School year reform proposed to lengthen despite summer term
A detailed plan argues for a forty-eight week year with four twelve week quarters and a one week vacation between terms. Attendance would be optional for some pupils and teachers would be paid for twelve months, with substitutes to cover summer periods. The goal is faster promotion for capable students and a more flexible system for teachers and districts.
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Axam
Ated
Toph
Regetator Corps
Teis
Plan to Aid Home Ownership for Workers is Urged
A Waterloo editorial argues workers owning homes would reduce unrest and boost industry. It cites Fred W. Sargent’s proposal linking state financing to low interest loans for homes, encouraging stability and local prosperity.
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Fred W. Sargent
Wes, Maines
Rock Island Railroad
Sargent
Waterloo
Ghry
Descriptions of Hydrocephalus Affects Children A Health Note
This piece explains hydrocephalus or dropsy of the brain as a childhood disease, its effects on skull growth, and how fluid buildup can press on brain tissue. It covers causes including meningitis and other infections, newborn cases, symptoms, potential outcomes, and evolving treatments from puncture to vaccines and serums.
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Woo Hartman
Woet Park Ave
Jobe C
Hartnant
Heanient
Halter
T'riens
Jen
Spectkal Sc
Tews
Waterioo
Ail
Dikhiadelphin
Willer
Leones
Rome
Currier
Enelos
A Christmas Reflection on Peace and Civic Duty
A writer asks what to do with wartime energy as Christmas marks the Prince of Peace. He recalls peach stones and war drives as symbols of sacrifice and questions whether generous effort should fade with peace. He cites wartime losses and preventable deaths, urging abolition of ignorance, poverty, and crime through sustained compassion.
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Pedro
Shepards
British War Office
America
Four Seas
Terhanssa
The Sandman Story in MS FL AL WALNER Wing's tale ends in wedding twist
A confused draft of a fairy tale recounts Wing's plan to marry a poor flower girl after a powder from the witch to block the union is thwarted. The wise men fail, the king marries the girl, and a witch reveals a royal mystery about a missing princess under a spell.
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Sandman
MS. FL
AL Walner
Berotoa
Cosson
Ora Hista
Wen
Niel
Tian
King and Queen in Fairy Tale Turn to Witch's Help
Davenport lines discuss Lodge proposal for a league of nations at the peace conference. He weighs how to form a body with equal voice or population basis, or a federalized mix. He questions US willingness to accept external authority under its army and navy in war.
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Davenport
Lodge
League of Nations
United States
Unite States
Growth of commercial blocks in the city foretold
Fifty years ago the city nears completion of Pardee and Brother block on West Fourth Street and Union block in the east section as winter tightens. The piece urges charity for the poor amid abundance and calls for Christian compassion toward those in need.
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Pardee
Hrother
West Fourth
Union
New Year Calls Planned. Diphtheria Toll and Roads Talk
Forty years ago in Waterloo and surrounding towns residents planned New Year visits at the Leavitt and Bags homes. The issue touches on poverty relief, road paving, county funds, and the push for Iowa to fund paved highways amid wartime memory and civic duty.
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J H. Leavitt
Miss Lovejoy
J. T. Knapp
Leavitt
Bagg
Lizzie Ballou
Hattie Hunter
Mary Bagg
Judge Bags
W. 8. Hungerford
Greens County
Jefferson
Iowa
Towa
William Blowers
Lyle
Cedar Rapids
No More Fever and Medicine in the Old Town
A fragmented verse from the Kington Star laments ending fever remedies and medicines as the town votes against drought or bone dry conditions. The lines mock medical pills fluids and quack cures while hinting at a grim alibi for a thirsty town.
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Kington Star
Roads and Rural Life in Greene County
A rural essay notes dire road conditions hindering farm amid mud and delays in corn shelling and deliveries. It argues modern methods replace old practices and cites Greene County’s new ability to borrow over three dollars for bonds to fund improvements.
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Dmferson
Towa
Bit Weil
Greene County
Cuticura Heals Stubborn Eczema Case
A patient describes a severe eczema on the head and face that caused intense itching and sleepless nights. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the condition healed, with the ad noting daily use prevents minor skin troubles and offering free samples by mail.
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R.l.st. John
M. D
Unionville
Cutioure
Dept. R
Boston
SaanZic
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