Hair Trade turns a village girl to a sale
In Saint Martin d'Uriage a Paris hair buyer lures mountain women with high prices for their long tresses. Helene Gast sacrifices her ash blond waves after a night of tears to satisfy a buyer’s insistence on matching samples for an Ameri can millionaire client.
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Pearson Pub. Co
Helene Gast
Helene
Waris
Pal Cit
Frittany
Paris
Saint Martin d’Uriage
Savoy
Dauphiny
Mondelun
Madame
China
Monzelun
Grenoble
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Georges
Hoslene Gast
Iowa Senate Tackles Money and Credits Tax and Tax Commission
The Ways and Means committee advances a five mill tax on money and credits and a Spaulding bill creating a three member permanent tax commission with $5 000 salaries. Road funding plans shift building to county supervisors and road trustees. The labor bill extends the state labor commissioner's term from two to six years. Independent townships may form in Iowa cities over 2 000. House approves $170 000 for fair grounds expansion. Boat inspection and life preserver rules advance. State Board of Control faces scrutiny as appropriations total over a million dollars with heavy cuts expected county insanity commissions and other items noted.
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Senate Committee On Ways and Means
Iowa
Spaulding
Tax Commission
Spaulding Permanent Tax Commission
Senate
House
Balkema-Whitney
Senate Committee On Labor
van Law
la Bor
Allamakee County
Board of Supervisors
Brown
WII
State Board of Control
Control Board
Shankland
Polk
Davenport
House Committee On Ways and Means
Senator Schrup
Boards of Supervisors
Brady
Dallas County
Songs Of The Gondoliers And A Night On The Canal
A Goethe excerpt describes gondoliers in a quiet city night sharing a melody and poem across the water. Two strangers echo each other verse by verse, the music binding them in silent harmony as the distant song becomes a lament that moves listeners to tears.
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Goethe
Italy
Making Mist From Whisky on Spey River Pollution Idea
A Harper’s Weekly note discusses distillery effluent pollution on Scotland’s Spey and a proposal to spray toxic liquids as a mist at 200 feet. It claims the atmosphere would not be harmed or noticeably moistened and estimates eight gallons per minute could be dispersed without local notice.
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Spey
Scotland
Harper's Weekly
State Officials Hope to Boost Salaries Across Board
Representative Moore of Linn proposes a salary hike for state officers, including governor from 4000 to 7500 and secretary of state from 2200 to 4000. Other changes cover auditor treasurer superintendent and related allowances plus bills on taxation exemptions and public funding.
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Moore
Linn County
Kenyon Edges Deemer Supporters In Tight Des Moines Race
In Des Moines Judge Kenyon gains four Deemer backers and closes to within nine votes of election across the Ninth district. Bascom Neal Pickford and Sullivan shifted from Deemer to Kenyon while Deemer’s backers urge withdrawal. Absentees and typical Saturday absence may reduce turnout as final vote nears.
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Des Moines
Kenyon
Deemer
Bascom
Neal
Pickford
Sullivan
Deamer
Assembly
Five Mile Bill Reconsidered In Des Moines Vote
Des Moines voters reconsidered the Smith five mile limit bill after a 66 to 30 House vote. Smith of Adams proposed an amendment replacing the alcohol sale ban for cities with 2 000 to 26 000 residents, adding a clause excluding towns with state college or university under the state board of education.
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Des Moines
House
Smith
Adams
State Board of Education
Farmers Show Strong Interest in State Short Course Funding
More than 100 farmers from Des Moines and surrounding areas attend a hearing before joint House and Senate committees on a bill to appropriate 100000 dollars to extend the state short course. Organizers plan a campaign with ten farmers expected to speak to the committees. Additional residents who back the proposition also spoke at the meeting.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
Lead Deposit Found Up Iowa River Near Marshalltown
A valuable lead ore deposit was located two miles north of the Town Soldiers' Home along the Iowa River. Samples indicate fine quality ore found in the clay bluffs, with preliminary tests suggesting promising prospects for development.
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Marshalltown
Iowa River
Clay Bluffs
Supreme Court Grants Rehearing for Lindsay Conviction
Des Moines reports the Supreme Court granted a rehearing to Earl W. Lindsay of Colfax who was convicted of criminal assault on a title girl and sentenced to life in prison by the lower court.
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Supreme Court
Des Moines
Earl W. Lindsay
Colfax
Boy Held on Serious Charge in Clarinda Shooting
Dewey Ritner aged 13 was held to court in Clarinda after a shotgun wound to 13 year old Miss Opie Brown. The incident left her severely injured and prompted the youth to await the court's decision on the case.
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Clarinda
Dewey Ritnner
Opie Brown
Ritner
Farmer Hangs Himself Near Rock Rapids
C. I. Hodge a farmer living nine miles southeast of Rock Rapids committed suicide by hanging last night. He had been in Rock Rapids during the day and returned home somewhat under the influence of liquor.
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Rock Rapids
C. I. Hodge
Here
Child Burned to Death in Canton Incident
A two year old child of Frank Ralston living near Canton was burned to death when his clothes ignited from a kitchen range fire. The tragic accident occurred in Monmouth on March 18.
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Monmouth
Frank Ralston
Canton
Here
Mrs. Louisa Edwards Dies at 79 in Lorimer
Mrs. Louisa S. Edwards wife of the late Rev W S Edwards died yesterday afternoon at her daughter Mrs C M C Bail ey home in Lorimer. She was 79 years old.
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Louisa Edwards
Lorimer
Louisa S. Edwards
Ww. S. Edwards
C. M. C. Bailey
Edwards
Mad Dog Stray Threatens Clinton District
A stray shepherd dog went mad in Clinton on March 18 biting two boys and causing panic in the business district with several others threatened, startling residents and merchants.
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Clinton
Clnton
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief Without Surgery
Elwood Indiana reader Mrs Lapus Mullen recounts dramatic improvement after six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts long standing use for female ailments including menstrual disorders ulcers and nerve weakness and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice.
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Lapus Mullen
N. S. St
Elwood
Ind
Lydia i. Pinkham
Lydia
Useful Insta Way Maud Long Hatpin Dialogue
Maud exclaims over a long hatpin and Michel replies that he uses it only when bargain rushing. The exchange hints at playful, era-tinged conversation about fashion accessories and thrift.
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Maud
Michel
Exercise Excerpt Sparks Idle Debate
In a light exchange, the physic laments insufficient exercise while Senator Sorghum jokes that he stays fit by greeting fellow citizens at home, turning a simple remark into a playful political moment.
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Senator Sorghum
Patriotic Determination in a Political Exchange
A witty exchange shows Mr Meekin agreeing his wife wants the vote not just the last word She presses for polling access and a postscript to political argument reflecting suffrage sentiment in the era
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Mr. Meekin
Doubting His Word in a Black Street Room
Two Irishmen share a bed in a crowded room. One wakes asking if the cat was put out, the other admits. A second wake prompts the same inquiry and a third wake accuses the other of lying. Mike defends his honor and tells Patrick to get up and do it himself.
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Mike
Patrick
Woman of 70 credits Grape-Nuts for health and vigor
A widow and former editor’s wife from Ohio proclaims she is 70 and stronger than ten thousand, crediting Grape-Nuts for relief after a stomach injury and long digestive pain. She shares a testimonial from Postum Co. and promotes The Road to Wellville as a guide to well being.
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Ohio
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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