
Iowa
Chicago
Illinois
Cornell College
University of Iowa
Cornell
W. B. Barney
Henry Mess
William Mess
Davenport
Charles Johnson
Johnson
California housing costs soar as Long Beach rents jump
J F Younglove of Sioux City reports California’s housing crunch in a special dispatch. He tours Long Beach where rents have spiked from fifty cents to 150 per month for rooms and from 30 to 100 160 dollars for two room apartments, while 110 trunks from Long Beach to Iowa and Kansas towns arrive daily.
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Sioux City
Mr. Younglove
California
Long Beach
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
Iowa
Kansas
Dumb animals and human nature in Frances Pitt’s view
Frances Pitt in the National Review (England) argues that the phrase dumb animals reveals ignorance, insisting non human species communicate to convey wishes and intentions. She notes individuality among specimens and asserts that while animals vary, humanity remains part of nature.
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England
Goldman Faces Deportation and Constitutional Rights Clash
Emma Goldman again faces deportation as she denounces what she calls violations of her constitutional rights. The piece questions whether a constitution can defend itself against violent overthrow.
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Kansas City Star
Emma Goldman
New College Regulations Open Doors to High School Graduates
State University Iowa State College and State Teachers College now admit graduates of four year high schools without entrance exams. Graduates need only present a high school credits certificate signed by the school superintendent or principal. Deficiencies may be removed by taking required subjects at admission, with immediate college placement. completion in four years is not guaranteed.
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Express
State University
Iowa State College
State Teachers’ College
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Iowa State Teachers’ College
Iowa
Whither are we drifting in the cornfield talks
In a street corner dialogue a group of young men discuss wages and jobs. One expects 12 cents in snow while another boasts high pay and plans to quit husking. The speaker urges discipline, study, and delaying senseless pleasures to secure a better future.
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Rolfe Arrow
The Stock Salesman Bombast in Anamosa Eureka
Anamosa Eureka criticizes aggressive stock salesmen who lure investors with lithographed certificates and "get rich quick" schemes. It warns that ordinary people have only a slim chance to profit, urging readers to hold Liberty bonds or bank savings and avoid gambling on risky offers.
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Anamosa Eureka
Public Coal Settlement Under Garfield Rescued by Public Oversight
The Marion Sentinel reports the court upholding Garfield against President Wilson in the coal strike settlement. Garfield says no compromise harming public rights, noting a 14 percent wage increase and a three member committee for review, with Garfield resigning over the plan. He argues miners and operators could collude to raise prices, leaving the public to pay.
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Wilson
Republicans Tout Savings From Failing Supply Bills
The closing days of the congress expired March 4 with seven supply bills failing after lengthy debate. Mondell, Republican leader, says the rejected measures would have authorized 38,768 million dollars in appropriations. The extra session later passed these seven bills totaling 2,828 million dollars, saving nearly 1 billion dollars versus prewar government size. Mondell claims credit for this extraordinary saving.
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Kansas City Star
Congress
House
Representative Mondell
Dr Garfield's Misplaced Notions On Coal Strike
St Paul Pioneer Press notes Dr Garfield, despite intelligence, may hold mistaken beliefs about government roles in the coal strike. The piece implies he accepted an administration appointment hoping for leeway to voice his opinions on policy.
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St. Paul
Mr. Wilson's Position on the Treaty
St. Paul Pioneer Press notes President Wilson clings to the old and discredited stance of nothing to arbitrate in the treaty dispute.
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St. Paul
Washington through slander and early party press
The Aurora and others abused Washington in the early republic, accusing him of constitutional violations and corruption. Clem ent Humphries punished the editor, and the senate debated discipline. Jefferson and Freneau were tied to National Gazette attacks, while Lincoln later praised Washington’s enduring splendor.
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Lincoln
Senator Jones Aims 24 Page Newspaper Limit
The Davenport Times notes Senator Jones of New Mexico, a Democrat, proposes a 24 page limit with harsh postage penalties. The piece suggests further extreme limits on homes, factories, railways, and clothing to save lumber coal cloth and energy.
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Davenport Times
New Mexico
Jones
British home rule bill offers hopeful Irish settlement
London dispatches promise a satisfactory settlement of the Irish question but the author doubts any lasting solution. The article notes the bill may please some but will disappoint others, especially certain Irish factions, and predicts the Irish issue will linger unresolved for some time.
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Kansas City Star
London News Dispatches
Ireland
Burleson’s Half Truth in Post Office Memo
St Paul Pioneer Press notes Mr Burleson claims the post office department avoided a deficit but omits that it also avoided efficiency. The commentary suggests the statement hides a broader critique of performance and policy.
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St. Paul
Damages Claim Prompted by Dog Bite Dispute
A quoted exchange from Century Magazine references a damages claim over a dog bite. The dialogue shows a speaker demanding proof while inspecting tooth marks, illustrating a dispute over liability and evidence in a personal injury context.
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Century Magazine
Acreage Home Sale on the Hill in Monticello
Ten acre property offers an eight room house in good repair with many out buildings and a rich cultivated land filled with fruit and flowers. Price ten thousand dollars. I D McLaughlin and A C Peterson advertise assorted household goods and farm machinery, noting Henry H Schoon as IHC dealer representative for Deering and McCormick lines in Monticello area.
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Ed Leelare
I. D. McLaughlin
Henry H. Schoon
International Har. Co. of America
Monticello and Vicinity
Deering
McCormick
I. H. Co. of America
Plano
Milwaukee
Osborne
Schoon Agency
RAT SNAP Cited By Mr. R C King For Rat Control
Mr R C King tells of rats invading his place causing losses in chickens eggs and feed. He reports RAT SNAP eliminated the pests after a brief initial disappointment and urges readers to buy the product sold by W W Stickford and druggists.
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