Divorce And The Home In WV Judge Links Home Ownership To Marital Stability
A West Virginia judge studying divorce finds that 90 percent of divorces involve couples who do not own homes. He argues unstable home life drives separations and views home ownership as a social and economic stabilizer. The piece discusses how owning a home can foster commitment and reduce divorce, asserting sacrifices for the sake of a shared dwelling as a pathway to save marriages.
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West Virginia
Marri
Names Filed For White Man Arrests In Police Records
Chief of Police Leighton vows to record the true names of white suspects arrested in disorderly rooms to deter repeat offenses. He notes many cities see false names used to shield criminals and pledges steps to stop the practice. The goal is accountability and discouraging recidivism.
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Leighton
Ines Moines
Kennebunk Names and Notable Feats Across Eras
Fragmented text notes Kennebunk Maine town name lore and praises architect Francis O H Kirball for sunken caisson foundations enabling skyscrapers. It touches on Kansas wheat yields and rail business, Minnesota dry votes, Robert Lansing appointment, a wine fire, sun exposure warnings for blondes, and a political pageant of law and order figures.
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Maine
Skowhegan
Kennebunk
Francis O H. Kirball
New York
Kokomo
Oshkosh
Waterloo Chautauqua movement aims to save park
Waterloo community pushes a public fund drive to buy Chautauqua park for 20 000 dollars. Twenty thousand shares of ten dollars each would fund the purchase, backed by the Waterloo WCTU and local supporters. The effort seeks swift, broad backing to keep the park and its Chautauqua alive for the region. Also mentions Captain Hersing’s German submarine voyage, noting its historic impact on naval warfare.
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Chautauola
Waterloo Chautauqua and Wihle Institute
Waterloo W. C. T. U
Chautauqua Park
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Waterloo
Jules Verne
Hersing
Wilhaven
North Sea
Dard
Wilhelmshafen
New York
See America First Tour to Bunker Hill Monument
Tourists exploring Bouton are urged to visit the Bunker Hill monument, a 300 foot granite shaft on Bunker Hill. The route from the Commons leads past the old burying ground toward Harvard Street and Charleston Street, offering views of Boston harbor, Harvard University, and local landmarks. Built by popular subscription, the monument honors amateur Americans who contributed to its creation and remains a symbol of civic pride and neutral vigilance.
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Bouton
Bunker Hill Monument
Commons
Old Burying Ground
Veeky
Harvard Street
Portland Street
Charleston Street
Iown Square
Moving Picture Theatre
Monument Avenue
Potan
Linh
Boston
Qld South Church
Marker Hil
Boston Harbor
Harvard University
Neston
Atomnetres
People Divided by Invitations and Enjoyment of Life
The piece contrasts two social types: those regularly invited to pleasures and those who are often left out. It criticizes selfish generosity and the discomfort of the perpetual critic who spoils outings. It ends noting that hosts prefer inviting cheerful friends to ensure good times.
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Craddocks
Daily Invoice Morals for Merchants and Ambition
The piece urges continual self assessment and stock renewal to attract customers and raise income. It compares daily invoicing of abilities to renewing stock, advising workers to evaluate assets each morning and again at noon to maximize daily gains and career advancement.
It Was Urgent Policeman The Street Is Closed
A Philadelphia Ledger fragment notes urgency as a policeman orders street closure for an event at 3 o clock. A character asks about senses, jokes about six senses and one “Sonsense,” reflecting a playful wartime or street scene ambiance.
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Murnich Flicgante Blatter
Thiladelphia Ledger
Speculators and Wheat Prices Feature Iowa Editorials
Sioux City Tribune notes new wheat in market pushing prices down despite Europe drought threatening crops. It argues farm prices rise only with elevators selling agencies banking facilities and roads to store crops until favorable sale. Vinton Eagle cites W W Marsh as a powerful Democratic leader, distributing offices to secure party patronage and control.
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Sioux City Tribune
Europe
Ne Goss
Vinton Eagle
The
Eagle
W. W. Marsh
Des Moines
Marsh
It Would Be Magnificent A Titanic Force End War
A Mason City Globe-Gazette item imagines a miraculous force to crush armies and navies, then calls on the world to quit the war and return to gardens and shops. The piece reflects pacifist sentiment and wartime anxiety about sustaining conflict.
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Mason City
Parole Violator Ed Smith Seeks Pardon to Fight in War
An Iowa parole violator, Ed Smith, 19, from Butler County, asks War C. O. McGlaughry of Anamosa Reformatory for a pardon to be sent to his mother. Writing from Liverpool aboard the British army, he says he is bound for the Dardanelles front and promises to return to serve his time if he survives. The warden prints the letter with initials EH, noting Smith enlisted after breaking parole in 1913.
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Anamosa
Ed Smith
Iowa
C. O. McGlaughry
Anamosa Reformatory
Mersey
Hanover Street
Liverpool
England
Reformatory
State House
Butler County
Hogland
Dardanelles
Qne
New Studies in Rural Schools
State Superintendent A M Deyoe and Iowa educators travel to Ames for a week long conference of county superintendents. The meeting centers on implementing the July 1 law requiring teaching of domestic science and agriculture, including certification exams and standards for vocational studies. The agenda also covers how to apply these requirements across every school in the state.
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Des Moines
A.M. Deyoe
Ames
Iowa
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Helps Woman in Pain
A testimonial from Florence, South Dakota, describing relief from monthly pains, backache, and headaches after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She credits three more bottles with enabling steady work and urges others to try the remedy. The ad promotes a long standing female health remedy and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Florence
Dakota
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
P. W. Lanseng
Allyn
Wash
Lydia E. Finkham
Lynn
Mass
Yaqui Valley Trouble Fears Reported From Mexico
The Ottumwa Courier notes a dispatch from Mexico suggesting likely trouble in the Yaqui valley. It states that if the valley is in Mexico, there is sure to be trouble there and mentions the broader context of educational conciliation progress in the south as discussed by J. Brown Louisiana state superintendent.
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J. Brown
Louisiana
South
Ottumwa
Mexico
Yaqui
Alway Sheboygan
Tes
Fountaine
Cold Proposition and the Bank Question
A Pittsburgh poet quotes a local banker who refuses to overpay or extend credit naming a recurring pattern. The speaker complains that hundreds of checks are counted to the exact amount and no more, while other businessmen offer occasional goodwill as they transact.
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Gible
Pittsburgh
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Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulation
W. H W. Hartman Company
West Fork Ava
Él. Sa
John C. Hartman
A. W. Peterson
Treat
Gen. Mgr
Cuisine City
Pudtoriice
Lown
Marshalltown
Kennebunk, Maient
Kansas
Minnesota
St.Paul Dispatch
Robert Lanssing
Wiman
Heap
Aryan
Penates Tha Tin
Ivorae
Gari - Fomon
Law and Order
Siarmehy
Man of Peace
Daniel Webster
Tcles Verne
America
Nee
la Tiscover
Old South Church
George Matthew Adams
Horlic
Marah
Mason City Times
Latate
Yairfield Ledger
Towa
Posterfing Department
St. Paul
Mise
Minneapolis
Minn
Duluth
Mian
Superior
Wis
Case Lake
Mina
Alexandria
Axpsadele
Ming
Glenwood
Payneaville
Backna
Walker
Misa
Detroit
Lindstrom
Bald Eagle
Shell Lake
Pear O Neteke
Great Angera
the Fowler CO
Dadagel
LCR le
F. H. Latier
Lafayette Street
Nourth Street
Fourth Street
Evening Courier
Lafayette Building
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