Christmas gifts planned for sick children at Iowa City hospital
A campaign to bring Christmas cheer to two hundred patients at the University of Iowa Childrens Hospital is organized by Mrs. O C Van Meter with Supt A J Lomas as chair. Gifts including clothing underclothes stockings coats shoes and toys are invited with room at city hall for receipt and distribution. Monetary donations are also welcome for hospital use.
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Children’s Hospital
University of Iowa
Iowa
Santa Claus
C. van Meter
Iowa City
A.J. Lomas
University Hospital
Ingalls Swisher
Lomas
A. J. Lomas
Webster School Presents Successful Program of Song and Speech
Webster School in a capacity crowd Friday evening staged a two part program. Grades one through four performed as Fairies Winds Jack Frost and more in colorful costumes. Miss Evans room presented I'll Try a skit stressing correct English with a talking fairy. The Junior High closed with America's Call for Better Speech featuring roles like Young America Uncle Sam and Soldiers. The program highlighted student effort and school pride and concluded with a pledge to improvement in speech and a salute to the flag.
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Fairies
Winds
Jack Frost
the Heralde
Jim Crow
America
For Sale at a Sacrifice Hale and Hanna era Republican relic
An ad offers a near new A G O Hale item at a sacrifice due to financial losses since Nov 2 1920. A bold note says reasonable offers will be refused and hints at accepting dinner pails or clearing house certificates as partial payment. The piece also includes a natural history paragraph on ferns spreading via plantlets and clonal growth.
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A.G
O. P. Hale
Mark Hanna
Local officials urge prudent use of allocated funds
City leaders stress careful expenditure to maximize impact of available funds. They emphasize selecting projects with clear community benefit and long term sustainability while maintaining fiscal accountability. Public input sessions are planned to shape final allocations.
Vander Linden’s Bazaar Presents Books for Christmas
A compact holiday display from the Juvenile through fiction to History and Religions offers a wide selection. The feature emphasizes varied genres and solid scholarly works, inviting readers to explore gifts suitable for all ages.
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Vander Linden
Conference aims to curb corn strike by Iowa farmers
Col Leon W Ainsworth speaks at the state farm finance conference urging no reduction in 1922 corn production. He argues against burning corn for fuel and advocates distributing surplus to needy centers. He also suggests diverting battleship funds to food distribution and farming stabilisation.
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State Farm
Leon ‘W. ‘Aidsworth
Iowa
Ainsworth
Middle America
America
Remembering cruelty to animals by youth in Youth's Companion
The piece urges compassion for living creatures and warns youths against harming animals. It counsels humane treatment, restraint with animals under load, and quiet correction over violent acts, urging empathy by imagining personal pain from harm.
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