American Workers Aid Russian Factories Amid Health Service Struggles
The article surveys postwar hospital funding and facility limits in 1921, noting criticism of contract hospitals, transfers back to the War Risk Bureau, and new $18.6 million congressional appropriations under the Sweet bill. It discusses the Public Health Service role for veterans and potential shifts to the Veterans' Bureau.
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Army
Navy
Une
War Risk Bureau
Public Health Service
Congress
Veterans’ Bureau
United States
Iowa farmers report heavier grain movement and swine cholera rise
Iowa weekly crop and market report shows corn and oats moving more than the prior week. Cattle receipts at seven markets rise by about 6 000 head while swine and sheep totals fall, and cholera in swine worsens prompting calls to burn carcasses. Winter wheat grows strongly and early planted stands look healthy.
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Des Moines
Frank 8. Pinney
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Markets and
Bureau of Animal Industry
Thompson
Salt and Gasoline as a Spot Cleaner
An old tip suggests using gasoline with salt to clean garments. Dip a cloth in gasoline, then apply a pinch of salt to rub away dirt and odors, with salt absorbing smell and helping remove stains.
Full Weight Taugh and Grow Fat Laugh Lineage
A fragmented verse note highlights weight gain and humor, pairing odd phrasing with a playful line about finding laughter in the face of growth. Sparse context implies a humorous or satirical tone from an unnamed source.
Local Notes Share Visits and Travel in Iowa Town
Beneche Newton visited parents in Muscatine. Ida Cavender went to Virginia Alabama to visit relatives. Fresh oysters arrived from Baltimore. Dean's hosts Mrs Joe Clark and three children visited Muscatine relatives. Peatrice and Bernice Brown of Centerville came to visit. Mrs T W Brown is ill at sister's home. Red taxi service listed. Martha Bickle visited Oskaloosa. Mrs BE Hoke of Mt Auburn planned to visit Frank Barnes family. Er nest Casey of Parsons College passed through en route to Davenport. Y M C A official Ira Luce and guests hosted by J F Kurtz. Seed potatoes on track. Red River Chips advertised. John David born to Wade Gardner and wife. Mrs Harry Phillips visited family. Irvin Laws family traveled to Seymour. Laws then moved on with visit.
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Peatrice
Bernice Brown
Centerville
T. W. Brown
Harry Ferguson
BE. Hoke
Mt. Auburn
Frank Barnes
Lewis Chambers
Barnes
Freezes noted for Radiators Mannhardt Brothers
Mrs. W. H. McNurlen and son Robert visit W. C. Willis home then travel with department officials to Mt. Pleasant for inspection of the Mt. Pleasant W. R. Co. The piece mentions Dean's candy sales and local social visits including Frances Jean named, Irene Whittaker weekend stay, and various callers.
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W. R. C Department
Nora Bryson
Sadie Hollinger
Belle Rice
Oscar Lane
Mt. Pleasant
W. R. Co
Community Notices Touches Of Travel And Visits
Mrs. George M Welch attends her father in law’s funeral in Columbus City then visits sister Miss Ora Henderson before returning to Omaha Nebraska. Several locals including Mrs. D Co Kilgore and Miss Bonnie Cassaday are noted in travels and visits to relatives. The Rev D W Thompson and Mrs Thompson depart Des Moines after a church leave for a cross country trip ending in Denver the Grand Canyon and Southern California with plans to visit Honolulu.
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George M Welch
John Welch
Columbus City
Ora Henderson
Omaha
Neb
D. W. Thompson
Des Moines
Masson Family Returns From Keokuk Visit and Dental Meet
Dr and Mrs W J Masson and children Katheryn and Robert returned home from Keokuk where they spent several days visiting Mrs Massons sister Mrs Emerson Davis and attending a dental convention. Mr and Mrs T J McElhinney came home from Burlington after visiting their son the Rev Hoy McElhinney. Mr and Mrs Francis Bruty and baby Geraldine left this morning for Eldon and Ottumwa on business.
