Governmental consistency urged for Iowa education system
The Iowa plans call for consistent funding and use of Ames and Cedar Falls engineering and state university resources to advance education and road building. The piece lauds the Ames campus for engineering, condemns politicized spending, and proposes transferring highway headquarters to the engineering department to reduce duplication. It notes concerns over the National Guard funding and appointments amid border mobilization, urging efficiency and unity between state and federal efforts.
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Cedar Falls
Ames
Ena
State Highway Commission
Des Moines
Tate
Wisconsin
State University
New York State
Pennsylvania
Our
Iowa City
Regular Army
War Department
Washington
Town Senate
General Assembly
Indise
Wilson
Dudge Advocate General
National Guard
Yowa
Pacifist Wilson Backing Universal Military Training
The article notes President Wilson now supports six months of compulsory service for all able-bodied American youths and may back a longer term. It mentions public support in the Senate and predicts enactment this session, citing quotes about patriotism and a critique of jingoism.
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Wilson
Uke
Senate
Garden campaign drives home home front spirit in Des Moines
Iowa editors urge widespread home gardens to save costs, improve sanitation, and provide outdoor recreation amid wartime. The Des Moines Capital highlights Canada as an example and notes war pressure pushes householders to cultivate vacant lots. A Council Bluffs anecdote contrasts youths becoming disciplined soldiers, prompting debate over military training.
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Des Moines
Canada
Pes Moines
Leare
Freight railways face east west traffic block in 1900s
Press comment analyzes railroad logistics showing eastbound freight facilities overworked while westbound capacity underutilized. It notes impeded distribution from Chicago and St Louis, a partial Atlantic submarine embargo aggravating chronic issues, and critiques railroad management and policy. The piece also carries a side note from Milwaukee Journal praising father and son bonding, and Springfield Republican on inauguration simplicity and patriotic tone.
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New York
Chi Cafe
Chicago
St. Louis
Just in Jest The Cock Comes and Other Jests
A fragmented humor column mixes quips about a new cock name and wife jokes with light anecdotes on fishers and storks. The long piece blends comic lines about proposals, efficient lovemaking, and rural farces, ending with whimsical reflections on fishing and life.
Health and Happiness In Rheumatic Heart Disease
An article discusses rheumatic heart disease in children, outlining how rheumatism develops after age four, the roles of anemia and poor convalescence, and how infection spreads from tonsils to the heart. It advises safeguarding children, hardening their constitution, and clearing recurring ear and dental troubles, with Q and A on remedies and kidney checks.
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Ciildren
Why Women Don’t Embrace Labor Saving Devices
Ruth Camero notes women resist new labor saving gadgets despite purchase. A kitchen reminder list fails as it is not tailored to an average home. women remain reluctant to adopt even simple aids, while men face more external pressure to change.
Reading Aloud in Winter at Home and Hearth
The article advocates reading aloud as a family activity best done at the home hearth with a familiar book. It promotes selecting engaging works like Robinson Crusoe and Tom Sawyer, rotating readers among mother and children, and noting how reading aloud teaches sound and meaning, enriching the household while avoiding public venues.
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Kansas City Star
House of Representatives
Werg
Wopsle
Robinson Crusoe
Westward Hoo
Gulliver
Tom Sawyer
Ivanhoe
Lorna Doone
T of the
Mohicans
Pickwick
Rock Island earnings cited as strong despite costs
The Des Moines Register notes that Rock Island railroad shows earnings per mile around 9,081 for 1915 16, higher than the western average and 1913 record year. It attributes the strong figure to extensive feeders, despite burdensome interest and operating costs while other western roads also top the 1912 1914 averages.
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Des Moines Register
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island
Bureau of Railway Economics
Wader
MM. K
Arel
Frisco
Missouri Pacific
The Fourth Cracker Tragedy and Granny Burnett
Village boys plan a Fourth of July prank using a cracker at Granny Burnett’s yard. The blast injures her, almost starts a fire, and the incident prompts the boys to vow kindness. They repair the garden and pledge future help to Granny, learning a moral about respect for the elderly.
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Granny Burnett
Grannny Burnet
Granny
Prank Snow
Frank Snow
Frank
Granny’s
Ay Efectura
Railroads Face Private Operation Challenges and Maintenance
The text notes railroads have not lacked revenue but face excessive demands on remaining income. This limits funds for maintenance repairs and improvements. If finances straighten when returned to private operation, they can sustain a satisfactory position and remove government receiverships and burdens.
Political Quarrel Over Golden Words Sparks Debate
The New York World cites Have lock Bliis praising a sentence as the greatest in English, calling the author a pirate who died on the scaffold. British critics identify the pirate as Raleigh, praising the line O eloquent, just and mighty Death. In America the favored opening is I know not what course.
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Tonahs
New York World
Havelock Bliis
Raleigh
Belief in Syrup Pepsin Cures Chronic Constipation
Dayton Ohio resident Miss H A Frees reports recovery after using Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and urges others to try this non narcotic laxative. The product combines simple herbs with pepsin and claims to be safe for all ages, priced at fifty cents and sold widely with authentic packaging and signature. Free trial bottles offered by Dr Caldwell at 455 Washington St Monticello Illinois.
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H. A. Frees
Adams St
Dayton
Ohio
Dr. Caldwell
W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
Illinois
Neuralgia and Sciatica Relief Promoted by Pink Pills
An advertisement explains neuralgia and sciatica as pain from nerve degeneration. It urges building up blood via Dr Williams Pink Pills as the remedy, noting pale sufferers may be cured and pills contain no narcotics. Pills available from druggists or by mail from Schenectady New York for 50 cents.
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Williams
Pink Pilla
William
Olive Tablets Offer Quick Constipation Relief
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets present a calomel-free option for chronic constipation and torpid liver. Used nightly, the sugar coated olive colored tablets soothe the bowels without forcing abnormal action, promising quick, pleasant relief from dark mouth bad breath and dull pressure. Available in 10c and 25c boxes from all druggists.
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