Sensation at ICC hearing on packers and wholesalers
In Chicago during an Interstate Commerce hearing Clifford Thorne as legal rep for Wholesale Grocers disclosed how packers use large hotel stock holdings to secure business and the scale of their influence. The piece questions legality and asks how Thorne obtained private correspondence while noting the packers’ aggressive market tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Clifford Thorne
Thorne
Rippling Rhymes About Winds Through the Year
A poetic meditation on the seasons wind and mood. The poet contrasts spring joy with summer heat and autumn sorrow, noting how each wind evokes different feelings, ghosts, and memories. The piece muses on weather as a reflection of human emotion.
Thorne threat to return to South Iowa Avenue
A local note from South Iowa Avenue residents warns they will install new door locks and burn old correspondence if Mr. Thorne follows through on his threat to establish a family home on the street. The letter lauds Thorne for his busy, thorough service to clients in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Avenue
Thorne
Chicago
No Shortage of Debate Cited in Chicago Daily News
A clipped comment asserts there is no underproduction of debate in the country. The Chicago Daily News phrasing emphasizes abundant public discourse with confident tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Auto theft ratio highlights Midwest contrast
The Sioux City Journal notes Kansas has one motor car per eight people, Iowa similar, but Iowa reports about two automobile thieves per car, illustrating a troubling regional disparity in vehicle crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Iowa
Sioux City Journal
The Teaching Profession Under Scrutiny in Burlington Hawkeye
The Burlington Hawkeye argues the teaching profession is often a stop-gap rather than a life’s work, with most individuals not treating teaching as a full career. The piece critiques how the field is discussed and perceived in society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Hawkeye
Ship ’em Back Extremist Idea Converts to Frontier Punishment
A column from the Marshallstown Times Republican endorses returning Russian system migrants by shipping boatloads abroad to “educate with a vengeance.” It argues that if such people returned, they would believe they had reached paradise, reflecting hostile attitudes toward immigration and political dissent.
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America
Paradise
Marshallstown
Print Paper Prices Shrink to Higher Orders
The text discusses rising print paper costs for the Graphic. It notes that last spring the paper cost 4.75 per hundred pounds, recent ship costs at 5.65, and a wholesale quote of 6.75 in 5600 pound lots for immediate delivery. The piece questions how prices can be lowered amid tight supply and fixed terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glidden Graphic
Sacred Silence at Fox Theatre stars William Russell
Fox photoplay Sacred Silence adapted from The Deserter stars William Russell in a tale of adventure and sacrifice. The film, shown at the Fox Theatre on Friday, is touted as different and emotionally stirring with themes of love and honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
William Russell
For
Woplan
Fox Theatre
Co. A. Pratt
Ministers Held Overnight After Keokuk Presbytery Visit
Two United Presbyterian ministers arriving for the Keokuk presbytery conference were jailed by Sheriff McCarty but treated kindly. Lacking lodging, they stayed in the sheriff’s north wing, where they received comfortable quarters for the night. The incident was unusual yet appreciated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian
Keokuk
McCarty
Search for bodies continues after Muskegon wreck
Divers hunted for fifteen of the twenty one victims after the lake steamer Muskegon broke apart in a storm near the harbor entrance. Six bodies were recovered by dawn. Crosby Hines officials and Coroner Balbirnie confirmed twenty one dead as the latest tally. Survivors receive aid from the Red Cross chapter.
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Muskegon
Mich
Crosby Hine
James F. Balbirnie
Red Cross
Ukrainian uprisings spread against Denikin in Ukraine
A Moscow wireless reports widespread uprisings against General Denikin. Large units under General Petlura and General Muakho reportedly join the Reds. Cherkassy Chiigin Kaneff and Tripolis near the Dnieper fall to insurgents along with other towns southeast of Kiev.
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London
Moscow
Ukraine
Denikin
Petlura
Muakho
Cherkassy
Chiigin
Kaneff
Tripolis
Dneiper
Kiev
Chicago Leads In Building Projects For Week Ended Oct 17
Chicago topped U S districts in building values at 82 750 490 for the week ending October 17. New York and Philadelphia followed with 12 564 000 and 12 400 105 respectively. Residence buildings valued 22 ?000? exceeded all other sectors in the six district total 76 160 451.
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New York
Chicago
We Dodge Company
Philadelphia
Noo
A Hard Worker on Faith in a Congressman
Quotations praise a congressman for reliability and outreach including seed sends, crop reports, and pamphlets about the West, boll weevil, and skeeter, as recounted in the Birmingham Age-Herald.
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Mr. Cobbles
Skeeter
Birmingham Age Herald
Esperanca Found Rubber in South America
The rubber tree is attributed to a Jesuit missionary Fr. Mancel de Esperanca who, during a mission among the Cambetas Indians, named it serrungueira. He noted the sap hardens quickly and was used to make crude bottles resembling syringes.
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Mancel de Esperanca
South America
Fortune teller prediction sparks girl to sacrifice money
A girl cheerfully pays a dollar hoping for a fortune teller to claim she will not end up an old maid. The note portrays a light whimsy about marriage prospects and spending to seek certainty.
