Sapsuckers Protectors of Trees Say Courier and Reporter
The Waterloo Courier and Reporter advocates protecting sapsuckers, correcting the misbelief they are pests. It highlights their role in forest health, noting they peck bark for insects and help maples resist borers. It contrasts with the English sparrow as a true pest and urges war on sparrows. The piece also discusses Huerta, Monterey food supply, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, and a Black Hawk county spelling champ.
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TAG THE LEGISLATORS
Iowa 1916 race prospects discuss gubernatorial material and voter bonds for highways. The piece urges lawmakers to consider bonds and legislature composition while noting Huerta’s return to political schemes and México ambitions. It emphasizes strong candidates and local representation.
Pepper Talk on Golden Effort and Labor
The passage extols relentless effort as the path to greatness. It contrasts the mediocre with the big man who accepts sacrifice and rebuff, asserting real excellence requires labor, resistance, and persistent action. It argues growth comes from doing what one should despite reluctance, and that enduring effort shapes lasting achievement.
American Universities Pennsylvania by George Fite
A satirical portrait of the University of Pennsylvania describing its history campus and programs noting it became a university in 1779 and its prominence in track and other fields while poking fun at football and public appeal.
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The Servant Who Won’t Serve
A reflective piece on inner discipline and mind management. It shares a neighbor’s tale of overworked chores, a broken promise from a maid, and the broader point that putting worries off can improve health, happiness, and efficiency for individuals and households alike.
Iowa Editors Sound Off on Merchandise and Roads
Des Moines Capital notes that Iowa manufacturers ignore rural towns at their peril as distribution and advertising boost small communities. Des Moines Tribune cites divorce law reform as vital yet complex, while Burlington Hawk-Eye updates Mason City and Clear Lake paving plans linking town streets to the wider cement network, reflecting slow but steady Iowa progress.
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Prohibition split among Iowa Republicans discussed in editorial
The piece cites a divide among Iowa Republicans over prohibition, urging tolerance for communities that want it while criticizing the broader wet campaign. It notes differing views on franchising and references Mason City and Los Angeles market sights, alongside a shift toward mothers pensions and social welfare. It also includes a natural history aside on ants as plant helpers and minor nuisance.
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Iowa
An Old Farmer Advice On Ant Nests And Remedies
Washington June 30 An unusual number of complaints reach the department of agriculture about ants injuring lawns. Ants rarely cause real harm. most damage is due to other factors. For small lawns drench nests with boiling water or spray with kerosene emulsion or strong soap wash. For larger colonies use bisulphide of carbon inserted via an oil can or syringe, then close the hole. The chemical penetrates underground channels killing inhabiting ants. Bisulphide is not poisonous but has strong odor.
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Department of Agriculture
Deserve Sympathy the War Sympathies Across Sides
A Johnstown Democrat correspondent asks who to sympathize with in the pending war. The answer lists German, French, Belgian and English boys in hospitals, their mothers and fathers, wives and children, the poor peasant, hungry cities, artists forced to destruction, and all innocent victims blighted by war under misguided patriotism.
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Ike Kreisler
Oies
Becker Appeals Clemency Hearing Set in York
Counsel for Charles Becker will meet Governor Whitman in Albany Thursday to seek a clemency hearing. Becker’s execution for Herman Rosenthal's murder is scheduled for the week starting July 12.
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Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer Ad Promises Darkening
An advertisement urges gray haired individuals to use Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer on scalp and roots. It claims darkening of gray hair plus growth, relief from itching and dandruff, and thicker, shinier hair. The 50 cent bottle is sold at Hansen & Pletcher's Drug Store in Waterloo Iowa.
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German Women Work At Winter Clothes
Austerdam June 3 A considerable part of Germany s efforts is now directed to preparations for next winter s campaign Women in large numbers are sewing new furs for the army while those from last winter are being renovated at supply depots Vorwarts complains that starvation wages are paid to many workers Needle women work twelve to fourteen hours daily and earn about thirty cents a day under the contract system described by the newspaper
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