Banquet outing ends with missing coat and hat
A Washington man's trip to Wes Moines last week ended with him losing his overcoat and misplacing a hat while at a banquet. A thief took his coat and hat as he attended the event. Nearby, a city workman found a foot long angle worm on the street shoveling slush, the earliest worm seen on Washington streets. J. W. Morton met Samuel Neveleff, who will speak at the Methodist church tonight, and joked about his name while Neveleff replied they had their choice.
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Washington
Wes Moines
J. W. Morton
Samuel Neveleff
Mr. Morton
Mr. Neveleff
Washington man drives to Brighton in a Ford
A Washington man reports a trip to Brighton in a Ford with bumps on the outbound journey and a smooth mud surface on the return. In separate news Esthenian troops near Lake Peipus captured Narva yesterday.
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Washington
Brighton
Lake Peipus
Narva
Washington Signs and Square Lighting Debate
A Washington merchant laments early morning darkness as signs hang above city entrances and asks whether the public square should be cleaned or sign removed. He notes lights burn at six but go out before downtown activity, highlighting the 6 to 7 a.m. darkness affecting workers, especially women riders on their way to work.
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Washington
When Tomorrow Dawn Delays The Ashes On The Walk
A reflective verse scene contrasts a voter delaying small safety acts with a night of tragedy as a passerby slips on an icy path and dies. The narrator laments wasted time and the fate that follows when proper care is not taken.
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Sam
Morning Hour Extension and Resumed Light Schedule
The note proposes extending the morning hour by an hour from 5 to 6, when light is less needed, then resuming again for another hour. It outlines a temporary adjustment to daily light use and activity periods.
Prohibition Amendment Ratification Echoed in Papers
The speed of ratification surprised readers of the Des Moines Register and Cedar Rapids Republican. Officials deciding what the public can read raises questions about transparency and who truly knows the facts.
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Des Moines Register
Cedar Rapids
Rural roads show tourist use and farm traffic mix
A Marshalltown Times-Republican census note reports that last year 6 percent of traffic came from tourists, 46 percent traveled between towns, and 47 percent moved between farms and towns. It notes tourists are few, with six per 100 local highway users, and asserts tourism costs are higher than benefits.
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Marshalltown
Neat President Discussed by Des Moines Humor Paper
The Life magazine proposes John J. Pershing for president with Robert Lansing as vice president and a broad cabinet lineup including Franklin Lane and Admiral Sims. It notes Pershing’s nonpartisan status due to army ties and Missouri birth, while highlighting public curiosity about his political stance and leadership strength.
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Des Moines
Life
John J. Pershing
Robert Lansing
Franklin Lane
Navy
Admiral Sims
Labor
Edw
Rf. Stettinius
L. M. Garrison
General Pershing
Missouri
Warren
Wyoming
Pershing
Iowa Weighs Support for Governor Lowden in Presidential Race
The article notes looming organization efforts in various states to back favorite sons and indicates Iowa may show sympathetic interest in Governor Lowden of Illinois as a potential presidential candidate. The piece frames the upcoming state-level preparations and cross-state alliances shaping the nomination landscape.
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United States
Iowa
Lowden
Tllinois
Thrift Lessons Warn Children in Ancient Texts
A Thrift Magazine writer notes biblical thrift lessons for children of Isenet and Jerusalem, urging careful food usage. The Bible is cited for portions on eating by weight and rationing bread with lentils and wheat.
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Thrift
Isenet
Jerusalem
Israel
Thas En
Lucky Elopement Tones
A humorous remark about a wife who eloped with the chauffeur after the honeymoon and left her husband, an outspoken inference of unresolved marriage and irony.
Government planes shift to air mail service
Uncle Sam assigns all government aircraft to the air mail program. Lieut J Clark Edgerton is named chief of flying operations for the post office department, giving him responsibility for all government planes.
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Uncle Sam
Air Mail Service
J. Clark Edgerton
Post Office Department
What the Department of Agriculture Is Doing
Twenty acres near Glendale Ohio donated for a community garden project proved unwieldy. The Glendale Garden Club gave the tract to Glendale Prisory where a farmer will grow corn on shares and raise 40 pigs with the club acquiring nearly 500 bushels of corn as its share. The pigs will feed on the club’s corn after harvest to support a war relief fund. The article notes extensive serum quality controls and hog cholera virus inspections conducted in licensed establishments.