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W. J. Masson
Katheryn and
Robert
Keokuk
T. J. McElhinney
Purlington
Rev
Hoy McElhinney
Francis Bruty
Geraldine
Eldon
Ottumwa
Grinnell Sunday Movie Ban Case Dismissed on Demurrer
Judge Wagner ruled in Grinnell that the city could enforce no Sunday moving picture ban ordinance after sustaining a demurrer and dissolving the temporary injunction. Movie operators appealed to the January Supreme Court term while securing a Des Moines high court order delaying enforcement of ordinance No 439 during appeal.
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Grinnell
Wagner
Montezuma
Moving Picture Men
Supreme Court
Movie Picture Proprietors
Des Moines
Great Redeemer to headline Fox Theater tourney run
Maurice Tourneur presents The Great Redeemer at the Fox Theater for two days starting Monday. The film follows Dan Malloy a train robber who after prison experiences a miraculous transformation. Screenwriter H H Van Loan and Tourneur supervise with House Peters and Marjorie Dane in leading roles.
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Tourneur
Maurice Tourneur
Dan
H. H. van Loan
Orville Elder Heads International Press Congress Trip
Winfield Leader notes editor Orville Elder from the Washington Journal is traveling with a group of editors to Honolulu for the International Press Congress. They departed Chicago by press train and SF, with a 4000 mile Pacific voyage ahead. The paper plans to follow his letters and imagines the trip’s grandeur.
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Winfield
Orville Elder
Washington Journal
U. S
Honolulu
International Press Congress
Chicago
San Francisco
Pacific
Daily Thought on Silence and Calumny’s Advantage
A compact meditation on silence as a strategic reply to defamation. It argues that quiet response can blunt slander, while warning against giving fresh occasion to falsehoods through careless words.
Beware of the man who knows it all quote
A reflective aphorism cautions readers about self overconfidence and vigilance against a boastful know-it-all persona, attributed to a cryptic source phrase. The line hints at inner doubt and the danger of arrogance in self perception.
Declamatory Club Formed Among Seven County Schools
The Wellman Advance notes a declamatory and literary club organized across Kalona Riverside Crawfordsville Brighton West Chester Ainsworth and Wellman. Officers named include President Mr Phillips superintendent of Crawfordsville Vice President Mr Johnston superintendent of Kalona and Secretary Miss Conner superintendent of West Chester.
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Wellman Advance
Kalona
Riverside
Crawfordsville
Brighton
West Chester
Ainsworth
Wellman
Phillips
Johnston
Conner
Giv es Lestér a Notice Wellman Advance Young Duke
The item notes a local notice involving Wellman and a young duke figure. Readable parts indicate a notice action directed at Lestér with an advance intended for Wellman. Details are fragmentary and non-specific due to OCR limits.
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Lestér
Wellman
Duke
Ex football star elected captain of Grinnell Freshman team
Ex football star of Washington Hi has been elected captain of the Freshman team at Grinnell College. Washington has 18 students at Grinnell.
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Washington Hi
Grinnell College
Washington
Grinnell
Wellman Ladies Attend Foreign Missionary Convention
Wellman ladies including Mrs A J Nichols Mrs C C Gardner Miss Ella Weller and others attended the Foreign Missionary Convention held in Washington last week.
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Wellman
A. J. Nichols
C. C. Gardner
H. Huntsberger
H. M. Austin
A. W. Roup
E. E. Yoder
Chas, Mayer, Jr
Ella Weller
Washington
Mind Reader? The Optimist Reflects on In-Law Tongue
A witty line contrasts a mother-in-law's sharp tongue with the absurdity of a mind reader. The quip suggests humor in family dynamics and the futility of guessing others' thoughts.
Rewards and street talk about a night shift trader
A terse note hints that those who burn the midnight oil do not earn as much money as expected. Mentions a trader selling 10 Boston trays and a character named bipel in a terse, local tone.
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Boston
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D. A Hoyer
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Coca” Graham
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Ereen
Meee A
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ALIL
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