Public finance and road improvement ideals in Iowa editorials
A Pella newspaper column critiques penny‑pinching public finance and praises durable bridge projects. It cites Iowa Highway Commission data showing county bridge contracts, highlights Polk and Marion counties, and envisions long term road improvements lifting hills and drainage. It also endorses President Wilson’s peace stance amid European tensions.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Polk County
Marion
Iowa
Haphazzard
War and Prosperity Myths in a European Conflict
The piece argues that European war would not bring American prosperity. Increased prices would harm producers through higher exchange costs, and wartime disruption would reduce European production and trade. Any short term gains in selling goods to Europe would be offset by future stagnation as war drains capital and purchasing power.
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United States
Europe
Wilson
America
Causes of War and Weaving Peace Across Nations
The piece argues monarchies rush to war for power while socialism and industrial cooperation foster peace. It notes that global fraternal bonds reduce war’s appeal as workers bear costs and kings’ rule weakens. It closes with a reflection on Christian vision and a Sunday school moment observed by John Firth.
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Austria
Servia
Europe
Ferdinand of
Austria-Hungary
Francis Joseph
Christ
Probhusiai
Ohed
Obed
North Lakhimpur
John Firth
The Longest Day in the Year 1914
A travel diary excerpt dated Sunday June 21 1914 describes snow on distant high mountains visible in a tropical setting. The narrator stays four days in a windowless schoolhouse in Kola Paui Black Water village about eighty miles from North Lakhim pur.
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Kola Paui
Black Water
Lakhimpur
Reform Move Seeks Prohibition of Round Dancing in Schools
The Methodist Ministerial Association of Los Angeles asks school officials to end round dances in high schools and to replace terms in physical culture with non dancing references. They urge prohibiting ballet dancing and discouraging round dancing in class and school social centers, citing lust, morals, and temptations among youth.
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Methodist Ministerial Association of
Los Angeles
Pacific Baptist
Perusal Proves Doan's Kidney Pills Help Pella Reader
N VanMaren of Pella Iowa testifies he suffered sharp twinges when getting up from a chair until using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Cole's drug store. He later reaffirmed his endorsement in January 1912 and reports no kidney trouble since. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Pella
N. VanMaren
Dean
Cole’s
Mr.VanMeren
Foster-Milburn Co
Drops
Buffalo
College Education Shapes a Busy Mother's Life
In a Christian household a mother recalls sacrificing comfort to secure her children's education. She reflects that college broadened her horizons, aided rapid reading amid children, and strengthened her role guiding studies. She values shared interests with her husband in science and current events, and cites a line about education teaching us to act when needed.
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Baby
Christian Observer
Little boy sermon and catarrh cure ad fragment
A boy preaches a home church sermon urging kids to mind parents promptly and cheerfully. The piece shifts to a medical pitch praising Hall's Catarrh Cure, claims catarrh is constitutional, and advertises a study of testimonials with offers to pay $100 for a cure, ending with a druggist note and a pills promotion.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Marc F
Ah Cheney & Co
Don't Worry club paper causes wife’s headache
A fragment quoted from Baltimore American and Buffalo Express reflects on quotes about love, effort, and talent. The noisy exchange includes a wife fretting over a club paper and a wry remark on love at first sight.
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Baltimore American
Buffalo Express
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Theodore “Roosevelt
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Burlington
Hawkeye
Shackamaxon
B. H. Sack
F. D. Stubenrauch
American Can Company
Chicago
Tennyson
Emerson
Iowa State Fair and Exposition
Cue Bss
Iuaksr Walley Tig Cor
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