We Need That Navy to Protect Global Interests
In a vision of extending American influence Europe’s turmoil prompts calls for a large navy and army. The speaker argues the United States must be ready to police the world, defend colonial domains, and enforce peace with firm action and timely discipline.
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Europe
Bosphorus
Constantinople
Dardanelles
England
Russia
France
Italy
United States
Rippling Rhymes on Saving and Spending for Heirs and Lawers
A verse lament on frugality and its sting. Farmers Jones, burdened by debt, saves for winter while his heirs and lawyers profit after his death. The poem contrasts thrift with living, praising those who spend for joy while warning of empty legacies and doomed bones.
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Parry
Jones
Elysian
Sadie the floor shows queen in Buckingham tale
London reports Sadie the black maid of Mrs. Wilson visiting Buckingham Palace. Sadie bowed on entering the Royal presence, marveled at Windsor Castle’s gold service, and boasted Americans have even more gold at the White House. She plans to add many small trays with silver cups at the White House.
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London
Mrs. Wilson
Buckingham Palace
Sadie
Queen Mary
Wilndsor Castle
America
White House Palace
White House
Groundhog Bill Poses Odd Iowa Dilemma
Clipped comment mocks calls for a League of Nations type agreement and a public campaign to persuade candidates. It notes a conference proposal with peace delegates at Princess Islands and parodies groundhog timing as a curb on shadow sightings.
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Princess Islands
Sioux City Journal
Commonwealth of Iowa
Marshalltown Times- Republican
Cigarrette habit pushed on soldiers during war era
Keota Eagle notes consis tency and blame the cigaret push on soldiers during wartime. The piece claims a large postwar rise in smokers and says bills in state legislatures like Iowa aim to restrict or end smoking among veterans, arguing about public approval and tobacco industry influence.
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Iowa
United States
Tobacco Trust
Cigaret Trust
Keota Eagle
The Albatross Lifelong at Sea and Nesting Islands
The albatross spends almost its life at sea except for brief nesting periods. It soars without obvious wing strokes and seemingly needs little impetus. Nesting occurs early in the year on isolated islands like the Crozet or Tristan da Cunha in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
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Crozettelands
Indian Eon
Tristan da Concha
South Atlantic Ocean
Wilson Rebuffs University of Salamines on Society of Nations
President Wilson replies to a February message from the University of Salamines explaining he cannot entertain participation in a conference on a society of nations. He and his colleagues find it difficult to indicate conditions under which such participation could be accomplished.
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Madrid
University of
Hunter's Secret of Success
An Australian hunter uses intimate environmental knowledge to track game. He imitates pelican cries to decoy birds and dives to catch ducks while observing animal signs to locate opossums, snakes, and bee honey, showing keen powers of observation.
No Extension of Time for Income Returns Declared by Treasury
Secretary Glass announces no extension of the March 1 deadline for income and profits tax returns. In another item, Switzerland has secured space to import 20,000 bales of American cotton under the rationing agreement between Swiss and U.S. governments.
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The
Treasury
Secretary Glass
Washington
Ming
Gass Silat
Switzerland
Daily Thought on Studious Converse with Mighty Dead
A compact reflection on sitting to contemplate and hold high discourse with historically eminent figures. The speaker emphasizes reverence, study, and quiet contemplation as pathways to intellectual connection with the past.
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Daily Thought
Studious
Water pressure per square inch at various fathoms
The text lists water pressure per square inch at different fathoms: 0 fathoms 12.40 psi, 0 VW fathoms 25.908 psi, 1 fathom 88.97 psi, and 20 fathoms 51.96 psi, noting pressure increases with depth.
Cigar Boxes Made Mainly From Red Cedar
Cigar boxes are chiefly made from red cedar sourced from central America Mexico and the West ladies.
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Central America
Mexico
West Ladies
Packers Admit Political Work by Swift & Co and Campaign Contributions
Counsel for Swift & Co admitted the company contributed to campaign funds for Rep Rodenburg of Illinois and Rep Taggart of Kansas in 1912. Henry Veeder testified these were the only known cases of such contributions, and letters mentioned assurances of no prosecutions in Pennsylvania politics.
