Mason City Progress Praises Potter Era and City Improvements
The piece lauds Mason City for four years of municipal gains led by Mayor Truman A Potter. It highlights expanded paving, bridges, sewers, parks, a modernized fire department, a new market, and a large disposal plant reducing garbage nuisance. Waterloo commends Mason City while discussing southern cotton policy and national road funding shifts.
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Mason City
Truman
Potter
Polk
Runkenness
Waterloo
Macon City
Lemmie Peters Scarred After Draft Evasion Marriage
Lemmie Peters, who wed while avoiding the draft, bears visible scars while observers question the old superstition that ill gotten money brings no benefit. Private Ike Lark has just returned from a major offensive in the Argonne.
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Lemmie Peters
Ike Lark
Argonne
Caoyshaht
Sarvica
Health Talks on Rats Threat to Humans and Glenard’s Disease
A health column discusses rat populations and economic losses from rats, noting their role in disease spread and the need for rat-proofing homes and stores. It also explains Glenard's disease, its causes like ligament relaxation and abdominal organ displacement, symptoms, and treatment options including abdominal bands and possible surgery.
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Kaneus
Btale
Lfe
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
United Public Health Service
Washington
Glenard
Clothes and Cleanliness in Child Dress and Health
A 1918 Thompson Feature Service piece argues clothing shapes a child’s body awareness. It urges parents to avoid fashion traps, allow natural play in old clothes, and tailor garments to individual measurements for hygiene and moral wellbeing.
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Thompson Feature Service
Side Talks on Organization Wins Easier Duties
A writer recalls how an attractive work box for darning tools and a stylish desk set transformed dislike of weekly tasks into manageable chores. A mother’s room makeover for her son shows small environmental changes yield notable behavior improvements without miracle outcomes.
The Sandman Story Why Rabbits Have Short Tails
Bunny Rabbit asks why rabbits have long ears and short tails. Grandfather Rabbit tells a fable about Short Bars, a long tailed rabbit chased by a dog, illustrating how tail and ears evolved and why they differ from past rabbits.
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Bunny Rabbit
Bunny
Grandfather Rabbit
Granat
Bunny Rabbit and the Narrow Escape from Mr Dog
Grandfather Rabbit narrates a chase: Short Hare and Short Bars flee as Mr Dog pursues across fields and a stone wall. Short Ears holes up behind a door but Mr Dog closes in, tail trapped, leaving the outcome for tomorrow. Bunny Rab bits awaits the next chapter.
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Bunny Rabbit
Grandfather Rabbit
Mr. Man
Dog
Mr. Dog
Hig House
Short Ears
Free Speech and Independent Thought Amid Political Pressure
Iowa editors decry fear and prejudice that label questions on international policy as disloyal. They urge renewed reliance on free speech and individual judgment, warning that loyalty tests threaten republican institutions. A Keokuk letter mocks Washington and the Ten Commandments as outdated.
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Cedar Rapids
Judgai Landis
League of Nations
Word Puzzle The Consonant Reveal in Loyd’s Riddle
A 1919 Sam Loyd brain teaser asks to insert a single consonant into a string of vowels to form a readable sentence and reveal a boy’s name. The puzzle hints at the father’s spoken line and provides a method to derive the name.
Print is Power in Bolshevism Debate and Propaganda
Raymond Robins argues that informing American workers about Bolshevism through honest, widespread advertising can counter misperceptions and curb unrest. He cites Seattle general strike ads and British demobilization campaigns as proof that timely print messaging stabilizes opinions and prevents disruption.
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The
Iron Trade Review
Raymond Robins
American Red Cross
Russia
Senate
America
United States
Seattle
T*o
Whitehall
Ministry of Reconstruction
Mrs. Lewis of Brooklyn Praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Remedy
Brooklyn New Jersey resident Mrs Ersie G Lewis reports a year of misery from displacement causing headaches and side pains. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring strength and recommends it to similar sufferers.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Brooklyn
N. J
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Ersie G. Lewis
Vernon Ave
Lewis
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Mother's Friend Promises Easier Delivery Through Gentle Preparation
An old warning praises Mother's Friend as a long used remedy to ease pregnancy. Regular use night and morning supposedly relaxes abdominal muscles and reduces bearing down pains during labor. It claims a shorter crisis and less danger for mother and child, urging readers to obtain the product from a druggist.
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Iowa
Illinois
Lotton-Growers
South
America
Robert
Ian
Freckle Remedy Promises Clearer Complexion
Advert appears to promote mercorized wax as a nightly facial treatment to remove freckles and improve skin. It claims the wax absorbs freckles with no harm, leaving the skin soft and gently tinted, and suggests applying an ounce nightly then washing off in the morning for various blemishes.
Sloan's Liniment for Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Sloan's liniment for stiff joints sore muscles and sciatic pain. It promises fast soothing relief without staining the skin or mess and highlights economy from a large bottle sold by any druggist.
Dr King’s New Discovery and New Life Pills Adverts
An old newspaper ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery for cold relief claiming it loosens phlegm and soothes sore throat and a New Life Pills product for bowel regulation. The copy emphasizes comfort, recovery, and prices of 60c to 1.20 and 25¢ respectively.
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Scott & Bowne
SCOTT
Dr King
Dr. King
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