Duluth Lynching Sparks Debate on Mob Justice and Law
A Duluth mob lynched three black men accused of assaulting a white woman, prompting a critique of swift extrajudicial action. The piece argues justice must be impartial, warns mob rule undermines law, and questions why such acts recur in both North and South. It urges strengthening due process to punish criminals without bypassing courts.
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Return to state convention system questioned
The Marshalltown Times Republican notes critics who opposed the statewide primary now favoring a convention route to pick nominees. It highlights activists who prefer restoring traditional nomination processes and questions the political momentum behind any shift.
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Marshalltown Times- Republican
Nature Notes Questions From John Burroughs
The piece presents a quiz with queries on pewee nettle sting locusts in South Africa and other topics. It includes prior answers about bobolink behavior in the south, spring planting lures, and herd leadership in cows, with notes on changes over time and observations.
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Maybe It All Come Right In The End Poem
Poem by Frank J. Stanton reflecting on hope through a morning song and a rainbow in a dark world. Mentions tired folks awaiting dawn and the refrain that maybe things will improve. Includes vignettes of life in Billingams with a piano swapped for a car and a church painting project to ease conscience.
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Billinns
Arabella
The Sandman Story By Mrs. F. A. Walker
A tale of Nardo and Ladoro two servants under a greedy king who crave gold. They quarrel over a found bar of gold one hides the hoard but a leaf sprite condemns Ladoro turning him into a golden eyed fly as punishment. Nardo witnesses the scene and remains warned.
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Riches Take Wings in a Fairy Tale Departure
A fairy tale passage describes a wand bearing escape through woods as a big fly and transformed bees become yellow wasps. The tale explains the saying riches sometimes take wings and fly away. Nardo, shifted by a wand, ends up in a distant realm with a kind king who pays him well and outfits him in velvet before daily rides.
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Open Book Deceptions On Roof Painting Dispute
Imogene confronts Andrew about alleged deceptions in a domestic row. She recalls Sunday roof painting plans, accusations of paying a painter, and recent town errand purchases, while he evades direct answers and insists his life is an open book.
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Sabbath Breaking and Roof Painting Scandal At Walsh’s
A dramatic domestic scene unfolds with accusations of deceit, a Sabbath violation, and roof painting aided by a neighbor, leading to talk of a painting job and a miscount of roofs. Andrew defends saving money while Imogene rebukes him for lies and theft. The conversation shifts to health questions about catarrh and digestion with a medical notice from Dr. Hilber offering general advice.
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Health Talks By John R Huber A M D
Reader requests literature on lisps for a child. The author notes common lisps involve substituting sounds like th for s and explains that cannot operate on the tongue but can be corrected by habitual speech therapy and practice.
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John R Huber
People hurry as shraw hat cleaners delay promise
The locals fear the crowd grows while hat cleaners refuse any promise before two weeks. Joe Lark worked Saturday all day without finding even a pint, underscoring scarce supplies and slow progress.
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Joe Lark
Alarm clocks race to mistime in old brain teaser
A puzzle describes an alarm clock gaining one minute per hour and a grandfather clock losing two minutes per hour during a race. They end when the alarm strikes eight as the grandfather strikes seven. Find the start time yesterday morning. Also a word puzzle on transposed pairs Evil Vile Veil.
Iowa Editors Forfeiting Police Bail Shadowed
A Sioux City Journal discussion notes that cash bail forfeiture does not finish a case. A defendant who skips trial can still be arrested, tried, and fined. Police courts risk undermining judicial power when treating bail as payment of fines. The piece urges arrest and trial after forfeiture and condemns procedures that conflate bail with punishment. In Council Bluffs Nonpareil a related note previews Democratic convention contests.
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Sioux City Journal
Night Worker's Advice On Train Noise In Waterloo
A reader letter from Waterloo laments locomotive whistles disrupting sleep for 700 to 800 residents including children at play. The writer mocks city noise sources from night workers, vendors, trucks, and yard activity, advising sleepers to endure the racket. The piece also recalls wartime factory growth and ends noting that advertising is always news.
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Ray Attrice
Watertow
Courief
Waterloo
Fnrd
Use Malsified coconut oil shampoo for healthier hair
The ad warns alkali in most shampoos harms hair by drying the scalp and making hair brittle. It promotes Malsified coconut oil shampoo as pure greaseless, cheap, and long lasting. Instructions say rub a teaspoon on wet hair to create rich lather, rinse easily, leaving hair soft, bright, fluffy, and easy to manage while removing dust and dandruff.
Lemon Juice Freckles Lotion Ad Boosts Skin Tone
An old advertisement promotes a DIY freckle and blemish remover. Mix juice from two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint lotion. Apply daily to face neck arms and hands to brighten skin, reduce freckles and blemishes, at minor cost.
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