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Washington
Swift & Co
Rodenburg
Ilsis
Taggart
Kansas
Henry Veeder
Penneil T. Heney
Svete Nericulture Committee
Veeder
Weney
Veeders
Alfred R
Pennsyylvania
W. A. Glasgow
Food Administration
Comerce Contiittee
Matnord Lasaier
Livestock and Markets
Vision
The
Hoover
Vreestock
Leasator
Bey
Toover
Jury Deadlocks in Horrabin Conspiracy Case
A Des Moines jury deadlocked 9 to 3 for acquittal in the James Horrabin conspiracy case and was discharged by District Judge J B Meyer after deliberating since Wednesday afternoon. Jurors said their discussions yielded no agreement on a verdict.
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Des Moines
James Horrabin
J. B. Meyer
Jury Deliberations Tip Nine Acquit Four Back Guilty
Court notes nine jurors favored acquittal from the start while three held out for a guilty verdict. The panel weighed evidence as it neared a decision on the trial.
Dead Civilizations and Their Silent Tombs
The Christian Herald notes that many civilizations rivaling ours in splendor have vanished without a tombstone or trace. It reflects on human grandeur and the shadows that endure over lost cultures, underscoring no lasting marker for the dead.
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Christian Herald
New Electric Light Spectacles Improve Vision
A new spectacle design uses an electric light either between the eyes or around the rim to cast a clear shadowless illumination on the object viewed. The eye is shaded from direct lamp rays for comfort.
Small Things Once Precious in Tudor and Stuart Tales
The text notes how small items like a needle in Henry VIII's era and gloves under Queen Elizabeth were deemed precious or fitting gifts. It mentions Henry II of France as frugal yet extravagant in one judged act, with memoirs recounting his use of many handkerchiefs during a cold.
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Henry VIII
Elizabeth
Henry TV
France
Sally
Evenings in Boy Life: Bobby’s Chicken Dress Gaffe
A humorous line from Boy's Life shows Bobby telling his mother about a cook who started to undress the chicken after being told to dress it. The remark captures light domestic humor.
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Bobby
Railway Time Table Arrives Departs
London and Washington Branch schedules show local passenger trains No 450 439 429 449 429 440 450 and freight Nos 836 825 with daily service except Sundays. Times span morning to evening with departures at 9 40 am 6 30 pm 9 40 am and 6 15 pm. Agent H W Kussel notes all trains run daily except Sunday.
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Washington
B&q
H. W. Kussel
Peculiar Bread From Moss Grows Along Columbia River
The fundians along the Columbia river make a bread from moss that grows on spruce fir trees. They prepare the moss by soaking and fermenting, roll it into large balls, and bake them in pits.
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Columbia River
MusteroIe Quick Relief Ointment Ad Fronting No Blister
An ad touts Musterole as a clean white mustard oil ointment that relieves chest pains bronchitis neuralgia and rheumatic discomfort without blistering. Doctors and nurses endorse it. prices range from 80 cents to 2.59 for hospital size.
Train timetable snippet shows corrected dates and departures
The notice lists corrected December 8 1918 timetable details for westbound No 25 passenger trains and No 3 passenger 9 10 am schedules with midday times and limits. It also notes No 91 departures on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday and pastbound limits with morning and evening times.
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Lim
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Walt Mason
Doushbey
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League of Nations
Des Moines Register
Prench
Marne
Wilson
Salamnca
U. S
Hunter’s
Iilinois
Horrabin
Mj&ist
Loreal
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Mor
T Lim
J. W. Calvert
Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
Irvin E. Huston
Southwest Corner Square
Lemley
Washington, IA
S. H. Bateman
Blair Ridg
General Practice of Medicine
Chiropractors
M. H. Sartor Mra. M. 1
Sartor
Sartor Chiropractors
Klein Kiothing Ko
J. D. Dayton
Westchester, Iowa
Washington County
Austin Sutherland
Washington, Iowa RR
CO. J. Wilson
CO. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Opposite Journal
Washington, Iowa
Morrison & Morrison
Washington, Lowa
Richer, Livingston & Eicher
LAW
W. M. Kerley
Washington, Towa
W. H. Butterfield
Crail
Wassington, Iowa
Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
L. D. Langworthy
W. M
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Mace
Covenant Lodge No. 101
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