Iowa Funds and Home Trade Urged in Iowa Growth Note
A Waterloo Watertown Courier excerpt argues Iowa borrows more money per banking sector than most states and urges buying from home producers. It highlights Waterloo as a gas engine and cream separator hub, Mason City cement, Charles City tractors, Fort Dodge plaster, Cedar Rapids oats, Clinton crackers, Muscatine melons, Grinnell gloves, Des Moines tires, Marshalltown oil, Red Oak calendar works, and Keokuk river power as examples of state manufacturing strength to keep wealth in Iowa and promote a “Greater Town” through local purchasing.
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Red Oak
Keokuk
Mississippi
What Is Honor Worth in Schwab Expense Controversy
The piece notes the high value placed on honor by steel magnate Charles M. Schwab amid claims he incurred over 100000 in expenses while serving the country without pay. Public sentiment, reflected in press tone, resisted the notion that Schwab’s charges were legitimate. The article hints at broader scrutiny of war service costs and suggests errors in the handling of these claims.
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Correct English Don’t Say and Common Speech Errors
This note highlights incorrect intensifiers and spelling in a quoted passage. It contrasts plain phrases with exaggerated forms such as real generous very royexceedingly and likely to rain tomorrow while warning about slippery ice.
Hole in One and Masterly Address Mark Framed Event
A public gathering celebrated a flawless hole in one followed by a masterly address to a gathering of business leaders. The event highlighted the country’s commerce and industry, with emphasis on leadership and innovation in cooling technologies.
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Biséoesr
Health Talks On Sweating And Remedies By JOAN R HULER
The article explains hyperhidrosis as excessive sweating affecting palms feet underarms or all over. Causes include nervousness and systemic weakness. treatment varies by cause. Advises avoiding coffee tea using tonics for weakness, cautious drug use under a doctor, and home measures like talc powder with salicylic acid and foot baths. It also mentions a separate Q A about a left handed pupil writing backwards and seeking explanation by the Yeats Department.
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Jeffers
The Sandman Story The Slipper Fairies Tale
Two Yule silver slippers are made and a fairy pops from one toe while her sister hides in the other. They tumble into a waxy world with many shapes and a way through air, seeking a plan to free themselves. The fragment ends with the sisters pondering their next move.
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Terry
Litlis
Fairy slippers spark a party dream in a Melodeon tale
A fragmented fairy tale recounts two tiny fairies hidden in silver slippers. A girl selects the slippers for a party, and the fairies dream of dancing, imagining a new home and a happy ending as the scene shifts between whimsy and the shop shelf.
Friend Wife By Roe Fulkerson
In a dialogue set in Edmonton Canada, Imogene and Andrew debate sanity and alienists over morality, originality, and social norms. They contrast conventional sanity with unusual acts, citing Babe Ruth and everyday choices as evidence, while a court scene unfolds with a woman prisoner and a female lawyer observing the Edmonton trial.
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Canada
Questions for Nature Notes Dept Seek Answers
Readers are invited to send general interest questions to the Nature Notes Department of this newspaper. Look in this column for the replies and informative notes provided.
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Nature Notes
Can a burdock plant grow burrs but no leaves
The text asks if a burdock plant can produce burrs without leaves, but provides no botanical evidence or guidance. It appears to be a reader question rather than a stated fact with a clear answer in the excerpt.
Brain Tests Card by Sam Loyd
A fragmented brain teaser item appears with Loyd’s name and scattered phrases. The text references a charade without a first part and hints at a rogue without a doubt, with odd disjointed lines and mentions of SILVER and SCP as stray symbols.
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Sam Loyd
On the Life-Way By Frank L. Stanton
Poem style reflection on aging and resilience. The speaker warns of blind spots in life’s middle road and urges walking contentedly with companions. Despite burdens and dust, there is hope in human nature and a sunbeam in the raindrop.
Iowa lawmakers debate true-value taxation for property
Iowa editors summarize a long quarrel over property taxation. Senator Whitmore proposes taxing property at true value, facing wary farmers in Wapello County where land values range from 200 to 500 dollars per acre. Past efforts by Baren R. Sherman, William Larrabee, and J G Hutchinson failed amid fears of unjustly increased valuations and unkept tax-rate promises.
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Wapello County
Iowa
Towa
Baren R. Sherman
William Larrabee
J. G. Hutchinson
Larrabee
The Testing of Brenda a Grace Tees serial tale
Brenda Nielsen, a St Thomas Island native who becomes American, travels to New York to study art. Her friend Roger Daly, a newspaper man, enters her life as danger and romance unfold. Brenda faces money troubles after Roger goes to Russia and an encounter with a woman of the underworld. She supports herself by modeling while navigating help from Gordon Lee and a potential stage career, with Brenda weighing whether to return to Gordon or seek work elsewhere in a perilous city chaptered as A Letter From Home.
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Goldstein
Taxation Dynamics and Iowa Woman Board Debate
A Davenport Times report discusses taxation values and potential confiscation if rates stay high, contrasting property value estimates with various sale formats. It notes Iowa’s state board appointments and argues for appointing two women, highlighting suffrage gains. Sioux City Journal voices sympathy for railroad managers facing declining revenue and rising costs, outlining possible bankruptcies and cost adjustments. Rolfe Arrow hints at counties awaiting developments.
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Iowa Senate
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Sioux City, Journal
Pape's Cold Compound Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts instant relief from colds with two hour dosing of Pape's Cold Compound. It claims the first dose unclogs nostrils and relieves headaches feverishness and dullness, with quick action and low cost at drug stores.
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Pape
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Cure Stomach Ailments
Thousands suffer stomach upset due to clogged bowels. Olive Tablets soothe the liver and restore natural digestion. A vegetable mix with olive oil, taken at bedtime, helps eliminate indigestion, bad taste, coated tongue, and low energy without griping. 15c and 30c.
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