Europe retrenches as France curbs purchases from the United States
The piece notes France plans to limit buys from the U S not a boycott but retrenchment driven by high exchange rates. It expects two to three years of tighter spending as Europe shifts to cash and carry. England Italy Belgium follow suit with cautious credit while production rises slowly and prices stabilize gradually.
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France
United States
Germany
England
Italy
Belgium
Europe
Gadsby and Doctors One Whiskey Day
A Chicago Tribune note recalls Gadsby saying a physician limited him to one whiskey daily yet he appears unchanged. He consulted four other doctors who gave similar guidance, and he follows all five. The City Judge questions New Yorkers’ streetcar manners and chivalry toward ladies.
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Chicago Tribune
Gadsby
Miss Tawney Apple Skips Suffrage Convention
ABE MARTIN notes Miss Tawney Apple did not attend the suffrage convention citing she did not have suitable low shoes to wear with her fur coat. The auto age is here to stay as pedestrians across the street increasingly drop out daily.
Cuba's Gate Turns From Barleycorn And Drunken Pilgrims
A verse lament depicts Cuba closing its gates to drinkers escaping to the island. The speaker warns that locals tire of thirsty visitors and drunken behavior polluting streets and jails. The tone blends satire with social critique of excess and exile.
Gradual Price Recalibration Versus Sudden Falls
The text warns that abrupt shifts in value from 100c to 50 or 35c overnight would trigger a broad financial panic. It argues that no one would escape the distress, which would spread across the entire territory. Safety lies in a gradual move toward a fair mean rather than abrupt extremes.
The Soldiers' Memorial Booster Appeal
A call to join the Washington booster drive for a combined memorial building fire station and city hall. The piece argues boosters protect civic pride and urge readers to contact Mr. Craigby and spread support among family neighbors and business peers.
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Washington
Craigby
Washington voters urged to boost memorial for soldiers and firemen
A plea urges Washington citizens to support a municipal memorial building to house the fire department and city offices, arguing it will lower taxes and protect homes. The piece blends appeals to patriotism with a call to vote on the plan at the upcoming election, contrasting with potential tax increases if the city hall option prevails. It also contains a formal notice for a quiet title suit in Washington County Iowa listing numerous defendants and the required court dates.
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Washington
Memorial
Fire Department
District Court
Washington County
Iowa
Troubles From My Age and Lydia Pinkham's Remedy
Rochester Indiana woman Mrs. Letriz Baney credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing age related symptoms and nervous troubles after trying doctors' medicines. The ad urges middle aged women to heed warning symptoms such as hot flares headaches backaches suffocation and dizziness and to use the remedy.
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Mrs. Baney
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rochester
Ind
Letriz Baney
East 9Th St
Indiana
Lydi.a. Pinkham
Lifting of Ban on Dancing at Teachers College
Cedar Falls reports joyous reaction as dancing returns to the teachers college campus after a year long ban. Dean Marion M. Walker credits the reintroduction with easing worry and boosting student satisfaction amid frequent college society dances and planned weekend events.
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Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Marion M. Walker
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