Seven Ages of Childhood and Related Works
A catalog-style list reviewing Elia Lyman Cabot’s Seven Ages of Childhood and several notable books on clothing, modern China, campus salaries, service, citizenship, and American government. It highlights themes of child development, practical domestic guidance, and broad political and historical studies with brief descriptions of each work and its aims.
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Elia Lyman Cabot
St. Paul
China
Sih-Gung Cheng
Edna Ferber
N. Levy
Fosdick
Harry K
Aronovici
Beck
Allen
Sell
Rice
John Dewey
Columbia University
Dr. Hill
League of Nation
America
R. F. Yates
Welfare Campaigns in Iowa and Autobiography by Carnegie
A catalog note describes Welfare Campaigns in Iowa by M. L. Hansen as an account of fundraising drives for welfare work during the World War. It also references a Carnegie autobiography written for friends and relatives but enjoyed by all, highlighting the author’s geniality and practical idealism.
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Cial
Iowa
M. L. Hansen
Hinky Dinky in Dry Dock Chicago Realty Shift
Chicago real estate men report former saloon sites in Dry Dock now leased to Chinese merchants. The Workingmen's Exchange on South Clark Street once run by Alderman Kenna known as Hinky Dink's is now occupied by two Chinese merchants. Other former anti prohibition blocks also host business tenants and rents have risen with the new trend.
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Hinky Dinky
Chicago
Workingmen's Exchange
South Clark Street
Micnay Kenna
Hinky Dink's
Chicago Tribune
Self Liberator Hondipi Reveals Fitness Regimen
In Fragments Hondipi boasts a globe spanning presence and claims to stay fit by avoiding drink and smoke while swimming and walking. He describes himself as steel-like yet pliable, embracing a self liberator lifestyle.
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London
Alhambra
Hondipi
Frances Willard Tablet Erected in Churchville NY
A memorial tablet for Frances E. Willard is unveiled in Churchville New York with a bronze plate bearing her birth and death dates and a motto. A drinking fountain beside it evokes her cold water principles and a holiday was declared for the dedication events.
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Frances E. Willard
Churchville
N. Y
Frances FE. Willard
New York
America
Congregational Church
W. ©. T. U. of Rochester
Harry C. Handy
Albert W. Beaven
Lake Avenue Baptist Church of
Rochester
C. E. Koeppe
Ten Centuries of Records in Tripton England
England’s oldest registers are said to lie in Tripton Staffordshire with a 1 000 year old charter. The town weighs seeking a charter of incorporation to formalize its status and preserve its historic records.
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England
Tripton
Staffordshire
Eng
Too Sorutien
History of pawnbroking through English regulation
The piece traces pawnbroking from Roman lending on land to English practices. It notes systems of pledges, regulation of the business in England in 1756 and the issuance of licenses in 1771. The text highlights how licensing formalized operations and shaped the trade.
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England
Four Horned Antelope Shares Story With Duiker Friends
In a playful dialogue a Common Duiker and a Four-Horned Antelope discuss telling their stories to others in clear language. They explore translation, identity, and how their antelope families are described, with the Four-Horned Antelope recounting his Indian origins and four horns.
Controversial Verdicts on Bolsheviks and U S Policy
Professor Ralph B Dennis of Northwestern University urged a hands off policy toward Russia at the Iowa State Teachers College. He argued deportation for Bolsheviks in the United States is too lenient and proposed sentencing them to road labor or other arduous tasks instead. He claimed Germany aided the early Russian revolution and noted many Russians in the United States foster Bolshevik sentiment.
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Cedar Falls
United States
Russia
Ralph B
Dennis
Russi
Germany
Newsboy Provokes Millionaire With Witty Remark
A millionaire exits a limousine and tells a newsboy to go away. The boy responds that the millionaire is already on his second million while the boy remains on his first, highlighting the gap between wealth and labor.
The Blushing Bride at Fox Theatre Monday
Kileely Percy stars in The Blushing Bride a Fox film by Jules Furthman about a former Follies dancer who marries a millionaire and navigates a wedding with aristocratic in law relatives. Supporting cast includes Herbert Heyes Philo McCullough Harry Dunkinson and Rose Diane.
