Husbands plan for immigration reform gains support
The Waterloo Evening Courier discusses WW Husband, new immigration commissioner, proposing to shift European style farming settlers to American land. It praises his hands on approach, foresees coordinated effort with interior department, and urges Congress to back the plan amid other political debate. It notes land available in the West and South for small farms and cites European settlers turning marginal land into productive income.
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Husband
Alpha Fo
Omega
W. Husband
Senate Committee On Immigration
Dillingham
Europe
Amelia
U.S. A
Department of the Inverior
Thomas
St. Pauls
Iowa
Hash
Ike
Congress
Interior Department
Afterthoughts on weather and world events in a small town column
The piece blends wry musings on ice and coal prices, April snowstorms, and a warm winter forecast with political jabs. It notes Senator Johnson opposing a $25,000 payment to Colombia, praises mandates, and recalls past alliances and a looming spring in 1919 era rhetoric. It mentions Prof Einstein and a proposal to brew beer under government supervision in Milwaukee, all in a brisk, satirical voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Colombia
South America
Correct English Dont Say
This text corrects and normalizes awkward phrases in a sample paragraph about elections and immigration. It rewrites to clear standard wording, preserving key ideas while removing errors and typographical quirks. The revised version asserts we elect both congressmen and the president, and that foreigners are expected to work and obey laws.
Health Talks by Joan Rh Hubeh on Children’s Cereals and Cooking
Health columnist JOAN Rh HUBEH M D discusses child nutrition and cooking methods. She advises cooking cereals at least one hour using gentle heat, using a roux or fireless cooker, and cooking green vegetables with little water. Potatoes should be boiled with skins on then peeled to save nutrients. Meats should be roasted boiled or braised and never head. Eggs should not be fried. Meats stews with potatoes and vegetables are nutritious and economical. Thick soups made with milk are encouraged for value and nourishment.
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New York Department of Health
Silver Lake
N. H
San Diego
Frisco
British Columbia
Victoria
Boston
Florida
Tampa Bay
Georgian Bay
Canada
Belmonde
New York
Eastopolis
Prall
Paul
Greenbrier Ragort
Atlanta
Jimmy Bayard
Gless
Chen
Wemple
Alma Horton
Mr. Wemple
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS An Instructive Case
A reader describes a 30 year history of blood poisoning and ongoing pains. The doctor suggests abdominal adhesions from prior illness and general neuritis causing headaches and body pains. Recommends thorough internal examination and possible surgical consultation to address adhesions, followed by extended rest. The piece invites readers to submit questions to Health Talks for future columns.
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Tam
Fam
Angwer
Daby
A Comic Strip in Type McEvoy on Moral Films
The piece argues moving picture impresarios shift from purely entertainment to moralizing content. It jokes that grim titles promise salvation for a fee and imagines sermons replaced by screen messages, noting a clash between theater and church.
Five Reel Moral Plays for Biblical Tales
A satirical, 1921 copyright piece imagines modern screen adaptations of biblical stories. It riffs on St Paul, St Patrick and Luther, proposing snappy subtitles, reels and musical scores to entertain and convey moral lessons, ending with printed copyright notice. The prose lampoons old reading methods and envisions audiences responding positively to dramatized cinema style religious tales.
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St. Patrick
Ireland
Martin Luther
Charlie Chaplin
Associated Editors
Hughes praised as standout cabinet secretary in 1916 coverage
Washington correspondents hail Secretary of State Hughes as the outstanding cabinet success. They laud his fearless leadership, directness, and just temperament, predicting he will be known as the charter of the administration. Outside Washington, Democratic papers also praise his fit and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silorx City Journal
Washington
Hughes
April-sweet woods and liberty love and life
Fragmented verse describes April woods and nature offering liberty love and life away from city grief. A stray dialogue references an old man and a storekeeper, hinting at a rural scene and a personal moment amid the poetic text. The readable lines evoke spring imagery and emotional yearning.
Feather Your Nest Must Leave Vela in Public View
A garbled note from a historical column suggests a tale about a supplanted spouse and a writer compelled to publish. The fragment hints at social consequences linked to a public appearance or publication, with unclear names and events.
Thrifty housewife parts linoleum into two squares
A rectangular linoleum piece made of forty four squares has a worn central section cut out leaving white squares. The puzzle asks readers to split the remaining sheet along the white lines into two parts to form two equal thirty six square sections. The illustration shows Suu and Ray fish as velm isketen.
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Lyay Sqaia
Vesterthiy
Pugele
Velmis Sketen
Suu
Ray Fish
Nature Notes Q&A on cold blooded vs warm blooded creatures
Readers’ Nature Notes columns pose questions about animals and birds. Answers explain that bats and alligators are rarely kept as pets, bird wing types relate to lifestyle, bears hibernate and store fat, and some birds have wing forms suited to water and air.
British Strike Involves United States Interest
Iowa editorials discuss how the British coal strike poses a global risk, noting America’s stake as Great Britain’s debtor and potential effects on debt service, trade, and international relations, with emphasis on interconnected fortunes and peacetime outcomes.
