Pella Chronicle: mixed notes on citizens and law
A column from Pella Iowa references Jack Johnson becoming a French citizen, time changes on the Rock Island, and a McGregor saloon seeking a special policeman. It recalls Earl Lindsay's life sentence for child enticement in 1908, praises Colfax self-restraint, and highlights Knoxville Journal’s booster edition with banks and Central College. It cites Doan's Kidney Pills ads with a Grinnell resident's endorsement.
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Earl Lindsay
Jasper County
Colfax
Knoxville Journal
Central College
Knoxville
Chronicle
Bankers and the Currency Bill at the U S convention
At a bankers convention the currency bill under Senate review sparked debate. Former Representative Thomas Mac Rae urged support while bankers voiced opposition, arguing who should control the nation’s currency. Mac Rae likened bankers to judges of their own offenses, drawing hissed reactions.
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Wilson
United States
Senate
Thomas ©. MacRae
MacRae
Mr. MacRae
Des Moines News on Single Tax and housing reform
An editorial reprinted from Des Moines News argues Kansas City’s housing survey reveals how land speculation drives slums. It urges taxing land values to fund public welfare and housing, claiming poverty is cured by untaxing poverty through land value taxation. The piece asks if any unbiased study disputes this claim.
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Des Moines News
Kansas City
Board of Public Welfare
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with 100 dollar reward
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for cures of catarrh not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co of Toledo. The endorsers Walding Kinnan Marvin certify Cheney's honesty and business ability. The cure is taken internally and targets mucous membranes. Testimonials available free. Price is 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Grinnell
C. Forsythe
Spring St
Iowa
Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Hall
Toledo
Throw Out the Life Line Kidney Pills Ad
An old advertisement urges readers to aid weak kidneys overworked by poisons in the blood. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy claimed to cleanse and support kidney function.
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Dean
The Long Road Poem Refrain by Martha Haskell Clark
A reflective, lyric piece from Martha Haskell Clark in the Outlook about the burdens of travel and longing for home. It contrasts old wanderer fatigue with memories of cottages, warm hearths, and welcoming thresholds, noting the miles yet to travel and the ache of none of one’s own doors.
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Ourself
Booster
Demon Rum
Hearst
Martha Haskell Clark
Change of Administration at Cotton Hall Dormitory
Students faced a surprise farewell breakfast as Bridget the cook left suddenly. The Dean convened teachers who delegated meals to the domestic science students, but a misfit between modern gadgets and gas cooking halted plans. The Dean’s almanac indicated the moon in its first quarter promised better fortune.
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Bridget
Domestic Science
Griener
Culinary Department
Cotton Hall
Noon Meal Serves Well at Gofton Hall Boarding House
Mrs Nelson from Ladora Iowa arrives to bring good fortune to Gofton Hall boarders. The group waits patiently and at eleven thirty she appears. The noon meal is served on time and fully satisfactory to the most fastidious boarders.
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Gofton Hall
Nelson
Ladora
Iowa
Why Mary Was Liked
A small town tea party tale centers on Mary, the girl voted most liked after a peculiar man offers a prize doll. The children debate why Mary stands out and a girl finally explains it is because Mary reads the group’s desires and knows what they want to play.
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Mary
Bert Learns Tears Are Salt Water
Bert sits with pictures while baby tears one. His mother explains tears are salt water, a claim Bert doubts until a fall later that day tests his tears, but no tear comes as his mood shifts. He concludes crying may not yield any tears to taste.
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Bert
Mother
Baby
Paradox Train Delays Highlight Streetcar Humor
In a New York Globe snippet magistrate jokes with Ebenezer Snookes about appearances in court. The prisoner quips the place is respectable, while others remark on time, noting 130 late becoming 4:10 and a ten minute delay seeming ahead of schedule.
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Ebenezer Snookes
Jones
New York Globe
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World News
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