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Kileely Percy
William Fox
Fox Theatre
Nex
Jules G. Furthman
Algo
Beth
Miss Percy
Herbert Heyes
Philo McCullough
Harry Dunkinson
Rose Diane Sylvia Ashton
Bertram Johns
Police plane use eyed for rapid response
The city plans to adopt aircraft for police work though not yet on equipment lists. Police Chief Eberstein says private planes will be used in emergencies, after borrowing a plane to pursue bank robbers 100 miles south of Omaha. Two pilots were deputized to carry police power during arrests.
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Eberstein
Atea
Omaha
Air Police for Omaha to Employ Aircraft Filters to Curb Crime
Omaha police plan to use airplanes regularly to aid crime control. The initiative, announced March 30, aims to deploy aerial surveillance and aircraft patrols to monitor city areas and deter criminal activity. Authorities expect enhanced mobility and quicker response times across districts.
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Omaha
Neb
Vinton Votes For New High School Building
Vinton voters approved additional bonds of 190000, adding to a 200000 fund for a downtown high school project. Five years earlier 100000 had been authorized, bids exceeded funds, and a later attempt for 40000 failed. Central site bought, work to start soon amid war price concerns. Voter turnout 1285 with 669 men and 613 women. women supported by 245, men by 45.
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Vinton. In
Vinton
Santa Cruz Review Retales A Century of Marriage
A playful cryptic item reflects on a woman said to be sixty nine years old yet married for more than a century. The quirky line hints at satire or typographical whimsy in the Santa Cruz newspaper piece.
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Santa Cruz
Tearless Battle Recalled In Spartan War Legend
A fragmentary note recalls the Tearless Battle of 868 B C in Laconia where Arcadians and Archves attempted to trap a Spartan force under Archidamus IV in a narrow defile. The fighting halted after heavy losses with one Spartan killed, inspiring the name Tearless Battle.
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B. C
Archidamus IV
Laconia
Ninety year old gains fifteen pounds on Tanlac
John B. DeSeve of Cedar Rapids reports remarkable results after taking Tanlac for three months. He says appetite returned, strength rose, and he gained fifteen pounds, enabling an active outdoor life and a sixty day mink trapping trip.
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John B. DeSeve
RLF. D. No
Box 11
Cédar Rapids
Mr. DeSeve
Tanlac
Taniae
Adot
Compromise Cigarette Bill Reported For Passage
The house committee on police regulations reports a compromise cigarette bill for passage. It sets a 20 year age limit, requires a city permit for sales, imposes a $60 annual mulet tax, and a state stamp tax of one or two mills. Cigar stores selling to under 20 face nuisance penalties under the liquor law. Northern Sugar Corp plans to absorb Waverly factory acreage to sustain beet production and raise Mason City plant acreage to 12 000 acres with Waverly adding 3 000, totaling about 15 000 acres.
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Clark
Linn
Ciger
Northern Sugar Corporation
Mason City
Waverly
Beet Acreage To Be Taken Over By Mason City Plant
March 30 report notes the relisting and transfer of Waverly beet crop handling to the Mason City sugar plant. The move targets the Waverly crop and beet processing operations in the region.
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Mason City
Foxes in Fables and Their Lost Roles in Tales
A concise note by Dr. R. W. Shue in the American Forestry Magazine argues that removing foxes from Aesop and other fable writers would strip these tales of much of their interest and fear factor, suggesting readers rely on Want Ads to fill the void.
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R. W. Shue
American Forestry Magazine
Aesop
Faties
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M. 8. Woolman
R. H. Dana
Kipling
Canada
Japan
Egypt
Harry A. Franck
WU. S&s
J. B. McMasters
Bankers Trust Co
Houdini
Young People’s
Friends Church
Richland
Ida B. W. Smith
WC. TU
Ruth van Clark
The
Loyal Temperance Legion
Jessie T Williams
Prohibition
Friends of Righteousness
G Daddys
Mary
Yas Ice
Tee
India
Eileen Percy
AIR Polace
Kelly
West Second Street
Oon
EW High School
E. M. Bridges & Co
South Side Square
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