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Glendale
Ohio
Glendale Garden Club
Garden Club
Glendale Prisory
County Aims to Eradicate Loose Smut in Shelby Wheat
Shelby Indiana farmers expect to wipe out loose smut in two to three years through county agent and farm bureau efforts. A central treating station treated 200 bushels of seed wheat with hot water, distributing to 40 farmers. Next year seed from these plots will be sold, expanding treatment next fall to raise county yields by about 2 bushels per acre, boosting wheat value by over $250,000 on 60,000 acres.
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Shelby County
Ind
Farm Bureau
Ames youths set top pig fattening gains in 123 days
Information from the States Relations Service shows boys in Ames pig clubs averaging strong gains in fattening. One boy gained 2.29 pounds daily over 123 days, another 2.26, with twenty boys averaging at least 2 pounds per day. Beof fattening and corn club members report high yields, including 135, 126, and 124 bushels per acre.
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Ames
Iowa
States Relations Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Frank O. Reed
Pig Club
Boys’ Corn Club
Limestone boosts harvest in Broome County fields
Broome County New York used 8,000 tons of limestone this year, up 3,000 tons from last year as farm bureau and county agent promote soil lime use. Trials show limed plots producing substantially more hay than unlimed plots, with gains ranging from about 2,040 to 2,420 pounds per acre.
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Broome County
N. Y
Farm Bureau
How biog Cholera is Controlled by Hog Cholera Work
The Bureau of Animal Industry reports 5 500 000 hogs vaccinated against cholera in the last year and herd losses reduced to less than 1.38 percent by antihog cholera serum. County participation rose to 467 with 17 states active. 26 560 farms visited for diagnosis and guidance.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Department
New Hybrid Cowpeas Developed by U S Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture reports several new cowpea hybrids developed in the last year. Varieties Potomac Arlington Columbia White Hybrid and Marty Buff are now grown for distribution. Extensive field work targets wilt and nematode resistance in southern states. Two unnamed selections show strong nematode and wilt resistance and higher seed and forage yield, and will enter larger field tests next year.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Potomac
Arlington
Columbia
Idaho Declares War on Rodents
Idaho farm bureaus across 15 counties partner with the U S Department of Agriculture to poison 266 068 acres for ground squirrel control. Farmers estimate crops saved worth 1 168 074 at a cost of 30 926. Bear Lake County records 136 500 tails. Bingham County reports 49 74 bounty for 2 487 tails. Blaine County reports 20 dollars saved per dollar spent as commissioners boost 1919 funding from 3060 to 3500.
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Idaho
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Bear Lake County
Bingham County
Farm Bureau
Blaine County
Connecticut Tests Seed Corn Value In 1917
Connecticut scanned seed corn germination in 1917 with 50 cargrain tests per entry revealing widespread low germination. The program expanded for 1918, engaging schools to train teachers and pupils in testing, and reporting counties with only 30 percent and 10 percent viable corn.
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Connecticut
Dr King’s New Discovery and New Life Pills Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and bronchial attacks and Dr King’s New Life Pills for constipation. It urges households to keep these remedies in the medicine cabinet with prices 60¢ and 1.20 dollars and 25¢ respectively.
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Dr. King
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Ad Promotes Liver Boost
An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable liver and bowel remedy. It claims yellow skin pale tongue fatigue bad taste and constipation improve after taking one or two nightly with no dangerous side effects and prices of 10 and 21 cents per box.
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Edwards
Sheriff's Sale in Washington County Iowa 1919
By writ of special execution the goods of J. H. Anderson are seized for public sale at the Washington County Court House on February 15 1919 at 1 PM. The property includes a Ford Roadster and a Cole eight cylinder Touring car. Terms are cash and the sale is conducted by Sheriff R H McCarty of Washington County Iowa.
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District Court
Washington County
Iowa
J. H. Anderson
Court House
Washington
Towit
Ford
Fletcher & Crooks
Sheriff's
Public sale ordered in Rosa Bradley estate in Washington IA
In the District Court of Iowa Washington County the executrix Louise Wombacher announces a public auction of Lot 2 in Crandall's Subdivision to East Washington, now part of Washington city. The sale begins February 11, 1919 at 2 20 p m with terms to be announced at sale.
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Rosa Bradley
Washington
Iowa
Crandall
East
Louise Wombacher
Japan Election Rules Hint at Candidate Requirements
The text notes that candidates for the Japanese parliament must be at least thirty years old. It states that members receive a salary of about $1,000 per year.
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Japan
Local notes incomplete pass counts and names
OCR fragmentary text references numbers 25 3 91 and a Tuesday note. No coherent event or person details emerge beyond scattered identifiers.
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Westchester, Iowa
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CO. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
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Washington Lodge
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