Courier rates and foreign postage options listed
The notice lists postal rates and contract terms, mentions Epipace Evewing Courier service for American travelers in Europe, and provides addresses including Trafalgar Building North Berland Avenue American Express Office Haymarket Dewe's Steamship Agency Green Street and more for overseas correspondence. It notes prices subject to change and requests specify price of contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peas
Postoffice
Pecomni-Clasa
Pwilerion
Jones
Apdeak Courier
Europe
Fle
Trafalgar Building
Berland Avenue
American Express
Haymarket
Dewe
Steamahip
Green Street
Patis
War and Peace with Japan In 1912 Context
The article argues against war with Japan, noting United States advantages in battleship numbers but lag in torpedo boats and destroyers, plus vulnerabilities near the Philippines. It warns war would cause heavy casualties and financial strain, urging avoidance while acknowledging a possible if inevitable eventual conflict and outlining relative strength figures from late 1912.
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Japan
United States
Philippines
Sullivan secures New York port board post amid Iowa shifts
The text notes Jerry Sullivan of Des Moines gaining a 34009 position on the board of general appraisers at the port of New York, reflecting changes among Iowa progressives and Wilson administration ties. It mentions Louis B. Murphy as a prior collector for northern Iowa and critiques the era's political realignments and press scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry B. Sullivan
Iowe
Wilson
Louis B. Murphy
Towa
Jerry Sullivan
Des Moines
New York
Iowa
Baltimore
Freedom of Speech in Areopagitica
Milton argues that truth thrives when ideas are tested in open encounter. He asserts that suppression weakens truth and ends in worse outcomes, contrasting wind of doctrine with open debate.
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Milton
Get the Fly: Cleveland Crusade Cuts Pest Through Youth Led Sanitation
A Cleveland campaign led by Jean Dawson aims to eradicate flies by tying prevention to the purse. Merchants and schools fund and organize early season cleanup, with students serving as junior sanitary police and aids to educate neighbors and enforce hygiene, reducing breeding and food contamination.
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Iowa
Ch Velumel
Sut Tne
Jean Dawson
Miss Dawson
Cleveland
Great
Chamber of Comerce
Aliss Dawson
Professor Hodge
Sehool
Fowler
Cleveland Plan Advocated to Improve Waterloo Sanitation
The piece argues that Cleveland’s pest destruction method has not been surpassed and urges Waterloo to adopt the Cleveland plan to promote sanitation, appearance, and resistance in the city.
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Cleveland
Waterloo
Anyesty
Owe
Apt analogy and old war spirit shape Iowa editorials
A round up of Iowa editorials notes highway legislation as a mid century road crew effort. It highlights partisan backsliding, praise for historic figures, policewomen debates in Sioux City and Dubuque, Des Moines drunken party concerns, Cunningham illness and support for Education.
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Marshalltown
Sioux City Tribune
General Assembly
Des Moines
Easy Slippers and Witty Exchanges Plucked for Laughs
A jumble of light vignettes features a mother scolding Ethel for sharing cod liver oil with Charlie, a child quipping about becoming president and season tickets, a joke about women voters and matrimony, Latin manuscript humor from a clergyman, and a Darwin anecdote about a centipede misfit, all in brisk, comic prose.
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Ethel
Charlie
Damaged Goods in United States Spotlight
A New York Globe editorial notes April 1913 may be remembered for Trienix's Damaged Goods stage production addressing syphilis and its social impact, as echoed by Des Moines Register reporting on venereal diseases.
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Des Moines Register and Leader
New York Globe
Trienix
United States
Cubist Art Exposé Ends In Rant On Interpretation
The essay mocks cubist art by claiming it yields 11 000 interpretations and fuels absurd claims. It argues real painters must sever old notions and paint in straight lines, suggesting the process is more a prison reform speech than true art.
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Waterloo
Vesuvius
Chippewa Falls
Damaged Goods sparks frank talk on sex education change
The pamphlet argues public discussion on sex hygiene has grown, praising a public performance of Damaged Goods as a sign of shifting attitudes. It urges parents to take youths 13 or 14 and notes doctors and educators support full information to combat prostitution and disease. The article also covers the life and funeral of Grandma Miller, detailing her large family and church involvement.
Louise Miller obituary notes immigrant life and origins
Louise Miller born March 14 1831 in Lethe Amtschwaben Fuerstentham Lippe Reemala immigrated to the United States at about age 20 landing in Mower county later settled in Gresham April 21 obituary records her long life and passage to this country
Adair County Adapts To New Road Law
Greenfield Louisiana April 21 Adair county is among the first to adjust its road conditions and work to the recently enacted road law. The law aligns closely with the county policy as to road management and safety.
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Greenfield
Adair
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promises Youthful Dark Shine
An advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a quick fix to turn gray or faded hair dark and lustrous. It claims one application hides gray, stops dandruff and itching, and leaves hair healthy in days, with stores like H W Taggart carrying the product.
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Wyeth
H. W. Taggart
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Relief for Indigestion
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a rapid, harmless remedy for upset stomachs and indigestion. It claims fast relief from heartburn sour stomach belching and gas and urges readers to keep a fifty cent case at home for any family meal mishaps.
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Pape
County Hears Plan to Build Bridges and Roads
The county, with its own cement plant, ready funds, and no debt, appointed A Mayes as road engineer and C H Lehmkuhler as bridge engineer after a new law appeared. About 130 miles of county highways were located subject to state approval. A new traction-engine grader was purchased and grading gangs to start once approvals come through.
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A. ©. Mayes
C. H. Lehmkuh
Moth and Dust Proof Bags Sold By P C Jones Furs
Moth and dust proof bag to protect your furs and garments offered at 50 cents and 75 cents each by P. C. Jones Furs rer.
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P. C. Jones
Furs Rer
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Ataaloo Evening Courier
Senor Associated Prev
BMX
W. MN. Hartman Company
West Park Avenue
Taft
Belgium
Spirit OF the Iowa Press
St. Council Bluffe
Daughters of the American Revolution
Anthony” Wayne
Israel Putnam
Jthan Allen
Perry
Decatur
Lawrence
Paul Jones
Dubuque
Cunningham
Cedar Falls
Speaker Cunningham
Black Hawk County
Ed Cunningham
Teachers’ College
Johnny
Chicago Journal
Robert Collyer
Darwin
Harper’s Weekly
George Fitch
Ty, Minn
Waverly
Miller
Gresham
Ernest Miller
Grandma Miller
Evangelical Association
Ladies’ Aid Society
Henry
Lewis
Will
John
John Maretin, Sr
Wim. Mether
F. G.albright
F. Kroesche
Missouri
Wm. Shanewise
Minnesota
Louise
J. 4. Haehlen
L. F. Smith
H. Latier
Lafayette Street
Fourth Street
Evening Courier Proprietum
Lafayette Building
4Th St. E
C. M. Wray
M. D
Bazard
Black Hawk Bank
E. T. Jaynes
Black Hawk
Franklin St
C. D. Pedersen
Consolidated Phone
Jefferson Street
Carl Bickley
Cecil Bickley
West Fourth Street
F.C. Liffring
Lafayette
Gerrit J. Bennett
West Fourth
Elmwood and Western
Ralston
DR. Bodwell
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