Water Colorful Budget Talk Aims at Navy Army Costs
Water column discusses national spending on military and naval affairs, citing Representative Lozier's figures of 216.6 million for the army and 389.2 million for the navy, plus 274 million for new ships. It argues for reducing naval outlays and prioritizing flood control and agricultural rehabilitation amid postwar economic strains.
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Harding
Coolidge
United States
Navy
Army
Representative Lozier
Missouri
Lower
Mississippi
Ohio
Des Moines Municipal Politics Highlight Alleged Graft Motive
A Des Moines editorial examines Mayor Mac Vicar’s retrenchment push and removal of two city legal department assistants. It questions motives behind appointing new officials and notes ex-councilors Van Liew and Mantz supported the mayor. The piece condemns patronage as poor for efficient government and taxpayer value.
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Des Moines
van Liew
Mantz
MacVicar
Bench
Har
Shle
Man argues education worth more than money in later life
Raymond J. Roger of Bridgeport Connecticut questions the value of formal schooling versus earnings. After early work in a grocery and banking, the $280 weekly wage supports his family, yet he plans to enroll in Harvard, saying education offers satisfaction and other values beyond dollars.
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Perotloge
Ion
von Wetton
Gelline St Ia
Raymond J. Roger
Bridgeport
Conn
Remirk
Harvard
Andy
Made in Iowa in Towans Readily Supplies Needs
The article argues that Iowa industries provide essential goods from food to shelter. It notes automobiles and machinery assembled in Iowa, office equipment, sewing machines, cigars, carpet, and farm implements made in the Hawkeye state. It claims farmers can use Iowa made fences, feeds, windmills, cream separators, and harvesting tools, with salt the only exception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towans
Oy Commonwealth
Ridney da Miller
University of Tawa Perea
Tawa
Merkel
Eich
Hawkeye
Towa
French Heels And Tuberculosis In Young Women
Dr William Brady warns schoolgirls and young women against high French heels, linking prolonged use to poor posture and back strain, reduced fitness, and higher risk of tuberculosis. He urges daily outdoor walks and sensible footwear to maintain health and beauty. He also replies to reader questions about cod liver oil vitamins and diabetes risk, reinforcing vitamin A cautions and balanced diets.
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Provinces
Slew
Michigan State College
Marie Dye
Marie Dyr
Nies
Michigan
Jist
J. A. H. Dors
J. A. Th
Wateh
Profits and Politics by Glenn Frank on Mexican policy and foreign investors
The article argues that foreign investment in Mexico should align with liberal political reform, claiming long term gains rely on a stable, liberal Mexican state. It warns against investor pressure that could trigger revolutions and cites Lowden and Hoover in U.S. political context with Iowa farmer sentiment noted.
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Eriies
Levin
Ullal
Mexico
Lowden
Hoover
Sac City
Sun
Herbert. Hoover
Towa
Frank
the Sun
Lowa
Lim
Debutante costs and social aims in New York society
A 1900s style column notes debutante costs from 10000 to 100000 for gowns hotels and parties in New York. It explores social pressure grooming and the matrimonial aim behind coming out with anecdotes about editors, bohemian taste and theatre culture.
Uncle Wiggily and Jumbled Letters Weird Sign Puzzle
In a Uncle Wiggily adventure Bunty and Jackie Bow Wow chase a jumbled letter sign on a hollow stump. Jackie struggles to form two words from mixed letters and finally stands on his head to solve the puzzle revealing a future explanation.
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Uncle
Bunty
Sweden
Uncle Wiggily
Rabbit
Uncle Wiggiiy
Lady Mouse
Hollow Stump
Mr. Longears
Baby Bunty
Jackie Bow Wow
Jackie
Emily
Miss Mouse
Wiggily
Grand and Glorious Feeling Theme Recited
A fragment of a performance line shows a speaker declaring a grand and glorious feeling while another voice interjects with a dramatic line about "Twelve Five Thousand" followed by exclamations. The snippet captures theatrical energy and crowd reaction.
Not Big Enough Atlantic Opinion on Baker Presidential Size
The Atlantic News Telegraph questions Newton D. Baker’s presidential stature while praising his wartime service as secretary of war. It notes doubts about Baker attaining executive breadth despite a conscientious and high minded patriotism.
