Tanlac credited with restoring health and appetite
A Dallas City woman praises Tanlac after four bottles restore appetite, nerves, sleep, and weight. She gained eight pounds and feels energetic again, saying the medicine is the best ever made. Her husband also started taking Tanlac for similar benefits, with availability in Pella at Ideal Pharmacy and other towns.
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George Mseavik
Dallas City
Henry
Burlington
Town
Mrs. Messink
Taniac
Tanlac
Pella
Ideal Pharmacy
Campaign Aims to End Child Labor via Education
The Stay-in-School drive, with the U S Children's Bureau, spans 20 states including Alabama Arkansas California Connecticut Delaware Illinois Iowa Louisiana Maine Massachusetts Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nevada New Jersey North Dakota Rhode Island Tennessee Texas and Wisconsin. It targets keeping children in school to prevent permanent absenteeism from vacations and illiteracy, highlighting rural child labor as the hardest to reach due to weak regulations and school attendance laws.
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Children's Bureau
U. S. Department of Labor
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Titois
Iowa
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Wisconsin
Wrong Directions In An English Exchange Tragedy
An English Exchange recounts a winter train incident where a woman with a baby misreads a station cue and dies with her child after following wrong directions. The piece condemns preachers and teachers who give false directions to salvation and warns of the moral responsibility of leaders who mislead others.
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Ophrain
Gohde
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Fragmentary text yields a cryptic historical note
Readable fragments depict a distorted scene with garbled dialogue and unclear action. The surviving lines hint at a visual or technical reference but lack concrete names, places, dates, or outcomes for a fuller summary.
A Real Cook Walks Into Married Life in 1920s Tale
A tale portrays Anne, a lively social girl, marrying Doctor Jim and moving to a new town. She grapples with homemaking, fears of losing her status, and learns kitchen skills through early mornings and a growing household, finally finding purpose in cooking for her husband. The piece traces marriage expectations and personal growth in a small-town setting.
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Anne
Doctor Jim
Dr. Jim
Jimmy
Sarah
Jin Vntaea
Dre Jim
Lizzie
Eskimo Candy From Reindeer Tallow Treats
A writer notes Eskimo children enjoy a simple candy made from reindeer tallow packed in red bird foot skins. Men slaughter dovekies, women scrape the bones and sew skin pockets to hold the tallow for children. The treat is loved as much as chocolate drops or peppermint sticks.
Jam Mystery and Quips From a Valley Tale
Uncle Eben muses that talking to a mule brings little effect while a jam shelf and a disappearance turn into a playful mystery. Aunt Martha laments her troubles as a visitor counsels endurance. A joke about tribulation and a doctor’s bill ends the vignette with regional humor.
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Martha
Aunt Martha
Interesting figures on American churches and denominations
The Home Mission Council released statistics showing 202 denominations in the United States, 31 new in ten years, and 17 died. U.S. church members total 41,926,854, up 6,860,000 (20%) in a decade, with 227,000 churches, up 16,000. Church property value stands at 1.676 billion, up 420 million in ten years. Roman Catholics number 15,721,851 but infants and children reduce the effective Catholic share. Catholics were 40.5 percent of total membership, down from 43.5 percent in 1919, while Protestants rose 23.4 percent. The decade shows Roman Catholic gains of 10.6 percent and Protestant gains of 23.4 percent.
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Home Mission Council of Churches of Christ In America
United States
Roman Catholica
Church memberships and ministers salaries across denominations
The Baptists lead with 26.2 percent growth, Disciples 24.8, Presbyterians 23.2, Methodists and Episcopalians 23.2, Congregationalists and Lutherans 13.0. Universalists fall to 59,000 members and Unitarians to 82,000. Men in Protestant churches rise to 43.9 percent. Average minister salaries range from $1,223 for Northern Methodists to $2,080 for Unitarians.
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Northern Methodists
Congregationalists
Northern Presbyterians
Episcopalians
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Ames Graduate Veterinarian
Farmer's Produce Building
Black
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Chamber of Commierce
C. I. Fox
Main and Liberty Ste
J.J. Sybenga
J.A. Posstore
A.J. Visser
Franklin’ St
Aschenbrenner
Geelhoed
P. A. Edmund
Wagner’s
W. F. Crew
T. . G. Rultz
Aeeweren
M. Alline Weeks
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Eben
Matilda
James
Poeson
Eek
Zefa Epetak
Eric
Ranee
Castoria
Government
Lave
Yous
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Aah Sane
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