High school spelling and education debate on standards
A column argues high schools must uphold rigorous standards and diploma meaning. It cites a miswritten job letter as evidence of lax graduation and notes Iowa City professor praise for Miss Josie Kyle. The piece discusses debating leagues, practical education, and the value of a broad curriculum.
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Crone
Iowa City
Josie Kyle
Iowa
Washington
Ottumwa
Muscatine
Burlington
Grinnell
University of Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Chicago
Illinois
Nebraska
Lincoln
Sidney
Dubuque
United States
Trained Nurse Praises Vinci Cod Liver Oil Alternative
A Boston trained nurse shares a nine year hospital and private practice background who cites Vinci as restoring her health after extreme illness. She urges patients needing strength and red blood to use Vinol claiming it surpasses cod liver oil emulsions. Washington sales offered with a money back guarantee.
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Washington
Vinci
Elizabeth M. Cremond
Boston
Mass
Cook & Sherman
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days with Paz0 Ointment
Promotional note claims PAZO OINTMENT cures itching bleeding and protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back.
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A. W. Chase
T. Roberts
Marehall
Syracuse
A. Wase
Dr. A
Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo, N. Y
The Noble Labor Mock Ode
A playful verse extols honest labor and the joys of manual toil with fantasies of farming, woodcutting, and proxy work from a chair. It celebrates the health and virtue of physical work and the virtue of productive, humble labor.
Smoking a Cigar Sparks Health Permit Wondering
A terse dialogue unfolds about smoking a favorite cigar and whether a health officer permit is required to smoke them. The exchange highlights suspicion and caution as one man considers regulatory rules.
Wheres They Fail Courts Powerness Invocation
A brief verse hints that courts lack power against enduring pain. The lines mock legal injunctions as impotent against an aching tooth, contrasting rhetoric with practical relief.
Country scenes and a butterine factory suggestion
A dialog contrasts rustic life with a city visit to inspect a butterine factory. Jo prefers the countryside while the other hints at going to the city to observe industrial butter production. The exchange pairs pastoral imagery with urban industry.
Reversing It and the Sunny Side of Life
A reflective musing on wealth and marriage, social pretenses, and self-change. The passages juxtapose spectacle and reality in politics and love, noting the pull of money, vanity, and public performance.
Cooper's Remedies Claim National Following
The article highlights L. T. Cooper promoting a theory linking the heart to the stomach and asserts his medicines have widespread sale. Two testimonials from Agnes Wiggenhouser of Chicago and W. B. Stewart of Chicago praise improved sleep memory appetite and energy after using Cooper's treatments. McElhinney Drug Co. markets the medicines nationwide.
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Cooper
Agnes Wiggenhouser
St. Louis Avenue
Chicago
W. Madison St
McElhinney Drug Co
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Jeannette Jamison
Keswick
Easton
Bradley
Warner
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Masson
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SOL. Rich & CO
East Side Square
Washington, Iowa
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