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Atlantic News-Telegraph
Newton D. Baker
War Department
Baker
Prices and notices from the April 3 1975 issue
Prices for Unio Mill products list Best patent flour 2.50 per cwt Hesb XXNE flour 2.75 Best Iowa wheat KNX 2.50 per cwt meal 10 a ton or 60c per cwt bran 40c per cwt A lecture by Rev Joseph Cook in Win ton May may prompt a special train A buffalo car transport on B Co R N March lamb like weather and two students return from Beloit and Vassar colleges County superintendents to meet April 17 An appropriation of 13 500 by the state legislature will affect the Cedar Falls State Normal School plans over the next two years
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Unio Mill Company
Iowa
Joseph Cook
Boston
Winton
J. S. George
W. JE. Parker
J. Q. Hanna
Iowa, State Normal School
Cedar Falls
Forty Years Ago and Local Notices from Cedar Township
Forty years ago on a Cedar township timber tract near John Myers dam seven eagles were seen. Albert Myers shot one, its six foot four inch wingspan displayed in town. T. H. Holland and Anna Moore were wed March 26 at Dr Fellows home. Bremer county man shot a five foot six inch gray eagle. Harvey Childs died in this city born 1799 in Sharon Vermont. John Deal died aged 50 from consumption. survived by widow and nine children. Rev Daniel Read resigned from First Baptist due to wife illness. family to move to southern California May 1. Chaffee grocery stock on Fourth street west. L A Gobb Sr. grave condition improved but still grave. New city salary list sets wages for year: Mayor 250, Treasurer 875, City Attorney 75, Street Commissioners 350, City Marshal 40 monthly, Police Officers 40 monthly, Chief Office Department 30 yearly.
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John Myers
John Deal
City
Weber
Daniel Read
First Baptist Church
California
Induction of Waterloo’s Youngest Mayor R A Daly
Twenty years ago on Saturday April 4 1908 Waterloo expected the induction of R A Daly the youngest mayor in the city’s history into office. The notice recalls Daly born 82 years earlier in Long Prairie Minnesota and his early work in shoemaking and business. It also notes local happenings including a new furniture stage opening, a birth in Ralston Pennsylvania, church dedication at Fourth and South streets, and residents returning home for spring visits from Ames and Marshalltown.
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R. A. Daly
Waterloo
Amce
Long Prairie
Minn
Doty
Big-nosed proboscis monkeys of Borneo and other primates
Uncle Ray describes the proboscis monkeys of Borneo with their two inch noses and shy forest life. He notes male noses are larger, groups live near water, leaves and twigs form their diet, and females have smaller noses. Also mentions red-faced monkeys in Japan and their cold tolerance.
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Borneo
China
Japan
Burroughs Nature Notes and Roads Report
Questions and answers on birds, snakes, insects, and plant blights appear alongside a Minnesota road test. A reader asks about migration, ibex versus mountain sheep, rose blight, and sulfur powder sprays, followed by a note on concrete roads saving gas observed on a 43 mile dirt route vs an 82 mile paved return trip.
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Bern
America
Alps
Himalayas
Rocky Mountain
Minnesota
Ain't We Got Funds A Party Song Mocking DNC
The Louisville Courier Journal notes the Democratic National Committee outlines its finances and jokes that a fitting party hymn could be Ain't We Got Funds. The quip suggests a lighter take on money matters in politics.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Democratic National Committee
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Courier
Corner Park
John G. Hartman
Jackson McCoy
Associated Press
United Press International News
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Son Aa
Nit
New York
Proladriptla
Age
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Story
Brooks & Finley, Representatives
William Brady, M. D
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William Brady
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Century Magazine
BrcGlure
E Syndicate
C. McIntire
McNeasyrea Syndicate, Inc
Tnid
Peggy Joyce
Kohinger
A&r
Euti-Man
Howard R. Garis
Morse
Bunly
Baltimore Sun
Waoer
Flushing
IL. T
Ian
Althe
Bols
SCM
Dumbell
Roger Leavitt
Beloit College
Mary Leavitt
Vassar College
T. H. Holland
Eagle Township
Anna Moore
la Porte City
S. N. Fellows
M. E. Church
Charles Stewart
Jackson Township
Bremer County
Harvey Childs
E. S Childs
Sharon
Bureau County
Sarvay & Shaffner
WN. M. Chaffee Grocery
Fourth Street
L. A. Gobb, Sr
Hall-Ekfelt
Wangler Hnh
Park Avenue
Tressa McKnnney
Chiago
Charge W. Wood, Jr
Ralston, Ta
Wand
Jessica Fighmey
C. H. Eighmey
First Congregational Church
Harry BP
Dewey
Minneapolis
Fourth
South Streets
Walter H. Rollins
A. P. Hasford
D. P. White
L. B. Worcester
J. H. Lea
RSL
F. D. Popp
Maude Popp
John R. Chiffin
Isabel Shilliam
Marshalltown
Samuel Shilliam
Lillian Mack
Town State College
Ames
W. F. Kmack
Uncle Ray’s
Cid Metic
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Weep Linco
Nature Notes
Abe Martin
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