Governor Kendall proposes businesslike Iowa state admin
The Iowa governor's message urges a lean, efficient administration with fewer commissions, tighter budgets, and reliable funding for state institutions. It warns against politicized spending, calls for legislative cooperation, and stresses prudent revenue strategies to avoid debt while maintaining public services.
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Death Walier
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McCutcheon Cartoons Spoof Blue Law Advocates
The renowned cartoonist John T. McCutcheon presented two sermons in picture form mocking efforts to enforce blue laws. His images show women in scant attire and theatres luring crowds with suggestive bills such as The Mistress of the Bedchamber and The Slave of Vice, critiquing moral panic.
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John T. McCutcheon
Broadway
A Job for Statesmen Outlook on tariff hearing tensions
The Ways and Means Committee faces six months of hearings on a tariff bill with broad industry pressures from Louisiana canegrowers to Danish butter protectors. Canada could retaliate on wheat and other sectors. Internal party maneuvering around Hays Hert and Harding adds political risk as March 4 approaches.
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Louisiana
Canada
Ways and Means Committee
Eye health and school vision in child care A M M D
Health Talks by John R Huber emphasizes early eye exams for schoolchildren. It covers squint or strabismus treatment, myopia and astigmatism, and cautions on brain fatigue, overstudy, and non pharmaceutical remedies. The piece includes a Q&A on sarcoma and notes editor response procedures.
Greedy Tim and the Nut Pie
Greedy Tim the squirrel overhears his mother plan a grand dinner and a huge nut pie for guests. She promises a small pie for him, but he longs for the big pie and distractions loom as he contemplates sneaking a bite.
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Greedy Tim
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The Old- Tae Chimney
The poem by Frank L. Stanton laments steam heated houses and longs for an old time chimney with sparks flying, taters in ashes, and a warm fireside. It evokes family, a fiddle, a watchdog, and pancakes, celebrating simple hearthside comforts over modern steam buildings.
Tim Steals and Crashes Pie in Family Party
A young squirrel Tim sneaks to the pantry during a party, gnaws a hole in a nut pie, then crawls out through the crust as his parents and guests exclaim. His mother disciplines him with a switch, and he misses leftovers the next day while his brothers sleep in.
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O. Roger
Brenda
San Francisco
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Brain Tests by Sam Lord
The piece describes a vaudeville act with a mathematical horse and talking dog, then a group of cats handling nine letters forming SPEAKING. As letters are erased, the remaining string remains a valid English word, progressing from S to a seven, four letter word, and so on, until the final word disappears. Answer to No 588 gives two vegetables in rebus form: PUMPKIN and CAULIFLOWER.
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Mathematical Horse
Friend Wife By ROE FULKERSON
Andrew discovers Imogene’s teled conversation with Tom Scherer about love. Confronted, he contemplates violence but learns she was arranging sentimental piano rolls. He forgives and jokes about playing them to prove love. The scene ends with a hint of new security measures for banks.
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Nature Notes Q and A Questions on Birds Water Witch Hazel Bees
Readers ask how young western birds drink water and whether witch hazel rods locate water. The column promises answers in Monday’s Nature Notes and invites questions about nature topics.
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Nature Notes
West
Witch Hazel
Sun dogs and snake reproduction answered
The sun dog is a bright spot formed when halos around the sun arise from refraction and reflection by ice crystals in clouds. Some snakes lay soft eggs in warm decaying vegetation or sand while others give birth to live young. English sparrows are kept away by using movable perches or swinging nets and shelves to present bird food.
From Mine to Dealer in Coal Trade Iowa Editors
Davenport Times outlines a coal supply chain critique noting mine to dealer movement and paper routes via brokers and robbers. Senator Calder proposes a tax measure to curb profits, aiming to cut distribution margins to a minimum of 15 cents with half of excess profits taken if above threshold.
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Davenport Times
Calder
Senate Committee
The Parting Of Brenda And Roger At Grand Central
Brenda travels to New York to study art amid danger and romance. Newspaper man Roger Daly rescues her from an underworld encounter and prepares to depart for Russia as their romance deepens. Their farewell at Grand Central Station ends with a long embrace and hopeful promises.
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Darcy
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New York
Moger Daly
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Daly
Russia
Doris
Enitland
San Francisco
Roger J
Goodby
Grand Central Station
Grand Central
Roger Daly
Bidding for a State Constabulary and Bible in Schools
The piece argues that local governments must enforce criminal law to avoid state intervention and contends against township autonomy erosion. It reviews a trend toward state policing, then supports carefully chosen Bible use in schools as moral guidance, cautioning against teacher discretion and doctrinal overreach. It also notes historical English magistrates fixing wages and hours.
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Marshalstown Times-Republican
Dubuque
Iowa
Ibruout
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast acting cold remedy. It claims dosing every five hours for three uses relieves nasal congestion headaches feverishness and runny nose, with quick action and low cost at drug stores.
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