This Year’s Styles for Women in 1915 Fashion Forecast
The article projects 1915 fashion trends noting dramatic waist lines and shifting silhouettes as women grow taller and skirts expand. It predicts longer strides with five foot walking, extended ankle exposure, and minimal decorative handiwork while promising emancipation of style. It also jokes about politics and gender expectations in a period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maun
Worgan
Malone
California
Public Schools Center of Fight and Policy Debates
A lengthy letter and news summary discuss agricultural methods for hog production using rape crops and corn fields, plus political clash over Iowa public instruction control. The piece notes shifts among Cedar Rapids McConnell Colegrove candidates, college normal departments, and potential statewide education reforms.
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Des Moines
Department of Public Instruction
McConnell
Cedar Rapids
P. E. B McClenihan
C. P. Colegrove
State
Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Teachers College
Colegrove
Pield
Independent Association of College Presidents
Bennett
Highland Park
Judges by Appointment The recall debate over appointive versus elective judges
Progressive sentiment shifts toward appointive supreme court judges while retaining recall. Representative Shortess proposes appointive judges by the governor, arguing elections lack accountability and voter familiarity. The U S Supreme Court's integrity under appointment is cited, while safeguards to recall an appointed judge are suggested to prevent privilege-driven selections.
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Shortess
Tama County
Goveror
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the
United States
Supreme Bench
The Peril of Delay in Cancer Care Urges Prompt Action
An American Society for the Control of Cancer article emphasizes cancer causes about 75,000 U.S. deaths annually and urges speedy treatment. It notes people delay seeking care due to dread, risking cure chances, and praises publicity efforts to spread awareness of delaying care dangers.
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United States
American Society For the Control of Cancers
Billy Sunday Poised for Record Prohibition Campaign
A sweeping profile of Billy Sunday as a national evangelist whose Philadelphia visit prompts a train of New York clergy to urge meetings. The piece emphasizes his rise from small towns to major cities and his pivotal role in advancing national prohibition through charismatic leadership and political clout.
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Billy Sunday
New York City
Philadelphia
Sunday
Mr. Sunday
New York
Chicago
Congress
Immigration Hill Debate Reflects Split in Policy and Principle
President Wilson argues from broad history and human justice on immigration reform vetoed by Congress leans toward expediency. Provisions aim at restricting entrants seeking opportunity through education as a selective filter amid battles between big business and labor over unskilled workers.
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Wilson
Congress
Misery and Solitude On Sea Voyage Highlight Personal Loss
A six day ocean crossing reveals a crowded ship where one man keeps to his cabin after his wife dies in Naples. The text contrasts loneliness in sorrow with social bustle, argues for early cancer detection, and urges prompt surgical treatment to improve cure chances.
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Ocena
New England
Italy
Naples
Jay
God
Siies
The Danger of Delay in Cancer
An ACS cancer education piece argues that many lives could be saved if patients seek prompt surgical treatment. It cites a surgeon’s study of 63 cases showing average delays of about 12 to 14 months before consulting a doctor, and Koenigsberg data showing 87 percent could have sought earlier treatment for better outcomes. The article notes early symptoms exist and education can shorten delays.
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American Society For the Control of Cancer
Win+ fer
Koenigsberg
Prussia
Growth plan for corn yields proposed by GEO. W. Fowler
GEO W. Fowler of Waterloo proposes a plan to increase daily corn output by moving to 50 pounds per day, claiming it yields the most profitable growth, and to double the corn amount in the final month of production. January 25.
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Geo. W. Fowler
Waterloo
Jan
Democrats Defend Ship Purchase Bill in Senate
Washington D C Jan 28 for the first time in two weeks the ship purchase bill faced renewed Republican opposition in the senate. Senator Walsh defended the measure arguing the United States has long held the right to buy ships from belligerents in good faith citing British admiralty law the declaration of London and decisions of courts. He contrasted Senator Root's warnings of foreign entanglements saying France and Britain have long accepted the principle and such purchases are lawful when in good faith.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Senator Walsh
Root
United States
Privy Council
Walsh
Great Britain
France
Senator Walsh on Dacia case and marine transfers
Senator Walsh argued the cotton ship Dacia case would prove Britain bound by prior stance on wartime transfers. He stated that if the transfer is bona fide, Britain would not be subject to seizure, citing ample evidence of her position.
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Dacia
Walsh
Great Britain
New York Preachers Seek Billy Sunday for NYC Revival
New York City ministers plan to bring evangelist Billy Sunday to town after his Philadelphia campaign. A special train carrying hundreds of pastors will tour to confer with Sunday, including rectors from Church of the Heavenly Rest Trinity and St Mark's. Police will manage large crowds at the 15 000 seat tabernacle.
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Billy
Philadelphia
New York City
Mr. Sunday
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Trinity
St. Mark's
Evangelist
Tabernacle
Duisth
Cincinnati
Lone Traveler in General Assembly
Mr. McFarlane of Waterloo serves as one of Black Hawk county’s two representatives in the house and the lone traveling man in the legislature. When not in statesmanship he sells cereal and is a senior councilor of the United.
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Des Moines
McFarlane
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
House of Representatives
Cecal
The
United
California Syrup of Figs Adverts Child Health
An advertisement urges parents to treat constipation in children with California Syrup of Figs. It claims quick relief, notes signs like coated tongue and feverishness, and warns to avoid counterfeit syrups while advising a 10 cent bottle with clear dosing for all ages. It ends by identifying the product as made by the California Fig Syrup Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
California Fig Syrup Company
McFarlane Backs Secret Ballot for Saloon Petitions
Commercial Travelers in Waterloo report Mr. McFarlane has attracted attention by supporting a secret ballot for saloon petitions. He backs no side in the fight and argues only secret ballots will shield traveling businessmen from pressure. He has received encouragement for his stance. He also supports the absent voters law to allow travel ing men to vote away from home.
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Waterloo
McFarlane
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San Francisco Fair
Lone Traveler
Hemlock
3Rd Street
Wasa
Wieronsia
Ric
Wangler Bros. Co
E. 4Th St
Henderson Drug Co
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Evening Courier
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