Proposals for Next Session Of Iowa Legislature
The Thirty seventh general assembly faces a long session with a large bill load. A prior session had over six hundred bills and nearly a thousand more are expected. The Courier and Reporter endorses some measures such as primary law amendments budget systems home rule for cities and road and housing laws while opposing others and urging caution on censorship and capital punishment laws. The article also notes the appointment of Clifford Thorne as railroad commissioner and outlines various other proposed statutes and policy goals.
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Courier and Reporter
Pereau
Wnter
Courterend
Bya Yeaare
Genere
Aod
Stais
Our Golden Year from the Fork Times
The article reflects on economic and social conditions, noting world trade figures, wartime exports, and debt purchases. It cites high gold reserves, wage levels, and inflation with references to millennial quantities, strikes, and policing. The piece mentions Bryan and legislative reform, and hints at crop yields and political anecdotes.
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New Fork Times
Foreign Office
Onur Relics Praised by Iowa Editors at Capitol Visit
The Freeman Tribune notes praise from Iowa editors for Onur Relics during a visit to the state capital in Iowa City. The account mentions the old capitol building and the ongoing effort to document and archive the relics as part of local cultural interest.
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Chy Freaman-Tribune
Iowa City
Freeman
Make Housework Easy By PROP. P. OG. HOLDEN
This piece argues housework waste in a kitchen and offers a method to cut energy loss. It compares two layouts showing how arranging equipment near the work zones saves steps and time, estimating annual walking reduction and emphasizing proper tools and placement for efficiency.
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P. OG. Holden
Figer
Albjoen
Oryer
SIDE TALKS BY RAPH CALDERON
A reader describes conversational types from a past discussion. The Flutter Minded Woman asks many questions and cuts off answers. Some speak with polite questions yet ignore the listener and share about their own lives. The piece notes the discomfort of being deprived of a reply.
Phrasey Dialogue From a Curious Conversation
A garbled exchange features characters debating political talk and personal remarks in a humorous, slang filled vignette. The text includes misheard phrases, social banter, and an aside about a bachelor described as a sharp man, with playful misinterpretations and a childlike question at the end.
Public Health Warnings On Animal Labor and Survival
A fragmentary public health note mocks economic pressures on animals and humans, comparing life costs of birds foxes and squirrels with the idea of rent and pensions. It argues life outcomes hinge on stable resources, suggesting concerns about aging and work loss in later years and possible public caution.
New Year Greeting Encourages Immediate Saving
The message urges starting now, not waiting for next year, to begin saving money. It stresses personal responsibility for health and well being as the year 1917 begins, promising a better year with care, effort, and prudent habits.
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Okumng Courier
Sammy and the Shadow Moral Tale
Sammy, a truancy prone boy, confronts a giant shadow that mirrors his wrong deeds. A dream shadow guides him to choose duty and honesty, revealing remorse and the value of conscience before waking in a stream. The tale ends with resolve to act rightly.
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McClure News
Paper Syndicate
Omorrow
Sally Hicks
Vorefinger
Keeps Her Children In Perfect Health
Mrs. Aug Doellefeld of Carlyle Illinois writes Dr. Caldwell at Monticello that she has used Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for years and could not be without it as it keeps her four children in perfect health. The product is a mild natural laxative with pepsin, easy on the bowels, pleasant tasting, and effective for adults too. Sold for fifty cents. authentic cartons bear Dr Caldwell's signature. Free bottle offer by writing to Dr W B Niereau Monticello Illinois.
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Aug. Doellefeld
Carlyle, Lrr
Gems Worth 51 Million Imported Face Peace-Era Benchmarks
The New York World notes gems valued at 51 million dollars imported in 1918. This sum, sizable yet modest beside stock market scales, equates to a nation’s peace expenditure for Norway or Greece and matches the assessed value of a major American city like Harrisburg.
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New York World
Well Street
Norway
Greece
Harrisburg
Uttea
Grandfather seeks stepmother for four daughters in Waterbury
George R. Wagner of Maysville Kentucky asks Waterbury mayor Scully to find a suitable stepmother for his four girls. He specifies she should not be fat and promises she need only cook pancakes and a royal Kentucky breakfast to cheer his lonely days.
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Waterbury
Conn
Jan
George R. Wagner
Carmel Street
Maysville
Scully
Clears Complexion with Zemo Remedy
Promotes a clear complexion by using 2 small bottles of Zemo or a large bottle. Zemo claims to remove pimples blackheads blotches eczema and ringworm with a clean penetrative antiseptic liquid that is non sticky and inexpensive. BE. W. Rose Co Cleveland Ohio endorses it.
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BE. W. Rose Co
Cleveland, O
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules for Kidney Health
A vintage advertisement warns of swollen feet and joint pain signaling kidney trouble and uric acid buildup. It promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a natural, proven remedy, urging buyers to demand the pure original Haarlem Oil in capsules with the Gold Medal name to avoid counterfeits.
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Haarlem
Dandruff Cure Advertisement Claim
An old advertisement promotes Aquidervon as a dandruff remedy. It instructs applying four sauces nightly to moisten the scalp, rub in, and states that by morning most dandruff is gone with three or four more applications dissolving all signs. It touts itch relief and improved hair appearance and notes four ounces are inexpensive and widely available.
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