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Davenport Democrat
America
Great Britain
United States
Wollman
Financial Review
England
Sans Souci season to open mid June under Cropper care
Fred Cropper of Cedar Falls and Mrs. H. B. Cropper of Waterloo will run the Sans Souci hotel this season, opening about June 15. Harry B. Kiester becomes private secretary to Mason City millionaire W. E. Brice, after work in the Sioux City Tribune advertising department. The Courier recalls 1871 notes on snow totals, city council power haul policy for engines, wages for night police and district constable, Older's circus coming April 22 with Jenry Hopper on stilts and the Cardiff giant in the sideshow, plus local farm implements and first homegrown pea plant sighting.
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Fred Cropper
Cedar Falls
H. B. Cropper
Waterloo
Sans Souci
Harry B. Kiester
W. E. Brice
Mason City
Mr. Kiester
Sioux City Tribune
Jenry Hopper
Cardiff
Four Decades Ago in West High Contest and Town News
Forty years ago on April 20 1881 West High held a declamatory contest with participants including P T Caesar W B Allen and Jessie Boie plus a fun operetta The Land of Nod featured many local children A Cedar Falls council hearing eyed a saloon license raise to 500 and removal of glass panels A stray wolf cubs report and a measles death marked the local news along with road openings and small town trades The narrative also recalls entertainment at the Amusen Square theatre and a misadventure involving a comedian and a woman linked to a legal matter
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West High
P. T. Caesar
W. B. Allen
Jessie Boie
Live Davison
Marry Alef
May Snowden
Harry Allen
Land of Nod
Charlie
Harry Sindlinger
Frank Crittenden
Budd Robinson
Mary Miller
Lillian Russell
Gertie Glover
Trou Agi
Greenbrier Springs
Eulyard Conservatory
Aal
Amunsen J Square
Fred Sammis
Jougarot
Paul Harvey
Nat Glaub
jHe
Bob
Sammis
Amy Howard
Paul
Altho
Lottor
Town mentions fix for new federal building site
Twenty years ago TH Sedgwick father of J Sedgwick died at his Clinton home. Speaker David B Henderson visits the city to view proposed federal building sites. Notes on births, deaths, local clubs and a bicycle path discussion between Chicago and Minneapolis. A staged play plot and a theatre anecdote thread through the page.
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TH. Sedgwick
J. ¥. Sedgwick
Clinton
David B. Henderson
Federal Building
Irving Page
Chicago
Minneapolis
L. A. Cobb
The Greenbrier Case Connects Bank Fraud and Stranger Ends
A dinner party at Colonel Ledyard’s leads to accusations of murder in River ton. Beatrice Ledyard and friends defend the mother and uncover a body moved to another home. Detectives chase Alma Horton through many aliases while tracing Prall’s ruin and a web of war contract fraud.
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Colonel and Airs
Ledyard
Beatrice
Bebe Cowles
Cornelius Swarthmore
Wendle Braddock
Hartshorne
Braddock and
Swarthmore
Beatrice Ledyard
Paul Harv
Wemple
Alice Horton
Be Careful What You Wash Your Hair With
A fragmented advertisement note touts a hair wash product sold at drip stores. It claims small quantities moisten hair to create rich lather, cleanses thoroughly, rinses easily, and leaves hair soft and bright. urges readers to ensure the druggist provides the product.
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Vast Park Ava
Jobn D. Harumin
AW. Potersot
Treas
Wateriga
Associated Press
Ose
Besi News
Oat
Washington, D.C
Monsey Ride
E.G. Dougherty
Philadelphia
Story
Brooks & Finley
Rep’s
Des Moines
N. EB
Kendall
Gov. Kendall
Massachusetts
Iris
Massachusetta
Midwest
Windy City
Panama
Uncle Sam
League of Rations
Yap
Watson
Hampton
HS S
Einstein
Ttals
Austria-hungary
Germany
Winter
Flanders Field
Profiteers
Milwaukee
Joan Rh. Hubeh
Huber
Type
J . P. McEvoy
Sein and Cinema
Cooper-Hewitt
Soday
Algernon S
HeLuke
John Smuff
Micel Angelo Meee
Frank L. Stanton
Sam Loyd
Nature Note
Sioux City Journal
Towa
United States Steel Corporation
Davenport
National Congress
Ervergledy
Shenandoah World
Sreet
In the Courier
J. P. Sarane
A. T. Lusch
Horace Greeley
Sehuyt Celfax
Iowa State Press Association
G. R. Crittenden
Illinois Central
Weatherwax & Cutler's
Jean Hammond
Strangile
New Hartford
Theressa
Adam Rosgen
Stati
W. W. Edgington
C. Brubacher & Co
Hudson Road
Stanley
Mt. Vernon
William Gale
Orange
Charles Mantle
Ida Wilmeroth
Fourth Street Aast
J. H. Leavitt
Congregational Church
S. L. Kingaman
Eagle Township
J. B. Myers
Murphy Place
William Sturgis
Black Hawk County
New Smyrna
Fla
Willin
Sam Dame
Jack Casebeer
Zanesville
Kentucky
Howard
Annie Halsey
W. J
Jack Bennett
Benn
Bennett
Panta
Robert Ore Chipperfield
Robert M. McBride & Co
the Public Ledger Co
Grefabrier Springs
Inj
the Bayard
Greenbrier
Fakewood
Atlantic City
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