Severe Winter Impacts and Political Progress in Iowa
Observers in Southern Iowa warn of potential Des Moines River floods due to heavy snowfall and warm rains. The piece notes a severe winter with Blizzards, snow buildup since December, and expectations of moisture for early spring. Senator D C Chase shows strength in the Senate after recent wins on key bills. The Pomeroy Herald cites Scott H McClure noting the legislature is only partly through its work with road and insurance issues to watch.
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Iowa
Jower Des Moines
D. C. Chase
Senate
Chase
Scott H. McClure
Pomeroy Herald
Ex‘ténién
J. B. Weaver
Polk County
Mr. Weaver
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and Reward
A vintage advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease. It states the remedy is taken internally and blood and mucous membranes are targeted to build constitution. Proponents offer one hundred dollar reward for any unsolved case and invite testimonials from readers.
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Hall
Lawmakers and fishing legends shape a winter debate
In the House Representative Weaver earns praise for calm leadership while Doug Rogers of Carroll County, a Democrat, stirs debate over road funding and bonded debt. He argues farmers oppose heavy road costs and questions the Highway Commission amid state politics.
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Douglas Rogers
Carroll County
House
Rogers
Highway Commission
Loco motives count hints at U S energy and growth
The piece notes 64 700 locomotives in the United States signaling vast horsepower and energy amid railroad growth. It contrasts American efficiency with English and French practice and criticizes House floor maneuvering over a road bill while praising Iowa politicians’ fight skills. Col George Harvey discusses declining birth rates among native stock with striking Massachusetts town figures.
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United States
England
France
George Harvey
North American Review
Massachusetts
Debates on Population Change and Sunday Griff in Bill
The piece discusses native versus foreign birth rates in New England, citing generations with declining native fertility and rising foreign births. It then weighs the Griffin bill on Sunday amusements, arguing for local control, liberal observance, and enforcement of existing laws to balance Sabbath devotion with individual choice.
Griffin law defends local choice on amusements
C Pugh argues the Griffin law merely legalizes longstanding practices in cities and grants communities the right to decide their own amusements, asserting no new amusements are added and that local control is the proper aim.
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C. Pugh
When To Take Chamberlain's Tablets
When you feel dull and stupid after eating and when constipated bilious or headachy. Take for sour stomach belching indigestion nervous despondent or no relish for meals. Helps if your liver is torpid. For sale by all dealers.
Fifty Years on Rail as Harper Seeks Pension
Henry Harper, 68, after fifty years as an engineer on the Illinois Central fast mail, applies for a pension. His railroad career began at 17 in Cleveland as a car checker, then fireman, then engine man. Since 1870 with the Illinois Central, he mostly ran passenger trains and has never been involved in a fatal wreck.
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Waterloo
Henry
Harper
Illinois Central
Cleveland
Iowa Shoe Men Elect Officers at Ottumwa Convention
Iowa retail shoe dealers choose officers for 1918 at Des Moines meeting. R J Stevens of Ottumwa elected president and KR G Wang of Waterloo named vice president. Delaplane of Cherokee becomes treasurer and Wy Nebe of Atlantic serves as secretary.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Ottumwa
R. J. Stevens
KR. G. Wang
Waterloo
G. S. Delaplane
Cherokee
WY. M. Nebe
Atlantic
Robbers O'Day McGuire Sentenced in Federal Post Office Case
James O'Day and Thomas McGuire were sentenced to eight and nine years respectively in Fort Leavenworth for robbing post offices at Woodward and Extra. G Riggins faced charges dropped after O'Day and McGuire confessed. The federal grand jury had indicted all three.
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P. O
Council Bluffs
James O'Day
Thomas McGuire
Woodward
Extra
Fort Leavenworth
G. Riggins
O'Day
McGuire
School Girls Form Guard Drill at St Katherine's
At Davenport two companies of girls are organized for military drill at St Katherine's exclusive school using wooden rifles Lieut H Q Ward of the local national guard field artillery serves as drillmaster.
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Davenport
St. Katharine’s
H. QO. Ward
National Guard Field Artillery
Second Regiment Iowa Volunteers Return to Des Moines Camp
The Second Iowa infantry has returned from the border and entered camp at Fort Des Moines awaiting muster out of federal service.
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Des Moines
Second Iowa Infantry
Fort Des Moines
Iowa Navy recruiting surge at Des Moines station
Forty seven men applied at the Des Moines Navy recruiting station in four days and twenty seven were accepted. Never before has Iowa seen so much interest in naval service and the physical standards for recruits are unusually high. The usual pass rate is one in three, far above the eastern region where one in seven passes. Applications continue to grow.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Lour
We want a spud not a million a quirky adage
A compact ad style item argues for practicality over wealth, noting a preference for potatoes and a playful take on neutrality. It mentions a bean saved for Sunday dinner and invites someone named Bill to visit. It also refers to beliefs about cold weather and endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective and long trusted.
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Bill
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