Significant Victory carries Lloyd George to Genoa talks
A London House of Commons vote of 372 to 94 backs Lloyd George's policy and his Genoa conference mission. The column links the outcome to potential European recovery, Russian rejuvenation, and shifts in allied relations, noting Britain’s broad support and possible benefits for industry and diplomacy.
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Lloyd George
House of Commons
Lloyd Georges
America
Genos
Europe
Genoa
Great Britain
Marand
Russia
Europa
France
Continent
Primary race heats up in Black Hawk county
A brief look at the upcoming biennial primary election highlights congressional competition in Black Hawk county with candidates for both the Senate and House. The piece notes rapid campaign momentum, early groundwork, and potential, though unlikely, entries into the marathon race. Senator Kanyon and State Senator Milton B. Wit are mentioned among state figures drawing support.
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Black Hawk County
House
Senate
Jone
Kanyon
Milton B. Wit
Brass bands popular in Iowa towns seek funding
Perry chief reports Iowa people want community music for themselves and neighbors and are willing to pay. Ten towns voted on a tax for band support with most towns approving. A Scotch inventor claims a cylindrical concrete chimney with a rotatable fireman to heat one of four rooms.
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Perry
Iowa
Health Talks by John S B Huber M D
A reader asks about a 42 pulse and its meaning for health while others inquire about idiocy imbecility and the brain. Dr Huber explains normal newborn and adult pulse ranges and factors affecting rate, plus how to take it and notes elevated pulses with fever or exertion.
Husband Declares War On Imogene’s Pomeranian
Andrew confronts Imogene over her Pomeranian, calling it a menace and an imitation of a dog. He bans any pet under her care, asserting there is no room in their house for the tiny dog or for imitators of a real hound. Imogene bluntly returns that the dog belongs to Anna and has a strong preference to keep it.
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West Park Ave
John CO
Hartman
A.W. Paterson
Treas
Gel Age
Cerrigl
Waterloo
Biarch
Wenber
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Borah
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Senate Committee On Labor
New England
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Wrord
Alwys
The Daffodil Murder and the Ashford Intrigue
London store owner Thornton Jayne seeks revenge after Odette Rider spurns him. Lyme is found murdered in a park with daffodils and a wrapped cloth near the wound. Tarling and his Chinaman Ling Chu pursue clues, while Whiteside reports a railway accident and a potential sighting connected to Odette Rider.
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Thornton Jayne
London
Odette Rider
Lyme
Can You Answer These Questions in Nature Notes
Burroughs Nature Club Notes invites readers to submit questions on nature. The column lists queries about crabs diet plant leaf markings and a Montana resident migratory bird from May 15 to Sept 15 with a bronze black rusty plumage and a fine song. Answers are promised in tomorrow's notes.
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Nature Notes
Montana
Evolutionary Traits in Amphibians and Grazing Habits
The excerpt discusses longevity in apes and specific reptile traits, explains tadpole tail absorption as nourishment for the developing toad, and describes cud chewing in cows with the stomach adapted to store unchewed food. It also notes rural practices in China where people collect discarded horse shoes for income.
Puzzling Rail Stacking Challenge Puts Five Rails in Motion
The puzzle asks to move five rails among ten to stack so that rails numbered 1 3 5 7 each bear another rail on top. Each moved rail must be carried over two other rails to its new resting place. Names Morgan Greene Gates Andre Howe Goncord appear as yesterday's answer.
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Morgan
Greene
Gates
Andre
Howe
Goncord
Missing Witness Deepens Dover Murder Case In London Drama
Inspector White side pursues a lead to Miss Stevens in a Dover murder probe. Milas Brevans suffers a concussion after a train incident. the hospital notes Odette Rider as Miss Stevens in the private ward awaiting possible operation. Tarling closes in on the suspect while lingering questions remain.
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Ashford
Whiteside
Migs Stevens
Miss Stevens
Dover
Mackintosh
Stevens
Pvatron
Tarling
Odette Rider
Des Moines Struggles With Sleeplax Quarters And Ice Floes
Fifty years ago on April 4 1872 Des Moines faced difficulty housing delegates to the Republican state convention amid cold weather and flooding. A ferry wire-pulling incident involved James Denny leaping to brace a broken cable as delegates aboard the ferry narrowly reached shore. Mayor R A Whitaker and others watched and laughed at the zeal. Mrs J J Smart editor’s wife fell and suffered injuries at the Reporter office stairs.
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Des Moines
Ita
East Bank
Andy Felt
Nashua Post
James Denny
R. A. Whitaker
Local 1882 School Finances and Notable Notes
In Barclay township nine school districts yielded enrollments of 26 to 38 pupils with teacher wages from 26 to 39 dollars monthly. Barclay four month maintenance totaled 1504 dollars. Miss Ella May Miller closed her Lincoln township school after a successful exhibition. Obituaries note Miss Julia Coolidge died aged 25, and J A Fowler, Waterloo nursery man, died at Independence. A wolf sighting near Hudson road prompts field tracks toward Black Hawk creek. Financials list city expenses totaling 2756 dollars, with taxes and salaries scrutinized. Weather records show January 17 low of 8 below and 23 inches of snow.
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Ella May Miller
Lincoln Township
Barclay Township
Barclay
City Debates Bike on Sidewalks and New Federal Building Plans
Twenty years ago Waterloo residents discussed the mayoral order arresting sidewalk bicyclists and fines, with talk of licensing and path funding. Other items note council members elected, Hed Hummel harvesting dandelions, R J Rice relocating to manage wire novelties, and Waterloo’s federal building appropriation and county attorney nominations.
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Waterloo
Citizens of
Commercial Street
Ark Avenue
J. C. Miller
William Cornell
Political k
Political column lampoons Senator Boran on government control of industry and notes Socialist ticket ballot status. The Cedar Rapids piece comments on opportunity and the media’s framing of labor issues across railroads mills and farms.
A Plain Song of It on the Rocky Road of Life
A dialect meditation on luck and fate as a road tests wit and resolve. The speaker notes the peril and promise of rough paths, the temptations of devilry, and the ultimate test of living right before time ends.
Actress Amelia Bingham Defends Censor Critique
Groux City Journal notes Amelia Bingham attacks censorship as overbearing and hypocritical. She denounces laws targeting women's dress and mocks censors who punish trends seen as unworthy, urging tolerance amid evolving fashions.
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Groux City
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Ad Promises Clear Skin
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle substitute for calomel. It claims the tablets cleanse the blood bowels and liver, improve complexion, and banish bad breath and dullness with a nightly dose of one or two for a week. Prices listed at 25c and 30c.
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Dr. Edwards
H Edwards
Edwards
Herbs In Medicines Stir Fresh Cultivation In English Gardens
In Manchester England a paper urges renewed cultivation of old fashioned medicinal herbs for English gardens. In the United States these herbs have faded from small gardens though imported from Turkey India and China for commercial use. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound uses tons of medicinal herbs annually and is promoted as a safe remedy for women's ailments without narcotics or harmful drugs.
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England
United States
Turkey
India
China
Lydia EL Pinkham
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