Company M Bruisers Defeat Fairfield in 48 to 16 Match
Washington’s Company M basketball team overwhelmed Fairfield’s Bruisers with strong team play and solid defense. Kennedy led Company M with five of eight goals, Jungbluth impressed at pivotal center, while Coles and Palmgren were sidelined. The final score was 48 to 16 after a 22 to 8 first half.
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Washington
Company M
Young
Fairfield
Coles
Palmgren
Chick
Brighton
Jungbluth
Garard
Hayse
MacKachren
Bruisers
Junebluth
Kennedy
Banish Catarrh with Booth's HYOMEI Air Treatment
An ad claims catarrh germs cause illness and only HYOMEI can reach and kill them by breathing the balsamic air. It emphasizes no habit forming drugs, promises relief from catarrh croup and coughs, and notes money back at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Booth
Lemmon
The Coming Day by Walt Mason
A reflective poem warns that future consequences will punish present foolish deeds. It laments loafing, harsh words, betrayed trust, and greed, predicting a day of regret when wealth fades to gravel and moral errors haunt us.
Bruisers Hope For Support To Save Washington Basketball
Washington fans show little interest as the Bruisers, the town’s best ever five, face likely last home game this winter. Team lineup includes Hays Brown Jungbluth MacEachron Garard with strong field baskets. High school teams open curtain with a 17 to 6 practice victory over 9 to 2 at halftime. Friday they host Columbus Junction in a likely hard fought gym contest.
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Washington
Bruisers
Big Y. M. C. A
Company M
Smith
Gaumer
Kennedy
Neibert
Russell
Hays
Brown
Jungbluth
MacEachron
Garard
Macachron
Young
Barrows
McLaughlin
Eldridge
Cummings
Knauss
Mathers
W. Meek
Vincent
Willis
Biscamp
Meek
Eiscamp
C. Meek
Columbus Junction High
Junction
Dolies
Hog cholera fight headed by Iowa legislature
Des Moines reports indicate lawmakers may spend the first funds on a state hog cholera campaign in Iowa. State veterinarian Dr. Gibson has gathered data and plans to report to the governor, who is backing a large effort. An appropriation of 50,000 dollars is favored for immediate action against the plague.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Gibson
McKee School Boys Open Basketball Series
The four McKee school clubs opened their basketball series at the Commercial club gym. Bulldogs captained by Harry Ward beat Nationals led by Matt Brown in both first and second team games. David Warfel's Pirates defeated Mayo's Cubs in both contests.
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McKee School Athletic League
Commercial Club Gymnasium
Bulldogs
Harry Ward
Nationals
Matt Brown
David Warfel
Pirates
Laud
Mayo
Cubs
Labor World Notes Show Union Moves and Reforms
The International Stonecutters' Union relocates headquarters to Indianapolis. Cleveland boilermakers study a new wage scale. The English Women's Labour League plans a London conference on reforms for government submission. Rochester Stationary Engineers urge union goods to combat open shops. An upcoming International Iron Workers convention in Indianapolis may reorganize leadership. Sacramento Typographical Union seeks a law requiring printed briefs and transcripts. New York factory investigators push child labor bans, school requirements, night work limits, factory disease controls, fire safety, minimum wages, and employer liability for injuries.
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International Stonecutters’ Union
Indianapolis
Ind
Washington
DD. C
Cleveland
Woman’s Labor League of England
London
Stationary Engineers
Rochester
N. Y
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
S. Sanders
Sacramento Typographical Union
The Onion Ode by Howard L. Rann
A humorous onion sketch extols onions as medicine perfume and social satire. It playfully notes early white onions tame microbes, enjoys spring delicacy status and glowing aroma, and ends with a father returning for dinner to meet a traveling man.
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Bermuda
Perilous ascent of a new mother at City hospital
In St Louis a temporarily insane Rebecca Schdenteh, 28, climbs sixty feet down a six inch copper water spout along the women's building from the fifth floor to the lawn below while hospital staff fear to call out. She had given birth nine days earlier and was often restrained during confinement.
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St. Louis
City Hospital
Rebecca Schdentch
Schdenteh
Bill Provides For Farm High School
Des Moines reports a bill by Senator L. E. Francis to allow every Iowa county to establish a county agricultural high school. Voters decide the measure via petition or special election, with a 1 to 5 mill tax and a county board of education to oversee. The program includes low entrance requirements and broad course options from agriculture to domestic science, plus possible county fair use of campus grounds.
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Des Moines
Iowa
L. E. Francis
Spirit Lake
Senate
Board of Supervisors
Francis
Frieis
Board of Education
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Rewards
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case with Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from local bankers and mentions F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. The copy explains internal sale and invites free testimonials, with price and pill recommendation.
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Hall
Dubuque Seeks Government Help For Highway Funds
Dubuque county seeks federal aid to add 10 000 to the 20 000 the county must raise for constructing modern permanent highways. The board of supervisors has taken action.
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Dubuque County
Dubuque
Cascade
Dyersville
Board of Supervisors
Secretary of Agriculture
City of
Dubuque, la
Cure a Cold in One Day Bromide Quinine Tablets Ad
Advertisement states a laxative bromide quinine cold cure with money back guarantee. Druggists refund if it fails and E W Grove's signature appears on each box. 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
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