Washington County Red Cross Plans Delayed Drive Next Month
At a county director meeting in the courthouse W H Butterfield was elected president and T L Brookhart named campaign manager as Washington county Red Cross moves to hold a membership drive late next month. Miss Ethel McLane urged continued home service and relief work, noting ongoing war related needs and the push to secure several thousand members and local funds for county activities.
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Washington County Red Cross
Court House
W. H. Butterfield
W. M. Keeley
T. L. Brookhart
Red Cross
Washington County
Carlton Wilson
Chicago
Washington
Ethel McLane
Miss McLane
National Organization
Whipple Named Director of Sanitation Division
Prof. George C. Whipple of Harvard has been appointed director of the sanitation division in the bureau of hygiene for the International League of Red Cross societies. He will depart for Geneva headquarters in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Whipple
Harvard University
Bureau of Hygiene
International League of Red Cross Societies
Geneva
League
Community funds for local work and county costs
Funds are pledged to support projects in their own communities and to contribute a proportionate share to the general running expenses of the county organization.
Trolley Dirigible System Proposed for Mail Carriage
A Popular Mechanics Magazine note describes a trolley dirigible using an electric motor, with a pipe from car to gas bag carrying heated air to regulate buoyancy. The trolley cable winds on a drum to adjust altitude for mail transport across sparsely settled areas.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Remembering to stay cheerful amid world’s hardships
A short admonition urges restraint when angry at the world. It notes that personal complaints harm the reader more than the world and that staying positive helps progress. The message praises cheerfulness as advancing further than grouchiness.
Havana Boulevards Featured Among World’s Finest
Havana showcases an extensive boulevard system with nearly 200 miles of paved streets noted as among the finest globally, highlighting the city’s urban design and infrastructure.
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Havana
Common-Sense for Corns Gets It
A fragment from a consumer advice note describes attempts to rid corn pain using bandages and salve. The short tip hints at simple remedies and cautions against irritating the toe. Broad context suggests a practical home care guidance style.
Be Not Misled By Prettiness Into Beauty
The passage argues that prettiness is transient while beauty is lasting and powerful. It contrasts pleasures as trivial items and warns lovers of prettiness to distinguish genuine beauty from fleeting charm, citing Mr. Wilkinson as endorsing this view.
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Mr. Wilkinson
Sage and Sulphur Compound for Darker Hair
Sage Tea and Sulphur Compound restores natural hair color from gray to dark with a homey old formula now sold as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur. A dampened sponge or brush applies the mixture strand by strand, promising darker, thicker, glossier hair in short use without claiming medical cures.
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Wyeth
Passenger and freight schedules from Washington branch 1918
Railway timetable note shows No. 12 Express and No. 30 Lo Pass alongside freight trains No. 88 Frt and No. 60 Lo Pass. It lists arrival and departure times for Westbound and Washington Branch services with local freights and passengers, station stops, and agent signatures W. Russell and J. W. Calvert, corrected December 8, 1918.
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Washington
Latte Abc Baby
Lo’west
Masonic Lodges Schedule Monthly Meetings in Washington
Lodges Washington Lodge No 26 meets first Friday monthly with W M L D Langworthy and Secretary Glenn B Mace. Cyrus Chapter No 18 Raj meets second Friday monthly led by H P Langworthy with J W Morton secretary. Bethlehem Commandery No 45 K T meets third Friday monthly led by J D Glasgow E C with J W Morton recorder. Washington Chapter No 08 OBS meets second Thursday monthly led by W M Mrs R H Walker with secretary Mrs Rose Reid. Visiting fraters are welcome.
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Washington Lodge
A. F P
A. M
L. D. Langworthy
W. M
Glenn EB. Mace
Cyrus Chapter
H. P. J. W. Morton
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
J. D. Glasgow
E. C
J. W. Morton
Washington
R. H. Walker
Rose Reid
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Suvores
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Walt Mason
Evangelist
Photoplay
Itead
Gen. Denikin
Esperanca
County Red Cross
County Home Service Section
Home Service Section
Sloan's
Sloan
Prof
Trolley Dirigible
A. B.C
Bieieas
M’fd By
Lawrence & Co
Black Bulk Grove Falls
W. Russel
Ramy
Mous
Ipouna
West Lim
Say
Wednesday
Lam
Anes
J. W. Calvert
F.—Covenant Lodge No
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Iowa Ave
Carl B. Schneider
Noble Grand
Keller
Brighton
North
Avenue
Clair Booth
Elmer McFadden
Austin Sutherland Auctioneer
A. John Droz
F. & M. Blag
Irvin
Huston
Lemley
Res
8. H. Bateman
Blair Bidg
Chiropract
Cordelia E. Klopfenstein
F. & M. Bank Bldg
G. W.meyer
Keota, Iowa
Tbal Estate
J. D. Dayton
Westchester, Iowa
Pos and City
Brookhart Bros. Law
Opera House
Mutual Phone
T. A. Michels
Temple Building
Washington, Iowa
Black
C. J. Wilson
CO. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Journal Offic
Morrison & Morrison
Eicher, Livingston & Eicher: Law
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