Tanlac credited with curing long-term rheumatism and stomach trouble
North Kansas City farmer Lewis Higgins says Tanlac improved his life after suffering since childhood. He reports weight gain, restored walking, reduced joint swelling, better sleep, steadier nerves, and renewed appetite after four bottles. He praises Tanlac and lists local retailers in several towns.
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Tanlac
Lewis Higgins
North Kansas City
Owl Drug
Kansas City
Mr. Higgins
Tanilac
Tansac
Washington
Sherman Bros
Crawfordsville
Samuel J. Stites
Brighton
G. W. Cash
Township Name Changes Amid Court Docket Expansion
Sigourney Oct 4. Keokuk county court docket swells with 77 probate 158 law and equity 12 criminal cases as Judge Lindabury presides in his first term. Saylor township renames to Plank in honor of a fallen soldier, following a mistaken report of Shanafelt’s death in France.
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Sigourney
Roy R. McIntosh
Keokuk County
Law
Lindabury
J. C. Lindabury
Wagner
Saylor
Shanafelt
Plank Township
France
Plank
Life's Little Peeves in Daily Frustrations
A concise note on how small irritations mount as everyday routines intrude on comfort. The piece frames life as a sequence of interruptions that force action after moments of rest or distraction.
Red Lantern at Fox Theatre Shows Nazimova Power
Nazimova stars in The Red Lantern at the Fox Theatre in a dual role as Mahlee and Blanche. The drama follows a Eurasian woman torn between two races and faiths, her love, and the fatal racial conflict that shapes the plot with a dramatic War Maiden of China climax.
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Metro-Nazimova
Nazimova
Fox Theatre
Tarely
Mahlee
S Blanche
Pekin
China
Blanche
Iowa Women Plan On Full Suffrage in 1920
Iowa suffragists reorganize as a league of women voters and forecast full suffrage for 1920. They expect primary suffrage to pass at the winter special session and rely on national ratification by spring. Leaders warn anti suffragists against blocking moves and note varying turnout among women voters.
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House
Senate
League of Women Voters
Boone
National Rail Drive Aims to Cut Accidents Across 231000 Miles
The United States Railroad Administration launches a National Railroad Accident Prevention Drive from October 18 to October 31. Two million railroad employees across 187 railroads and 231000 miles will work to prevent injuries, following a successful prior drive that cut casualties. The Rock Island region notes a 76.96 percent reduction in 1919 versus 1918, and organizers seek broader civic support from authorities, clubs, businesses, and schools to extend life-saving efforts.
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United States Railroad Administration
Paul
Rellow
Jonal Drive
Wnuch
Rock Island
Sir H Trenchard Named First Air Marshal of Britain
A late portrait shows Sir H Trenchard newly appointed air marshal of Great Britain. The post is newly created and Trenchard becomes the first to hold the office. The air marshal oversees maintenance and development of the air service.
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Sir H. Trenchard
Great Britain
Trenchard
Siilar
Army
Air Service
Good Taste According to Hartley Alexander
The quote defines good taste as the conscience of the mind and a compact of thought. It notes universal value, urges cultivation, and praises its exercise while acknowledging its meaning is often vaguely felt and less analyzed than desired.
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Lowell
Hartley Alexander
Wise Relaxation and the Art of Losing Time Profitably
A reflective meditation on the value of deliberate idleness. It speaks of relaxing at the right moment to restore energy and return with renewed power, suggesting that purposeful forgetting can sharpen effort later on. The piece frames time as a resource to be managed rather than squandered.
Perfect Health Is Yours If the Blood Is Kept Pure
The article promotes blood purification as a path to health, warning that sluggish blood signals weakness. It urges cleansing to boost vitality and ward off ever present threats to health.
Swift Specific Co. Medicinal Ad Persists in Local Market
A vintage advertisement extols five bottles of great vegetable blood medicine that revives blood and boosts vitality. It urges readers to visit drug stores to buy a bottle and notes free medical advice from Medical Director, Swift Specific Co., 46 Swift Laboratory, Avanta, Ga.
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Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Avanta, Ga
Inventor of Pork and Beans Celebrated by Oak Feast
An eccentric Englishman named Daniel Day Good is credited with inventing pork and beans. He gathered friends beneath an oak in July for a bacon and beans feast, and the event helped popularize the dish.
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Daniel Day Good
Opposed Brother’s Church and the Wesleys
The passage recounts three Wesleys sons of an English clergyman. Only two helped found Methodism while the older brother Samet opposed the movement calling it a spreading delusion.
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Methodist Church
Samet
Extra Edition Tells News Through Slabs in Bano
The editor of the Bano Daily News compiles news on wooden slabs and posts them in visible places for readers to see. The office boy transports the slabs to public spots, ensuring quick access to the latest stories despite orientation costs and paper expenses.
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Bano
No Race death by own action There
Jean, who had always lived in the city, was going to the country for the summer. As she gazed from the car window a flock of blackbirds rose in alarm at the train. She exclaimed to her aunty about the large family of birds.
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Jean
Third of counties decide on roads
In Iowa hard surfacing moves across counties with 157.77 miles planned at $977382.62. Cerro Gordo completes 4.125 miles for $93097.89. ten counties host paving, seventy miles contracted in six more. State aims for 1200 miles of primary road work in 1920.
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Iowa
State Highway Commission
Cerro Gordo
Thirty
General Assembly
Black Hawk
Sioux
Palo Alito
Scott
Linn
O’brien
Johnson
Buchanan
Osceola
Dickinson
Polk
Benton
Woodbury
Marshall
Floyd
Kossuth
Clay
Green Lyon
Emmet
Hancock
Plymouth
Clinton
Story
Tama
Hardin
Franklin
Calhoun
Benna Vista
Sac
Cherokee
Carroll
Louisa
The
Highway Commission
Ononcrete
A Canon's Daughter Likely in English Tale
A brief note cites an English story with a line about offering tea as a character passes, attributed by the Boston Transcript. The remark suggests a social scene described in a genteel tone.
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Boston Transcript
Ticket Not Filled Out Leads to Baby Arrival Notice
Mary waits for her chance to view the new baby in the corner house. She learns another neighbor has received an arrival notice but no specific viewing day.
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Mary
The Cynical Bachelor Quote From Old Birmingham Paper
A dialogue from the Birmingham Age-Herald features a cynical bachelor admitting wild impulses and recalling moments when about to propose but his sanity vanished. The quip captures breezy humor and old newspaper tone.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
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Washington, Iowa
Simplex
Universal
Acorn
Glenwood
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Gil
WOLF
Wolf Chemical CO
Quincy
Illinois
Sherman Brothers
McKenzie & Shilling
W.J. Wilkinson
Riverside
J. D. Duncan
Cotter
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