Electrification forecast boosts farm productivity and daylight saving
The article argues electricity improves farm profits by powering water pumps and machinery, easing housework for women, and enabling time savings. It also discusses daylight saving as a summer measure, noting New York area cities and others adopting it for lower electric bills and better health, with national action possible.
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John R. Higgins
Detroit
Franklin Square
Middle West
New York
National Congress
Washington Post
Quoits Contest at Capital State Fair
Des Moines reports a state championship horseshoe pitching contest to be held at the Iowa state fair with $300 in prizes and a silver loving cup for the champion. Counties will conduct eliminations by August 1, selecting two entrants for the finals at the fair from August 24 to September 2.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tenants Rally for Rent Regulation in Springfield
Chicago tenants paraded onto a special train to Springfield demanding passage of rent control legislation to curb excessive landlord charges. Hundreds gathered with banners calling for relief from high rents.
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Chicago
Springfield
Illinois
Mexico Sues Church to Recover Lands
In Mexico City on March 22 representatives of the Mexican government filed suits in Oaxaca Michaacan and Jalisco to place church property under federal control. The government argues clergy may not own or manage property and that lay societies hold assets in reality owned by the clergy. Authorities foresee more actions to divest such societies of property valued in millions of pesos.
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Mexico City
Oaxaca
Michaacan
Jalisaco
Hall's Catarrh Remedy Advertisement Claims Blood Action
In a vintage ad style, the text touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a free offer for any catarrh case. It claims action by the blood on mucous surfaces and credits J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio with testimonials.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Supreme Court orders return of Puebla assets to Mexican government
The court ruled that the Society of Piety holdings in Puebla worth over 20 million pesos were controlled by Catholic clergy and ordered the assets returned to the Mexican government. The decision was issued in January. Tell him I saw your ad.
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Supreme Court
Society of Piety
Puebla
Nervous breakdown relief praised by Missouri reader
A Warsaw Missouri woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after five years of weakness and nerve trouble. She says seven bottles cured her and urges other women to try the product while offering to publish the letter.
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Missouri
Lydia E. Pinkham
Floyd Ireland
Warsaw
Lydia Einkham
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