Mr Farmer Is Up To You Iowa primary stakes in Cummins issue
A Waterloo newspaper editorial argues Iowa farmers should judge Senator Cummins by his record on labor and railroad policy. It contends unions oppose him only over a rail strike ban, and warns that wheat price manipulation and farm interests face risks if current supply rules end. The piece urges voters to weigh Cummins’s labor and producer record at the upcoming primary.
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Farmer
Iowa
Senator Cumming
Senator Cummins
Cummins
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Traimmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Washington
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Brookhart
Ijl
Rookin
Senator Crimmins
Imogene
Billy Sands
Andrew
Andy
Atlantic City
Kachoo
Kachea
Judson
Forty Years Ago in Chicago Nominating Scene
Forty years ago in Chicago James A Garfield urged John Sherman for the Republican ticket. Gov Henry J Allen of Kansas is named to present Gen Wood's candidacy, with potential for a split convention. The piece contrasts past and possible futures, noting political maneuvering and legal questions, including a Supreme Court income tax ruling.
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Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Gen. Wooden
Chicago
James A. Garfield
Ohio
Gov. Allen
Gen. Wood
Wood
Garfield
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Supreme Court
Supreme
Experience of Service Needed in Washington
In the Davenport Times the editor urges for seasoned voices in Washington during reconstruction. It warns against replacing Senator Cum ming with a Brookhart type backed by radicals and the Forty-Eight committee,. arguing such a shift would harm Iowa at this critical period.
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Davenport
Washington
Senator Cumming
Towa
Brookhart
Committee of Forty-Eight
Health talks on fitness control of the sex impulse
Observations from a United States Public Health Service paper emphasize fitness physical and mental as keys to controlling the sex impulse. Vigorous recreation hard work wholesome companionship and avoidance of alcohol aid prevention. self control and constructive enterprises are urged for personal discipline.
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United States Public Health Service
Chaol
Pott
Weekend Fortunes and Wardrobe Woes in a Rural Parlor
In a humorous exchange from the Sioux City Journal a ditzy backwoods couple debates attic storage and transportation as Andrew orders Imogene to assemble a wardrobe and a fleet of vehicles while insisting on a policy shift back to rural life.
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Sioux City Journal
If You Were Here Tender Verses Through Darkness
A fragmented verse opens with longing if you were here and love in sorrow. It contrasts dark paths with light and calm, poetic images of stars and streams. A literary note warns against assuming a new author’s success from appearance.
The Sandman Story and the Song Thrush Tale
A brief children’s tale by Mrs F A Walker about a snail wanting wings and a song thrush offering to help. The snail eyeing flight seeks assistance from the thrush who carries him to his mother before the snail hides again inside his shell.
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Sandman
Brain Tests Puzzle Showdowns in Joint Apple Sale
A set of market puzzles describes Mrs J uniting two apple stocks and selling at five for two cents. The total cash falls seven cents short of separate sales. Additional age riddles peg Maggie at twelve and Tommy at twenty with age projections for future years.
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Sunita
Snail Story Turns Thrush Into Helper For Farmers
A tale explains how a clever song thrush learned to eat snails after a snail entered a rock, making the thrush a helper to farmers by reducing crop pests. The narrative links human vanity to natural behavior and ends with praise for the thrush’s beneficial role.
Nature Notes Quiz Prompts About Local Wildlife and Flora
The piece poses questions on bees favored trees birds nests porcupine defense and ideal brook fishing. It notes Indigo bunting’s summer distribution and a river meadow comparison to European poppies with marshmallow blooms, describing British field color and Hudson River marshes.
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Europe
Britain
Hudson
Housing shortage critique in Iowa editorials
The Iowa editors argue that the dwelling shortage is widespread and will not be solved if left to capitalists seeking investment. They assert building prices and market forces hinder sufficient housing, urging consideration of alternatives to private investment-driven construction.
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Waterloo
Mason City Globe Gazette
Glorious Newa Machine Shops Move to Waterloo
Fifty years ago Waterloo celebrates securing the Illinois Central shops from Dubuque. Citizens pledge funds, telegram to Chicago confirms full compliance, shop relocation to begin next week and bring jobs, growth, and prosperity to Waterloo.
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Newa
Waterloo
Stepa
Forty Years Ago Republican Convention Attendees Listed
Fortieth anniversary page notes attendees at the Chicago Republican convention including J B H Leavitt S B Hitt W S S Robinson and others. Also reports turnout at the annual meeting and various market notes from Butter price to lawn care products and local jobs and incidents such as a train derailment near Washburn and a disbarment case ending in the federal court.
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Chicago
J. BH. Leavitt
S. B. Hitt
W. S&s. Robinson
D. W. Crouse
W. M. Sindlinger
W. H. Hartman
BE. T. Cowin
Matt Parrott
Lore Alford
J. P. Sherman
L. A. Cobb
C. W. Harvey
Memorial Day Observances and Local News Notes
Twenty years ago next week staff prepared memorial notes and reports. W E Hauger of La Porte City planned a back store project on commercial street to be built after Memorial Day address and local events. The Norman Beekly barber shop and the Euterpean quartet performed as townsfolk gathered at the Old Camp Ground. Morgan and Sullivan occupied the store later and Jo seph Todd sang Grand Old Ocean while others performed Hail Our Country's Defenders and Peaceful Sleep Neath the Roses and Lilies. Rev. Elias Skinner read the fall of dead and 45 children presented a memorial flowers. W B R C gave a memorial to the unknown dead. Freeman H Bloodgood of Vinton was elected superintendent of the past public schools to succeed Frank J Sessions who will lecture on Wonders of liquid air. Daniel Kohl, struck by a Great Western train, died hours later as reporters from major papers documented the event.
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ey&Hrad
W.E. Hauger
la Porte City
Clothing Stack
Norman Beekly
Euterpean
H. H. Morgan
Joseph Todd
Morgan & Sullivan
Gera Armstrong
Pythian
Elias Skinner
W.br. C
Freeman H. Bloodgood
Vinton
Frank J. Sessions
Housing and growth push in Mason City urged
The article argues for new dwellings to support town growth and attract workers. It stresses employers must help workers find housing and urges farmers to build cottages for labor. It notes real estate investments can pay off despite material cost fluctuations as the town prospers. It also references Anamosa Eureka on a senatorial issues vote.
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Mason City
Anamosa
Cumming
Pee
Lemon Wice for Freckles
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle with three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint freckle tonic. Massage this fragrant lotion daily on face and neck to fade freckles and blemishes and leave skin clear and rosy. Safe and non-irritating, grocer and drugstore supplies available.
Relief of Rheumatic Pains with Chamberlain Liniment
An advertisement suggests massaging affected parts with Chamberlain's Liniment to ease stiffness and muscle soreness, relieve pain, and improve rest and sleep for rheumatic pains.
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Chamberlain
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Scientifc American
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W. T. Whitney
C. C. Cole
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